Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-25
BUICK DEALERS
HAVE GREAT TIME
Royalty Entertained and Shown
Through Various Huge Auto
mobile and Tire Factories.
THREE FIFTY IN THE PARTY

The enormous Buick factory at
Flint, Mich, was a marvel to the $50
dealers from Nebraska, Iowa and
South Dakota, making up the party
representing the Nebraska Buick
Auto company, which left Omaha
June 10 by special train for Flint,
Mich. ...,
Many of the dealers from the west
ern territory had never seen an auto
mobile factory and the wonderful
methods of present-day manufacture
were almost beyond their compre-
hension.
The Buick factory, which spreads
over 100 acres of Michigan soil, en-
bracing group of fifteen factory
buildings, housing twenty-five fac
tories, is a sight which makes every
American citizen, even the most blase
/, traveller, proud of the achievements
and advances of his own country. Of
fcials of the company assert that the
Buick factory is the third largest fac
tory in the world, taking off its hat
only to the Krupp Gun works in Ger
many and the Baldwin Locomotive
works in Philadelphia.
Every conceivable device Of mod
ern efficiency is employed in this
factory to the end that il is a land
mark in economy; factory capable
Of turning out better than us auto
mobiles per day. e..
The question Of buying quality steel
has been satisfactorily solved at the
Buick factory by the installation of
heat treating and tempering ovens.
The very heavy demands upon the
steel manufacturers during the pres
ent war has made it impossible at
times to secure steel OF the best quail
ity. The best treating and tempering
ovens installed at the Buick plant
have made it possible for them to
properly temper all of their own steel
If it does not come up to specifca-
tons. ''.'
Sides and Huff in High Esteem.
H. E. Sides and Lee Huff, as we'll
as the entire organization Of the Ne
braska- Buick Auto company, is held
in high esteem at the factory. Buick
officials assert that the Nebraska
Buick Auto company is the largest
distributing organization in the
United States under control Of an in
dependent distributor. The Nebraska
Buick Automobile company occupies
third place in the number OF cars dis
tributed for the Buick Motor COM
pany. This figure does not exclude
the branch houses Of the Buick Motor
company at various points throughout
the United States.
Praises Western Organization.
R. H. Collins, who recently re-
signed as general sales manager of
the Buick Motor company to accept
a position which will closely identity
him with w. C. Durant OF the Gen-
eral Motors company, was very pro-
fuse In his praise Of the Nebraska
Y Buick Organization. sMf. Collins said:
Il don't seem to find the exact words
to express my feeling toward these
men, but to me they are the all star
selling organization for the Buick
Motor company. Taken as a group,
they are the most businesslike, clean
cut men Of the entire Buick sales or
ganization." ">'
R. H. Collins was until 1909 mana
ger Of the Kansas City branch of
the Buick Motor company. At that
time he became associated as vice
president with H. E. Sides and
Charles Stewart in the Nebraska
Buick Auto company, corporation
just then formed, which took over
the Sides Motor company OF Lin
coin.
In 1910 Mr.. Collins accepted the
position of general sales manager of
the Buick Motor company, still re-
tanning his holdings and remaining
vice president Of the Nebraska Buick
4 Auto company t
Mr.. Collins as vice president of
the company has always been closely
identified with the Nebraska Buick
dealers aud has made part Of the re-
cent trip with them.
Proud Of Special Train.
Officials OF both the Northwestern
and the Pere Marquette railways as
sert that the special train carrying
the automobile dealers from Omaha
to Flint was the largest and most
completely equipped train ever oper-
Z ated east from Omaha. The train
consisted OF twelve .Pullmans, two
diners. one combination Office and OBJ
servation car and one baggage car.
The entire delegation spent day
4 in Chicago, also a day in Detroit,
viewing the various points of inter-
, est. In each city sightseeing cars
were chartered to carry the visitors.
Upon arrived at Detroit the $50
dealers marched from the Union sta
ton to the Cadillac hotel. Owing
to the congestion it was necessary
for the dealers to march two abreast,
which made line at least three
X blocks long and caused a great deal
n OF comment.
Il The entire party went from the
Cadillac hotel to the Cadillac theater
N from the Cadillac theater back to the
Cadillac hotel, where they were enter,
tanned in the Boulevard cafe of the
hotel.
Friday morning the entire party
was taken by boat to Belle Isle and
Windsor, Canada. Upon this trip
they were guests Of the United States
Tire company, which concern gave a
luncheon later in the day.
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