The Washington herald., 1916-07-23
"Sp WRITES "BO'
OF FACTORY TRIPS
Washington Dealers Figure on
Factory Allotments- Other
Auto Gossip.

Dear BONO DOUBT Oy now you nave
about finished your rounds Of the fac
tories. To be sure they let you In on
all the secrets that they have been care
fully guarding in respect to the new stun
they have been or are now experiment
ing with-that Is you perhaps got as far
as the door Of the experimental rooms
and on the street saw some queer look
ing objects running around with bonnets
sealed down and guessed that they were
twelves, lights, fours or maybe twenty
four cylinder engines concealed under
meath. One thing certain. anything that
you saw accidently or otherwise you
were pledged to keep mum about, and
viii bet that the pledges which you were
called upon to make have been few and
far between.
Say, in your roaming around. did you
run into either Joe" or Wilmot Trew?
They have been out West for the past
week giving the REQ plant the once over.
Believe that they also paid visit to
the Oakland factory to see whether
things were being done according to their
ideas or not Ernest Black, who has
been acting manager while they have
been gone, says that he only hopes that
they will bring some more machines with
them on their return, as he and his as
sistants have sold everything in stock.
W. F. Hale and Maynard Baylis, Of the
Record Company, are another pair that
have been IN the West this week. They
left Tuesday night on a visit to the
Saxon plant IN Detroit. Their idea in
going at this time was to see how many
cars they would be able to get for next
year. Had hopes when they left Of in
creasing the factory allotment consider
able. Judging by the pace they have
been setting with this car in the six
months they have had the agency, they
will need considerable more machines
than the Saxon Company had planned on
giving them.
Ben Zimmerman got back the other day
from a three weeks tour through the
North. From what he tells me he had a
fine time. Went everywhere and took in
everything worth seeing. Covered some
thing like 100 miles. Says there Is not
a thing in the White Mountains that he
did pot see. Must have left his sun
glasses to home, Is all that can say.
really fear that something Is going to
happen to Jim" Orme II he does not quit
working so hard. Ever since they moved
into the new place on NJ street Jim"
has been right on the Job helping to get
things in shape. When I was in there
the other day he was, to quote him,
hanging out the stars" There are
something like 100 electric light globes on
each floor.
Dave" Hendricks is back from a vaca-
ton spent in the North. He stopped OF
for a week at the Franklin factory in
Syracuse, y. Y, to arrange for his next
years allotment. Says that they are
very busy up there. Incidentally, he
promises that next years Franklin will be
no respecter of the price Of gasoline, or,
in other words. that II John D. sold gaso-
line to Franklin owners only, his private
golf course at Pocantico Hills would soon
have the"For Rent" sign hanging on It.
Incidentally, this years car did not en-
hance the magnate's pocketbook very
much when It came to the fuel question.
What do you know about C. W. Nash
buying the Jeffrey plant? Leon Hurley
was telling me about 1t one day last
week. He says that the thing has been
in the air some little time, and when the
factory notified him of the sale they
also made mention Of the fact that there
will be no change in the policy OF the
company. at least for the present. Pro-
duction will be continued along the same
line as heretofore.
Next to service, Harry Mundy Is strong
on the detail idea. He has his Chevrolet
home arranged just so. In the first place
the showroom is ideal for displaying cars.
Plenty OF show windows can be seen
from four different directions. In each
window he has a machine placed so that
It is set of to the best advantage. On
the floor are rugs that one hates to walk
over. they look so nice. His furniture Is
all in keeping. Along the wall are the
salesmen's desks. each with its telephone
and electric fan. Back out of the way is
his offlce, separated from the rest of the
showroom simply by a rail. A colored
boy IN uniform looks after the floor and
keeps the place immaculate.
Stanley Horner has a map Of Virginia
and Maryland in his Office which is COW
eres with different colored pins. Asked
him what the big idea was. Trying to
keep up with villa? Nothing like that at
all. Simply a scheme OF his own he has
for keeping track OF where the different
Buick agents in this territory are To-
Gated, and the number OF cars that each
one is supposed to receive during the
year.
. Burton Leary is still holding his
trenches and making no effort to bonn
bard the prospective customers first line
He has received a few Maxwells in the