El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-24

rTr,1 If Is taken into eonsio-
N/ Grafton that a short 20 years
w ago there were no motor We
hicles. in the present acceptance OF tHe
term it does not make any difference
whether the average person beheFes
or disbelieves that Elwood haynes
was the first to build and operate d
practicable car.
It has been said, and no one VINO mas
kent up with the events Of the 2otn
century will doubt for second that
the progress in the building OF motor
drawn vehicles has eclpsed the strides
made in any other industry As a re-
suit of this it has been said that me
automobile has been the most pOtSl-t
since the time Of MacAdaIn, VINO, IN
the 18th century, devised the pullullle
OF good roads with small broken stones:
such roads today bearing the name Oh
macadamized-
Evolution Of the Auto
The automobile OF today was deVel-
oped from a carriage. or buggy, Win
= gasoline engine attached. ana u ! oe-
came an efficient machine TOT the
work ii had TO do. and could "cnug
chug" along at the rate Of SIX or seven
miles per hour.
From two to four cy hnders was con
sidered revOlutiOnary- and 10 years Az
such a scar" If IL could be called Win
due Difference to the late models was
thought 10 possess an excess OF luxury
and power But soon this was 10 ne
surpassed in the transition Of the SIX
cylinder type
The Durvea gasoline buggy. with
motor attached 10 the rear axle OF an
ordinary buggy with steel tires weigh
ing 700 pounds. was built in 1881 by
a man named Duryea in Springfield,
a @ a
buggy Of the type of today except
the rear axle
In 1885, an Improvement was made
on the buggy type of car by the
Hsynes-App erson people in kokomo,
Ind. with the engine, cogs and endless
chains directly underneath the bed or
the buggy, and, rs compared with the
car OF the present it looked more like
a sawmilL
In 1898 Duryea improved on his first
dream Of a gasoline buggy and all OF
the workings Of the machinery were
hidden from view. retaining the buggy
appearance almost entirely. but this
creation was subsequently discarded
Alexander WintOn, Of Cleveland. O.,
in the summer Of 1896. built the really
first experimental gasoline car 1t was
an orphan cylinder, eight horse power
motor, il had wire wheels and rubber
tires. There was room for two in the
front seat and for two in the back seat.
those riding in the rear seat being
the cooling breeze
Springs Another New Car.
In 1897 Duryea sprang another car
on the public built for two and pro-
vided with a top, wooden wheels and
solid rubber tires, and in 1893 the Odds
mobile came into existence IN a shape
that is entirely obsolete now II was
an Improvement over the Winton car TO
the extent that the four occupants pro
vfded for could sit with their face
turned toward the route they were ira
VersinE. but the engine underneath the
car was plainly visible and not alto
gether a thing OF beauty These cars
were before the day OF pneumatic tires,
and that period was just IS years ago.
Henry Ford made his first car in
1893. IL had two opposing cylinders.
was eight horse power and weighed
OF one OF the most popular lOW-priced
gasoline cars placed on the market.
Interesting Data.
The following data relative 20 the
development Of automobiles VIII prove
interesting
First automobile built by Duryea in
Successful motor car produced by
ElwOOd Haynes in 1884
In 1895 American car wins Chica 60
Times-Herald race against a foreign
car.
In the year 1899 Elmore White and
Maxwell companies begin auto build
ing and New York and Chicago have /
their first auto shows.
In 1901 Knox, Ford and Franklin
cars appear
Pieroe-Arrow ard Thomas cars ap-