The Washington times., 1916-08-26
HAYNES PATR|ARCHS
/. STILL IN SERVICE
Three Built Before 1900 In Ex-
celIent State-To Get Light
TWelves" for Them.

Three old Haynes cars. built before
the beginning Of the twentieth century,
OFFER some interesting comparisons.
These are cars which have been offered
for the new Haynes Light Twelve"
which the Haynes Automobile Company
announced would be given for the Oldest
car now In service.
All the three cars resemble each other.
yet no two are the same. In the en-
bryonic stages Of the automobile Indus
try every car had enough improve
ss for su, sa nsS G sasr
passengers. and In appearance they are
typical Of the time when the automo-
bile was moro a horseless carriage and
less a motor conveyance. Each Is. in
fact. an old-fashioned surrey. re-en-
forced In frame, and provided with Its
own means OF locomotion by a two
cylinder opposed motor nxed In place
under the rear seat and attached to the
The patriarch OF the old car trium-
virate Is at Bound Brook, N. j., and
belongs to Walter e. Smith, engineer at
the Bound Brook plant Of the Fathe
Motion nc The Ss has has
factory In 1897. and this summer the
two-cylinder motor is still propelling its
owner on the New. Jersey roads;
The second survivor Of the Haynes
century, Is In the possession of II. p.
Norton, Newport, r. l. In the last six
years the car has been used only inter.
mittently. but Is still in an excellent
mark Of automobile antiquity-a car
buretor for each cylinder. a fuel tank
in the dash. tiller steering apparatus,
and a foot gong for warning signal:
The third old car that is GROUND Inc
Ind. and Is owned by James p. How
ard, an official Of Jeffersonville ship.
building firm. Three Of the original
single-tube tires are on this car. IN
this car seats Its four passengers
with their backs to each other.
A dark horse has come into the race
in the Haynes Automobile Company
old car contest, and the Haynes COM
pany has two old Surveys of 1897 to
decide between before making the
award. This old car belongs to James
e. Howard. Of JefferSonville. Ind.
Howard went to the Haynes factory In
1897 and purchased the car from FL
wod Haynes.
The Howard car was the first auto
mobile in Jeffersonville. and also pre-
coded the advent of any motor car In
Louisville. KY, which 10 just across
the Ohio river from Jeffersonville. II
Is one or the ola surrey mouels, WIFI
the motor in the rear Of the car, a
water tank on either side. and the
gasolene tank in the dash. Motive
power 10 supplied by a two-cylindei
opposed motor that the Haynes com
the last months Of 1896. The car Il
equipped with a carburetor that Ell
wood Haynes designed and spark
plugs which at that time were made
In his factory.
The Jeffersonville Haynes and tnt
one located at Bound Brook, N. j.. diff
fer only in one major item. The for
mer is driven. by gears direct from
the transmission to the. axle. while
the Bound Brook machine Is chair
driven. 1t also Is distinguished By
the use Of wooden plugs for covering
the oil holes. In the later machiners
the lubricants were supplied by grease
cups, but in this survivor Of the day,
OF scent gasolene the oiling place,
are protected against foreign matter
by T-shaped pieces OF wood. Accord
ing to the statement of Its owner. the
original wooden plugs are still OF
the car.
Howard made his trip to the factor.
to purchase the car, In 1897. He ha
had the old automobile In his posses
sion since that time. 1t has been rur
continually since then, but Its serv
ices have lately given way to a NOR
modern automobile.