The Washington herald., 1916-10-12
Motor Gossip
By "SI" GRoGAN.

The following automobile licenses
were issued yesterday:
i5Us-wm. W. Day. $50 St NV. King 1915.
EO.a-Mrs. J. Childs aG Fifteenth St -. Ford
1916
5000. A. Psndleton. l4s Ninth st. NV. Madi-
son 1871
e5Ogl-ord Preston. lEa R st. NV. scripps 1915.
+5G2-Ambrose ]. CoI, 1876 Second st. nw, Ford
1876
EOs3-H G. johnson. 1914 Hobart st. NV. o,sr-
land 1916.
45Oos-Ftank Montgomery. $50 w,rder st NV.
Maxwell 1917.
i5oS-Jamss McCnrins Hotel Bellevue. Cadillac
1915.
45O3-D n. wnksrson, Sterling Hotsl. Grow 1915.
45G-Uugersr Motor o.. IlB Connecticut ave.
Demonstrating
45Gs-UnEsrer Motor Co.. uos Connecticut ave.
Demonstrating.
45O2e-Charles L. Randy. 1872 st So, Buick 1917.
450D-Wm- H. Walls. 79 Eighth st Sc. Pull
man 1915.
45Ool-victOr B. Newton. 1882 lexington Place.
Regal 1913
45G2-MrA s. s. Robinson, The Ontario, Chan
der 1916
45C5-R A. crusan 1870 E st. se.. Ford 1876
S5O5-R L. Hogan, s33 st. NV, Ford 1915
$3.50. B. Auth, z6 Bladensburg road Ford
45Oos-Mrs. Byrde c. Specs. 80 Seventh st. ne.
Saxon 1916
45oT-s. B. Osborn, lexington Apartments.
Marion.
hSJsI - D bOyus ltOl NO1uInDl ROAD, Empire
46OSe-Jas. NJ. Quick % St. NV. Overland 1919
SoD-Jas F. Ray. 6SS East Capitol st. Sidecar
45oh-SOmerTille Co.. 81 Thirteenth st. NV, Witt
VIII 1916.
E5Ot2-Jos. B UmBeby. U. Geological Survey.
EOD-D A Sanford. jr.. 30 f st. NV, Ma1-
well 1915
COW. W. Rutherford, 172s st. nw.. Hud-
sOS-s. /. Clements. l2s Morse st. ne. chl-
mers 1875
45o,s-w. W. Griffith. 1915 First st. NV. Witt
Will 1914
To date there has been fewer
changes this year in local automobile
representation than ever before in
Washington. 1t argues we'll for the
cars now represented, as it proves that
those who handle them and as a ,onse-
quence know them, are convinced that
they have the best value that can be
obtained for the price. This holding
onto car representation also is a good
sign for the business as a whole. 1t
means that these so called SHUTDOWN"
dealers, that is those who take on the
agency for a car and retain it only un-
til the owners about reach the point
where they are going to expect some
service and then fade away over night
are about done for. This class of deal
ers have been a detriment instead of
an asset Owing to the fact that they
never figured on giving any service
or remaining in business for a length
of time, they could make most any AL
lowance for used car or sell new
car for less than list. Due these con-
ditions the legitimate dealer in many
cases was cut out of sale and an au-
tomobile owner was made disguised
and suspicious of the entire trade be-
cause being done once he figured that
the same thing would happen on the
second trip along the legimftate auto
mobile row.
There is growing tendency among
the motor car dealers to get away
from the expensive rent district of the
city. Instead they will in the future
build in sections of the city where
property value is not 90 high Already
several dealers are figuring on loca-
tions that are convenient for all to
reach, but which are not in the high
rent area. In addition to their show
room, the service station and ware
house facilities will be under the same
roof. The motor car industry is get
ting to be such that a dealer must at
all time have sufficient care on hand
to make immediate delivery in case
that the customer so wishes Factory
contracts provide for a certain aIlot-
ment per month with the\ e\priviIege of
shipping the entire allotment in one
shipment. 1t Is not often that this Is
done but occasionally it happens and
when 1t does the dealer must be pre-
pared to take care of 1t. As 1t is now
many OF them have not storage facili-
ties and 1t means that they must call
upon the warehouses to help them ont,
This is added expense as is the having
of service stations in separate build
ings. The profit of the industry is not
sufficient to warrant expenditures of
this nature and still leave a reason
able return on the investment.