The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-01
MORE MACHINES BOUGHT IN rHE
WHEELING DrSTEICT LIST YEAH
THAN EVER BEFORE
Local Distributors Declare Fe1t Twelve
Months VIII Triple Deliveries
of Past Year.

Should one write separate interviews
with all the heads OF the wheeling dis
trict automobile distributors relative 10
the years business In 1915. each inter
view would be almost Identical, Tor al
have done the biggest business In the
history OF the automobile Industry In
this community.
During the past few days an lntelh-
geneer man called upon the greater part
or the distributors In this section TO as
certain as 10 business compared In 1913
with that of 1914. and In nearly every
case the sales had been twice as large
as the preceding year for the past II
months. while a few local Distributors
OF 1914.
Distributors were asked TO give the
total OF cars sold I'm 1915 Compared Win
1914, but as the majority OF them had
not computed their total GALES FOR the
year. this is not obtainable until later,
while some did not care TO give any tig-
ures, but all declared thai their sales
mad Tar exceeded those 81 1914.
Very Optimistic.
1T there ever was "A class OF business
men who are optimistic for the coming
year a IL the auto distributors In the
wheeling district. There was not one
mat did not emphatically declare that
bile sales in b ieH p,s TbSse who have
sold twice the number OF cars IN lsi3
over 1914 say that they will triple their
sales I'm 1916 over 1915. All dealers oper-
ating machine and repair shops IN con-
nection with their garages or salesrootnS
declare that business In thoSe depart
nents this year has been TIE D.st OF any
twelve months In Wheelins' that since
early last spring the volume OF business
mas gradually Increased ana that the
past two months they have Deeh rushed
10 capacity I'm putting care IN cohdltloh
after having been driver during the
summer. Several OF tho heads OF repair
shops stated that 1916 will see many ad-
ditional repairmen WORKING In their re-
II is estimated that 1000 various
makes and kind OF automophes were sold
IN the Wheeling district curing 1910.
this includes the eastern Ohio section
and through the entire p0h handle sec
ton.
Fords Lead List.
The Ford car leads tho ist or sales
IN this community for lglS. which IN
cludes several types OF this wei known
car handled by A W. Loe * company +.
South Broadway, Island. Mr.. Loe said
last evening that the total sale OF Fords
In tho Wheeling district TOT the year
will total 900: $50 touring cars, about
j 90 runabouts and 90 sedsns. the winter
closed car. lie said that the sale would
have been much larger a. orders could
nave been filled. Twice the number OF
fords were sold i'm 1915 compared with
1914. Mr.. LOe predicts tpat the sale or
lords here viii be close 90 me eVv marx
Tor 1916. He further SAID mat his re-
pair shop had been runnirg capacity FOR
the past year and that during the past
two months they had been rushed with
repair work
The Auto Sales Company. Fourteenth
street. sold Overland cars IN the wheel
ING district since June I. me total sales
! FOR the year will reach over $50 over
lands. the majority OF which are the late
model So. while there were eight VIII
lys-knight autos sold This II one or
tne finest make of cars tn me country
W G expect TO double our safes next
year. said Manager Smith
Sales Manager INiel. OF me Capitor Car
company. Market street. distributors OF
the Maxwell and Jeffrey cars. SAID that
I since last June the sale OF both type or
autos had been double during the pre-
ceding six months. that rtaIly 100 Max .
wells and Jefferys had been SOLD In the
Wheeling district since last June. and
that the sales would have been much
larger " cars could have oeen had from
me factories. He. too. anticipates the
biggest year In 1916.
Promising Outlook,
Manager Bayha. Of tre Howe Com
pany. Main street. distflbutors OF tho
Mitchell. said the sales had been twice
as large this year az in 1919 ana that -
Mitchells or various type mao been sold
IN the Wheeling district IN 1919. ms
IS going TO be the best year IN our his,
tory" said 80. Bayha- We've had all
the work we could handle In our machine
shop for the past ~ months. and VIII
Increase our forces soon.
Joseph O'Kecfc. distributor OF the well
known Franklin car. ana owner OF the
- N"eAt garage Al ElIlee'tt" ~. M III
loch streets. said that ne had sold a
score Of Franklin cars IN this section
during the past year. and That he expect
ed 10 double that number In 1915. We
have been rushed in our repair depart
ment during the entire year ana espcc-
tally since last fall"
John Humble. manager or Every
bodya Garage az Woodsdale dlstribu-
tors Of the Scripps- Booth and Haynes
cars. said that 1915 had been most eN-
collent year. the biggest u months bus
mess In the establishment az the place.
and that 1916 looks sfiil brighter. He
stated that their repair department had
been running capacity an year and dur
Ing tho pas. two months ihc5 We had
more work than they could turn out
quickly
Halzer a Ealzer. disfri butors Of Sfude-
baker cars. Main street report their
sales just double ia 1919 over 1914.