The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
AUTO men HOLD
single EXHIBIT
Exhibitions in Washington
Prove Great Drawing Card
to Car Lovers.
PLAN VISIT TO FACTORY
Dealers Hope to Get Advance lnfor-
nation and Hasten Along Their
Shipment.
PLAN VISIT TO FACTORY

Dear Bo-Individual automobile shows
are quite the thing In Washington just
now. The Smith Trew Company have
been holding theirs this week and the
place has been crowded every afternoon
and evening. The REQ and Oakland cut
out chassis were naturally the center OF
attention. Weather conditions could not
have been better. To quote Ted" John
stons who came over from Philadelphia
to be among those present, some one
must have been good and prayed"
Henderson and Rowe also had a show
displaying the latest thing in the Cole
lipe.
Burton Leary has the stage all set for
his show, which is to be held this week.
He received the cutaway Maxwell chassis
yesterday and has 1t mounted on a
pedestal in the window. 1t Is Just at
the right height so that one does not
have to stoop over to examine II. In
addition to this, he has the full line of
Maxwell machines on display. Guess you
know Walter Flanders idea? He only
believes in showing just what the COM
pany has to sell to the public. In fact,
several Of the cars that Burton has on
his floor are already sold.
Lots of this speed stuff that we read
about, or hear about. we take with a
grain of salt. Sam" Luttrell showed me
a little of It the other day with his
Packard twin-six and II was regular
speed. On one of the longest hills around
these parts from a standing start at the
bottom he gradually picked up until at
the top the car was doing better than
hfty-five. Then. to sort of give the
machine a little workout on the level
he breezed the car along at better than
siNty-two. This was with four people in,
top and windshield up. This does not
sound fast. but ask some of your friends
who are always talking about what their
cars can do, to take you out and dupli-
cate the performance. Perhaps they can
and maybe they cannot, but ask them
Do not know how you find 1t. but here
a secondhand car that has not a self
starter and electrical equipment on it Is
ike wornout horse, good only for the
automobile boneyard and the junk pile.
The secondhand buyer demands that
his car have all the modern improve
ments even though It is not quite so good
otherwise as the one that lacks these
features. 1t is getting to be around
this burg that you take in a car OF that
nature on condition that the only allow
ance that will be made for 1t Is what
it will bring on the auction block.
By the way, our old friends. the traffic
side of the local motoring crowd. Many
claim that the police urge them to use
streets on which there are no car tracks.
Then when they do start following this
advice. Immediately squad of WASH
ington's finest are on the Job to see that
no one crawls along faster than twelve
miles an hour. Some day, perhaps, this
condition will be changed and, until 1t is,
It Is case of what cannot be cured
must be endured.
Now that Henry Ford's new place on
Pennsylvania avenue Is getting under
way. there is considerable discussion as
TO the desirability of this street for au-
tomobile row. There are some who think
that his fine building will prove a magnet
to draw others to the same locality.
These same people contend that 1t is the
logical place for the trade. Pennsylvania
avenue is known from one end of this
country to the other. Visitors naturally
travel 1t, the street is wide and most