Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-17
.GHENT COMPANY IS
ION EFFICIENCY PLAN
EMPLOY AN EXPERT
W. A. KING, AUTOMOBILE EXPERT
HAS BEEN PLACED IN CHARGE
OF IMPORT FEATURE OF GROW
ING OTTAWA INDUSTRY.

The Client Motor Co is now placing
IS plant on an efficiency basis and
have engaged as their general man
ager OF production, w. A. King, Of
Toledo, Ohio, man who has been
Identified with the automobile bust
less for the last twenty years and
Who has had more to do with organ
lzing and placing factories on effici-
oncy basis than any other man in the
automobile game
The Ghent Motor Co. has gone thru
Is organization period and is now up.
IN firm financial basis and the off.
,ials of the company are looking for
ward to a greater production and a
,reater refinement in their products
The four cylinder Ghent has been re.
eived with great enthusiasm by those
Who have been fortunate enough to
secure one, and the new Chummy
Roadster and Sedan cars promise to
lrouse even greater enthusiasm with
IS big six cylinder continental motor,
shx5A among those who care for
,ars ranging around the $4,000 mark.
The new cars will probably run to
he enclosed type. The Sedan and
md the Limousines are growing In
popularity and automobile experts
igure that the next two years will
lee practically all automobiles with
enclosed bodies.
The Ghent Motor Car Co. Is going
10 specialize on bodies. The company
las already been rendered a contract
or body order amounting to nearly
hundred thousand dollars and 1t Is
or the purpose of figuring on these
zig contracts that Mr.. King has beef
ldded to the engineering and produc
ion staff Of the company. Mr.. King
'Omes to Ottawa direct from Toledo
)hio. He became identified with th'
automobile business sixteen years ago
When he was engaged with the Pope
Toledo Motor Co., Of Toledo. as gen
tral inspector of all final assembling
Ie remained with this company fo
| our years and from there went t
! dds Motor Car Co. of Lansing Michi
,an There he remained for over
ear as chief inspector in the expert
| mental department Upon the earnes
| olicitation of the Hudson Motor Ca
60. he went to Harvey. Ill, as superir
endent of the testing department 0
he Buda Manufacturing Co. This con
,any specal2ies in automobile Ell
| zines and at that time supplied tn
motors for the Hudson cars. Afte
'emaining here for over year MI
King went to Poughkeepsie, N Y
where he became general inspecto
If final work in the plant of the Fla
Motor Car Co. The next compan
| With which he was identified was tn
Abbot-Detroit Motor Car Co OF Dc
.roit, Michigan, where he was employ
ID as systematizer and general for,
nan of chassis and final assen
blying. He remained in this positio
'or one year and then went with tn
Empire Motor Car Co, of Conners
ville Ind. He remained here one yea
after which he went to the America
Mfg. Co. of Ecause, Mich, as geners
factory and production manager. II
was later identified with the Jone
Motor Car Co, of Wichita, Kansas
Mr. King will install an etticienC
and cost system in the local plal
30 that the company will know abs
lutely where they are at all times {
far as cost of production is concerned
Mr.. King in a statement to FRI
| Trader'JOurnal representative STATE
that he had never been associate
with a company that had better pre-
poets or a brighter outlook than Il
Client Motor Car Co. He claims tn
the Ghent car is equal to any SIS
on the market and there is no car
81 600 that compares with the Cher
The present plant is splendidly equ
ped for manufacturing and the lot
ton OF the plant can not be improv
. upon.
The next few years will see gre
activity In auto building and I
Client Motor Co should be busy a
hourishing from now on.