El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
E PAsO LEADS IN AUTO SALES
DURING THE WINTER" SEASON
County Registrations Show 400 Licenses Issued in De
cember: Heaviest Sales in October, November and
December; Big Kick Over Gasoline Increase;
Djstillate May Come Into Favor.
By sBECK."

what Of a surprise as IL was generally
believed that p cents was the peak
crease rather than an Increase in price.
Officers Of some of the oil companies
attribute the increase TO the fact that
chere is a far better quality OF Gaso-
line now being sold than was heretofore
tine case. but great many motorists at
tribute the Increase TO the cost to the
oil companies of rather ornate flling
stations now being erected In different
parts OF the city.
The Increase has stirred up the mo-
florists. however. and a great many are
row experimenting with distillate IN
their cars. The Rio Grande Oil COM
pany. while it has increased gasoline
prices with other concerns. is stocking
NJ with a high grade distillate and II
Is likely that some announcement on
the feasibility OF this for automobile
fuel viii be made soon.
May Use DistiIIate.
Some months ago The Herald auto
editor made 4 test OF distiilaJe in a
Rriscoe touring car with very satisfac-
tory results. but manager L p Lock
hart Of the Rio Grande states that the
new distillste is vastly superior 10
that used in the test There IS one
handicap 10 distillate-it leaves heavy
snroire and q bad odor. When some one
inveuts 2 scheme 10 take care OF the
smoke there viii be bigger demand
for distillate.
That the day is fast approaching
when there viii be less than half n
oezen big factories. manufacturing
standard motor cars Is the opinion
OF Frank Garrett of the Ellio:t-Garrett
company. Air. Garrett points to the
fact that the Society of Automobile En-
,gineers made - standardization OF au-
tomobile parts during 1915 and believes
that II viii be only q short time When
standard specifications viii take care
of the greater portion OF the cars mar
keted. There viii always be, in the
opinion Of the local dealer. certain
number Of factories manufacturing cars
Of special design but these factories
will. 70 a great extent use the stand
ard specifications Of the : \ z.
Limit the Factories
Ct believe that Henry Ford will al
wavs dominate the field of the four
possibly two other big concerns when
/ viii feature Tours and turn out cars
/ BY the tens Of thousands
In the six field. the Studebaker
has already become standard in every
gart- It will be. in nv opinion the
Z model Of the standard si1-cyllnder- car
and 7 believe that u viii dominate the
! field in the future just as u does now.
{ The Studebaker has made the high price
{ car unnecessary. but I presume that
there viii always be = Few motorists
! who want TO pay more than their neikn,
I bors for a car and this demand VIII
( keep up a market for certain number
OF special design cars"
Announcements made this week by
the Willys-Overland company now give
that factory a complete line of eight
I models from the popular little two pas
senEer roadster to a new and powerful
knight motor eight" Manager F. NJ
! RannelI of the FL Paso Overland Auto
company. states that he will soon have
! a suitable show room where he can
show all models AZ one time