The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
GASEOUS GLEANINGS FROM { By WINNIE FIREMAN THE GARAGE GANG

business now as compared with this time last year shows a wonderful in- crease. It's really quite pleasant to
 lcok backward when you can show an
 uphill climb all during the year. And that's what the Chandler business shows. Last year was a great year for us. and I believe this year will be q much greater one"
 1 C. L. Peirce of the Peirce Motor Car
 company returned yesterday from a trip or over 400 miles through the southeast
 ern part of the state in Dort car. With
 the exception of the roads from Birming- ham to the lower part of Montgomery i county. and the highway from Dothan to Eufaula. the roads are incredibly bad,
 he says.
 Many long stretches of road have been
 recently graded and filled and the recent
 long period of rains has made them soft
 Hundreds of cars used by travelling men are laid up waiting for dry weather"
 With all these urfavorable conditions, MT Peirce states the performance of the sturdy little Dort was remarkable, and i clay hills and low stretches were nego-
 tiated that would seem impossible. Not
 once on the long trip did the motor fail in its duty, carrying it's load cheerfully and safely. A great deal of work Is being ] done throughout the state and it will not be great while until one can drive l comfortably anywhere
 D. W. Young, president of the D. w.
 Young Motor Car company, Packard dis tributors for the state of Alabama, has been in Chicago attending the show for
 the past week. While in the north MT. 1 Young will also visit the factory in De-
 trot.
 1 I. r. Griffith, manager of the D. W. Young Motor Car eompany's Montgom- 1 cry branch, reports Packard business
 good in southern Alabama.
 ] George W. Daley, manager of the truck sales department of the D. W. Young Motor Car company. has been in the wholesale territory all the week, and re- 1 ports the sale of two Packard trucks, re- ] gardless of the cold weather.
 1 F. NJ. King. sales manager of the D. W.
 Young Motor Car company. has returned
 from a business trip to Atlanta in the | intefest of Packard cars.
 1 An added feature of service to the own I CTS of Packard trucks will soon be in- ] stituted by the D. W Young Motor Car 1 company, Packard distributors for the 1 state of Alabama. c. w. Short an ex- l perienced truck technical man, will be l appointed truck inspector of the Birming- ham district. He will try and antici- | pate the probable need of parts and or ! der them in advance, so that the owner l will be placed under no inconvenience by | having to wait on factory shipments. The
 drivers will cooperate in this efficiency movement also. as there will be prizes, 1 ranging from S25 down, according to the ] rules of the efficiency contest the object l being to keep the truck in the best con 1 dtion and to have it working at all times.
 F. D. Jones, state representative for the 1 Birmingham Motor company, has re- 1 turned from a most successful trip | through the northern end of Alabama. ! Next week, MT. Jones will take a trip | through the western end of the state. 1 Gentry Ellston of the Birmingham Mo- 1 tor company. reports the following sales: 1 $. M. Schwarz, w, Fl. Kettig. Hupmo- l piles, and H. J. Purdy and Ferman Steed I of Odenvflle, Dodges
 1 Martin Klyce of the Birmingham Mo- l tor company. says this severe cold snap
 has stimulated the closed car business l considerably.
 ! The Birmingham Motor company un- l loaded a car of Hudsons yesterday.