The Washington times., 1917-10-20
MURRAY AGENCY
PLACED WITH NEW
LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR

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The new Murray agency. located at
LIS Connecticut avenue. is to be known
as the wandeyne Company.
E. s. Deuth. who heads the firm. has
extensive interests in Pennsylvania. be.
/ ing a filament metals producer and
president Of a huge electric lamp cor
Germ.
so large are these iutsrestss that much
OF his time viii necessar4iys.be devoted
to them. the responsibility Tot his auto
mobile agency resting largely upon the
shoulders Of Forrest J. Wilcox, his sales
manager.
Wilcox needs no introduction to
notordom- Every motorist of more than
few years standing recalls Forty VIII
cox. whose records for dirt track driv-
ing still, stand In, thgenx-A annals 1t
was be who whipped Disbrow and Theo-
bald decisfvely in their clashes Of FIVE
or six years ago when those two cleaned
up among dirt track performers. Until
Wilcox. with his husky Mercedes entry
Of the German Import Company ap-
peared these two had out-generald all
the dirt track experts OF the country
by their team work.
In their last match Wilcox. on the old
Olympic Park track. established a dirt
track record of .305 for the half mile
In the classic event. travelling the last
three quarters of a mile with three
tires and a nude rim.
He knows automobiles. He was
Eastern salesmanager at New York for
the Saxon Motor Car Company for two
years previous to his association with
the Murray agency. and when Deuth
planned his Washington agency, 1t was
Wilcox he wanted and got.
Harold Simester. Wilcoxs assistant,
was with Rolls Royce. being sales man
ager for that firm in New York for the
past five years. That those who want
special design of body or innovations
Of appointment in the Murray. will get
exactly what they want. is unquestlon-
able. Simester. besides his manage
ment OF sales for Rolls. was in charge
OF body planning and building.
Previous to coming to America, Sine
ster was six years in charge OF the
Rolls testing plant in England. and the
latter two OF those years was director
OF design.
For the Murray itself. there is much
to be said. II has an eight cylinder
N-shape engine with cylinders cast In
fours. OF the best semi-steeI
Body colors are optional. Through
hand-buffed, first quality leather, trim
style being OF the plated order.
Rear tenders are mounted directly
against wheel house of the body, and
so fastened with lag screws as to as
sure permanent freedom from play.
Aisle-way between the front and rear
seats may be had on request.
From the radiator with its genu-
inc honeycomb cellular construction
and jacket of solid German silver,
through the Pinch crown-type fen
Gers, and back to the beautiful rear
assembly. the car holds a definite
charm.
Engine bore is 81 inches. and
stroke is 0 inches. A. L. 4. NJ. rating
is 33.s h. p. Brake test shows IS
h. p. and maximum speed Is ninety
miles per hour, although the stock
guarantee is eighty. That the car
can achieve this was demonstrated re
Gently at the Uniontown races
Carburetion is by a specially de
veloped type OF Duplex Benith car
buretor. Dixie Magnetic supplies ig-
milton. and starting and lighting sys-
TENS ere Westinghouse.
All valves and cylinders are cooled
and efficiently by ample
water passages req from double
pump and huge radiator. Entering at
the lowest point the water emerges
directly over each exhaust valve
Special attention Is given at the fac
tory to the machining OF cylinders
and their seasoning before grinding.
Oil is delivered from the bottom
of the oil pan by a positive gear
driven pump through a passage ex-
tanlinu lan0thuTiaa NJ the
the crankshaft main bearings under
a pressure OF from 10 to so pounds.
carrying with the speed OF the motor.
From the main bearings it is then
forced through the hollow crank shaft
to each connecting rod bearing. Then
through a tube connecting rod TO
bearings and cylinder walls.
An oil passage in the case is also
with the three cam shaft |
bearings.