The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-27
LIBERTY MORTOR|S BEING TURNED OUT AT 1OOADAY PACE War Work in Detroit Will Prove Inspiration to the
 Whole Country
MOTORS REACHING
 HEAVY PRODUCTION
Former Decriers of Liberty Motor Are Now Among Its Stanchest and Firm
 est Supporters

Detroit, May 26.-(SpeciaL) aL)-Produc.ion of Liberty motors is now in excess of 100 a d:ty Of this number 60 are being made in Detroit and of the 60, Packard is turning out 4o The heavy production stage of the Liberty motor is close at hand. Tn fact, with the completion of new units here now a matter of days only, production for the country will be close to 25a a day by June 15, Dow, Jones & Co. and the Wall Street Journal are ln- formed.
 While Packard company is today the countrys largest single producer of the will shortly be assumed by Lincoln Mo- tor Co., also of this city.
 The Lelands, of Cadillac fame, are the dominating interests in Lincoln Motor company When this country entered the war the Lelapds, father and son, pledged their time and money to do all in their power to return the allied cause victor. They are building an immense plant Tn East Detroit, where production of the Liberty motor will be featured. Although the plant is not quite finished manufac- ture of motors is already under way.
 In addition to the Lelands and Pack ard. Ford has recently received a large order for complete motors. The Ford company was given a practically unlim- ited order some weeks ago for cylinders for the motor In fact. the company was designated practically the sole manu- facturer of these delicate parts. It IS understood that Ford expects ultimately to turn out 20O0 of these cylinders a day Its present production is probably ret- ter than 1900 cylinders.
 Wiliys-Over,and company has been asked to take an order for several thou sand Liberty motors. While the com pany has not declined, it has told the government agents that it would prefer to manufacture the Sunbeam motor This was originally an English motor, manufactured in the Sunbeam Automo- bile factory. Willys received an order for 1000 of these motors and work has been started on the order at the Can adian plant The Sunbeam, as made by Willys, is similar to the Hispano-Suiza motor. a product of Wright-Martin Air craft corporation In fact, it might even be called an improvement of the His pano-Suiza. Tn other words, the Sun beam as made by Willys bears but little resemblance to the Sunbeam made in England.
 With hattle planes and Liberty motors now entering the heavy producrlon stage, distinct feeling of optimism prevails in aircraft circles. Some ot those here who were the original oe- erers of the value of the Liberty motor from an efficiency standpoint are now numbered among it's stanchest suppor- ters.
 Most of the contracts for the Liberty motor so far awarded have been on a cost plus basis. This was the natural or der of things inasmuch as the manufac- ture of this particular motor was lis. tinctly sn experiment. and it has oniy been during the past few weeks that the makers have been in a position to esti- mate the cost per motor accurately. II 1 is likely that contracts for the motor to be given out later in the year will be on a straight price basis
 | In connection with initial costs on the | manufacture of new models of aero l planes. one of the largest producers Tn this country says that he figures that the I first four or five entail cost of any | where from 1000 to s100,000 each. This | furnishes good line on the risks as- sumed By manufacturers in this country
 in taking orders for flying machines. | --------------