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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Hitting dlla Twelve
'' C.Eyeaarps

r TT is true show per
the persons
other operators it logical that legislation
ke conditions safer should be to-day
but the pedestrian In other words why continue
gsate the 25 the per fault?
Ordinarily with the judgment of Secretary of State Hugo
his automobile matters but accord with ideas
with 10 .ne nee OF ana licensing all
vehicles The said that this would have to be done
that only efficient the wheels Of the He
that this plan would stop killings by motorists which he said
numbered 1852 in the year just passed.
There
1918 To examine and register of these would
labor that perhaps could hardly be accomplished
Therefore, meet this situation the
persons previously registered as motor car should be assumed
Of driving and therefore should be pro orma
Thb that only the would be
this would alter the situation isn't course
believes that with the power suspend
permitted to without examination
tct Jurisdiction damage DONE they per-
drivers licenses matter
would farce Of the whole system
noicemen are almost INIT tho ho;ef
often to blame accidents than
TO curb the caresness Of the pedestrian
AIRY the police the they
wheel traffic There ordinance pending in this
this sort OF control but whether will become
Aonsb There too influences against the moor
tho always that 1t is the automobst always
get through law Of this Sort 1t reasonable
there should be policemen at important neraection
sa Furthermore will be have
Of pedestrians especially children to teach them the principles
)niey first
opposition Of proposed
legislation that would require licensing for
New York City, and the time would
SAey will isn't any Justice in permitting man
the drive in City
would be lost in
here Rather the just way would be to insist upon the
outsider before
1uw streets.
not believe that there should partial licensing There
should be universal licensing And incidentally court
magistrates would do we'll to take Of the statistics automobile
accidents and to making careless
all
played by the foot.
logical that the pedestrian should been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Puts Service and
Wound S,ripes on Gar

Colonel Dewitt G. Weld, who returned
recently on the transport America in
command Of the t05th Field Artillery.
sfth Division, says; zone Of tho most
Interesting things was tho wav nv
motor car, Dodge sedan, stood up, II
was assigned TO NC by the government
aud bore tho number 1887,
y travelled In IL from the ST. Mihlei
sector and along the Mouse region,'apd
throughout several other places where
we had engagements, for total Of
',DDo miles, 1t stood the most severe
TESTS or high hills, deep ravines, going
along roads that had been dug up by
smells. The machine never broke down
ana could be depended upon at ali
times. The very last day Of the war
when about 800 yards from the front
lines-l had often taken the car as
near as that--a shell landed n few
yards away, wounding two men and
shattering the glass shield of this car.
I'm Keeping with the occasion, had
wound stripe painted on the right
side and "A service stripe on the left
side. Unfortunately had to leave the
car in France. Me for Dodge when I
get back to civilian life"
This statement was made vo]untar;Iy
and seemed to spring from Colonel
Yields mind as one of the things that
had most impressed him during the
war. lie said that number of these
Dodge cars were in use son the front
and had remarkable reputation. Colo
mel weld is president of the firm of
we'd y Suydam, Inc, whose Offices arc
III oV East forty-second Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Auto Show
Turns Now
To Brooklyn
More Than $50 Cars on Dis.
play for Passenger Ma
chine Week; Trucks To
Be Shown April 8 to IL

With forty-four Of the leading makes
of passenger cars displayed in the esd
Regiment Armory, Brooklyn's eighth
annual automobile show opened last
night. The present show is by far tho
best the City of Churches has seen.
Moro than 100 complete cars and chns-
sis are displayed in an attractive set
ting. Accessories md parts arc In
booths along the walls beneath the
balcony.
Throughout the wce4 the show vii
open each day Mt noon, closing nj II
p. m. On April 7 the exposition will
not be open to the public, an tho motor
trucks, trailers. tractors, etc, fer The
commercial vehicle section of the show
will be loaded into the armory nil that
day. Part IL, which is for commercial
vehicles exclusively, will DO staged
from April 3 to ~, inclurivc.
Tho show committee Of tho Brook
lyn Motor Vehicle Dcalore' Association
In TO be complimentcd upon tho excel
lence of the exposition. The commit
tee includes A. e. Randall. chairman:
I. G. Kirkham, W. H. Kouwonhoven,
G. j. Maxson, w. A. Sellon and A. d.
CorWin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Showers Predicts Sure
Shortage Of Cars

+. c. Showers, head Of the Kauf-
ann-Stowers Company, reports that
since the close of the show and the
opening of @pring his company has
not been able to keep up with the de
mand for passenger cars. In talking
about the number Of sales that are
being made, he said: "With more
money in circulation and with wages
much higher than ever before, the
demand for good motor cars has cx-
ceeded the production. Never before
have we had so many untitled orders
on our books.
'Thc thrilling sensation and tho keen
enjoyment OF the automobile ride get
i'll the blood at the approach of
spring, with result that every ono
wants car, and now the great qucs-
ton Is, When can | get my carr
We are receiving hunlber Of Pre-
mier cars from the factory, but these
are being delivered on untitled orders
as fast as they como in. Everything,
would say, points to the biggest
shortage Of motor cars in the history
Of the country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Cord Tires
Found on the
"Averagge'' Car
Use of Thu type of Pncu-
matte, " Lssh Adds De-
cidedly To Efficiency of
Autos, Shows Increase

An observing person will notice on
the various automobiles on the street
high percentage of tires of cord
construction. This percentage, grow
ing each year in original equipment.
perhaps will cause some speculation.
II. j.. Morehead, manager of the B. f..
Goodrich Rubber Company's New
York branch, was asked his views:
almost from the beginning of pneu-
matte tire manufacture designers have
been striving toward a construction
which would at one time deliver the
maximum amount of the engines
power, be resilient to the highest de-
gree and be longlived," said Mr.. More
head. This is natural idea toward
which the tire designer should strive.
because of the tire itself being so
essential an item to the all-around
efficiency of the car-not only adding
comfort, but minimizing vibration
which would have to be carried by the
pneumatic tires, would be carried
through to the mechanism of the car,
80 the car could not hold together
nearly SO long
",Comfort, minimizing of vibration
and delivery of an added amount of
power from a given engine could be
accomplished only by the use of a
tire constructed as is the present day
cord. Automobile engineers have
found that 80 per cent of the power
generated by the motor is lost before
it is delivered in the form of speed.
Much of this power loss is through the
tires themselves. Cord" tires reduce
this loss to a minimum Cars equipped
with cord tires have negotiated steep
hills Gin high" that fail on the same
hill with fabric equipment. This has
been proved scores of times and is a
practical demonstration of the addi-
tional power cord tires give a car.
There is no question that the cord
constructed tire is most efficient. 1t
may be said to add tone to the car the
car rides easier; it will coast further;
it will consume less gasoleue; it will
steer easier and can pick up quicker.
AS constructed during the last few
years, it actually has demonstrated
marvellous strength. When automobile
racing was ut It's height 1T was found
that only the cord tire could deliver
the speed and stand up under tho
severe treatment that tho racing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Trend to Closed Cars
Is Noted by De Bear
Now That Chauffeurs Can Be
Got, More Broughams and
Limousines Are Wanted

"Another conclusive proof Of the
trend toward normal conditions in the
automobile industry" said Harry j.
De Bear, New York branch manager of
the Chalmers Motor Car Company at
1903 Broadway, ais shown in the re-
sumption Of manufacture and sales on
81 largo scale Of our Chalmers chauf-
feur- driven closed car models.
MANY Of those who, during the war;
for economic reasons and because Of
the scarcity Of ehnuffeurs, purchased
cars which they could drive them
selves, are now returning 10 the
limousine and other special outside
drive ears. Aside from tho comfort
able Textures Of the e1osedsiD body
during the winter season, the practiea-
bility OF this type for ail-year round
the-town work rs becoming more eyi.
dent in the largely increased numbers
Of broughams and landnuet models
seen on the city streets now at the
beginning Of the spring scason
There is now no doubt that the dis
eliminating people of New York are
convinced and have come TO the real
ization that in this type of car they
have nothing further to wish for In the
way OF convenience and comfort. 1t
is type adaptable to any occasion, at
any time and in any kind Of weather."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

he is using.
"on account Of the greater cost it
necessarily has sold at a price in cx-
cess of that charged for straight
fabric construction. This naturally has
caused 1T to be used almost exclusively
on the larger, more expensive automo-
biles.
while the cord tire is still dis
tinctlve tire, used largely by the man
who wants something q little better,
there recently has been a noticeable
trend on the part Of Mr.. Average Car
Owner to take note of this particular
equipment and buy for himself the
added merit which goes with the cord
tire, and which these days may be
bought without the extreme difference
IN cost that was necessarily present
few years ago. In other words, the
average car owner is now able to profit
by the increasing popularity Of the
cord tire, which through increased pro-
duction has been brought down some
what in cost"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
See Electric
Drive Work
In Battlesllip
Automobile Men Inspect
Installation Comparable
With Owen Magnetic Car
System on Fighting Craft

Lieutenant Commander r. w. Clark,
U. S. N, superintendent of ordnance at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, entertained
members of the Owen Magnetic Sales
Corporation aboard the new super
dreadnaught New Mexico recently to
show them how the principle of cleo
trio drive used in the Owen Magnetic
car is applied most successfully to the
navy's crack ship. The visitors were
shown how 37,000-ton monster was
controlled by four small levers, and
also just how the installation COM
pared with that of the car.
The navy mans guests were Fred j..
Titus, sales manager; Walter Ramsay,
Wholesale manager, and Captain Fred
Crooks, late of the ordnance depart
ment of the United States ARMY.
|" The New Mexico is an oil burner
with turbine engines and the electric
drive. The men aboard say she has it
over any other ship in the world for
simplicity, cleanliness, quiet and lack
of vibration, and all because she is
electrically controlled down to the very
last mechanical detail.
She will do twenty-five of the smooth
est knots ever reeled off by ship be-
cause of her electric drive. and electric
control also takes care of the fire of
ner guns, hcr ire control instruments,
her ammunition and shell HOSTS, her
kitchen and even the condensers that
convert $1,000 gallons of salt water
into fresh every twenty-four hours
She is great electric power house with
everything 30 thoroughly co6rdnated
that one can do n multitude Of things
by simply pressing Il single button.
And everything is certain in It's action
lit must be certain, because tho lives
of ] 400 men and the safety Of $20.-
100000 floating fortress depend at all
times upon this certainty.
The visitors spent most Of tho time
below decks looking over tho installa-
ton that cost S3,000,0 900, and comparing
1t unit by unit with tho drive Of the
car, which is identical in principle. The
absence Of heavy shafting and CON
Meeting rods and tons of steel for other
parts eliminated from the ship by the
electric system, corresponded to the
absence of clutch and gears in the
automobile. The lack of vibration and
the general quiet of operation were
alike in ship and automobile because
Of the elimination Of clashing gears
and the introduction in their place of
the smooth and quiet application Of
power to the propeller shafts through
their respective magnetic fields.
After the inspection was completed
somebody asked the lieutenant COM
mander if the system always worked
His crisp reply was:
at works ut all times. II there was
any doubt about its ability to deliver
the goods all the time, the United
States Navy wouldn't have it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
vsed Cars Scarce and I7igh

V1sEK there scarcity good the market
n prices to-day This sequence the stu
new cars They the demand exceeding
so-day in fact Of sixty days Hardly dealer ON
$50 VINO has not plenty untitled
element that cancellations have
700 long One told at the
t1n bis factory ~ " ~ "'O' S ~ "'n
new cars course demand Prices
'o-day compare favoraby with the when new
used car dealers securing the good second
A with which to the demand situation with
nu USED cars will continue until factory production new
L. s3senes up with and passes tho demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Speedabout Is New
Model of King Eight

new two-passcnger model, to be
known as the "King Spcedabout," IL
announced by w. r.. Vogelcr, manager
of the King Car Corporation, focal dis
tributcrs. The body IN all aluminium
The car is powered by the eight-cylin-
der motor used in other King models,
but the special 1-I2 to ! axle makes it
bty far tho fastest car ever put out by
the Detroit concern.
the features and equipment consist
OF individual seats, special "racy" fem
dcrs, removable top and tilted wind
snieid, nm extra capacity gas tank,
black wire wheels fitted with 32x4M
cord tires, an extra wheel and tire
mounted and locked on the rear deck,
motomcter, an cight-day clock and j
seventy-five-mile spccdometcr.
large compartment Immediately
behind the seata, accessible through
small doors opening on either sido OF
the car and Yale locked, provides ample
space for luggage. The standard colors,
winch are opf fonai, are coach painters
carmine and sout Khaki.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Maxwell Represents
Five ear Campaign

Harry j.. De Beer, manager of the
New York branch of the Maxwell Mo
tor Sales Corporation at 1903 Broad
way, says: "Thc time-worn adage, the
last the best of all the game still holds
true.
"Wo are now reaping the fruits Of
the far-sighted policy OF the Maxwell
factory organization, after five years
Of consistent Improvement and refine
ment OH a chassis and motor adopted
as basis to work upon. Without one
radical change, each year has found 81
better Maxwell. and now the wisdom
Of this policy ia reflected in the ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Hanson Joins Haynes Staff

Walter P. Hanson is now aflliatad
with the Haynes Automobile Company
as assistant advertising manager. "The
wide range of experience that Hanson
mas had as newspaper and magazine
man and as war correspondent on the
Mexican border in 1916 makes him
valuable. addition to our advertisinr
DIVISION says G. y. Radoye. ths
Haynes advertising manager.
BESIDES assisting in the ADVERTISING
programme Hanson's duties will include
w writing of The Haynes Pioneer,o
Wnicn Is produced in the interests of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

In order to take care of the growing
army of Hudson SuperSix and Essex
car owners in this territory, Harry S.
Houpt, president of the Hudson Motor
Car Company of New York, has taken
over as service station the Hudson
Garage at 315 West Sixty eighth
Street, near West End Avenue.
With the possible exception of the
garage owned by the Automobile Club
of America, the Hudson building was
the largest garage in the city, and it
now becomes the largest building de
voted exclusively to passenger car
service and repair work maintained by
any automobile company in New YORK.
The step taken by Mr.. Houpt is q
radical one, but, as he said, it is nee
essary in order to take care Of Hudson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Predicts Biggest
Production of Cars

Automobile production cannot be
restored to the pre-war basis before
July ~ says William G. Pocrtncr,
president Of the Poertncr Motor Car
Company. "But from that date on
to January !, 1920, American auto
mobile makers will build moro cars
than in any previous six-months'
period, not even excepting the last
half OF 1917, when the greater part
Of record annual output of ap
proximatcly 100000 passenger cars
were manufactured"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Back TO the Old Jobs
By BECK

Kaufmann-Stowers Co., distributors
or Nash passenger cars and trucks,
Premier passenger cars, Titan trucks
ana Warner trailers, have provided
work for former employees Of the firm
Who gave up their Jobs to 20 to war.
when these men left for the army they
were assured by Mr.. Showers that their
places would be awaiting them on their
return, and now rs they return they
arc being employed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

Super-Six and Essex car owners, who
now. number close to 10000 in this
territory.
The building, which has room for
the storage of 700 cars, is four
stored fireproof structure built less
than three years ago on modern lines.
1t has ample light on all four sides.
and feature of the building is that
no elevators are used, as wide ramps
connect the various floors and prevent
congestion and delays.
The building, 200x275 feet, contains
more than four acres of floor space.
and every inch of it will be devoted to
the service, care and repair Of Hudson
Super-Slx and Essex cars.
The receiving department in the new
building Will be double the size of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
He Graves to Show
A Little Speed

I'd like to have a new car.
"A green or red or blue car,
~, tan or golden hue cara la mode;
The body must be classy,
On fairly sporty chassis,
want to be real sassy--on the road
I'm sick of eating dust now,
feel | really must now
speak.
want turn at showing
HOW to keep the horn a-blowing.
want to pass 'em, going like a
streak.
SO when you hear n DRUMMING
Like an engine that is humminr.
souii know just who is coming-it
Don't start in accelerating.
Cogitatlng or debating.
.Aggrayating, imprecatinrs--iet m.
hyi II. S. OSBoRNr lug
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

NEW YORK CITY to have better social
vehicle trade The Automobile Association
ake two floors Of the building at 1916 Broadway will
quarters there Members the Club
% and other clubs already
f. A. viii be eligible associate
away with Of the duplication existing clubs
"s OF which has the any long has
need In this city for just the Of organization planned
nhana Of the automobile
available funds for tho realization plans that long have been
Na by leading spirits In the Automobile Dealers Association
The lease the sine will lost in
|ssung the place ready for club purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
To Rebuild BrookIands

Adviees from England are that fha
famous Bfookands fhee track which,
during tho war was permitted To de.
tefiofAte into "a condition unsafe for
high speeds, is TO be repaired. The
society Of Motor Manufacturers and
Traders VIII assist the Brooklands Au-
tomoble Racing Club in restoring tho
famous speedway To its former excel.
lent condition, preparatory to the re-
vlval OF racing IN England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Ford Starter on Closed Cars

The self starters with which Ford
closed cars ara equipped, in addition
to the present electric lighting svs-
TEN, is Light in weight and is at
tached TO the fly wheel with a bendix
drive. Current is supplied by an es-
pecially built storage battery-gix
volts, eighty ampercs capacity, and
TINS IN turn is kept charged by a gen.
orator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

The Dyckman Street ferry, at the
foot of Dyckman Street, opened yes
terday for foot passengers and auto
mobiles. This ferry is the direct route
to Interstate Park, Camp Merritt, Bear
Mountain, and all points in New Jcr-
sey. Interstate Park, under the CON
troll of New York and New Jersey, Of
fcrs all sorts Of amuscmcnts, such as
boating, fishing, and hiking. The boats
run daily from a. m. to II p. M, and
on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
from g a. m. to midnight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

one in the former service station, and
the small parts department has also
been considerably enlarged. Here will
be carried more than 100000 worth
of Hudson and Essex parts.
One important feature of the new
building which will materially HELM
in rapid repair work is the light which
floods the workroom from all four
sides. On the west side of the build
ing there is an unobstructed view of
the Hudson River
The present Hudson service station
on West Sixty-seventhsStre has been
sold to the Cadillac Company, who will
use it for service station.
The Hudson Motor Car Company OF
New York will take formal possession
of the new building on April !.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

increasing popularity and numbers OF
the Model '25' Maxwell.
"All that is claimed by other motor
car manufacturers regarding the econ.
omy. the. sturdiness, and the general
utility Of their products, is n. srely a
matter of-fact, day-to-day record Of
many thousands Of Maxwell owners
on overl highway Of tie world.y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

with the Maxwell Motor Sales Corpora-
ton. Lieutenant r. r.. Fielder and
Private william r. MacEntce also
tend to give the Maxwell sales force a
pre~war atmosphere. Automobile men
hays greatly strengthened the snlca
organization Of the New York Mux-
wcll-C Chalmers branch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Overland Opens
Branch i'm The Bronx

The Willys-Overland Company will
open April branch in The Bronx at
2436 Grand Concourse. t.. j. Nc.
Cracker, recently general service
manager with headquarters at the
main Office on 1fifty-seventh Street,
viii be in charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Extra DayIi0hf Returns

"pAf once the clock ahead otorist will
noy daily extra sixty minutes Of daylight October
ea and that added considerably the delight
nss and others throughout the was rood
mat the bill which would have done with daylight saving fell
"aysde That Of it, at least be bopcd
n scheme will be interfeed with Daylight saving
4 : hne idea and deserves be continued.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Some Jaunt in
A Touring Car

The racing cars that make such
wonderful time on the various
speedways of the country are spe-
cially built to gain every advantage
that can be gained. However, Ralph
De Palma has just shown on the
Ascot Speedway at Los Angeles,
Cal, that other cars than racing
cars can show creditable speed.
In a regular Packard Twin Six,
the same as are seen every day on
the city street, the famous racing
driver, riding on Goodyear cord
tires, covered mile lap on the
Ascot track in so seconds. There
were three passengers in the car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

has the moor under police surveillance
use Of the streets and highways If the pedestrian
Png the auomobi enthusiastically incidentally
d proportion either traffic density show
II comfortable falling off,