The Washington herald., 1919-02-16
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

The Hurley Motor Company. agents
for the Nash, sold a club roadster TO
Mr.. o Dorsey and a e-passenEer
car 10 Mr.. Cerfaci last week
over $500 members OF the Packard
Motor COMPANY entered the service OF
Uncle Sam. An official statement Of
, the number OF casualties has not yet
been made public. a record TO be
truly proud Of
Never judge the size of mans
bank account by the automobile lac
rides around in. Sometimes a man
with an expensive automobile can al
ford it.
Just because George Washington
used hatchet is no excuse for other,
to use a hammer. nor is II any reason
for your car TO do any knocking.
Footprints in the sands Of time are
all very well. but most people prefer
TO leave tracks made by automobile
tires
When the history Of the motor truck
industry is written, the year just
passed will probably be pointed out at
the year in which the motor truck
came into its own. No one industry
was more in the public eye in the year
1915. or the year previous than the
motor truck industry. Given its big
opportunity by the world war and the
consequent necessity for betterIng
transportation facilities. the motor
truck Immediately made good. And
now even the most skeptiCal will read
lily ConCcdc that the field of motor
truck usefulness has barely been
scratched and that the new giant IN
dustry is bound TO grow to even
greater proportions.
A complete record has not been made
OF the number of Cadillac men who
entered the service of the army and
navy, and those who made the su-
preme sacrifice. but from the factory
alone more than 1.20O gave their serv-
ices to Uncle Sam.
The Bosch Magnetic Company has
now officially become the American
Bosch Magnetic Corporation. a month
or so ago the Alien Property Custo-
dian of the United States sold the en-
tire property holdings. assets and pat
the highest bidder. The organization
papers which were drawn up now re-
veal the simon pure Americanism OF
the purchasers. Mr.. 4. T. Murray.
president OF the firm, is also president
Of tn" bethlehem Motors Corporation.
OF Allentown. Pa.
A mule never gets anywhere when
( he is kicking, but any one not well
Nersed in the art of cTankinS his
'firVcr" will invariably land in the
hospital.
At the plant of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company. Akron. Onic
the greatest pyecautionS are taken to
insure absolutely pure drinking water
for the 10000 employees. Twice each
week samples of the water arc care
fully examined for bacterioioGical con-
tamination. Whenever the slightest
traces of bacteria are detected the en-
tire system is thoroughly cleaned.
Two months after the siEning of &C
armisticc the output of the Goodyear
Tire Company jumped from 6.COO to
1900 daily. They have now reached
production of 2OoCO daily and in
few weeks will reach $500.
The s3.5Co.OO0 plant at Dearborn, IN
which Henry Ford & Son will build
tractors VIII employ 10000 men. rord
states that he will devote most of his
time in the future to the building OF
tractors.
Mr.. CarInody. OF the Henderson Mo
tor Car Co, local agents for the Saxon
and Columbia cars. has just returned
from New York, where he was a visi-
tor at the automobile show and Were
he also attended a meeting of the
American Automotive Engineers As
sociation.
The Henderson Motor Car Company
announces the sale of a Saxon five
passenger touring car and a Saxon
roadster last week.
Mr.. H. II. Mundy. manager of the
Chevrolet Motor Company. has re-
turned from TarIytoWn, where ne
spent several days in going over plans
with the officials of the, factory per-
tanning to plans for the coming season.
The now garage bciuE butt by JUL
ius Flood on Fourteenth surcct north
west. between V and w streets is rap
indy nearing COMPLETION. and Julius
states that he will be open for bu-i-
ness about the middle Of neat week.