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at Indianapolis, have pronounced his
proposition quite attractive for the
class in which it will rate, and say
! that it has several features which
are quite unique. One distributor
Rys that the prospects are very
bright for the latest product of Mr..
Stutz.
| Walter R.. Wilmot, manager of
the great Industrial and Automotive
exhibition of the Minneapolis
Automobile Trade association, an
nounces the date of the coming
show, as January 81 to February 7,
inclusive.
The P. Lyall and Sons Construc-
ton company, Ltd, Montreal, will
enter the automobile field with a car
to retail at $500. The motor will
be unique. 1t was designed by
Lydall mechanic. Extreme econon1y
in operation is claimed. The Lydalf
plant is expected to turn out $4,000
of these cars in 1920.
King Trailer company, of Ann
/ Arbor, which has been in operation
three years under the management
of prominent Detroit and Ann Ar
Dor men, is preparing to enlarge
andNis offering additional stock, both
common and preferred, The in
creased business brought remands
for more capital.
Henry Lansdale, vice president of
the Mercer Motor company. Tren-
ton, N. j., will have his Offices in.
New York at 245 West Fifty-fith
street.
h According to B. L. Graves of the
Los Angeles Ford branch, self
starters for Ford cars are now be-
ing turned out at the rate of better
than 5000 day. This is said to be
three times as large an output as
made by any other manufacturer of
these devices. Ten months ago the
manufacturer of starters for Fords
had hardly started.
]. E. Pickens. advertising man.
ager of the Selden Truck corpora
ton. announces the appointment of
L. M. Fields as division manager
for the Selden company in the Pa
cific states district, with headquar-
tiers in San Francisco.
F. ]. Druar, a veteran in the auto
mobile field, whose start was made
with E. r. Thomas in the days of
the single cylinder cars, has become
chief engineer of the Standard Mo-
tor Truck company.
The Federal corporation has been
formed at Sprinheld, Mass, by the
manufacturers of the Jumbo spark
plug. This is a 100000 corpora
ton. 1t will manufacture what is
claimed to be a plug with unbreak-
able porcelain. H. P. Linnell is
president and general manager.
Detroit is to have the largest and
finest automobile spring plant in
the world. A new company has
been formed under the, name OF the
American Auto Parts company,
with a capital Of $5,o00,0OO. Thirty
acres of land have been. purchased
on French road, near Grafton ave-
nue. William E. Perrine is presi-
dent F. F. Gremmelsman, vice.
president and general manager, w.
P. Culver, vice-president and sales
manager, and ]. w. Stannard, Sec
rotary and treasurer.
H. H. franklin, president of the
H. H. Franklin Manufacturing COM
pany, of Syracuse, N. Y, manufac-
turers of the Franklin air-cooled
car, announces that the company
will engage in the making of one
ton Franklin trucks in q plant sep
arate and distinct from the present
factories.
c. NJ. Wallace, formerly with the
purchasing department, body divi-
sion, of the Packard Motor Car
company, has recently Joined the
Standard Motor Truck company as |
purchasing agent. Mr.. Wallace, be-
fore joining the Packard company
was at different times with the Buda |
company, and the Mitchell Motors
company.
Harry L. Bill, formerly of De-
troit, now production manager OF |
the Winton Motor company, while
in Detroit last week arranging for
material shipments, said that Win
ton was now on a l5-cars-per-day |
schedule, and would ultimately reach |
20 cars daily, with improvements
in the material market.
]. H. Newmark, advertising man
ager of the Chevrolet Motor COM !
pany, who recently visited James /
vile, Wis, reported production OF
Samson tractors at the rapidly
growing plant in that city as 80 !
daily at present, with promises of
big increase soon.
]. H. Wise will shortly sail for
South America and Latin-American
countries to represent the Selden
Truck corporation, of Rochester, N.
Y, through CASTOR, Williams and
Wigmore, who handle the export
business Of the company under the
direction of R H. Salmons, vice I
president in charge Of foreign AZ
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