The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
OWEN MAGNETIC is
NOW 5 YEARS OLD
It's Power Plant Won New
: Iaurels i'm War Balloon
Work.

This ls the NTH anniversary OF the
owen Magnetic car which. in the short
space OF Ave years. has established IT.
SELF as one OF the standard high class
automobiles of the country. The owen
Magnetic Sales Corporation is celebrat-
ing this event at its headquarters on
Broadway. at Fifty-seventh street. with
unusual satisfaction because the car not
only has made exceedingly good In this
country but has been accepted enthu-
e!astically by many OF the foreign coun-
tries.
BY a very interesting coincidence. on
the dav the car with the Entz magnetic
transmission and a thousand speeds was
1--WE years old, one OF the leading dealers
Of Buenos Ayres sent an order to Il. g.
Partridge, the sales head OF the owen
Magnetic organization. for five or the
latest models. This still further oroadens
the world market OF the owen Magnetic,
which now includes Cuba, Spain, Japan.
France. italy, the Scandinavian countries
and the Danish West indies. Havana
takes owen Magnetics whenever they
can be spared from the American market.
Sold Car to King OF spain.
The introduction OF the car to Spain
came when Mr. Partridge sold one of the
finest models to King Alfonso. Now one
" the most prominent dealers IN Madrid
takes all he can get. Four years ago
when Julian Halford who Is now treas
urer OF the sales corporation. opened a
Chicago branch for owen Magnetics. he
sold one of the cars 10 well known
doctor, who took Il to Japan. Six orders
of from two TO three cars each have fol-
lowed the introduction OF the car 70 that
country in this purely personal way.
Perhaps the most significant evidence
OF the general acceptance OF the ad-
vanced engineering features OF this car
are the orders now on hand awaiting
shipping licenses from France. Italy and
the Scandinavian countries and the pur-
pose OF manufacturers OF three foreign
countries to use the Entz transmission
In the cars they Will build when de-
velopments are completed.
Java has an owen Magnetic that goes
about It's daily work without fuss and
feathers. although It had been driven
$4,000 miles before It was shipped there,
The coming Automobile SHOW will be
the sixth at which the owen Magnetic
will have been shown. The car made a
sensation from the start. The wonderful
magnetic transmission which controls
TIE driving operations makes gear shift
ing unnecessary The simple operation
OF lever on the steering wheel controls
all the speed required from a pace 80
slow that the movement OF the car is
scarcely perceptble to seventy miles an
hour, and with an astonishing smooth
ness This simple uut al, cn,DTaUiUs spec,
control was responsible for the over
Magnetic getting the famous name OF
the car with a thousand speeds"
Owners OF owen Magnetic cars dis
played great interest in Secretary OF the
Navy Danelss statement last week that
-urbo electric machinery would make
our capital fighting ships the worlds
best. THIS method Of unprecedentedly
flexible power transmission has proved.
IN the superdreadnought New Mexico &c
give even more than its best well wishers
expected. It operates on the same prin-
cipe as the Owen Magnetic, though the
machinery naturally is widely different
Ray ". owen, one OF the most pro-
rreseive and successful automobile mer
IN the country. was responsible for the
development OF the car and its introduc'
ton to the public. 1t is one Of Ray
OWENS characteristics never 20 go ahead
until ne knows he is right.
The case Of the Owen Magnetic car Il
no exception. Although the magnetic
transmission was revolutionary. he knew
II was right, and the public Immediately
saw q was right after Il had had the
system explained and had seen the cal
perform. Then came the important bus
iress OF marketing the car. and agar
Bay owen waited until his organization
was RICH: before lie went ahead. h
ohoee as his sales head a veteran OF
proved ability in the person of f, S
Partridge. who Immediately associated
with him Julian Haltord and Fred Titus
both successful automobile men. Their
followed the organization Of . live and
S,teiligent force OF salesmer.
Now many of the biggest men IL the
country are operating Owen Magnetics
Used for War Balloon Work.
Now that the war is over Il IS posi-
be 20 tell OF the most remarka bic IN
torsement the magnetic Transmission
ever received. In developing ia cap
five balloon division. the Government
sought a system Of control 20 mount or
motor truck and TO bring the balloon
Down with tine greatest possible speed
ard smoothness and TO control its oper
alton. They wanted something tha
would give the observers IN these bal
looms better than ain even break agaihs
attacking Hun planes.
Ray owen put his magnetic transmits
SION into winch and II was prompt!
-ccepted and used by the balloon d.
actually possible 70 wind In the balloon
with such amazing swiftness that tn
speed OF the attacking plane could n
overcome ard the lives or the observer
saved as they never could have befl
saved without this winch. But that !
another story.
IN discussing she anniversary. l.. S
Partridge said
Despite the fact that the war pre-
'onted the factory from getting on
quantity basis in production, the Owe
Magnetic car could not be denied 4:
place az one Of the standard cars O
quality In this country and abroad. Al
trough limited production naturally re
suited in limited distribution. the car
were bought by men and women OF hiR
standing and influence in all the leadin
centres and its fame has been sprea
1roadcast
'I have every confidence In the abnit
Of the Baker r. & i. Company. III
builders Of owen Magnetics. TO get on
quantity production basis some day
Just now. however Il il still busy o.
large Government contracts for indus
trial trucks. and We must be patient"