New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
Owen Magnetic
Celebrates Its
9Th Anniversary
Cars i'll Many Foreign Coun-
tries One in Java Has
Done $4,000 Miles-His-
tory of the Transmission

This is the fifth anniversary of the
Owen Magnetic car, which event is be-
ing celebrated by the Owen Magnetic
Sales Corporation at the headquarters,
Broadway and Fifty seventh Street
By a coincidence, on the day the car
with the Entz magnetic tlansmissio
and a thousand speeds was five years
old one Of the leading dealers of
Buenos Aires sent an order 20 T.. s.
Partridge, the sales head Of the Owen
Magnetic organization, for five Of the
latest models.
This still further broadens the world
market of the Owen Magnetic, which
now includes Cuba, Spain, Japan,
France, Italy, the Scandinavian coun-
tries and the Danish West Indies.
Havana takes the Owen Magnetics
whenever they can DC spared from. the
Of the car to Spain came when Mr.
Partridge sold one Of the finest models
to King Alfonso. Now one of the
most prominent dealers in Madrid
takes all he can get
Four years ago, when Julian Halford,
who is now treasurer of the sales cor
poration, opened Chicago branch. he
sold one of the cars to doctor, who
took it to Japan. Six orders OF from
two to three cars each have followed
the Introduction of the car to that
country in this purely personal way.
Orders arc now on hand, awaiting
shipping licenses, from France, Italy
and the Scandinavian countries. Au-
tomobile manufacturers in three foreign
countries purpose to use the Entz
transmission in the cars they will build
when developments are completed.
Java has an Owen Magnetic that had
been driven Sd 800 miles before it was
shipped there.
The coming automobile show will be
the sixth at which the Owen Magnetic
VIII have been shown. The magnetic
transmission which controls the driv-
ing operations makes gear shifting un
necessary. The simple operation of
lever on the steering wheel controls
all the speed required from n pace so
SLOW that the movement of the car is
scarcely pcrceptible, to SEVENTH. miles
an hohr This speed control was re-
sponslblc for the Owen Magnetic get
ting the name of "the car with
thousand speeds"
X. NJ. Owen, one OF the most sue
cossful automobile men in the coun-
try, was responsible for the develon-
ment of the car and it's introduct; i1,' F.
the public. Owen chose as his sales
heal veteran Of proved ability in the
person of f. S. Partridge, who associ
atcd with himself Julian Halford and
Fred Titus
How many of the important men in
the country arc operating Owen Mag
nctlcs! One owner has five Ami
versary letters received from many
OF these owners show unqualified salts
faction. Several OF these men arc such
Owen Magnetic boosters that two Years
ago they joined Ray Owen in a $50
mile tour. Fourteen cars were in this
caravan and they carried party of
hfty-four persons. A railroad sched
ule was maintained throughout the run
ana at no time was SINCE car in diff
ficutcs.
Now that the war is over. it is pos
siblc to tell of most remarkable in
dorsemcnt the magnetic transmission
received. In developing its captive
balloon division The government
sought a system of control to mount on
a motor truck and to bring the balloon
down with tfe greatest possible speed