The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-01

During 1920 Cleveland will produce
the parts for most of the automobiles
to be made and assembled in America
during the year. In addition to manu-
featuring the france motors, bodies,
axies and tops for i he best portion OF
The nations car output, the city viii
put into the market more than 100000
completed cars mostly or the higher
priced variety. according 10 estimates
Just made by the Cleveland chamber
OF commerce.
In point of Hc-uaI manufacturing,
cleveland today ranks as the first au~
tomobile city of the world, with De-
T. oft as second
In point of car output--largely a
matter of assembling--Detroit is easily
first. with lower-priced cars making
up the bulk of it's output. Recent es-
Enlistment in Cleveland of enormous
plants for increased production OF
parts VIII make the supremacy Of the
city In the manufacturing end of the
industry more striking than ever
At the same time its production Of
automobiles and trucks sill Ire in
creased through the expansion of old
companies and the creation of new
ones. The plant of the new Cleveland
Automobile company, for instance. is
now completed, and initial manufacture
ing work has started. This company
will market n medium priced car, pro
ducing about lG.n00 in 1920. The out
Put of the Cleveland Tractor company
row that the war Ia over. will be OF
considerable Importance in the agri~
cultural and economic development of
United States and Canada during 1920
During the year national advertising
campaigns and the wider use of the
cars will make Cleveland still better
known as the home of such cars as the
Winton, Peerless. Stearns, Chandler
Grant Jordon. Baker. Templar and
Marsh. The White company probably
VIII make more White trucks this year
than ever before.
Most interesting, however. from a
national viewpoint, Is the recent estab-
lfshment in Cleveland Of enormous new
plants for the manufacture of bodies
and axles
The Fisher Body Corporation, operat-
Ing twenty-three plants in the United
States and Canada, with a business in
excess of $50. 900, 600, has chosen Clevs-
land as the site for its newest plant
This is to be the largest In the world
erected expressly for the building OF
automobile bodies.
The Eaton Axle company. recently
organized by strong automobile and
financial interests and headed by the
men who founded the Torbensen Axle
company, has also located in Cleve-
land. 1t Is expected that both of these
companies. which win employ thou.
sands of men. will be in operation soon
Large factory sites have been obtained
and construction preparation is beine
hurried.
Men in the automobile industry are
especially concerned in the prospect OF
having new and large source of axles
in 1920. as the insufTiciency OF the axle
supply has seriously retarded the pro.
onction of many makes Of trucks and
passenger cars during the past year.
So great Is the need for axles that
capacity output of the new Eator
! Axle company is already assured fol
the first great factory unit. now build.
ing, and for other units to be completed
as quickly as possible.
The Fisher Body Corporation, which
! has Incorporated and retained a con
trolling interest in the new Cleveland
plant, known as the Fisher Body Ohie
et IN naHy. expects that-tl4e plant viii
employ upwards Of 1000 during it's frs
year, and estimates its business for this
! first year will be sI2.oog.00o.
Present plans contemplate an u1ti
rate business Of $50. 0gn. 900 for tn,
| Cleveland plant of the Fisher company
All tho stock OF both the Eaton am
Fisher companies has been sold. Fret
| y. Fisher, president of the Fisher Body
Corpo ration, of Detroit. will head tn,
| new Ohio corporation bearing the namt
| of the parent company.
t At the head of the new axle compan,
Ii J. O. Eaton, one OF the founders o.