Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-14
DEMAND LOCALLY FAR EX'
cEEps ABILITY OF DEAL
Frs TO DELIVER.
sixTY.THREE DELIVERED
HERE SINCE APRIL I
Some Agencies Entirely Out OF Cars
deliveries So Far in April Below
spondins Period OF March,
Duo to Shortage Of cars-oelivsr'
jes Made Since April I.

In spite of the higher price OF auto
mob,,es 10 saw nothing Of the in
creased cost OF living, locally, the
sales OF motor vehicles have greatly
exceeded the supply. With the pos
slble exception of one or two asen-
cies, practically all the others nave
sold great many more cars to date
this spring than they have yet been
able to deliver. There seems to DE
no apparent indication of any let UP
in the purchase Of automobiles. This
Is true not only of new cars, but OF
used cans as well.
ILLUSTRATING, for example, the eX-
ceedingly strong demand for useo
cars. one firm, making a specially o.
the latter, reports the sale of twenty
seven second hand automobiles IN
the first nine week days OF TINS
month.
Cars Hard to Get.
The dealers chief trouble is not In
selling cars, but in getting cars TO
deliver once they are sold. With the
present rail congestion and delay, due
to the strike in eastern centers, 1t is
expected that the delivery OF cars 10
dealers, will be even fewer in num-
Der than they have been.
AS a matter of fact. a very large
part OF the automobiles coming to
this part Of the country are being
driven from the factories. Even with
the dealers willing to send drivers
after the cars, they still are not able
to get enough to fill their orders
Some dealers sold their supply, &C
cumulated during the winter months,
| in March and are now without cars.
They, however, are taking orders and
| promising delivery just as soon as
the factories can supply them.
Dealers report that deliveries in
March were much larger for the same
number of days than they have been
for the first two weeks of the current
month. This Is due principally to the
fact that they had more cars to
deliver last month than this.
Deliveries This Month.
| The following sixty three purchas-
ers in this city and vicinity have been
delivered passenger cars as listed
below, since April 1, according to in
formation furnished by sales agen-
rcies to the Times-Republican:
Buick-Miss Minnie Klinefelter.
Cadillac-H. o. Hickok.
Case-Frank Casper.
Chandler Wright. Roy T. Was
| son, Floyd Paul, William Blumen-
schein, A s., Chandler.
Cleveland-G. T. Larson, L. Han
stone
Chevrolet-Electric Supply Com
pany, Glenn w. Kurtz. H. A. Nichol-
son, C. r. Diller, H. A. Powell. Harry
j. Fetters, H. B. Knoll. J. NJ. Man
ship F. Ralston.
Cole--E. Y. Irwin, L. S. Flora, L. T
Andrews, Earl Stoddart. Joe Waite
meyer.
Dort-Jesse B. Troutner.
Essex-Harry H. Pursel, J. c.
Bailey
Ford-David Rank, c. N. Dodson,
| Wayne Binford. Martin H. Hull, r.
A. Jones, G. w. Everist. E. C. Stew
ems, s. C. Kellogg, Sidney Norris.
Basil q. Windes, Merritt Greene, r.
II. Reidel, Mrs. Mary Gregg, J. w.
| Long, Charles A. Smith, w. H.
| Thomas.
Franklin-L. c. Abbott.
Hupmobile-Dr. r. NJ. Allen.
Hudson-Roy Barriage.
Maxwell-Edward Whitaker c. r.
Trowbridge, Cecil B. Maulsby, H. B.
McBroom. John Evans. H. Venskin,
c. F.. Breeder. Ollie Drury.
Oldsmobile-Walter Hammond.
Reo-Jesse Kingsland.
Saxon-W. E. Lathrop.
Studebaker-Mrs. William Paisley,
Rodney c. Wells. C. T. Carter, Fl. w.
White, Harry II. Pusel, Elmer Teve-
bough.