The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-13
Happenings
The Industry
From MoToy
From, MOTOR.

company has reached q stage OF
development when his services as
designing engineer are no longer re-
CURED. No successor will be ap-
pointed.
George M. Graham has resigned
his position az vice president OF the
Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, to
become vice president of the Chandler
Motor Car Company, where he will
have charge of sales. service and
advertising.
Engineers connected with vompan-
les interested in friction materials of
various sorts have formed q Friction
Drive Engineering Society. c. A. 8.
Hewlett 10 president: w. d. Hamer-
stadt, vice president, and c. w.
Kelsey, secretary and treasurer. The
next meeting will be held in Indiana
polls. November 3. All companies or
engineers interested in friction mater
ials. brake Innings. friction drive.
hoist wheels, &C., are eligible for
membership In the organization.
A. I. Appleton, of the Appleton
Electric Company of Chicago, has
purchased the controlling interest in
the Anderson Electric q Equipment
Company of that city.
The new Locomoble organization.
which has taken over and 10 oporat-
ing the factory In Bridgeport. has
announced a new sales plan for
merchandising its product. Hereafter
all Locomobiles viii be sold either by
factory branches or through dealars
fradin0 dtractlxr
There will be no distributors.
The Rickenbacker Motor Car Com
rany. which is to produce q car to bear
the name Of the redoubtable Capt.
Eddie, has found a permanent home
In the plant formerly occupied by
the Disteel Wheel plant of the Detroit
Pressed Steel Wheel Company. This
plant has a capacity. according to
Captain Rickenbacker, Of 200 cars per
day. which ought to caro- for the COM
pany's business for some months.
Rich III. Collins, president Of the Col
Inns Motor Car Company and formerly
president and general manager Of the
Cadillac, has secured control Of the
Peerless Truck d Motor Corporation
of Cleveland, Ohio. II L. stated that
this new venture of Collins viii In no
way conflict with production Of the
Collins car. which In now almost ready
for production in the old Cadillac fac
tory.
Studebaker 10 trying to break its
yearly production record, which was
made in 1915 when S6.sS5 cars were
turned out. The record for the first
Of this year was $1,000
and II II confidently expected that the
old mark win be bsttsred In 1921
The Tire and Rim Division of the
8. A. q. Ii working Enthusiastically
on its campaign to reduce the tire and
rim sizes in the interest Of economic
II u now propN ed to
eliminate the 33x3M. S3xl and 33x4h
inch rim sizes and tho corresponding
oversize and regular tire sises. II
proposes also to cancel the 40x30k
straightside rim and the Ska over
size straightside tire. This would
leave passenger car rim sizes as fol.
lows: 30x3h clincher, 32x4 straight
side, Sax4h straishtside. s4x4h.
Ten States now impose q tax on
gasoline. They arc Colorado. Ken
lucky. New Mexico, Oregon. Arizona,
Arkansas. Connecticut. Florida. 0sor.
s1a, Montana. North Carolina. Penn
sylvania- South Dakota and Wash
ington. In several other States bills
were introduced in the legislature for
gasoline tax measures, but failed Of
passage.
Early action in the campaign to
secure federal participation In high
way building IL now to be expected.
The conference committee has ironed
out what differences remained and an
identical bill will be presented shortly
In the House and the Senate. This bill
VIII mako the appropriations avail
able January !, 1929. instead Of six
months after the passage of the bill,
as was first proposed.
The Metropolitan Section Of the 8. A.
E., recently made the trip from New
York to Wilmington Del. and on to
Aberdeen, Nd, to witness tests Of new
big guns for the army. The 131-mile
trip to Wilmington was made In one
day and the return was made in
daylight. Costs were figured and II
was found that the cost by bus ran
to one cent per passenger mile, which
Is about half railway costs.
The automobile show has just closed
its doors at the Prand Palais in Paris
and the general remark in regard to It
Is that French manufacturers are
to hold their home market by
making unheard-of sacrifices In the
way Of price cuts. Several American
cars were represented. Buick, Pierce
Arrow, Cadillac and Overland. but the
heavy exchange handicap prevented
the usual interest in these offerings.
II seems funny also to read that Fiat
had . model in tho show priced at
lao, 900 francs. Tho Hspano-Suiza
had one st 100000 francs and the
Isotta people offered ono Of their cars
at $4,000 francs. The chance for eI-
tensive selling campaigns IN France
by foreign manufacturers would seem
to be small at the present time.