New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Motor News From EVERYWHERE

Reports from more than four Thousand
Chevrolet dealers Throughout the United
states and Canada show tremendous in
crease in the number of orders every
whore as q result of the announcements of
new prices The. eight factories and as
semby plants of the company 'are% all
workin gtQ greater capacity than at any
time for the last year. The public has
learned to appreciate value in automo-
completely equipped at low price the
company has met the public on the lat
ter's own terms The publ apparently is
taking advantage of the opportunity. =
a gold Chalmers car placed on exhibi-
tion by Harry j. De Bear has been at
traeting considerable attention at the
salesrooms of the company, at 1908 Broad
way, corner Fifty-ninth Street. was
Of the De Cozen Motor Company. Newark,
n. D.. all the work being handled in his
own esta blishment. The work consumed
about eight weeks and required 2,l2s
leaves of % karat gold four inches square.
All of the fittings are, IA karat triple
plated gold. The tenders and running
car being equipped with Westinghouse
shock absorbers. bumpers and royal blue
The top boot and two extra tire covers
carry out the genera theme in coloring of
the rest OF the car.
The Haynes Automobile Company Of
New York recently gave a luncheon to
sixty Haynes dealers of the New York dis
trict at the New York Athletic Club. I'M
mediaetly after the luncheon the dealers
were taken to the service station in West
Fifty-flfth Street, where tbc 100 Haynes
"fifties' which had Arrived the previous
were in readiness for delivery These 90
formed in a line extending from
proceeded down Eleventh Avenue. escorted
by the motorcycle police, turning east in
Twenty third Street to Broadway and then
north on Broadway, passing Thirty fourth
Street. Times SQndrp Ehlnn1hug
to Seventy ninth Street.
Ten years ago the first American truck
to use the worm gear made its appear
ance. The identical truck is in daily op-
Grafton now The Question as to. its
day. May %, when the veteran vehicle.
which is operated by Buffalo firm, will
celebrate its tenth Anniversary by run
Boston. Although, the 1ruck, q five-ton
P1eree,A 0eo Arrow' mas, Travelled more athan
its performsnee r of May Is, 1911, when it.
was run over the same route -
The truck. known as Pierce Arrow No.
/. attracted widespread attention three
sary of its original New York-to- Boston
trip il repeated the performance, cutting
two hours from its former record.
REQ Motor Car Company. of Lansing.
Mich. will be hosts to the members of
sociation on July 3 for the first nights
stop of the annual good roads tour of the
'Pikers.' The tour Will leave Detroit at
noon on Saturday, July 8. for fifteen and
halliday good roads campaign through
Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota and on
tario, totaling l,7o0 miles
r. H. Collins has purchased the former
main plant OF the Cadillac Motor Car
Company. on cass Avenue, Detroit. Mr..
Collins Will not begin work at the Cass
Avenue plant until hi sresignati ation as pres |
ldent and general manager of the Cadillac
Motor Car Company becomes effective. on,
July !. Until that time he VIII remain in
full charge of the Cadillac business.
Drivers of automobiles are growing.
more careful a result of many safety
campaigns" says w. c. Poertner, metro
politan distributor for the National and
Scrlpps"Booth cars. IN it's recent book
let, Facts and Figures. hte National Auto
mobile Chamber OF Commerce makes pub
lie statistics showing there has been a re-
duction in the ratio of fatalities per car of
nearly so per cent in the past five years.
In other words the fatalities per car in
the United States have dropped from 25
per thousand in 1913 10 1.3 per thousand in
1919 an dit is expected there will be.
further decrease when the figures for 1920
are available"
Business efficiency is certainly xreat,y
increased by the use of the automobile
says J. j. Hunt. geneSal manager of the
need only to quote the recent figures of the
National eAutomobile Chamber of Com |
merce' which Were compiled from returned
questionnaires mailed at randow to ten
states IN the Union. These show that |
owners claimed added productivity due to |
car use was 81 per cent; that the mileage
used for business purposes was 90 per cent (
ana mat w per cent OF ali, cars were used |
more or less for business. These returns |
cause one to again ask What would the
country do without the automobile?'
Announcements are about to appear
whioh viii place bonded. tire we'll IN in
ne procession Of the reduced price parade.
berBonsnan tires are eff French origin hui
ire made for America after the French
Processes OF manufacture IN Trenton, n. D
md arc bonded by surety company in
>ef' york fot an exceptionally nign mile