Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-11-23
CHEVROLET SENDING
GIANT TRAINLOAD
800 Autos In One shipment Due Late
This Month.
Consignment of 80 Freight Carloads
for Oregon Thaught TO Break
All Records

Word that the greatest trainiooo
of automobiles ever ordered for the
Portland territory has started west
and will arrive here between the
25th and soth Of this month was re-
ceiyed last week by Leroy Fields,
head Of the Fields Motor Car COM
pany, Chevrolet distributors, follow
ing Mr.. Fields telegraphic request
for a large consignment of the new;
Chevrolets.
In the trainload will be freight
cars packed solidly with Chevrolet
automobiles, 800 cars in all. Prac-
ticalIy the entire shipment will be
for sale in the city of Portland and
immediate vicinity, although small
proportion will go to other Chevro-
let dealers in Oregon. In any case
the entire trainload will be for Ore
gon distributors exclusively.
The trainload Is believed to repre-
sent the greatest shipment of auto
mobiles ever to come to the Pacific
northwest In one consignment and
most certainly breaks all previous
records so far as shipments for Ore
gon distribution alone are concerned.
A number of high records have been
established in the past, but in prac-
tically all instance these shipments
have been automobiles for distribu-
ton throughout the entire Pacific
northwest and sometimes for Cali
fornia as we'll.
Shipment Comes from Flint.
| Arrangements for the entire train
load of Chevrolets from the east
were concluded by Chevrolet fac
tory officials following a conference
of Mr.. Fields with F. N. Coats of
San Francisco sales manager OF the
Pacific coast district. The Chevro-
let cars for this territory ordinarily
come via the Oakland (Cal.) assem-
bling plant. Mr.. Fields was informed
| by Mr.. Goats, however, that the Oak
land plant is so woefully behind In
Its orders, as the result of heavy
demand in California, that cars from
that point In any quantity could not
be expected for several months.
Headquarters of the Chevrolet COM
pany at Flint, Mich, were then ap-
pealed to and after considerable ne
gotiations arrangements were made
for the shipment of 500 Chevrolets
to Oregon direct from the big Flint
factory.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the
shipment may be CLEANED from the
fact that the retail sales value of the
cars will be in the neighborhood of
100000, while the freight bill alone
will exceed $4,000. The trains, ac-
cording to word received by Mrs.
Fields, left Flint on November IS
and is expected here between No
vember % to 80. 1t Is expected to
come via the Union Pacific system,
tlthough definite routing has not
been secured.
Interest in Car Keen.
1--WE found interest in the new
Chevrolet, since It was announced
about a month ago, unusually keen
and we had over 500 orders before
we were able to deliver a single car
when our denenstratsY was the
only new Chevrolet in Portland" said
Mr.. Fields, in commenting on
the mammoth order. Recently We
have received a scattering few of the
new cars from California and have
made few deliveries. The big ship
ment fromFlint, we anticipate, will
just enable US to fill our orders and
to have a small number OF cars on
hand for future business. Almost the
entire shipment is of five-passenger
touring models, although few OF the
other models will be included. The
Chevrolet organization is just going
into production on the new iRelosed
models and few Of these cars, witch
we will use for demonstration par
poses, will be with the shipment"
F. N. Coats, Pacific coast sales
manager for the Chevrolet, and his
assistant, w. j. Rishmond, formerly
Chevrolet representative in the Pa
cific northwest, are expected in Port
land from their headquarters In San
Francisco at the time of the arrival
of the special train and a lively pro-
gramme In celebration OF the event
is being worked out by Mr.. Fields.
Sunday oregonian, Nov. IS.
Van Motor Co., Chevrolet dealers
for Payette have some of these new