The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-10
AUTO FACTORIES
SLACKEN|NG
OUTPUT
Some Of Larger Companies,
However, Are Maintaining
Early Pace.
BY MARSHALL b. WALKER.
COAmopoIitan Nevva AervIca


DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1O.-Tem-
porar slackening of production in
some OF the Michigan automobile
factories already has affected
freight shipments, railroad officials
reported today. The larger plants,
however, are continuing high
speed, especially units of General
Motors Corporation, which has
fixed an increased schedule for Oc-
tober.
Employment in Detroit, consist.
ing Olargely Of auto workers, de-
creased 1,3SS during the last week
as result OF this autumnal slow.
down, although there are about
| so, O0ON more men employed now
than during the corresponding week
a year ago.
Ford Motor Company has prac-
tically reached its present capacity.
October output will be no larger
than September, which was APP
proximately $4,000 cars and
trucks, even though orders are
such that 100000 would not be
any too many.
Fcrd Needs Bodies.
Even if Ford could build more
cars right now, the lack Of bodies
would keep down the output. II Is
true that new records will be made
in the future, but they will not be
much larger than those already
established until Ford COMPLETES
installation OF additional equipment
on which work is progressing rap
Idly. Only Ford efficiency methods
can keep up any gain which may
be, made under present conditions.
His latest weeks record ID 1926.
Lincoln production, which totals
168 week, will be increased, IS q
big addition to the plant has been
completed.
General Motors production figures
show healthy increase. During
September 400 cars and trucks
were built. as compared with 81. O19
in August and 35,443 in September,
1922. '0otober schedule calls for
81 900.
Buick, which, with an output Of
10 SOL In September, broke all rec
Ords. In making more than 800 cars
daily. Chevrolet Is making 200,
and viii increase It to $500 in No
vember. Cadillac Is building 100
cars daily. Oakland plans to build
at least 10000 more before January
II j.
500 daily by January.
Chevrolet Expansion.
with completion Of the Buffalo
and Cincinnati plants. Chevrolet.
second largest producer Of cars In
the world, now Is being made In
twelve factories employing 22,67O
men. Expansions have been made
in Flint, st. Louis, Oakland, Calls.
fornia and TarrytoWn. giving In all,
floor space Of more than la acres.
Sales this year are expected to
treble the 242,373 OF 1922.
Durant products are reported to
be gaining In favor steadily. Net
profits OF the first eighteen months
of operation are more than $4,000
600. Production OF the Star car,
especially, is gaining in the plants
at Lansing, Oakland and Elizabeth,
N. J. The assembly plant near
Toronto is virtually shut down I'M
til October 20 to prepare the fac
tory for production of the 1924
models and the new Eagle six. AS
the Lansing plant is near capacity
on the Star, 1t is possible the Dur
rant four, soon viii be made in
Flint.
TWO firms, StudeDaker ana Nasns
have announced they will not use
the new four-w bel brakes, which
have been adopted recently by aev-
raj other companies, at least until
further improvements have beenS
made.
Willys-Overland has brought out
it's thirteenth model, the Champion,
a three-door coupe.sedan. to sell for
$685.. The company now is making
515 model four cars daily, and No
vember schedule calls for $50.
Hupp Has $1,000.
Maxwell Chalmers had it's best
month in September, 1t is an.
nounced. Hupp already has made
$4,000 cars this year, and operating
under capacity production the re-