Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-06
WHAT The WATERVILLE AUTOMORTT, T.
DEALERS ARE DOING AND SAYING

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news, which the kennebee Journal
no automobile business in general
very good this fall. Many Of the d
summer allotment of cars and ara !
which will soon be displayed and c
rooms.
G. R. Marston of the Franklin Sales
ana service in. Waterville states that
they nave made two sales of closed
models recently, one being to Charles
tlynt. Sr.. of Augusta.
Cash awards aggregating four
thousand dollars and ranging in
amounts from four hundred dollars
downward. have just been distrfb-
uted by the Franklin Automobile
Company to two hundred and fifty
of its employees. These prizes given
by the company mark the termina-
ton of the third successful sugges-
ton contest conducted by the Frank
lin factory.
The contests were inaugurated by
the company for the purpose of
stimulating interest among employees
in the matter of effecting economies
IN production costs without in any
way impairing the quality of the
Franklin car. The line of demarka-
ton between groups of employees
has been carefully worked out. One
group is open to hourly" men only,
this group including the rank and
file Of the shop men; another group
is open to foremen and assistant
foremen only. while the third group
is confined to those salaried en-
ployees in minor executive positions.
Heads of departments are not al
lowed to compete in any group. E,v-
cry six months there is n new con-
test: since the first suggestion con-
test was started in March, 1921. a
total of $11.600 in cash prizes has
been awarded to employees.
The distribution of awards is al
ways a gala event at the Franklin
factory, and more than three thou
sand employees and their families
were on hand in the big recreation
hall when the checks were handed
out to long line of men on the eve
ming of December %. William Dunk,
production manager of the company.
has announced that new contest
will begin January ..
G. I. Boyden. local manager for
the Henley Kimball Company. re-
ports that closed cars are still SELL
ing we'll with the Henley Kimball
Company, having taken orders this
week for spring delivery, for two
Hudson coaches. one Hudson sedan,
one Essex coach and one Hudson
touring for 1928.
Quality production resulting in
low cost and selling prices. stand
ardizaton and simplitication Of a
small number of models with large
percentages of inter changeability
of component parts. and concentra-
ton of space and effectiveness in
plant lay out are great factors in the
values of the Hudson and Essex
cars. Business is good with Hud-
son and prospects We're never
brighter.
Business is an exchange of values
Any man selling to. others is IN u
position of trust. 1t is his obllga-
ton to give full value. This is true
Of the man who sells his services
and Of the man who sells the pro-
and extravaganza are a breach of
trust.
The Henley-Kimball Company have
extended to G.. 7. Boyden and II. l..
Anderson an invitation to take trip
to the Hudson factory, as guests or
the company. They will go directly
after the New York show.
The Waterville branch of the Lew
iston Buick Company are charging
their salesroom and garage. y new
office is to be built and the old turned
into additional room for service
work.
Mr.. Belyea of the Waterville Mo-
tor Company predicts a record
bre aking year for Studebakers. They
saw that the Studebaker Corporation
plans an output of GOO cars a day
during 1928. In the prenent calen-
dar year the company will have pro-
duced 10000 cars, valued at $780,
100000. Although this is a 65 per
cent increase as compared with l92l !,
il falls short of meeting the demand.
A GOO car Il day output next year
has involved the erection OF seven
additional factory units, OF Whlcn
five are at SOutn benu, iHuIdAd' anu
two at Detroit, Mich. When COM
pleted these buildings will add more
than 100000 square feet of floor
space, bringing the total manufac-
turing floor space of all plants to o.
100000 square feet and cost to $11,-
100000.
With these additions. which are
we'll under way and will be completed
soon after January 1. the South Bend
plant will have a daily capacity OF
325 cars and the Detroit plants 20.
The Kennebec Auto Supply Com
pany, the local distributor for the
REQ, states ut has always been the
policy of the REQ Motor Car Com
pany to anticipate popular trends
and fancies, and when owners began
to demand a cleaner and more SIM
plified control they found that REQ
design was ahead of the times. A
typical example is the fact that Reo
pioneered the left hand drive. An
other is the placement of ignition
and lighting switches on the steer
ing column right at the drivers
hand. But probably the greatest
forward step ever made toward SIM
plifying control, and allowing greater
| freedom of movement for both the
driver and his front seat companion