Evening star., 1924-05-03
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1926 AUTO MODELS -. -
PLANNED FOR JUNE
decreased Motor Output Counter
balanced by Engineering and
Experiment Units.
BALLOON TIRES POpUrAR
Lighter Type Car and Less Gas
in View.
BALLOON TIRES POPULAR
DY j. C. ROYLE.
'cisl Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star,
NEW YORK, May 3.-The decrease
IN activity of the producing depart
ments of some OF the automobile
plants. which manufacturers saw NAV
bring May outturn to the low noint Of
Inc year, is counter balanced by ex-
irene activity in the engineering and
experimental units. Many of the
larger companies will begin produc-
lion OF 1925 models in June and en-
gineers are now settling the final de-
tahs OF these types and squabbling
over the relative merits Of new me-.
chanical equipment.
Perhaps the subject of most interest
AZ present in automobile engineering
clrcies is the air brake. A few COM
panies undoubtedly will eouip their
1925 cars with this feature. Air
brakes were applied to automobiles
ds early as 1905, but in its earlier
ears the necessity for power brakes
IN the motor industry was less urgent
nan at present. Now the demand for
some such type of equipment has been
simulated by the wide use of heavy,
nlsh-speed trucks and by the increase
IN women drivers which has turned
efforts of engineers toward reducing
me muscular energy required 10 op-
crate brakes.
VIII Equip With Balloon Tires
Two or three makers also will turn
out nnes for 1895 completely equipped
with balloon tires, but so far as can be
learned none of the makers whose cars
are listed in the cheaper price range ex-
: poets to furnish these tires as standard
equipment as vet. However one we'll
NnoWn maker of a car selling at around
$1,000 is considering a change to hal
Ioons May 10. In Detroit. at least. some
oL the enthusiasm over the low-pressure
IRE seems to be waning, and some au-
'noritles feel the senli-baIloon type will
eventually be more popular than tba
ruli balloon casing
experiments are being made constant
~ toward production of a lighter tyne
y 3I car winch will have a smaller gaso-
me consumption, but it is doubtful If
the more radical results of these experi-
ments Will be Dut-iRto actual facterv
producuon Tor some little time to come
m reaIlty. the present pace OF autonIo-
:, PIE sale and manufacture is ufisatisfac-
TORY only when it is placed in con1pari.
son with the corresponding period of
20 which was phenomenal automo-
oile year. Industrial employment at De-
trolt has fallen off somewhat sharply.
put the number on the pay rolls of the
members of the Employers Association.
comprising about two-thirds of the
workers in the city. stiIl totals 231 500
or 1900 above the high point of last
year. A considerable portion of the drop
was accounted for by the closing of one
accessory plant. which will resume next
week on parts for 1925 cars
Inrrease in Orders Noted. &
The nearness of the time when Tgs5
models will be turned out has caused
q slight Increase in orders for steel
sheets. copper and brass fngots and
stampings for future delivery. New
nrthpl9SC the r. l,a
pretty general.
The May schedule ofGeneral Motors
viii be $1,000 cars. compared with
' $4,000 in April and 81 900 in Febru-
ary. However, the tentative schedule
Tor June will provide for an outturn
oi $4,000. The slow spring sales iii
This country have been partly coun-
t"rbalanced by heavy exports Sales
abroad of cars made by General lIo-
tors are now running about double
those of last spring. Exports will be
further benefited by the removal OF
English customs duties; on American
cars and trucks. D.. z=-...-...-e
Discusses Exports.
j. D. Mooney, vice president of
General Motors in charge of export,
said today:
most prosperous year for the entire
motor industry, both at home and
abroad, all indica tions point to es-
tablishment of a new record in 1924,
at least in so far as overseas sales are
concerned"
The domestic truck sales are being
aided materially" by the heavy In.
crease in the transportation of freight
by motor, which has become apparent
in all sections of the country