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THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST J, 1915.
15
Half Billion
in Detroit Next Year
-
More Than Seven Hundred Thousand Automobiles
Will Be Shipped for 1916, Is Estimate
of Motor Maker.
IT WAS $300,000,000 FOR
ruroiT, Mich., July 31 Three hun
dred million lollarn represents the au
tomobile business done In Detroit lust
tear, according to the Government In
dustrial census taker who have. Just
complete! their work here. While off!
ci.ll announcement will be mndo In
Washington (300,000,000 la a conserva
tive figure according to a United Btatcn
official In touch with the work. This
amount Is for the yetr ended June .10
ind Is just live times the Industry's
total for the preceding tweWe months.
In a public statement made this week,
p. V Tobtn, president of the Continen
tal Motor Manufacturing Company, de
dared tint the automobile business In
pctrolt for the year Just (starting wilt
reach 1500,000,000 and that more
than "00,000 motor cars will be shipped
throughout the country and tho world.
This Includes the accessory business
which Is proving so Important
Th Continental Is spending 1500,000
In additional 'building nnd equipment.
Tho Paige-Detroit Company Is spend
ing A like sum and the Hudson Motor
Car Company win nave spent i,uuv,vuu
when the Improvements under way are
rmnnleted. In addition to these Henry
Kord has Just spent more than $2,000,
ooo for l.ind alone for tire and equip
ment factories In nddltlon to tho big
plant for his tractor engine building.
Etehtv-flve ner cent, of the nutomo
title to be prd-hiced. In 1914 will be of
the four cylinder type. Of this large
majority 75 per cent, will be of the !
head tpe that it to roy, as opposed to
the so-called contrasting type. The four
cillmW motor, for many reasons, Is
Mill tho most efficient and simple for
nil tha practical purposes of motor or
propulsion. Gear ratios play a very Im
portant role In the perfect torque ob
tained at slow speeds. A high speed
multiple cylinder engine in connection
with low gear ratios la a combination
that will cause the average motorist
many anxious momenta.
Of the four cylinder types the T-head
er L-head motor la recognized by the
majority of engineers to be the most
practical nnd economical. Contrasting
types arc often employed for high epeed
er racing purposes, when the cost of oper
atton anrt loss of efficiency, due to long
wear, Is Incidental to winning an event.
But for long life and practical result,
In the hands of the average driver, the
T or Ij head motor stands first In the
estimation of the world's greatest de
signers.
It Is the prediction of those who have
made a close study of the subject that
the our cylinder engine will continue
to be the popular choice of both manu
ficturer and consumer. They base their
predictions on tho fact that the four
cylinder engine has proved itself to be
eftlcient and that from an economic
standpoint It has no superiors.
J, J. Cole, president of the Cole Motor
Car Company, has a new catechism for
JACKSON MEN IN NORTH WOODS
Chliiit Scene for Convention of
Aiitomnlillc Dealers.
Tanned nnd weatherbeaten from their
week's sojourn In the northern penin
sula of Michigan, twenty-six distributer
nnd ofllctals of the Jackson Automobile
Company rolled into Jackson on Sun
day. July 11, after a convention in the
north woods.
Since leaving the Jackson factory a
week before the dealers composing the
party had travelled close to 1,000 miles
over every sort of road from concrete
highway to corduroy tote trails; had wit
nessed the performance of the new eight
and four cylinder models Just announced
by the Jackson company under the most
trying conditions ; fished the trout
streams and lakes of upper Michigan
and, In short, had made the most of an
xcellently arranged programme In
hlcli business and pleasure had equal
parts.
Sales .Manager Howard Matthews and
Ms aalstant, ex-Senator Frank Newton,
hare the credit for originating the plana
for this year's convention. Both are
members of Camp Newton, a spacious
and well equipped hunting club located
In the heart of Michigan's north woods.
The camp Is sixty-eight miles from the
lake city of Manlttique and I reached
by mere logging trails and tote roads.
TVhen Howard Matthews at the wheel
cf Model 68. the new Jackson eight
eyllnder car, drove up to the front en
trance of the camp It was tho first time
a motor car had ever been seen In that
vicinity Closely following Mr. Matthews
came five of the new high duty four
cylinder Jacktons, which have been
termed tho Model 31i.
Cadillac Announces Its New Eight Cylinder
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The Cadillac Motor Car Company an
"ouni es tho s:ond of the eight cylinder
Krles, to be known as Type 61, without
ndlcal chanire In mechanical design or
ottttructlon. Consequently the second
Cadillac, tight Is, to all practical Indents,
r. continuation of the first. Almost in
vrnbl tha automobile ma,mifacturer
oiicovcrs during the first year's ep
rlence with a type of car new to him
that there Is room for many Improve
p'nts in the second year's production.
The opposite Is true of the Cadillac and
M " tiKht cylinder car. The company le
f"t th j manufacture, a year ago, of a
'He of car entirely tw to the Amerl
w" industry.
. Thu tight cylinder car met with In
tsnt success. When the manufacturing
Jtiir elnsa.l .. fmur ujil ini 19.000 nf
njw type had 'been, put Into use. No
i tor mtUsiH banc Mi
Business
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30
motor buyers. There are fifteen stand
nrd (not that) questions on which the
shrewd buyef usually demands an
answer he says I
Roes It leak will?
Does It tit well?
baei It rids wcllr
Does It dodge well In Irsfflet
Does It climb wtllf
Does II hold well on the dawn Mil?
Dot It noun! ti ell ?
to It nuke the most el Its fusl?
Dors It ketp cool?
Does It save tires and avoid wear?
Does It feel feed to rid In It?
Dost It give all Its Btnengert enual
comfort?
Is It priced right?
I the company behind It etrons and
capable of backing lis guarantee J
The following IntteS frnm Ononlarv nf
mo navy joseDnus Dun els to ("aI Hum.
uel P. Colt, president of the United States
liuooer company, proves that the Navy
Department appreciates the recent move
of the United Htates Rubber Comnnnv
which alms to aid In tho formlntr nf nn
adequate national defence for tho United
states, col. Colt believes that a great
many largo corporations will follow tho
lead of his company and encourage their
employees to Join the mllltla of the
various States. The Importance of the
unnea mates Rubber Company's ac
lion win -be appreciated when It Is
realized that there are more than S6.000
ruDDer company employee's.
Washington. July St. Ills.
Col. ttamutl P. Colt,
President United States Rubber Co.
Mfty-elghlh street and Broadway,
New York City.
My Dear Blri The attention of th Navy
Department has been drawn to a certain
action taken by your company to encourage
your employees to Join and ten In the
mllltla.
It Is gratifying to lesrn that broad
minded men are beginning to resile the
Importance of military and naval tervlce
and tha moral obligation resting on all
good citltent to contribute by practical self -
sacrifice, either financial or pertonal, to
the strengthening of the national defence,
and the reported manifestation of parlot
lim thown by your company In allowing
your employe! to terv In the mllltli
without lots of pay and without lost of
their regular annual lears receives the un
qualified approval of the Nary Department.
Very respectfully, Jostrncs Di.mels.
This man Ford who got all tho first
page publicity In the Becker case was,
much to the regret of Ifighland Tark,
Mich., not Henry, but John
In the City of Akron, Ohio, alone,
more than one million postal cards,
showing a blrdseye view of the fac
tory of The B. F. Ooodrlch Company
have been sold by local dealers within
the past lyear. The sale of the picture
of the factory exceeded that of any other
postal card of any other city view by
more than twrntjr-flve times.
BUSINESS CP YOUNG MEN.
Silver Talks Alionf the Chance In
the Automobile Industry.
No buslr,3s In recent years has pre
sented so many opportunities for the
enterprising young man as the motor
car trade, yet as a matter of fact when
responsible positions are vacant It Is a
problem to till them.
C. T. Sliver, president of the big com
pany In, New York which nets as dis
tributer for the Overland, Peerless and
Willys-Knight liny of cars, Is authority
for this statement, and he says that al
though there are signs of improvement
there is a big gulf between the standard
of perfection In other lines of business
and that which obtains In the automobile
trade.
Sliver's own business has grown by
leaps and bounds during the past five
years and he was early beset with the
problem of getting an. efficient organiza
tion. He had to proceed lo develop Ills
Staff from raw material of his own pick
Ing.
This policy was his only salvation, and
It Is now bearing rruit to the advance
ment of his business ami the betterment
of the men who were forturnte enough
to realize the Importance of tho auto
mobile business fts a profession. Silver
runs branches In Newark. Brooklyn,
Yonkers and The Dronx, and tho man
agers are all mom trained in his home
office In New York. The advancement
of these men automatically makes, room
for others In his main establishment, and
bo it rots on ns the business develops.
The trouble with th nutomoblle trade,
Silver says, seems to be that a lot of
Demons enter It as a sort or a go-oe
tween something they haven't got and
nm -tMns thev exoect to turn un. and
the result of their Indifferent work Is
dissatisfaction between customers and i
the house ther represent. I
construction was made manifest by con
tinuous everyday use of the car.
Changes that have been made affect
principally tho accessibility of the en
glivv and the appearance of the car. The
o'sjlns remains, of course, the 00 degree
eight cylinder V type 'that the Cadillac
mads familiar last year. The electric
motor generator, Ignition apparatus and
carbureter are so mounted with relation
to the cylinder blocks ns to afford easy
accessibility to the valves by removal
only of the plates which enclose them.
The body Is a new design, with higher
side lines, a now cowl, I'jew hood and a
hlghw radiator with rounded corners, all
of which alterations add to tho distinc
tion of the car's u.ppearuncc, Tho
mounting of the Cadlllao coat of arms,
In a neat enamel design, om the front of
the radiator, is distinguishing mark
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The latest of the 1910 models It. au
tomobiles has Just reached Now York.
It Is tho Maxwell. The tendency to re
duco prlco among automobile manufac
turers generally tho coming se.ison Is
emphasized by tho new Maxwell. With
complete equipment. Including electric
starter and electric lights, the five pas
senger touring model is priced nt 1056.
There la no radical i hangs mechani
cally. Maxwell engineers say thnt the
success of their product would not be so
marked If each new model represented n
new Idea In construction. To the oull
nary eye the new Matwcll Is more hand
some nnd hns nn appearance equnl to
that of many higher priced automobiles.
rrom the new shaped radiator to tne
back of the re.ir seat It is n true stream
$500 BONUS OFFERS FOR
'TWIN SIX' DELIVERIES
rncknrd Co. Finds Thnt the In
tentlinpr Customers Aro
Getting Very Engcr.
There will be nn impressive Infusion
of new blood Into the ranks of Packard
motor car owners ns a result of tho
development and Introduction of the
Twin Six" models, according to A. C.
Harrington, sales manager of the Pack
ard Motor Car Company of New York.
The proportion of Intending pur
chasers who havo never owned Pack-
arils In surprisingly large." lie said on
Krldav. "In seasons nast n Inigc pari
of our output hits gone Into tho lunula
of ncrhons who already were Packard
owers. but the ndvent of mo "twin
Six" lias tapped nn entirely new rcservo
of prospective business,"
The demand from this source, In the
opinion of Mr. Harrington, Is In no
small degreo rcHponslble for the situa
tion arisen in which tho Packard com
pany of New York Is nt considerable
concern to obtain enough enrs to fill
orders. Ono Impatient buyer who prof
fered President M. J. Uudlong a bonus
of 1500 for an early delivery Immedi
ately was followed by nover:il others
who tendered checks to tho same end.
Such substantial encouragement Im
pelled Mr. Uudlong to wlro to Packard
branches In Philadelphia and Chicago,
to representatives In Hostnn and St.
Louis and to other Packard distributing
depots extending tho $r,t)0 bomm offer
to any deolorn willing to relcnso earn
from their allotments for the New York
trade.
Hut none of the denlers queried
evinced a desire to release delivery
dates even nt $600 each, and tho tone
of their replies Indicates an Inability
to fill orders in tholr own territories
from their iillotments,
"The situation Is reminiscent of the
earlier days of the Imliirtry," said Mr,
Harrington, "a memento of which Is
framed letter In President Joy's office
In Detroit written by John t. Ilocke
feller to n Pnlted States Seuutor asking
If the I.mer's Influence could not secure
mi earlier delivery, ill point of Interest
and extent us n conversational topic I
find tho 'Twin Hlx" sharing honors with
tho war."
Splashers are fitted to the front of the
radiator nnd ulong tilt Inside of the
front end of tho frame.
New design head ul side lamps nre
used, with ft tunnenu lamp on the right
side, In tMo back of the front seat, to
Illuminate tho step whin the tonneau
door Is opened. An Inspection lamp a,:d
a Waltham clock arc added to tho equip
ment. Inside the body tho driver finds the
clutch and br.iko podals n;t two Inches
further forward, with the dash set for
wuril a corresponding distance and the
signal hoivs button In tho ceutru uf Iho
steering whul The auxiliary sents In
th tonneau have been Improved In de
sign.
Tho power tire pump Is now utlttclied
In the trnitKiiilMiton case. The ratio of
the second speed gear In th traniurls -
Ion is reduced comewtO
PRICE LOWER; NO RADICAL
line design. There Is more room both In
the driving compartment nnd In the ton
neau, three people being able to sit In the
rear seat with comfort. There are many
minor features that add to the comfort
In the equipment.
Kasy riding Is one of the things that
can be claimed for the Maxwell. IleMI
lent sprlmts, well hung frame and even .
distribution of weight on all whls
make for easy riding over rough roads.
It has power enough to climb the worst
grades encountered on the average road
and It can be driven at a speed ns high
fifty miles an hour,
There nre a number of mechanical re
llnements that should increase the cfll
clency of the car. Prominent among
theu Is a new clutch system entirely
Inclosed In a compact housing, which ;s ,
Notes of Live Interest to the
Motor Trade, Local and Foreign
Clodlo A Knt. Inc. United tit reir-
entutlvts and manufacturer! if the linu
ilallle Khock aluorlxr. Ii.ivf Just recrltrd
an order from ilie Meresr Automobile Com
pany for Houdllle equipment on their 191C
production.
Clodlo i: Engs. Inc , hare started th
manufacture of lhl article nere und It will
now be a standard article on Cbe Ameri
can market.
W. E. Utalnaker. vice-president and di
rector of s.ile of the Pathfinder com
pany, says plans have been drawn for an
addition feet by 404 feet to th present
plant to take we of the 3.500 production
tor UK,
Announcement of the I9l model of the
Monsrch Minor Oar Company of Detroit Is
to be made obout Heptember 1. ft. r
Hupp, president of the company, will rive
no Information regarding the new model,
but promliet real turprlte In many ),
Including nnrtlcuUrly beauty of appear
ance. "It l my plan," said Mr. Hupp,
Ym bring out a car tor Hit that wilt rrove
a veritable lentatlon, the 'ninth wonder
oi the orld." "
Alfred O. Dunk of Detroit, Sllch., former
president of the Auto Parts Company, hat
bought ihe properly of the Brlgst-Detrolter
Company. .Mr. UunK has estwclated with
him a coterie of strong financial men who
tund ready to place the company on a firm
nnanclal bsalt. The personnel of lb old
trsanlittiun hat been largely retained and
the manufacture and shipment of De
trolter cart will bs continued without In
terruption. Mr. Dunk announces the appointment of
Frank M. KlUredi as advertising msn
aser. Wallace C. Hood It seneml lal'l
manager of ihe company. Hs has ben
with ihe Rtandard Motor Truck t'otnpany.
the Brerttt Motor Car Company und the
Chalmers Motor car company.
"We dn not often uts publicly the
bnehele of teatlmnnlnl letters we receive
tolllnx of the performance of Uoodyear
tlree." fy J. Wilbur llnbbt, branch man
aeer nf the Uoodyear Tire Slid Itubber
Company. "They ure of courts a eource of
itttfactlon io us. becauxo they are proof
that Una. lyear t(ret make good. Occa
sionally, however, one letter stands out
at typical of the many and we can't help
telling about It. Kor Instance, ihla one,
describing the performance nf a Uoodyear
cord tire. It from the H. C. L.oo Supply
Company. Iloston:
"'The lire hat been on the front of our
Franklin demonstrating car tlnce last
August and we used It upward of 10,000
miles nltlrout the lenet trouble, excepting
one small puncture, and, at you can tee.
It It still serviceable.'"
An entirely new device to mlnlmlie he
number of fatalities and accidents result
ing from the running down of pedettrlant
by automobiles Is a combination bumper
and safety fender rerently Invented by
nanuiel Ulatgow, a Philadelphia!!. The
fender It so constructed that It may be
inatantly released l,y the drlier, covering
the entire front of the car from the top of
the wheel to within two Inches of the
ground, with a flextMe canvas pocket so
arranged and adjueted that It will pick un
any object In Its pith nd carry It until
the car can be brought to a full stop.
rne renner wnen not in usn as a ir
saving device appears tmply as a bumper,
the renuer leature being concealed within.
Automobile manufacturers and tire
makers 'are now working successfully to
the same result the prolongation of motor
car service, The motorist used to feel It
necea.iry tn chance hie car every year.
Thla was not merely a fail. Cart wore out
more rapidly then. The same motorist
tnnucht. n mseir uckv to set a coun e or
thousand miles out of a tire. Now a ear
Is satisfactory on th average for three
yean, nnd he burt hit tlrea on twice the
mileage l,ls that once contented him.
cars are being built lighter in weight,
with a militant economy in the use of
tires, their mileage extending In proportion
at tne weight they carry It reduced. Hence
It It promised that in out cart now being
houicht will be good for Ave yeart of eatli.
factory tervlce, with a minimum of lire
costs.
The Umpire Rubber nnd Tire Company
of Trenton, X, J., did two yeart ago for
the longevity of the tire what manufac
turers ure now striving to do for the auto
mobile. The big pioneer step was the
adoption of red rubber for tires. This In
novation resulted from the company's ex
perience that red rubber applied to ue
where strength was Imperative, such at
rubber banrtt. rubber bote, rubber bottlt
stoppers, rubber turglcal gondt, developed
exceptional toughneta and realttanco. It
therefor preeented Itself at the Ideal ma
terlal of which to make the automobile tire
that would iatt lonsttt In service.
Prooettet were detigned nf a kind tn
safeguard and nutment th toughness, re
sllency and durability nf red rubber. It
was cured with an abtence of free sulphur
so as to mlnlmlie Hi htat conducting
capabilities. The tread was mad extra
thick.
Tho (tret completed red rubber tires were
viciously trated In comparlton with the
Umpire company' own gray rubber tires,
the ordeal Including grinding on the tlv
tretlng n heel and actual work nn the ro,
It wta found that the gray rubber Urea
heated mora rapidly under friction, lott
their spring sootier and blew out quicker.
Not until these facta had been ettsbllahed
was th Hmplr rd offered to the public,
tha Increased prlr being accompanied with
a guaranle of greater mileage,
According to H. A. Williams, president nf
th (larford Motor Truck Company nf
. me. the Dteeenl method or 1 nar moior
trucks Is quit different from what it ws
1 fjJSf
lwf3,h' i'Sm grist
oa sr.' said Mr. Will-
mm mm fort
oil tight, TJoth clutch nnd clutch mech
anism opcrat entirely In n bath of lu
bricating oil. The con'rol mechanism Is
carried by the power plant Instead of on
tho frame, thus doing nway with the
danger of binding and distorting the op
erating mechanism over uneven roads.
The electric stnrter ilid lighting eys-
tern Is of Hlmms-Htiff manufacture. The
ttarur li nf tho single unit typo, root-
lilnlUK lioth generator and motor In ivie
Instrument. A noticeable fentiirc f tli
stnrtor Is tint It contains only one-half
the wire previously foond necot-arv to
successfully operate a sfnrtlng system
The new Instrument boatd carries nil
Instruments set Hush and neatly f mined.
All s Itches nre so placed ns to lo
within easy renh of the driver. High
tension magneto Ignition, ono man mo-
'
loaded do.n ltl. .tatlttle. and data de-
-.,... . II,. 1,-r.. A e..l.man loll
only hat to prove the tupirlorlty of the
(ruck over that of the l.oree. but be must
conilnce the prospective purchaser of the
fact that the truck he Is telllns It the 1" t
sulted for the rciulrMnrn;. of his l,u.ine.
In other words. Hie comp.tlilon of the
horre has become of eecnndvy Itnportanee
to that of other ni ':or trucks
"Ihe aieruge buelnee man Is convinced mnf, of n.ork ln , competent way. He
of the ftci that motor trucks furnish th h . ......... fu.i,i In this vlcinltv It
m,i econnmlral meun of transportation. nM ""?" . A,,, ,.
Ill greiter problem hat been tn ,Me,t n goes without saying. The building of
truck tht It the most adaptable to th the l5ng Island Motor Parkway was
nature of hi business, a type thnt la one of his works nnd by It he n til be rc
sullahle for one merchant may proe in be mcmtiored hereabout
a losing proposition to his neighbor ' , L , en ml veirs nin tint
vesllntlon will eenemMy show the fiult , w-ns a couple of e.iM ngo tint
in b tn ihe sit- an 1 . vie that are us.-- he lie.nne assuclated with tho Ijlri-olll
rither th-in In the ,i. tuil performance Highway plan and at It he worked an
he truck itself. ,,,,, , n , , I slduously. Hn travelled all over the
,:Srm$&T$2SK$& I alr.-ln5 boards of ,r iile and
trucks of hUes r.mslng from three. q.. .rur like otg.inizatloiis to tell them about the
ton, to elt ton In capacity, and Inr'nillng highway. His health, never of the best
etyu-s suited to practlcilly ny I n of , for ,ome years back, did not penult him
Jhnef i.,!.fnn". b.Ui.'i"r?'ffrn-Vlirtnii.lgh'e , survive the drains he put on his vital
'and ' nVun?"i'ini; r. He will be greatly ml-Hod In the fur
answer Hi.' purpose. It. on the. otMi t hind, tiler development of the highway plan,
n man't product or the goods' lie handles It would certainly be titling that nt
run heavy. Jie Ins the choice or cither a
three, rtre or six ton Uirford.
"This complete line nf trucks has no;
only elmpllned matters for the coniumer,
but It hns been the meant of broadening
the scope of our bujltiesy, .To-day Har
ford trucks aro used In over' 100 different
lines of trade. I believe our success It
due to the f.ict ttiat tkvrford trucks can b
made to conform 'with a business Instead
of miking th bntlneu conform with the
truck."
"It Isn't only nomen who nnd It diffi
cult to keep a secret, erpeclalli tf It Is a
pleasant one." says Itustell I., lings, metro-
polllan distributer, In speaking of hit In
ability
y to uivu ae tne nutans ui 1
to (Uvulae the detail
the new
Kltsel-KHrs until
tne factory
announce-,
ment is made.
"Hai ever, I ran say." continued Mr.
Knc, "tha the new model which ltl b
renly for dellwy within a very short
time are lower In price than former Kissel
Kors. although not so eweeplngly reduced
as to In any desree Impair quality. There
will be new features, running mostly o
body refinements with Improved deelcn of
the very successful nil-year oar prominent.
Chussl changes will be law."
One of the first thlnss W. B. Ptntniker of
the Pathfinder company, imnuf ne.urert
of the Pathfinder Plnsle Hit and Twin CU,
did when he moed to Indianapolis wis to
get an order for 11 number of Pathfinder
cart from the Ituselnn (Joernmetit, tn b
used by ntnclalt In Ihe II 11 l i 11 army. Th
enrs were stand ird seien piss-nner models
and were consigned to Copenhagen and
I'etrograd
A number of Pathfinder cars were
shipped last year to the Pathfinder dealer
In Ituselv and one was sold tn Until
Duke Nicholas, who rive the car unusual
service. The Pathfinder also nude unusual
records for an American ctr In scleral
Kurnpr.'iii relliblllty runs last )ear.
The Htudebnker announcement that In
tit 1910 line would be a four cylinder eeven
passenger touring car lo sell for 1 oiislder
nhly less than II.UOi) was a distinct sur
prise tn automobile manufacturers An
additional surprise Ins been the portion of
local motor car enthushsts when Ihe car
begin demonstrating It" ability. With Ha
40 horse. power motor F It Hump, Slude
baker's New Vork branch monger, was
(ult willing to put It to liny ten In "wnek
Ing out" the machine on New Vork streis
and In the suburb" The lest which evoked
the most applause wn ihr ease with which
Iho Ktudebaker four climbed Abbey Hill
on high.
Abbey Hill Is the New York te.tlnr
ground par excellence. The ttidloiker
four went at It, was stopped In fho middle
and then wn driven on up The entire
time th ear was In high, and the 40 horse,
power motor neier betrayed distress. Kort
Cleorge hill was negotiated with the same
rase, The H cylinder Htmleliaker was
put through the same paces -mil with Its
no hurse.power motor naturally did eirry
thing that the four cylinder Car was cilled
upon io no.
52 MILES, 1 1-2 GALLONS.
The overage motorist usually Is einlek
to notice all motor superiorities which
come close to his pncke.tlKok. Tho re
ception or the high speed motor In this
country has, for this reason, called forth
enthusiastic expressions of approval. The
motor was brought out In a stock car
In this country by the Oakland Mntnr
Company In thn 1S15 Model .17, four
cylinder, nnd continued with sumo m
proveifSnts In the Oakland 1916, Model
3S.
The triumphs of this type of motor on
he speedway courses, under trials
rnicn nro less or instance than they
are of motor endurance, Is a con-
vlnclng testimonial, Kvery owner of
tne tiHKiiinn .aiouri 37 or 31 will testify
also to Its virtues under nil road con
dltlona, Hoth of these models have shown
for tlulr owners u surprising economy
If tlri's as well ns nf fuel,
In one performance nf which the Oak.
land company has officii record an Oak-
I'tud .Model S7 made filirn one and one
half gallons D2 miles on a country
road. Tho car carried four passengers.
A iftt:r addressed to tfin company by
tne rexns makers wi the record was a
worn statement, properly witnessed, to
uua BMieet. , . . .
CHANGE
hair top and demountable rims are all
Included for the price,
Tho nnce Is made nu.nlblp only by the
enormous production of the Maxwell fac
tories nt uetroit, uayton and Newcastle
Improved factory equipment has been
Installed In nil three nltnts and It has
been estimated that 60,000 new Maxwells
n'l l the outnut for the coming season
lienles the touring car, four other
i.ody designs nre listed for the same
rhn'sls. These Include i two passenger
roadster, selling nt f S3." a thrte pnsen-
ger cabriolet, selling at S65; a six p.u
ensT town car, selling nt $915 ind a
Ave passenger permanent top conveitlble
body, for all seain usp, selling nt ISJB,
in each Instance the price Includes eveiy
thlng. No extras have to be purcha'ed
to make the car complete.
PARDINOT0N IS MOURNED.
Lincoln lllulttvny Man rornierlr
' Prominent In IlncliiK Affairs Here.
Arthur II. I'nrdlngton. vice-president
of the I.llu-oln Highway A'clntlon, who
" " t Wednesday In t'etrolt. was n
111.1!! WllO WHS VCM" II rOIlllnf ti 1 1 V lleMIIId
itll motor racing affairs In this country
from the earliest days. He marked the
Vmnlerbllt cup races on I.nng Island
,,. , ,.1r. n.,,i n ,P., . nrtl-
" V Marl '.,' ' . , e i,.
c!al nt miny other contests of Impnrt-
ance. P.irdlngton was a good orguntrer
, tut d tall nun arsl handled a great
some prominent point on the Lincoln
Highway there should bo placed n mon
ument or marker of appropriate design
calling ntteiitiuii to Pnrdlngton's work
to make thu highway a rt.illz.nion.
This I the ni-tv King Right Itondster, a shown by the A. F.lllott Hnnney Coinpniiy, local dealers.
II hns room for lliree pnsaengers nnd come pal 11 led In crimson lake, wllh Mneli lmiiiiet nnd fend
ers and nnlurnl annul w lire I a.
"SUN" READERS' TOURING QUERIES ANSWERED
(Readers of THE SUNDAY SUN who desire any information on roads or tours are invited to send these
questions in to the Automobile Editor, THE SUN, 150 Nassau Street. It will facilitate answering if all ques
tions are in by Thursday evening. The Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of America is cooperating
with THE SUN in furnishing this information. Suggestions and inforr ation will be welcomed.)
(leorge M Van Ponrn. Ill Macon Street,
llrookln, N. V The mot illreit way to
Stamford, N Y. which s .it tha mm
tlmo the best road, l to take the east
side of the Hudson Illver. through Vonk.
en, I'etksklll and Poughkeepsl to lllilne
beck. There take th ferry oier to
Kingston and go by way of Phnnli-H to
Lexington. Turn right to I.exing'on and
through Urand dorse to Stamford
William II llleser. Kingston. N Y
Th road to I'oinl 1 Is tn dilte directly up
the rlier tn Albany ami ilien run through
?! hi nevtady and Aiiu'er.l.itii to Fonda
Kor the road m Hartford, iross the rlier
to lllilnebik and lonilnue snuiti ilinnigl
pniighkeeptle to sturmvir. Then go by
way of funnel and llr- wtier to luubury
The road goes then by Waterbuiy and
Hartford.
The lait leg of the Lincoln Highway,
tlrrtchlng from Iener and t'heun
west to the I'iclflo roatl. la about to be
guide posted by the n'lonal touring bu
reau nf the II F (loortrlrh Companj. It
Is estimated tint anine 75,00 cars, carry
ing uier 300,000 people, will trierse the
thiee big transcontinental routes to the
Pacltlo coast the neit few months
The Lincoln Highway pasies through
put Lake City, crosses the desert to far
son rity snd then strikes Into eistern
California to F icr.imeiitn and Hnn Fran
clsro. The (lnodrlih touring bureau es
Unities that It will require more than
l.oiio of their Indestructible guld posts to
cover this route, and that the cost to them
will average full IIS for tauh pott ertoltJ.
A truck and crew win follow th rout
end place the blue and whit nmtl
HUDSON 48 HOUR SERVICE.
Express Car Drllverr fa Tlnn Heed
by Harry ft. llonpt.
The spectacular Increase In the sale
of Hudson citr In th New York terri
tory In the past two months meatis
much more than the mer gucceio
the car. , .
Harry H. flaunt, ptcMdnt of the Mutt
son Motor Car Company of New York,
Inc., has not hesitated to bring cars
through by express rather than to dla
appoint the customer In vltw of lunde
tjuate freight shipments.
Forty-eight hour guaranteed delivery
on all Fix-Forty Hudson phaetons Is the
Hudson slogan these days.
HUPP OAK A OIHtBER.
l.ee Anderson Testa It Worth ith
III Own frlvnle Tntir,
Advlrea from tiee Anderson, eales and
advertising manager tit the Hupb Motor
Car Company, who has been touring the
Bast In one of the new 1MB Hupmoblles,
Indicated that the new model "N" Is ft
wonder ns n ti lit climber, Anderson, ac
companied by his wife and Mr. nnd
Mrs. .1. T. II. Mitchell of Chicago, left
lluflnlo n week Ago Sunday, touring
through the Mohnwk Valley to Albany
and up to Saratoga Springs. From Sara
toga, Springs the party look In the beau
tiful Iterkshlres. with Hn many and
dlfllcult hills, through to Boston by way
of I'lttsfleld. The ocenli was followed
out of Iloston. Up to Maine, where they
entered the Maine woods, going to ro
land Snrlngn nnd from Poland Springs
Into the White Mountains to Ilretton
Woods, from where they they enmo
down out of the mountains Into Concord
and back to Hostnn, where they arrived
last Sunday. Mr. Anderson drove to
Cape Cod, Providence nnd New Tork
and returned ny way oi Aiunny uihi
Syracuse to Iluffnlo.
"The Hupinoblle model N certainly
Is a wonder an ft hill climber," An
derson wired to President lirnke. "Tin-
way It took even the worst hills wmh
wonderful. It hns nil the power necea
sary for even the most ilimcult climb.
It simply rnn away from cars of much
greater price on the mnuntnlhnus roads.
Have not had the slightest troublo nnd
tho 'N' did everything our engineering
department has claimed, The company
Is to bo congratulated on the pmductlon
of this model.
BUSINESS IS INCREASING.
Mlilialiitch Kinds (ienernl Mlnntltm
In Very fiooil.
Imls Mansbach, treasurer of the
Times Pciunre Automobile Company, Is
back on Ilroadway nfter an extended
tour of the country ns far west as the
Paclllc coast. Mansbach visited the ter
rltorleH where Micca 30 ngents are lo
cated nnd also appointed many more
In new territory.
Mansbach says he found business con
ditions all over the country excellent.
In every city and town he visited fac
tories were running full time nnd many
working two and three shifts. Through
out the Middle West tho crops are the
biggest In the country's history. This
alone will have a tendency to create a
demand for higher priced cars.
'Prices on everything that goes Into
the making of nn nutomoblle have ad
vance I on account of the enormous de
mand ('tie manufacturer has already
advanced the price of his car 1100. Pev
eral others voiced their Intention of also
raising prices. In fact. Indication"! for
the future nre that while the cost of
upkeep and operation will be lower
the Initial cost of automobiles will be
higher," he says.
"Dealers nil over the country report
the most prosperous season they ever
had It looks ns though next year
merchants ns well ns farmers will be
plentifully supplied with money. Our
eomiMiiv Is preparing tn handle five
times the amount of buslnes we have
ever done, give better service lo our I
trade and sell nt the very lowest prices
possible." i
FORD CARS REDUCED.
Price Cut Is Announced liy World's
Largest lllillder.
Ford oars for the coming season will
be sold at a forth-r reduction In prices
whIMi ! nhnut ihe K.iinp ns thev ac
tually cost thnce who participated in the
reMte payment for the season between
King Roadster Is for Three
4
guide posts at tpots
hlch h already
ui imi e fit eieu
Thn iiooflrun guiae posts win n erecicu
on tiihst.mtlal metal posts which cannot
be ,! destroyed, and the eigna them-
selves wl.l be of Indtstruotlbl material nf
tmh eunslriicllon that It cannot be de
strn)ed by hotfiin. rifle or by the cattle
of the plains. With more than CO.OOO
pout on over 70,000 miles of ihe moil
travelled highways In the eoimtr, the
Uoodrlch touring bureau he had enine
tr .utile wlili ,i ii I . : I e in, nnd In soni ctsit
guile posls hale been destroyed
When the route from Denver wt hat
been poed th enMre link from ocifin tn
oi-ean will be compleied by Hie tioo.lrlch
bureau anil inotorlste who onre reach ttie
Lm.oln Highway will have no difficulty
whateier In finding their wiy to the Pa
cific coast. While one truck Is finishing
this route two other iloo.lrlch trucks will
b preparing other roads for travel thu
sinnmer. erecting pottt at convenient
placet where there might b rtasontbl
ijuesLlon about the right wiy
After three weekt of rslny weithtr dur
ing which all Ptat records for tha amount
of precipitation to occur In any on month
have been broken. Main It beginning tn
recover nnd road are returning to thtlr
normul condition. On very hand waih
ouls ner reported and road conditions
were the wont ever known In th history
nf the Pine Tree State, Thit condition
also prevailed In Nw Hampshire ami
Vermont, and In fact all vr northern
New Kngland.
enteral daya of cltar tklet are bringing
the ron.lt back Into condition onoa usort.
tnd automobile travel may be resumed
with afty ovtr ell of tht principal trunk
linet In Maine. For sevtrsl days train o
was cemyltuir taterrupte trtwee JTrM-
V
,JT kL KU " x VW.FTTOtaLa&ji.jn' . "e'L
MOTOR PARADE
TO THE SPEEDWAY
0ioiiiiiE of Forninl Prndlcp fit
Shecpslicnil St't for
September in.
rnizKS row VAHiors cars
Hy way of a curtain r.tlser to the
throwing open of the Sliecpshead Hay
Bpeedway for formal practice for the
Inaugural 3,"i0 mile rnco on October 'J
there will be a imrade of ntltomoWIs
from Central Park und through llrook
lyn to the two mile motor rncecourse
by tho sen,
This Inaugural procession will be con
ducted by the Motor t'luli. Inc., of New
York. In whose membership Automobile
tow Is very genet ally teuesenled. Ar
rangements for the ii.tr.ide nro already
tinder way by President H. H. Toback,
W, ('. Poertner. t 11. I,ar.im and H. C.
J. Mcflhfttio and other directors ana
members of the club. The date set II
Saturday, September 11
Iloughly tho Motor Club's plan Is to
have the parade form nt nn uptown
point at 1 o'clock thnt afternoon, pro
ceed down town nnd enws line if the
Kant Illver bridges over a route nnd to
n rendezvous to bo determined Inter,
where tho procession will bo Joined by
the llrooklyn cotitlnguit for the run to
the) speedway.
Arrived nt the course the mwMnrlsts
will park their cam on the groundi
nnd view the events fmln the grand
stiitid without charge. Tim general
public, not participating In the pnrods
will be nlmltted tn the grand stand nnd
grounds nt nn admission fee to be an
nounced later and to obtain throughout
the prnctlco for the elimination trials
scheduled for .September 21, 2fi and it.
Practice that day will be confltvil to
those who have actually entered fur the
race, thus giving tho public n llr.it chancei
nt seeing the famous drivers nnd cars
thnt are to contend fur the $00,0110 purs
on October 2. Hpeclnl npeed exhibition
mid trials for new world's records will
be nrrnngfd,
The procreelon of the cotiric will not
lie merely n big automobile run. It will
haxe the addeil feature of a great dec
orated parade, for which the Slteepshead
liny Speedway Corjmrntlim nnd others
will olfer prlr.es tn iihiioih nf cars) for
decorntlons based on beauty, gro
tesitieness and humor. There will bo
special divisions for decorated gasolene,
electric and ndvertlslr cars.
1 Prlr.es will lie effeted tn dealers for
tho largest representation of owners'
cars of various makes parading In a
body. Kntry blanks will l"i Issued
shortly. No charge for entry will be
mndo nnd drivers and passengers up
to Iho full reimplement of the car will
be admitted free.
I.axt Fridny Nnney Hacks visited the
site of iks ono- famous horse track
not Nancy Hanks, th great thorough
bred race mare but Mrs. Nancy
Hanks (Mrs. Austin K. Hanks) of
Forest Hills n.irdem, Ij. I., who Is an
ardent motorist, In .1 high powered
roadster, with two passenger, she drove
several cnmplnte lnpi nt high speed, tlin
speedometer at times showing a speed
of better than eighty miles an hour.
Owing to the fact that the outside edcesj
of the turns nr? not complete, and lie
cause of the teniiorary runways across
the course she was forced to slow down
frequently. She enjoys the honor of
being the first woman to drive n cir
on the new board track.
August 1, 1311 and tn-d ty's date. Thit
is to say the touring car Hi at $110
and the roadster at J.1H0. There Is no
Indication In the announcement of the
Ford company thnt there will lie another
rebntP offer, but the stat-ment Is made
that for the coming three months thern
will tie no rebate payment on ai.y cars
delivered.
It Is generally understood thit the
Ford company, which produced and sold
moro than .100.000 cars In the past fiscal
-e;ir, has In mind even n greater produc
tion for the coming twelve months. It
Ir said that the plans are for a produc
j tion 01 as many as suo.uuu cim.
part nnd Ilrinsni k
th Port. ind-
llockland hlghuai i n lep.nrs have now
been made and b I'.ud is m prissi.t In
i far betn r wmlni. n t n,t li
! Iletwuen pott n I and Hun
PorlLind-Portsm i ll li.ghwai
wax t,etoi4.
Mm, on tlie
wtier t.sv
cinerete const! ugtlon M In progress, th
heavy ranis mail irnei . x opiiun ii.y ui"
.tgreeubli.. but this roil Is now miiih lm
prmed und thn l'nn r 1 1 dniour. which
U analn i eromineu i. .1 f..r .ill tourlsi. Is
In ereileril shape
Iletwern llsngr und nilaworth, on the
Ilangor-llir Han ir trunk lin, nil traflli
was Interiupied fur emer.il diyi, but re
pairs have t.ow been ut.nle, nnd .1 flno nw
rout has been l.ild out and sicue 1 f.r
the entire dls'an.e between tie,e two
tmlnta Howii In Wiivhioien routily th
,eavy mini dt I CJiisi.leeabie dainai, on
Hie main highway between Mnelilaa and
Calale. und tr.iflle Is nmv l.tinn routeit
oier tine iiiitural graiei load via
Mh. hlttt, Hast Mat-ida. I'ooper .Meddy
bemps and Marin to Calais Trafilc te
Kailport It lo rtcuimiK uded tu ui this
route.
Up III nnr'hern Maine the nln hss nt
been to eeiere. and foi Hit limit part the
roadt are In iery g il cnnd'Hon
Tho autotooblle tourist b ulnsss, which
daring the llrt two w. eki In Julv we
ttrloutly Inlerrupteii by Hit unprecedented
rains. I now rcipllly lesuinlr.i; norma! otto
dltlont and thn M le of n-avei ioiuIijr Into
the fltate li Increaiilng rnpldlv AiViisl
looks like an ei-eptlnna y lnav mJiilli.
The fact that Ihe rein hi been so heay
for the past three wieks is accepted by
many as proof that the next few usht
Hi Htato will undergo a pm.ongej. iFt lie!
of dry and brauilful weather
Tourist now need hit no fcMr asatmit
aitlulag Main, tt conditions nro l'nrcr
(tally and th rotdi will ioon t In tht
tftt et csodltios.