The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 13, 1907, Section Four, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextnlE SUM) AY OREGOmit, rORTLAItD, JANUARY 13, 1907, MMMMM A NT commission nans a spiM Highway From Atlantic to pacific;' CHOOSES SOUTHERN ROUTE "cw Road AVI II AIo Extend from Xcw England to Florida, and frown. Los A ngeles to San Francisco. Thft automobile craze in America, prom ises to be the eauae of the greatest road hulldtng era. ever experienced. In the United States. In the long run mis will ne profitable for the whole country as the proposed auto hlshwftys can be used for vehicles of all kinds. The most gigantic project ever under taken In the road-building: line will be the transcontinental highway for automobiles and vehicles of. various kinds. The por- Ject Ib to build a great road from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the southern border of the country. The southern route is selected because of the milder climate. There are very few Southern States through which automobiles cannot bo driven at all times of the year. The latest proposed driveways' are from Boston to New York, from New York to Ijong Keaoh, Florida. From Florida the trans continental road would be constructed. serosa the Southern States Into Texas and 1 hence across the Ione Star State through the southern part of New Mexico and into Arizona. From Arizona to California the Rreateat difficulties would be encountered owing to the desert plains and lowlands of Death Valley. At J.os Angeles the roaul would connect with the highway to San Francisco known as El Camino Real, which is already under construction. When these great highways are fin ished it will be possible to tour the en tire United States from San Francisco to Boston. The tourist could visit the old Mew England states and thence aro to the extreme South, and across the wild "Western states, ending his journey at the famous Golden Gate Harbor of San Francisco. Buys Four Oars of "White Flyers. John B. Kelly, ot the Kelly Auto Com- pany, will return from San Francisco Tuesday where he went to purchase four carloads of "White FJyer cars. Mr. Kelly fold out his entire stock early in the Winter and will be unable to nil any more orders till the arrival of his cars from the JSast. Kc.nts Back From California. IT. I. Keat, manafrer of the Keata Auto Company, returned from California early last week. With a party of Wends he went to San Francisco several weeks ago with the intention of touring Southern i'allfornla, but the continual rains pre- vented the trip. He reports that , he was unable to take his car out except for one day and that he went to Los An feel en and visited the various points of interest from that place. The excursions were made In trolley cars and not his automobile, how ever. Mr. Keats says that Oregon in rainy weather is a paradise compared to the heralded land of eternal sunshine. The Keats Company has ordered four carloads of automobiles which are now on the road to Portland. One carload Is composed of Franklin machines and two carloads are made up of Oldsmobiles. A carload of electric machines has also Jeen ordered. This is the first lot of electric cars ever to be shipped to Portland and the use of this new type of machine will be watched with Interest. FVr In I arid Empire Trade. Manager Moore, of the Moore. Automo bile Company, of Walla Walla, is in Port- land and while here will order several carloads of Franklin and Thomas ma Chines. I-fe will also order a line of Olds- mobiles. This company lg practically the only concern of Its kind in the Inland 3mere. Weather Holds Back Business. Owing to the continued cold and rainy weather the automobile dealers of Port land report few sales during the past few weeks. It Is Impossible to do any driving while the ground Is frozen as the tires AUTOMOBILE CLUB'S NEW HOME NEARLY COMPLETED Six-story Building, k New York Tilled With All Sorts of. Model Conveniences for Members. THE n e w home of the Automobile Olub of America Is the first automo bile club house of pretensions In this country. It Is so nearly completed that the members expect to occupy It this month, says the New York Herald. The house stands on the north side of West Fifty-fourth street, between Broadway and Eighth avenue. The lot has a front age of 138 feet and a. depth of 87 feet. The building occupies the lot entirely, and Is six stories In height. It is built of reinforced concrete, and has a general light (rray tone, relieved by decorations of marble and terra cotta In different hues, and Indiana limestone. The members' entrance Is at the Broad- way end ot the building, and the entrance for chauffeurs and employes at the Kifthth avenue end; between them are larRe swing: doors, one for the entrance and the otlier for the exit of cars. The car entrance opens Into a large room, where 50 or 75 cars can he placed at one time. A n employe Is to be In con slant attendance at the doors making: records of all cars leaving and arriving m nd such, records are to be given to the owners. Two turntables are placed on this floor, one In front of each ot the two great elt ' vatom which run from the basement to the roof. Th nor Is flnlnhed with a hard glased material that ia proof against the action of oil and gasoline and is. of course, fireproof. The elevators have a capacity of four tons each, and their platforms measure 1ft feet In width and l feet In length. They not only serve every floor, but, rise t o h. level with the roof, so that cars can be rolled out on the roof for photographic and other Durcoses. 1 Automatic devices are provided so that the levators cannot be atarted until the gates have been closed, and they prevent trie opening ot the im lrticn tin tic- vators are not at the landing's. In addi tion to- Che opon-ca r- apace. the grround floor Is fitted with seven washing; stands lor cars, locKera lor members, una an office for the superintendent of the KrHBe. Of great interest to those who are me Ch&n.CftUy inclined is the basement. are CJclcly cut to pieces. A nig rush or husljiess lg looRea lor in the Spring when the. roads become Brood. Mapping Out tle Ront. in the project of mapping out a suitable route from Kew York to Ormond Beach, 1-1 ra . . Mtmethlng -whlcrri tin to Um present has -never been discovered- It . It. Owen anj party, of Cleveland, O., are accom plUMng result? of importance to thou- KAndn of motorists. In the short period Of a week t he party has mad progress well Into the country south of Mason and Dixon's line, and every member fit the self-appointed commission feels that a courao will be outlined over which the many prospective visitors to the coming: scries ot races in Florida may find ttieir way at will. Finding the route to the North Pole if- s. minor matter (to motor Iste) compared with the discovery or an open passage to Florida beacn, Up to the present time the party which fs blazing the way. has encountered only coraparatlveb- few miles or really bad roads. For the most part the road leads through a very, hilly country, almost mountainous at times, but at that they have made about 1 lO miles a day. The -tourists are Keeping a log: of the entire trip, and in their notes say that the road so far has been very beautiful and inter esting, due to the fact that It leads through very mountainous country and past the battlefields or Gettysburg and Antletam. The scenery through the ahen- andoah Valley Is especially charming: and. although It Is necessary to ford sev eral of the streams, this route will un doubtedly become popular as soon as the traveling directions are published. leaving New Tork on Sunday. Decem ber 23, and traveling south by way of Newark, Philadelphia, Reading, Harris- bur. Oettyaburg. Hagerntown, Harrls burs. "Va.. the party arrived at Roanoke Friday night. The last 120 miles, although made through very deep clay and moun tainous country, was. as Mr. Owen said. the most beautiful part of the trip so far. rmrinaj a portion of the day the machine was above the clouds. Many Interesting places were passed, among them being the Natural bridge. Everybody In the party Is in grood spirits, and the machine Is run ning nicely. Sew York to Boston. ' Judging; from the interest displayed by motorists, tlje exclusive highway for auto mobiles from New York to Boston Is be ginning rapidly to assume definite form. The project is to build Inclosed highways over private property between the two cities. Companies are to be formed In Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut and New York; to handle the matter In their respective states. The scheme Is aald to be In the1 'hands of Mr. Shaw, of Boston, the man who did so much toward securing the establishment of the Boston-Worcester trolley, and who was decidedly interested In the proposed trolley line between Boston and Provi dence. , Mr. Shaw has enlisted, the Interests of many of the leading capitalists of Boston and New York, as well as those of the leading cities through which the pr posed private highway will run. The cost of construction of such a road, covering something: like 200 miles, is estimated as between S12.00O.OOO and S15.OOO.0OO. Plans have so far advanced that it has been de- elded to apply to the different legislatures for authority to condemn land over which the road is to pass. The route selected is from New Ro- chelle, running from Ave to ten miles north of the tracks of the Xew York, New Haven Ac Hartford Railroad to Cew Ha ven, thence running In a nearly straight line to the Connecticut River, crossing at or near Haddam. thence through Col Chester and across the northwestern cor ner of Rhode Island, going to the north or "Woonsocket and to the north of the highland division tracks and ending at Newton. Mass. High fences will inclose the road, and entrance and exit gates will De provided at intervals. Proposes Long Run. W. S. Gehr. of Wen a tehee. Wash., has determined to abandon his transconti nental run from continent to continent for the present, according to the Bartholo mew Company, of Peoria, ill; Mrs. Gelir's 111 health and prospects ot bad weather In the South are. given as the contributing: causes which led to this decision. Mr. Gehr will ship his car from New York to Wena tehee and await the .coming of Spring, when he will complete 'his trip by driving- from Wenatchee to Seattle over the Cascade Mountains. The distance, although only 200 miles, is expected to require six weeks of strenuous exertion. Mr. Gehr says that no car and very few wagons have ever been driven over the Cascades at this point. There is a road through the pass that was formerly a toll road, used by stockmen to drive stock over. Elaborate Color Scheme. In the 8tores"of the dealers are now to be seen color prints of the color scheme and Interior decorations, as planned by the .artist-decorator of the Madison Square Garden Show. The- richness and elaborateness of the whole suggests that even more than the $60,000 appropriated may be spent on it. and that it will be well worthy of a visit from the President and the foreign Ambassadors. where are located the various machines necessary to all large buildings, and some made necessary by the character of this particular establishment. There Is a large generating plant run by steam turbines, and accidental break downs have been guarded against by the installation of a storage-battery. The boilers for the turbines face the vaults under the sidewalks, so that coal and ashes can be easily handled. No gas light is used In the building; everything- . is electrically Illuminated. Below the floor of the basement are the gasoline tanks, each tank of compara tively small slate, so as to be within the requirements of the fire laws. Feed pipes lead to the curbstone line on the street. so that when the tanks are being filled. the nose win not have to cross the side- walk. The clubrooms are a striking- feature of the new home. A lobby 2S feet wide and extending- the entire depth of the build- lng succeeds the vestibule at the mem- bers' entrance. The garage, superintend ent'i office and the members' lockers are on the lert of this lobby. From the end of the lobby a staircase leads to the second floor, where there is a lanre and lofty r hlgbt. with a beam. the assemblwy-room, and adjoining- It Is the grillroom, with a seating capacity of aw persons. ao joining tne grin room are the secre tary's office, the bar, the Kitchen and serving room, all fitted up In the most modern style. The nwzsanlne floor con- Tains niuiard rooms, a recreation room. ror American chauffeurs and one for for eign chauffeurs-. Lockers and toilet rooms for the chauffeurs are on the floors above. --ne fourth and firth, floors are used for me storage 01 cars, and are fitted with movable metal partitions so arranged that locked stalls can be provided for those who wish to keep their carl under lock and key. on tnej top floor is the repair ahor-a not, lurni room, with large windows on all sides and a husre skyllcht in the roof. The shop is completely equipped with toon and electrically driven machinery. A large space is provided where chauf feurs may overhaul their cars if they so desire. On this floor- Is the dynamometer lor testing tne power ot motors. HE AUTO DISPLAY Madison Square Garden Show Will Be Elaborate. ALL. LATE IMPROVEMENTS Exhibition Expected to Outdo Any- thing of the Kind Kv-cr At tempted on This Side of ttie Atlantic. More elaborate decorations than have ever been seen In a motor exhibition in this country, and the most magnificent display of machines ever brought to gether, are promised for the Madison Square Garden automobile show, which will be opened next Saturday night, (last night), says a writer in the New York Herald. The show will continue through the following week. This will be the seventh annual show held in the Garden and the second held under the auspices of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, the members of which recognize the validity of the Selden - pat- cnt as representing the basic element of the gasoline explosive engine. An en tirely different set of machines, therefore, will be seen in this show than In the Automobile Club's show last month In Grand Central Palace, as the exhibitors In that show were members of the Inde pendent organization. The general tendency In the improve ment of automobile construction, as ob TVPK O F" I-1" It-C VI-I . II--Il RUNABOUT NEW TO rORTLAXD. The above CUt ShOWS the Thomas runabout, the first of this type to arrive in Portland. This style of auto mobile is available either as a runabout or racing car. It has four cylinders and can make To miles an hour. This machine was brought here toy H . I Keats St Co. and .old to Frank A. Moore, ot Walla Walla, who will use It to tour California. - served In the earlier show. w'U also be typical of the Madison Square Garden ex- h...t. No freaks, no startling: novelties, will be seen. Six-cylinder machines will be one of the features, and- the higrh- powered turtle-back runabouts now be coming so popular1 will be shown by 20 different manufacturers. some ot tnese runabouts will be veritable racers in tact, belnsr specially designed for private speedway use, with an eye to the future, when impromptu brushes between rival owners of fast cars will be as common on ' the Long Island motor highway as are brushes between fast trotters on ttie Harlem River Speedway. Forty-two types of four-cylinder cars will be shown, and seven makers, ex- lilbltlng four-cylinder cars, will also show slx-cyllnder machines, four being for- elg-n. all French. Single, two. and three cylinder machines will also toe seen, and as a curiosity a big eight-cylinder; car will be among the few real novelties. Another Interesting- novelty will be the oom-blruatlon gaso Line-electric Columbia car, which is equipped with a four-cylin der gasoline engine, as well as an electric motor. An atr cooled fire eni?ine motor will be one of the attractions in the base ment, where the commercial vehicles, trucks, and' busses will be placed. Two Hundred Cars to Be Shown. , Among the 265 different exhibitors 43 will show complete automobiles, and the total number of cara for which space has been- arranged in the Garden is a . trifle over 20O. In the standard American makes great Improvements will Pe noticed in simpler mechanism, better and more com pact construction, a more convenient igni tion system, and more efficient carbu reters. A. special effort has also been made to secure the most representativ- exhlblt of racing- cars ever seen in an American show, and some of the best Vanderbllt Cup cars have been obtained. The Vanderbilt Cup, for which special permission was secured from the Cup Commission and the Automobile Club of France, will be exhibited In the Darracq booth by the side of the car with which Wagner won the last race. Duray's De Dietrich. wTilch won the Ardennes circuit in August: one or two Flats, the Panbard. the I)comobile driven by Joe Tracy, and which made the fastest single lap of the race ; the Pope-Toledo, the Oldsmobile. the Thomas, the Matheson, . and the Haynes, recently purchased by William C, Thome, of Chicago, will be in the group of racing cars -that took part in the blsr race last October. Of the 43 manufacturers showing- entire cars, 39 are American ana 13 foreign, They are: American Apperson, Autocar, Bulck, Cadillac, Corbln. ' Columbia. Ell more, Franklin, Haynes, Hewitt, Knox. Locomobile, Lozier, Matheson, Northern, Oldsmobile, Packard, Peerless, Peirce, Pope-Hartford. Pope-Toledo, Pope-Trib une, Royal-Tourist. S. and At. Simplex. Stearns, Steven s-Duryea, Studebaker, Thomas, waltham-Orlent, and Winton. Foreign C O. v., Clement-Bayard, ,cq. TJ In-trlch. Decauvllle, glish-Xalmler, Fiat, Hotchklss, Isotta Frascnmi, Fantiard, Roctiet-ScUnelder, Renanlt, and Walter. . Some of the finest cars that were ex hibited in the Parts ahow last month, will arrive this weeh, and they will be among the attractive features of the Madison Square Garden show. The exhibit of for elan cars will be one of the largest and handsomest seen in New Torn since the Importers' Salon held Its special show two years ago. I Me French cara will predominate, but tbero will also be a gtwd snowing or otner popular Jvuropean ma chines. TVev ThlnKB Seen Abroad. A number of American automoblllsts have returned within thd last few days from Europe, and their reports on some of the ne-w thlnsa brought out In the Paris Show have aroused general Interest as to 'toft iraprovemGntfl tne foreigners are preparing to Introduce this season. C "W. Kelaey. the) Eastern aatea manasei for the Maxwell-iBrlflcoe Motor Company, returned last wen, 'ana wwic m ram he made a careful ' study of all the ex hibits, afterward visltlns; some of the largest factories, in Iance. "i must admit that the foreigners aro in metal work:.' Mr. Kelsey Bald, "but on designing. I thinK we are a very close second, and within a few years we . shall closely approximate the 'best foreign ideals. I -was surprised t o see that practically no chrome nlckie steel was veal In the construction of this year's models. The front axles are gen erally made of falgh-grade Irony There seems to be & strong tendency to use slllce-maneanese steel in gears. This com- pound makes a very hard metal and a very satis factory one. but It is not ean y to make, as there has been a great deal or trouble in getting the mixture uniform. The best foreign makers, however, have now almost entirely overcome this diffi culty. "In maKlng castings the Trench, are far ahead of us. In Amerca the general custom Is to cast single cylinders. The French have oiitsrrown ths. Taey have reduced the possibility ot blow-holes and other Imperfections to a minimum and, therefore, do not feel that they ar3 tak In far any large percentage of chance In casting the cylinders in pairs and even In sets ot tour and six. this system of multiple castings is used in most of the taxametcr cabs and works admirably. Nearly all or the pressed steel work Is now hot pressed, thus making; It possible to press out more Intricate forms of frames and parts. Another tendency Is to j increase the general use ot the shaft drive. Prac tically all of the heavy ears and om- nlbuses are now shaft driven. Foreign Makers Xse) Magneto. 'TKa use of the magneto is practic- ally universal. Foreign constructors seem to have settled on t"hie, and to my mind this has been attained large- ly by the new Gionolli magneto, which, it is claimed, cannot bo burned out. It is a big movement over other mag netos and is the only one which, can be used successfully for a long time, so far as I have been able to discover. on siac-cyllnder machines. "Notwithstanding; all the talk about the (arrowing- popularity of the six- cylinder car abroad. I found" at the bottom thnt its future was still a mat ter of considerable doubt. Many of the manufacturers who have exhibited six-cylinder cars for the first time this season told me that ' they made the machines more for the purpose of keeping -up -with th procession, but in very few cases had arrangements been made to build many of them. They admitted the greater flexibility of the six-cylinder engine, but round that tne cost of maintenance and other deter- rinpr elements overcame the apparent advantages. "SDlash lubrication with on Kept at a level by a pump is apparently the up-to-date thing- abroad, a large num ber of cars being- lubricated in this manner. Another little detail is that cotter pins are almost obsolete, lock washers taking their place. in Dan bearings the full type seems to be in favor Instead of the silent type. One of the most Important Innovations that I saw was an exhaust valve with a cam shaft so arranged tnat it coulo be advanced 80 per cent, making it possible to use the exhaust as a brake and thus relieve the compression in an eniergency and make a fluick stop when necessary. It was regulated by WINTER AND HPRINO CALENDAR ' OF AUTO SHOWS. January 12-19 Seventh annual show - of Association of Licensed .Auto- mobile Manufacturers, Madison Square Garden, January 19-26 Show of Automobile Club of Maryland and Dealers' As sociation at Baltimore. January 21-28 First show of Auto ihobile Dealers Association - of Southern California at M or ley 'a . Rink, Loa Angeles. January 28-February 2 Washington Automobile Dealers' show, Dupont garage, Washington, X. C. January 28-February 3 Cincinnati automobile show, Cincinnati Stor-' age Company building. February 2- Chicago ' automobile . show at Coliseum and First Regi ment Armory. Chicago. February 11 Trl-State Automobile and Sportsmen's Show Association's exhibit st Light Guard. Xetrolt. February 18-23 Fifth annual Buffalo automobile show. Convention Hall, Buffalo. February 25-Msreh 3 Second annual automobile and power-boat show at Auditorium, Portland, Me, March 4-10 First annual automobile show at Convention Hall. Kansas City. . March 0-16 Fifth annual show of Boston Automobile Dealers' Associ ation, Mechanic!' Hall and Hortl- cultural Hall, Boston, March 18-23 Automobile and power boat show. Infantry ' Hall. Provi dence, K. Z. , April l-O Bti Louis ahow at Jal Aial bu.ldir.ff. April 8-13 First annual shew ef x Pittsburg Automobile Dealera' As- SOClatlon, , Duquesne Garden. a lever conveniently located on the dash, making It possible to advance the cam shaft to any degree required. The taxameter caba I foun'd one of the most interesting- things in Paris. I was agreeably impressed with the two-cylinder vertical motors which are used. They give a great deal of rowe with cractlcaliy no vibration. X dl not Bee a single cab uroKeii down or delayed in any way. The chauffeurs rent these cabs, completely furnished and equixroeo.. by the month. I talked With a number, and tney all declared that the cabg lifld paid them well for the last slsc months. About S0O3 more taxaroeter cabs have lately been or dered for use this year in the streets a( Paris." Mr. Kelsey discovered that American m aohlnery was belnp used, to a. larse extent in many of the frenchi automo- bile factories, m tne ciement-Bayara factory, one of tne lararest in Eurone S4.003.000 worth of American machinery aer had lately tjeep. given. ahead or ui rnlr kAt SCOPE! IWDUSTRY Automobile Trade Increasing With Great Rapidity. FACTORIES ARE IMMENSE Madison Square Garden Would Be Iost In Single Room of Gigantic Plants Covering From Ten to Twenty Acres. "While nearly every one Is aware of the growth of -the automobile trade, it is al- most Impossible to realize the tremendous strides the industry has. made In the past three years without a personal Visit to the factories, says a writer in a New Tork paper. .Last week I made a round of some of the leading factories in the Middle "West (chiefly those who are going to exhibit their product at the coming show In the Madison Square Garden) and what I saw was simply amazing. Before leaving: New York T was undei the Impression that the Madison Square Garden was a pretty big- place and the proposed $75,000 which is to be spent in decorating that structure spemeo a tre mendous sum of money to lavish on a show that would last only a week. After inspecting some of these extraordinary automobile plants, which cover from ten to 20 acres apiece, the Garden, big as it is, seems a very small and petty affair, 1HMUOM -- as its total floor space could be lost in a single room of these immense struc tures, while half a dozen of the hundreds of the automatic gear cutting machines I saw In a single room would more than pay for the Garden's decoration. At Syracuse, the home of the H. H. Franklin Oompany and the birth-place of the air-cooled car, a new nve-storled building 104 by 63 feet or an additional floor space of 33.000 aouare feet has been added to this splendid factory. Fourteen hundred men are employed here and un- less something goes amiss 1800 cars will be turned out here between now and July 1. One or two hundred of these cars will be of the six cylinder type ; 500 or GOO of the 20-horsepower model D type, and the balance of the 12-horsepower variety. Everything moves on wheels in this fac tory and as now arranged over seventy cars can be assembled at one time. The chief changes in the 1907- models ate In the valve mechanism, so that the engine is very much Quieter than ever before. The oiler has been changed from the dash to the side of the engine case, and being gear-driven makes the feed positive at all times and also kefps the oil warm in cold weather. A multiple disc clutch and a floating rear axle are employed on all the 20 and 30 horse-power cars this year, together with "Hess-Bright bearings throughout. Another new wrinkle on the Franklin cars is that all nuts on the driving parts of the car are laced with 1 steel wire, which prevents any possibility of their working loose. ' That publicity pays, and that the manu facturer who has the courage to go out and try to accomplish something no one else lias attempted, is shown by the won derful growth of the Babcock Electric Company, of Buffalo. Last Autumn P. A. Babcock. drove one of their stock model cars from New "York to within three miles of Philadelphia, a distance of 97 miles, on one charge of the bat teries, and, as a result,, from a small concern building less than lOO cars last year, the company has moved Into a .new factory 50 x300 feet and will turn out aOt cars this year. In addition It owns the largest garage devoted to the exclusive storage of electric carriages in the country. At Cleveland, where some of the big gest plants In the country are located, Alexander WInton, one of the pioneers in the industry, has added a two-story build ing. 700x50 feet or 70,000 square feet of space, to his factory, which now covers over 13 acres, The AVinton company carries nearly 1000 men on its payroll and like nearly all of the up-to-date manufac tories 1 visited, makes nearly every part that goes into Us cars. Heretofore the Winton company has only made one model, its 30-horsepower $2500 car, but this year a 40-horsepower. .seven pas senger, car, which' sells for 93500, has been added to the list. On both of the- cars there Is a reserve gasoline .tank with gasoline on tne road, . Another Cleveland r om nun v -which Is I'JXiil.ily comlner Into the llmellg-ht 1. the Royal Motor Company, which manurac- tures the Royal Tourist car. Heretofore their output has been rather small, but this year they will turn out over- 300 hlgh- powered cars. In spite of two big- addl- tions their present plant has been found far too small for its present working force of GOO .men. and a plot of ten acres has been bought on the Grand Park Boulevard for the erection of a great steel and concrete factory which will be completed this year. The company has Increased Its capital stock to SoOO.OOO and Its officers expect to nave ita new rac- tory ready in time to build Its 190& models there. Anotticr notaole' addition to Cleveland new factories is the model plant erected toy- the White Sewlngr Machine Comiiany. This company, while not afflllated with either the Licensed or. Independent as sociations, fcuilds the famous White Steamers, and as they turn out over ISOO care. coating on m.n average of S2COO , apiece, the value of their output is pro- bably s country, any concern In the Their new plant consists of a Hew flrleproof factory of brick, steel and concrete construction, which covers ten acres. There Is a. central covered hall 800 feet In length from- which open three wings 210 by B feet and another wing: of about the same proportions but silently larger. -A. huae power plant s.nd adminis tration wing are to bo added. A. feature or tills factory is that underneath each department there Is a store room filled with every necessary niece of material neeaea lor that particular department. which Is fefl up to the men as required without the loss of a second's tirne to any of the workmen. The result ia per fect system an i.l 1 1 ir gnatest posslbl. volume of work from the employes. Waller White, who has charge of the company's foreign trade. escorted me through the factory. Me has Just returned from the farts show and says his com- pany will sell over IjO cars abroad this year alone. Orders have been taken for White Steamers for Bniiland. Japan. Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico. Belgium. Germany, Austria, Java, Holland and Austria. The Baker Electric Company, which Is unquestionably one of the largest- manu- facturers of electric vehicles In the coun try. Is also located in Cleveland, and. as It manufactures no less than 33 distinct types of cars. It divides with the Elec- trie "Vehicle Company of Hartford, the honor of making the greatest variety of pleasure-cars turned out by any factory in the country. Their line Includes a Runabout, Stanhope. Suburban. Surrey, I Victoria. Depot Wagon. Brougham. Lan. . daulet. Coupe, Queen "Victoria Runabout, 1 and a small two-passenger coupe. The Baker people claim that, pound for pound. plate for plate, weight for weight, as re lates to battery, their cars will show greater speed and more miles on a single charge than any other electric car on the market. From Cleveland T Jumped to Xandsing. Mich., the home of the Oldsmobile the little rurjabout which did more to develop the automobile Industry in this country than any other single factor. Here I found S00 men working ten hours' a day in an effort to' build 1000 four-cylindcred cars before June 1. While the company will also build 600 or TOO of their famous little, runabouts, their chief product this year will be their four-cyllndered cars. F, 1 Smith, the vice-president of the com pany, took me through their factory, which, with their engine works, is one of the largest In the West. He said that he expected to build 200 of the four-rylln- dered runabouts and SOO of the Palace touring cars. A feature of the cars this year will be a copper gasoline tank with a reserve supply of gasoline similar to the Winton cars, only the tank will be under the seat and not exposed In the rear of the car. My next stopping place was Jackson, Mich., where I paid a brief call on W. C. Durant. the head of the Bulck Motor Company. This car, while not very well known in the East, has made a great name for itself in the West and it will probably Mitrprlse ?vew Yorkers to hear that the output of the Bulck factor lea at Jackson and Flint will exceed in volume that of any other factory in the country with the possible exception of the F'ord. while in point of , value Mr. Durant claims that it will be second to none. The company, Mr. Durant says, will build 1500 four-cylinder cars at Jarknon and 4000 two-cy Hndored will be turned out from the Flint factory. When one hears the1 first Buick car was built in February. 1005, less than two years ago. this statement sounds like a fairy tale, but Mr. Lurant, who is a cool-headed business man, stands spon sor for it and says he will have an even more ex traord Inary announcemen t to make the public and the trade within the next two weeks. As an indication of the size of the Ruick Company it might be mentioned that the Jackson factory, which Is only one-half of the plant, consists of three wings, one of 300x40 feet, one of DOOxM feet and another of 600x30 feet. . BIG AUTO SHOW AT CHICAGO Illsplajr Next Month Will Ie Moat Important Ever Made, CHICAGO, 111.. Jan. 12. (Special to the New York Herald.) Samuel A. Miles. general manager of the automobile show which will be held in the Coliseum and First Regiment Armory the week of Feb ruary 2-9. is in Chicago, making his preparations for the decorations for -the show, which, lie declares, will have ex hibits which will surpass by 11.000.000 In intrinsic value any previous motor car exhibition ever held. As to the size of the Chicago affair, Manager Miles points out that it will have fifteen more exhibitors than did the effort of the '"independents In New York last month, while It will have 52 more than will the A. L. A. M. event, which opens In Madison Square Garden, New York, next Saturday. In the way of decorations it will require 12.500 yards of carpeting for the two buildings. The walls will be covered so there will not be a sign of the walls pillars, and wMl require 120.00O square feet of materia! for the overhead decora tions. In place of the present gallery there will be an elevated platform, which will require the laying or 30.000 feet of flooring:. SPEED RECORD FOR WORLD STILL HELD BY AUTO CAR Marriott's Mile in 22 2-5 Seconds Marvel of the Age Locomotive Supreme for Distance Work Because of Speed. THE human mind, aided by the won derful human Intellect, continues to annihilate apace and time, and yet the limit has not been reached, saya a writer In an Eastern exchange. When Marriott sent an automobile whls- ssins along; the beach at Ormond Beach. Fla., at the rate of one mile In 28 2-5 sec- onds the world stood aghast. Thte mar- velous accomplishment, which invited death at every jump, has ceased to be ap- pallinj. Othere will try to surpass it. As it came early In January, Marriott's feat was the first record-breaker of 1906. As the Spring season rolled around rec- ords were falling as rapidly as the buds were growing. Every day the papers were filled, with accounts of marvelous -speed attained through some form of lo- comotion. New records were established In automobllln?, bicycling, horse racing, man running, motor-boat racing, swim ming, lonft-diatance train running:, alrwhlp sailing, ballooning and numerous other too technical and Intricate lor tne ordinary reader. Of all these, the record established by Marriott stands out the most prominent. A mile In 28 Z-5 seconds la the fastest that man or any machine contrived by man has ever traveled. The nearest approach to the speed n t- tained by Marriott was that of the Empire State express- on the New York Central Railroad. That was more than two years ago. and since then officials have decided that railroad speed contests agalnet time are too dangerous. For long-distance speeding: the steam lo comotive still stands pre-eminent. how ever. On July 8 of this year, a special train sped over the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York, to Chicago In 14 -hours and 20 minutes, a distance of 905 miles. This was a record smasher, as IS hour a Had Deen considered unbeatable, The av- erase runnlnsr time of the Pennsylvania special wn m tiS.l miles an hour. In the lint of .space annlhllators the bicycle comes next. During the year u closed Paul Gulenard. the French rider. went B9 milea and SO yard In SO minutes, a rat. of n ,.(.-. 1 znalntaln.d for an hour which few rtdere have ever attained for s One Family Limousine Auto Does Work of Five Morses. BIG SAVING AS TO TIME Service More Saiisractorj- in Every Itesiect Than That Given by the Old-Fashloned Ca r- riage and Pair. A few days ago an owner of a touring car of the Limousine type handed to us a schedule of the trips made by his car In one day, says an Eastern exchange. We decided to publish this schedule, as It appears to be filled with Interest, both. from the facts it contains and the possi bilities It suggests. Mere is a family which has heretofore n ployed five horses and two men to transport Its various members on their dally rounds of business, shopping, social functions and domestic service. Their entire transportation is now ac complished in a touring car which, is driven and cared for by one man. The schedule Is a strenuous one. but th ervlce it indicates 1b little frreater than their regular requirement. The owner w- sures us that the Limousine averages about 65 mllos per day, Including Sundays. Hte residence is about four miles from hln office, and tne run is made in 16 min utes through crowded streets. The same trip uses up 31 minutes behind .horses, if they hurry, and 25 minutes by streetcar, if you catch a car promptly. All In a Day's AVork, Here Is the day's work: 8 :00 A. -Mr. A. trt offlc. e and re- . turn to nouse S:46 A. M. Children to school 8.0 and return trip S:rR A.. M. Delh crj- of pacUR. . . . :iO A. M. Shopplnir trip Mrs. A.. seven stops 11:30 A. M. Trip to depot to meet party of frleno 12 :30 A. M. Trip to Mr. JK.'m ofTto-. inking htin to lunch tnd three business calls nf- teruard and' return trip to house . . 2:10 I. M. Krranrl for Mm. A ;30 P. l . VI si tinir trip with 3Wr. A.. Bix calls tone at a dts- tnnce) 10.5 It. 5 l.O 160 5:S0 P. M. Trip to Mr. A.'s office nd return :SO I". M. Qnlr-U trip to Mr. A "n office for forgotten article 7:55 P. M. Trip with six passers to theater and return. . . 10:40 P. M. Trip with nix Pannnicers from thenter to houiin. . . 1 :0 A. M. BrlnRlnn doctor for Illness of child 1:30 A. M. Trip downtown to an open ' drugstore 2 ;0O A. M. liet urn of doctor to his home ................... s.o s.o 1.5 Total .103.0 Now. then the value of the five horses formerly used, together with their harness and four vehicles and the thousand and one ham implements, was much greater than the cost of the faithful car. Mucli Cheaper, Too. The chauffeur is a very competent mm. and he receives almost as much as the two coachmen whom he displaced. Fut. of course, he eats half as much as they did and his livery costs less, naturally, Outside of the matter of wapea the sav ing in cost of transportation in this family is found to be over a per month. e- ferring to the schedule, you will notice that it totals 103 miles. Now. three team- of horses, employing three drivers, could have made the same mileage, but all nix horses would have required a full day's rest on the following: day. On the other hand, the limousine, after running 103 miles, was ready at a twist of the crank to make even a greater mileage on the following day. When it Is realized that motor-car tour ists think nothing of runs of 20O miles or more over ordinary country roads, you can see that the schedule shown was not hard service over smooth city pavements. This family wan not In the slightest dan Brer from accident dux-ins; the day. which would most certainly not have been the case had they ridden behind horses In these days of fast street-car service, auto mobiles and congested street traffic. "A touring- car Is not a luxury." says a dealer. "It Is a necessity. With It the long progress to business, the slow -process of afternoon social engagements and the long- rides to evening functions are made a pleasure instead of a burden. 'The distance between a business man's residence and any point in the city Is cut In less than half and the number of calls one can make Is nearly doubled by the car. And best of all one's progression Is not a series of bumps and jerks, but rather a smooth glide that rests you as , you ride." a minute sprint. When Mlle-a-Minuto Murphy fell fainting and exhausted Into the arms of his trainers after riding a mile in one minute flat behind a railroad engine as a pacemaker some yearn ago, the feat was heralded to the world as a marvelous feat of speed and enduranc. Now this Frenchman has gone at a rate of speed within a fraction of that made by Murphy for an hour. Had Guignard devoted the last few rnJnutea of his 60 mites to sprinting he could easily have made the distance at a rate of a mile a minute, but at the time ho was on a rid of 100 miles. Of the new forms of locomotion, tho record made by the Wright brothers1 in their aeroplane is rather startling. The . details of the construction of this flying machine are kept secret, but it is known that they made a flight or 24 miles. In 3H minutes. That is practically the same speed for a mile as made by Salvator, the racehorse, 1:35. Speaking of aerial navigation, the bal loonlsts have also established a record. In a flight Irom Flttmeld, Mass., last Bum mer Leo Stevens, the aeronaut, and thre frl.nds made TK miles an hour before a sttrt wind. rrbey traveled ISO mtta In 2 hours and 20 minutes, going a round about course. Tn Germany, Count ' von Zeppelin reached a upeed of 33 nillen an hour In hhe famous airship, which is the largest ever constructed. It has two ensrlns of 110 horsepower, and these enabled him to at tain a speed greater than that made by the Ixbaudy brothers, aeronauts, who went M miles near Paris In an hour. The motor boat also came Into the tbc-m-d-maklng limelight during 190S. The Standard, owned by Prince McKlnney, went a mile up the Hudson River in liis, which happens to be practically the same speed as that of Dan Patch, the pacing horse, who went the same distance In a traction less than 1;j6, The dumb beasts must not be left out in this resume of speed marvels, as Rwe ten. owned 1 v Xavy Johnson, ran seven furlongs at Belmont Fark In October In. 1:22. The Easiest time made W 1 hor.J for that disrtsnce before was the reco established by Halifax. He made It 1:25. luiifii;