nlE SUM) AY OREGOmit, rORTLAItD, JANUARY 13, 1907,
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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.
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