Motor Age 1903-02-12: Vol 3 Iss 7

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Vol. 3 No. 7 TOR ANG FEBRUARY 12, 1903 Five Cents THE SYNONYMS FOR PERFECTION IN AUTOMOBILE CONSTRUCTION of two continents Highest-class Ay toOmobiles Panhard, Mors, Renault, (.6.V., Mercedes — } | ict \ \ % a — a => | ed " p 1, Ra if aa! me | | ~ SMITH & MABLEY Importers and Manufacturers’ Agents 513-515-517-519 Seventh Avenue, New York Chicago Agent: RALPH TEMPLE & AUSTRIAN CO., 293 Wabash Avenue

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ra Look for the HAYNES-APPERSON EXHIBIT sno And Examine s:. The New Steering Mechanism which is one of the Features of the Show The Huynes- Apperson carriage has the largest list of first-class road records of any carriage in the United States. Send for booklet and catalog. Che Raynes-Hpperson Co., - - Kokomo, Ind. § Chicago Branch: 381 to 385 Wabash Ave., L. W. Smelser, Manager. {2aSEEEESEEEEEDs CRRR RRR RERR NENA NENA NANA A Sy NN THE BAKER PADDED IED RR ERERR eee) Ka) IF IT’S A BAKER IT’S THE BEST. ~The Most Efficient of all Electric Vehicles. | | | | | | THE LIGHTEST WEIGHT | THE STRONGEST MADE | THE BEST FINISHED | | | | | | : 3 | 3 me 2 We will send you a Catalogue or we will write you. Address The Baker Motor Vehicle Co., Cleveland, O. BAIBSSSSISSSSSSSSG! Be ae de y'| ibe 3 pie ile yd die | 4 bead Ane) bead bet Ae A | ae ee 9)

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TOR AX VOL. III. No. 7. CHICAGO’S MOTOR The eyes of the trade center on Chicago this week and while the point of focus is the Coli- seum, in which the automobile show is held, it is reasonable to suppose that many of the visitors will find interest also in Chicago’s auto- mobile trade colony—for Chicago, of all cities in the. country, has The New York retail establishments are grouped more vicinities, but not to the the stores are centralized in the such a_ colony. or less in various that western metropolis. extent Here is a locality recognized as the automo- bile headquarters and being but a few steps from the home of Club, the amateur as well as the trade phases of automobiling. other the Chicago Automobile is colored with There are establishments than those clustering in this vicinity and there are out- lying storage stations, but the bulk of the business is transacted here and every month a little prestige is added to automobile row. automobile HAD A RAPID GROWTIL It has in a short time become the rendez- vous of automobilists of Chicago and the mecca of automobilists of the entire central west. The birth of the row and its growth are much like that of the automobile itself. It commenced in a modest way, but has grown very rapidly. THE PIONEERS last fall all automobile retail establishments and agencies in the city were north of Harrison street, most of them being in the vieinity of Jackson Wabash avenue. A year ago boulevard and It was desirable to get away from the dirty and congested streets of the ‘OTOR AGE Cadillac Automobile Co. alae Electric Vehicle Co. business district, or at least it seemed desira- ble to a few dealers, so two or three of them put their heads together and a search was be- gun for a suitable location. The only build- ings available were at the corner of Michigan boulevard and Fourteenth street, all the show rooms in which were at that time occupied by other lines of business. By using a little per- suasion, and the taking of moderately long- time leases possession of these quarters was given about the first of last year. The first occupants of the block were the Winton Motor Carriage Co. and Pardee & Co. Soon after, Githens Bros. secured possession of their store, and on the first of May, 1902, the last of the original block of stores was filled by the removal to it of the Milwaukee Automobile Co. from its downtown loca- tion. ‘The next to get into line was the Locomobile Co., for whom a building was erected at the northwest corner of the inter- section of the same streets, and as the building was spe- cially built for the company it is exceptionally weil adapted to the needs of such an estab- lishment. Then, about the first of June, the Electric Ve- hicle Co. secured possession of its quarters across the boulevard, and fojlowing this — vsiteat! Patt, MOTOR AGE $2.00 Per Year. TRADE COLONY an agency was opened near Thirteenth street to show the Murray motor car. Such is the first chapter of Chicago’s auto- mobile row, and it is now recognized that the policy of bringing the different agencies close together is a good one, and other companies are seeking to join the colony, which at first seemed far away from the business center. THE LINES REPRESENTED As to the various establishments last year as well as this, mention may be interesting. The Winton company, of course, being a branch house, has never shown anything but its own vehicles, and the business has been so good that Chi- “ars which were shown at. the cago is running a close second to the New York branch. Pardee & Co. entered the automobile store at the same time, busi- ness and their new and the house and vehicles have since com- manded the attention of many buyers. The line last year included the Packard, Pierce, Crest and St. Louis cars in the gasoline; the Baker in the electric, and the Foster in the steam line. As in most other agencies, changes have been made in the line for this year, though the Packard and the Baker are still retained. In addition to these, the Yale car is shown, and the American, in the gasoline line; while the Centaur has been added to the electrics. CHANGES NUMEROUS Githens Bros. opened their agency with the line of vehicles built by the International Mo- tor Car Co., and added later the Searchmont. With one exception the line this year has been completely changed, the Searchmont alone Winton Motor Carriage Co

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MOTOR AGE .- —~ a RALPH TEMPLE 6& AUSTRIAN co. a Ralph Temple & Austrian Co. having been brought over for the new season. In addition they will this year show the Ods- mobile runabout and and the Buffalo electric vehicles. A change in the firm was made recently, the copartnership being changed to a corporation, the title now being the Githens Bros. Co. The failure of the Milwaukee Automobile Co. left the show rooms it had occupied vacant, and last summer the place passed a sort of Vicarious existence. touring car, With the coming of the new year, however, it was leased to the Ralph Temple & Austrian Co., which has installed therein the Long Distance, the Franklin, and the Toledo touring cars in gasoline machines, the Waverley electrics, and a few Nationals left over from last year’s stock. the Electric Vehicle Co. will this year show a line of gasoline machines of the company’s own manufacture, in addition to the well-known electric designs. The Locomobile Co. will, of course, carry a large line of the popular little steam vehicles, as well as some of heavier construction, showing the general improvements in steam construction, and for the first time in the west will present the new line of gasoline cars, and Aeross the street, will therefore make a much stronger compet- itor for business in the row. ; ol AR RE CR. PRS. Githens Bros. Co. MOTOR AGE J. A. Barton now occupies the storeroom in which the Murray motor car found a home last season, where he expatiates on the merits of the Shelby motor car, perhaps better known to some as the Darling automobile. SHOWERS BROS MOTOR AGE Shelby Motor Car Co. Across the street from the latter establish- ment is a new building, occupied by a new company, the Cadillac Automobile Co. of IlIli- nois. The building was constructed for the ‘Locomobile Co. of America. Jarge barn, which will be used for a repair de- partment and storage room. As may be in- ferred from the name the company will. han- dle the Cadillac machine in this territory, and has also taken the agency for the F. B. Stearns line of gasoline touring cars. In addition it will also handle the National electrics. The. company held an opening Tuesday evening of this week. The above companies are already located in the row, and are actively seeking business. All of the establishments have been fitted out with their new spring dresses of calcimine, paint, ete., and are bright and fresh in ap- pearance, which will add to their attractive- ness to the visitors during the show week, and in most additional room has been se- cured to accommodate the increasing business. In addition to those mentioned, the Haynes- Apperson Co. is now at work on a new build- ing, at 1420 Michigan boulevard, a few doors further south than the original row, work having been commenced on Monday of this week. It is expected that the building will be in shape for occupany within 6 weeks. The Friedman Automobile Co. will also move to the automobile district this spring, accord- ing to report, though the location cases is not company, and is connected at the rear with anamed. : MOTOR AGE Pardee & Co

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THE DETROIT LOCAL AUTOMOBILE Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9—It required not a little of the strenuous in life to get everything ready for the opening of the second annual tri-state automobile and sportsman’s show at the Light Guard Armory tonight, but with such hustlers as William E. Metzger and Sen- eca G. Lewis at the head little is impossible. Very nearly everything was in its place when the first spectator entered the building this evening and the interior was a blaze of light which displayed the good points of the exhib- its to advantage. MANY LINES SHOWN The general scheme of the floor provides automobiles in the large spaces around the MOTOR AGE walls and under two of the galleries; sporting zoods and some automobiles and tires in the center spaces, and a bench show of 250 dogs in the gallery. The north wall is relieved of its barrenness by the skilful hanging of nu- merous private collections of trophies of the hhunt—moose, elk, deer, bear and other stuffed leads, game birds and fish, well mounted, and inany skins. These make a very attractive background for the exhibits under them. THE EXHIBITORS The complete list of automobiles and their ‘xhibitors, together with other things of in- terest to the motor trade, is as follows: Olds Motor Works, Cadillac Automobile Co., i Ait ry Northern Mfg. Co., William E. Metzger, John P. Schneider, Baker Motor Vehicle Co., Inter- national Motor Car Co., Ide-Spring-Huber Au- tomobile Co., Kirk Mfg. Co., Peerless Mfg. Co., F. P. Illsley, Elmore Mfg. Co., W. L. Marr, Geneva Automobile Co., White Sewing Machine Co., Jackson Automobile Co., Elec- tric Vehicle Co., Sandusky Automobile Co., Flint Automobile Co., Henry Ford Co., W. H. Weber, Max Dingfelder, Packard Automobile Co., Briscoe Mfg. Co., Chelsea Mfg. Co., Wheeler Mfg. Co., Bloomstrom Motor Co., Dia- mond, Fisk, Hartford and Goodrich rubber companies, ‘Twentieth Century Mfg. Co., C. A. Strellinger & Co., Veeder Mfg. Co., Badger A) ae Brass Co., New Departure Bell Co., P. & F. Corbin, W. L. Marble. ARRANGEMENT OF DISPLAYS Starting in on the left, near the entrance, the exhibit of the Oldsmobile is first. “Billy” Rands, now city agent for this factory, is in charge of the big booths, in which show the runabouts with wire and artillery wheels, the new touring car with tonneau, and the physi- clan's coupe. Next to this the William E. Metzger exhibit starts and it takes in several of the booths. The Cadillac, Waverley, Winton, Columbia, To- ledo and Baker are found in all their forms. Mr. Metzger is, of course, talking Cadillac at a rapid EXHIBITION rate and the big Toledo car is speaking for itself in the matter of looks among the higher priced ones. John P. more, Peerless and the Marr. recently made city agent for the Northern Schneider has the Northern, EF1- Schneider was and a feature of this exhibit is the rejuven- ated runabout in which Maxwell was riding in the automobile race last October when he hit Winton’s Bullet and had a providential escape from death. The Marr is a gasoline runabout made here by a company in which Schneider and Marr, who was demonstrator for Schnei- der last spring, are the principals. It is a clever looking rig, enameled in maroon. INTERIOR DETROIT SHOW The Geneva steamers come next, including the roadster and the touring car with ton- neau. Then at the corner W. H. Weber is showing Ramblers, Orients, Searchmonths and The White Sewing Machine Co. has its ordinary rig of the 1903 model and the new touring car. Center spaces are occupied by the dusky, Kirk, Chelsea, Flint and Ide-Sprung- Huber automobile companies with the or engines. Max Dingfelder has one of his roadsters there. In the basement the Jackson steam car is being shown. The rubber tire booths are all neatly deco- rated and in charge of well known men. Conrads, a very good display. San- rigs

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ARTISTIC ADVERTISING Some of the display advertisements of the catalogues of the American automobile trade show that the advertisers have awakened to the necessity of more artistic advertising pro- ductions than were generally characteristic of the trade during the first two or three years of its commercial activity. The majority of tne makers have begun the use of half-tone cuts, made from retouched photographs or wash drawings, instead of those made directly from photographs, and several instances of creultable color work are notable. The development of the mechanical draw- ings used in connection with automobile ad- vertising literature has not been equally as rapid, however; for, while some of the makers have sent out booklets or have run advertise- ments in which well executed line drawings or wax engravings have been employed, it is sad to note occasional instances of the coup- ling of expensive and artistic half-tone en- gravings with hurriedly executed mechanical drawings. The automobile trade will be a mechanical trade for a long while to come and the excellence of the mechanical draw- ings in advertising is just as important as the excellence of the half-tone cuts. In the matter of decorative art the trade is fortunate in having begun its extensive ad- vertising at a time when all advertisers are employing a high grade of commercial art. In advertising which competes with general advertising of other classes of goods the auto- mobile maker must of necessity meet the grade of his competitors. In class advertising, in which comparative excellence means only competition with advertisers in the same line, he has substantially the same result to at- tain, and it is not presumable that advertis- ing of a lesser artistic merit will be sufficient, in the limited field any more than in the general field. Thus the automobile advertiser has before him three objects in the presentation of his advertising matter—the grade of his specific half-tone or color illustrations, showing the machines or parts; the grade of the mechani- 3,1 < Ht ic

MOTOR AGE cal drawings, showing the construction of the machines or parts, and the grade of the deco- rative or pictorial illustrations, calling atten- tion to his publicity conversation. One must not be put under foot in an ef- fort to excell in the others. All are of equal importance. All are valuable in securing business. To get business is the business of advertising, for advertising works itself out, when properly manipulated, by a simple and easily memorized process that may be sum- marized in four words—attraction, attention, conviction, cash, The reader of the adver- tising medium, whether it be a periodical or a booklet, must be attracted to its perusal— by well executed decorative embellishment or striking typography; his attention must be held to the subject matter—by well made mechanical illustrations or cleverly conceived wording; he must be convinced that the ar- ticle advertised is the article to buy—by a clear and indisputable treatment of the sub- ject; then he places his order, which com- pletes the cycle of operations. Automobile row in Chicago has brought one thing to the attention of many agents and manufacturers throughout the country which was not deemed feasible nor advisable prior to its start—the advantages to be derived from bringing the different agencies close together. The result in Chicago is that buyers go from one establishment to another, at each place gaining new ‘ideas and accumulating enthu- siasm to such an extent that they are very likely to make up their minds at once that they should be the owners of automobiles. It is also probable that they make much more intelligent selections than if the same num- ber of visits were made in a more desultory way. This has been proven in Chicago, and if close association on the same lines is tried extensively in other cities it will doubtless yield the same practical benefits. LOCAL SHOWS GALORE Hardly had the automobile trade become a full fledged trade in reality, and hardly had the first automobile exhibition of any kind been given, when enterprising promoters in middle sized cities began talking local shows. Of course, these have been managed under the pseudonym of national shows, but in reality they can be termed correctly by no other name than local. But despite the early start of the local movement and of the effort of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers to starve it to death while still young, this sea- son brings out an unprecedented number of local shows in reality and an almost alarm- ing number of proposals of the holding of others. Cleveland has had its show and De- troit holds its exhibition this week. Now for March are scheduled shows at Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Washington and Indianapolis, in turn. Dealers or private parties in other and smaller towns are also projecting automo- bile shows, and it is probable that the total will be augmented considerably before the exhibition season closes. What does this popularity of shows mean to the trade? If they were local shows their benefit to the trade would be as great in effect as it seems casually, with reference to the selling success of the Cleveland and Detroit shows. sut the danger of the shows comes in the fact that many of the local dealers who help to

organize the shows and who wish to exhibit at them place, or try to place, the financial burden of so doing upon the manufacturers for whom they are agents. The manufacturers may derive indirect profit from these shows in that they increase the sales of their agents, but the shows are so numerous that the makers cannot expect to support them all, and by supporting only a part of them they discriminate in favor of some of their several agents. It is further clear that the maker who dis- poses of the bulk of his output early in the season and at the two large national shows in New York and Chicago, and in so disposing of them sells a large share of the vehicles to local dealers, and then goes down into the country to help those dealers sell the same machines to the individual purchasers, is un- necessarily kind and in reality selling each, car twice over to get rid of it. As local shows these smaller exhibits have a usefulness, but it is only equitable to sup- pose that the dealers should bear the burden of the expense. It is no more just to ask the maker to pay for or share in the paying for the local show, than it is to expect him

after having, by wide advertising, secured and maintained a national reputation for his product, to then go deeper into his advertis- ing fund and pay for the advertisements of the local dealers in their local papers. A remarkable thing in journalism is the strong effort being made by a few horse publi- cations to break into the automobile field— as a sort of a side line. Until the business had gained its present importance these papers did all possible to prejudice the use of automobiles. Now that there seems a likelihood that they will be serious com- petitors of the horse—and in the near fu- ture, too—the journals are willing to espouse their cause. The reason for this change of heart can probably be traced direetly to the pocketbook. A TRANSITION PERIOD The automobile trade is just now in one of

the most peculiar stages of its existence. Not merely that it is a stage of development, but also on account of the fact that rapid develop- ment is accompanied by a commercial status otf the product which renders the automobile gen erally and widely useful, even for more sedate purposes than that of being up-to-date. While the automobile was in the primitive state, the situation was simply one of mechanical effort. The whole thought of those engaged in automo bile experiment and building was closely cen tered upon the mechanical tasks at hand, But the trade has gradually but rapidly grown te a state in which there are more consideration: to be faced than at any previous or future time. Automobiles are not perfect. But they are near enough to perfection to be practicall)

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useful. They are no longer the expensive toys of the rich nor the unreliable tokens of the effort of a genius. They are rational commer- cial propositions. The public knows this and The maker has suflicient confidence in his products extends its pocket book toward the maker. io send them out over the country and the werld to do the work for which they are sold. yet the automobile is far from being of the kind that it will eventually be. Even the most positive in the trade refrain from assertions as to the eventual form, style of power, ete., of the While the development has reached a stage of practical utility, it has not slackened its pace. more or less standardized motor ear. It is this continuance of the mechanical effort at a time when the commercial possi- bilities are unlimited and the fields of commer- cial usefulness just beginning to be opened, that complicates the affairs of the trade. The public adds to the many phases of the situa- tion with convulsive efforts to class automo- hiles at a time when the automobile is making rapid strides toward working itself out of classification into the rank of universalism. From every corner of human effort and ex- perience comes daily some adaptation of a new or eld automobile situation. The time is chock full of situations. There is little settled—ex- The confrere with all the different elements of automobiling, which, cept. bills—and much to be determined. maker stands as a natural on account of the rapid spread of automobil- ing, must sooner or later mean all of the dif- ferent elements of society, both in business and pleasure. The trade cannot wait until the relations of society and the automobile are settled be- fore its own problems are cared for, nor can it drop the consideration of the other situa- tions in a concentrated effort to develop to the furtherest limit the products of its shops. The maker must still be mechanic, business man, club man, racing man, general booster, legal ex- pert and patron of all automobile functions. His attention is divided into many channels. His efforts cannot be centered upon any one line of effort. Just as much to his eventual interest is the building of good roads as the building of good automobiles. Just as much to his interest is the decision of numerous legal problems as the Truly the trade is in a transition period in which noth- decision of his next year’s prices. ing is settled and in which impressions are eeting and finalities impossible. THE TWO SHOWS The Square (iarden, New York, last month was the great- automobile show in Madison est ever held in this country and was excelled only by the Paris show of Christmas-time in eeneral magnificence, size and attendance. Will Will it be These are natural questions on the the Chieago show be as great? vreater? «ve of the second of two record breaking events in the history of the American automobile trade, ; The Chicago show will hardly surpass the New York event in the matter of attendance. Chicago as a city, while of great importance in automobiling, has not reached the degree MOTOR AGE of interest that has New York; nor have the daily papers of the western metropolis taken as kindly to automobile affairs as those of New York. a number of people who turn out regularly There is not in Chicago so large on general principles to such events as shows. Chicago is not such an entertainment center as New York. Its people do not to the same extent live on the streets and at the places of entertainment. It can hardly be expected, then, that that part of the attendance which is made up of mere entertainment seekers and these who attend simply for the sake of being on hand will be as large as at the eastern show. With to study and to buy automobiles, however, the case is different. It is expected that the total of sales will reach or exceed that of the New York event. This supposition is reasonable. Chicago itself has numerous buyers who are awaiting the show as the most fitting time to order automobiles, while it is the natural business center of a great territory which has within the past year taken on a marvelous in- térest in automobiling. Not only will established dealers who come to secure new or renew old agencies be on hand, but a great number of prospective dealers from the smaller cities and towns in which automo- the business element—those who come biles have not previously been handled will appear to make their formal debut in the trade. In addition to these, individual buyers from the scores and scores of neighboring cities and towns which, by reason of good rail- road advantages, are almost. suburban, will be seen at the show. The success of the show from a sales standpoint is assured. The Chicago Automobile Club has undertaken to assist in bringing out a goodly number of local prospective purchasers and it is possible _ that while the floating population of the show may not be record breaking, the number of those actually interested in automobiles will equal that of the former show. In the matter of the exhibition itself com- pared with the eastern one little need be said to place it on par in one respect and above par in another. The list of exhibitors shows that the display will be as large and as representative of the preceding display, while the more roomy interior of the Coliseum main hall and the close conjunction of the annex on the same floor insures a more striking exhibit when viewed as a unit. The Coliseum spectacular interior of itself well decorated and lighted, end an unsurpassed illu- mination to the show picture. The interest of tue trade in the exhibition is no less than that taken in the other show. The manufacturers wide awake to the possibilities of the show as a selling medium also presents a more and this, when cannot help but are and are making every effort to render their share of the work of making the exhibition sat- isfactory to the visitor. Testimony regarding the good work of automobiles is always pleasant to record. Two Chicago physicians last year purchased cars, 5 expecting to partially discontinue using horses in attending to their medical practice. One of these gentleman had previously kept three horses and the other four. In both cases all the horses have been disposed of, the automo- biles giving better and much quicker service to these two busy men. the than Such testimony is most kind—more that oa acl riages. convincing convincing of users of strictly pleasure car- One of the pleasant things to record about Chicago, which is so beset with hints of legis- lation automobilists, and is afflicted two newspapers which seem to feel that automobile owners are pre- convicted criminals, is the courtesy extended by the city officials to visiting chauffeurs dur- ing the week of the show. adverse to with one or All operators, for whom the show management is willing to vouch, will be loaned license tags, without expense. The mayor’s courtesy is appreciated by those who have the exhibition in charge. The Pacific coast is fast becoming one of the most important automobiling territories of the country. It has long since been one of the most important cycling territories. As a coast automobile dealer expressed it re- cently, the westerners believe in spending fully one-half of their time enjoying life. The A. A. A. has undertaken the task of revising the racing rules in this country. It is impossible to the contemplated changes, for they will not be made public until after their final adoption. discuss Each club in the association will be consulted confi- dentially in advance of any decision. . The lot of a trade journal representative during show time is not especially pleasant. Inside the show he is besieged with requests for all manner of accommodations in the way of “write-ups,” and outside the show his friends tackle him on every corner for free tickets to the show. Has the American automobile passed for- eign competition, and do American makers now lead the world in the construction of practical American road cars? A thorough inspection of the various vehicles at the Chi- cago show will do much to answer these ques- tions. A late London novelty in feminine auto- mobile wear is a leather sunbonnet. Its popu- larity will probably be limited. Pretty women might look well in them, for a pretty woman is pretty anywhere; but how about the plain- er members of the sex? Wonder if the trade will have to travel on the high speed gear during the snow? If not enough power is available to keep up the pace, perhaps tickling the carbureter might help out a little. But let us remember in our enthusiasm that the trade and the sport are both young, very young, and that the future is to be much greater than the present. This year’s automobile productions are no The. latter The real automobile longer horseless carriages. things of bygone days. has arrived. are When will the show issues of the eastern papers reach the show?

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6 It Is Probable that A. C. A. Race Com-. mittee Will Select International Cup Team Members by Secret Tests New York, Feb. 8—It is a fair inference from the replies of Secretary Butler, of the Automobile Club of America to a Motor AGE man’s close questioning after the meeting of the racing committee last Tuesday, that the trials, to which the candidates for places on the American international cup team will be subjected, will be private ones presumably over the public roads. The well known policy of the club against any transgression of speed laws alone stands in the way of the probabil- ity of such a solution of the problem. NO IMMEDIATE DECISION Mr. Butler admitted that there was small probability of there being any announcement of the character of the tests before the candi- dates presented themselves to the committee in this city on April 11. This was followed hy a positive assertion that the committee had in its mind a plan for tests and was by no means up in the air on the subject. Now MOTOR AGE “make good.” It has been suggested that he might relieve himself from this embarrassment and at the same time be credited with a most sportsmanlike and patriotic act should he in- sist in being a competitor in the preliminary trials and take his chances with the rest. EUROPEAN TESTS It is probable that the committee would not find it hard to persuade all the candidates to cross the ocean and leave the selection of the team to follow trials on European roads or competition in foreign races; for all the can- didates outside of the two Winton drivers have already announced their intention to take part in the Paris-Madrid race whether chosen members of the team or not. RACE ON JULY 9 The occasion of the calling of the meeting of the racing committee, at which Messrs. Seott, Whipple and Morris were all present, was the receipt of a letter and cable from the Automobile Club of Great Britain. The latter inquired whether July 9 would be a satisfac- tory date, to which an affirmative reply was cabled, Mr. Solomons, chairman of the A. C. G. B. I. foreign relations committee, who wrote SELECTED CUP RACE COURSE Details of Irish Route Which Has Been Selected by British Club for Gordon Bennett International Contest While the long discussion concerning the possibility of holding the Gordon-Bennett in- ternational cup race on British soil has not been settled, nor the demands of the French clubmen that it be run on French soil les- sened, prominent members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland have, after eareful investigation, settled upon a course which is deemed by all of them to be suita- ble. The main end now to be attained by the Britons is the legalization of the contest by parliament. It is said in this connection that all of the Irish authorities favor the contest, believing that it would be of benefit to the island. ROUTE DESCRIBED The route selected is shown in the illustra- tion, which also shows the geographical po- sition of the course in Ireland. The complete circuit is 131 miles, this to be run over three times. It starts from the little town of Naas, situated 20 miles from Dublin. It then runs southwest if these trials were to be public ones on a track or under condi- tions admitting of their publicity it would be unfair to the contestants and a nat- ural public interest to make a secret of their character. If such be not the case then it is certainly bad policy not to give a full free MARYBOROUGH chance for criticism before the trials so that when they are completed there may be no aftermath of dis- satisfaction, which dis- cussion and _ possible amendment beforehand might have avoided. MONASTEREVIN STRADBALLY 9NASS KILCULLEN¢ 3X fon CARLOW COURSE: hi over a wide and good but rather winding road to Newbridge—63 f miles. From New- bridge the road con- tinues wide to the Cur- ragh. From this it is narrow, but dead straight, into the town of Kildare—12 miles. From Kildare to Mon- asterevin—184 miles— the road is straight and good, but rather narrow. From Monas- terevin to Marybor- ough—31} miles—the road is straight and wide, and the surface good. From Marybor- ough to Abbeyleix—4l BELFAST ° DUBLIN o It is rumored that — woror ace the committee may ask the rejected candidates to cross the ocean as alternates. Such conduct on their part would assuredly be a most patriotic and sportsman- like act and would provide against the chances of this country being deprived of one or more representatives through accidents during the preliminary practice. Preliminary practice abroad, too, might give a chance for a better selection than our more stringent speed laws would allow. Consent to such an eleventh hour change in the team would be patriotism and sportsmanship indeed. A _ wild guess might be that the committee hopes to induce all the candidates to cross the ocean and leave the selection of the team to follow road trials and races on the other side. EMBARRASSING FOR WINTON It cannot be denied that there are some mutterings of discontent among the candidates that Mr. Winton was selected without being submitted to trial along with the rest. The argument is that the committee should have thrown sentiment to the winds and sought only a team, which preliminary trials had proved the best. Mr. Winton is left in the embarrassing position of being obliged to PROPOSED GORDON-BENNETT CUP RACE COURSE the letter, said that in the event of consent to the Irish race not being obtainable the British club had recourse to the offer of the Automobile Club of France to make the con- test a part of the Paris-Madrid race on May 24, but thought the early date would be in- convenient to the Americans as well as them- selves. There was also an offer from the Au- tomobile Club of Belgium to run the race over the Ardennes circuit in July. The A. C. A. replied favoring a race on Brit- ish soil, to which Edge’s victory entitled his club. It is inferred that the cable asking whether July 9 would be convenient referred to a race in Ireland and not in Belgium, and that progress was being made toward gaining consent to an Irish race, as had Belgium been referred to it would have probably been speci- fied in the cable. It certainly seems to the advantage of Amer- ica to stand by England in her fight to keep the privileges of running the race on British soil. The United States is not overly blessed with road routes suitable for such a race and should the next contest be brought here by our winning this one we may find ourselves in a similar predicament. miles—the same char- acterization applies. At Abbeyleix the course’ turns northeast through Ballyrowan to Stradbally—524 miles—over a comparatively straight and good road. From Stradbally it turns southeast. For about 3 miles the road is wide and good. For 3 miles after that it is rather narrow. Here there is a sharp turn to the left, and the village of Ballylinan is passed through, into Athy—664 miles. This stretch of road is wide and straight, but the surface is rough on account of the heavy traffic between Athy and Castlecomer. From Athy to the fork near Old Kileullen—78 miles —is the best stretch on the entire route. Ex- cept for one curve at Ardskull, it is dead straight, and the surface is excellent. At Old Kileullen the cars will have to wheel sharp to the right, and follow the main Carlow road through Timolin and Castledermot into the outskirts of the town of Carlow—99 miles. This road is comparatively straight, and the surface is fair, and in most places there is room for two cars to pass. Just on the out- skirts of Carlow the road bends sharply to the right, and runs in a northwest direction, op- posite the river Barrow, into the town of It is a pretty good level Athy—111 miles.

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road. Krom Athy to Old Kilcullen the excel- lent 114 miles stretch of road already de- scribed will be passed over again, thence a sharp double curve leads over the Liffey at Kileullen, and the course follows a fairly good road into the town of Naas, thus com- pleting the 131 miles circuit. GOOD FOR SPECTATORS There are many convenient places on the course from which the race can be viewed, and it will be possible to watch the contest on different roads where there are convenient short cuts. It will be seen from the map that many such cuts should be possible. WILL DISCUSS MANY BILLS American Road Makers Meet at Detroit to Plan Support of Good Roads Measures! Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9—The international conference on good roads, to be held in con- nection with the annual meeting of the Amer- ican Road Makers at Detroit, Mich., February 13 and 14, bids fair to be an important meet- ing. Several governors, besides Governor Bliss, of Michigan, have accepted invitations to be present and take part in the discussion of the important measures to be brought before the conference. . Several hundred delegates have been appointed by about a score of governors, and it is expected that every state in the union will be represented. A score of congressmen and senators have accepted the invitation to be present. The programme has been completed. The interstate highway bill, the Brownlow bill, the latter now before congress, the convict labor, state aid and state instruction bills, are all questions of prime importance which will be thoroughly discussed by the leading officials and representatives of the various states, together with distinguished good roads advocates in the United States and from the Dominion of Canada. There have been many expressions from congressmen and senators favoring the project, but who will be unavoidably detained at Wash- ington on the date of the meeting. The American Road Makers’ Association is a unique organization of its kind as it is the only one having a limited and paid member- ship. There can be but ten members from each state. The membership is limited so as to provide for equal representation of every state and territory and at the same time prevent any possible dominance of the organization hy any one section of the country in the fu- ture. Because of the limitation, it costs some- thing to join and something to maintain a membership. Amendments to the constitu- tion will be submitted at the Detroit: meeting providing for state auxiliary associations in order to admit the hundreds of good roads advocates who have been clamoring for ad- mission. In this way the national organiza- tion will be enabled to call to its aid a large number of influential good road advocates. FARMERS AND STEEL ROADS During a session of the Farmers’ Institute held recentiy at Freeport, Ill., R. P. Scott de- livered an address on steel roads. He dis- cussed the merits of the roads as determined by actual tests that have been made, and then urged upon the farmers the fact that the in- stallation of such roads by them would so in- crease the revenue of farming and the value of their farms that the roads might be said to have not only cost them nothing but to have been furnished free with a bonus. MOTOR AGE M. J. BUDLONG Ten years ago a dealer in bicycles, on a limited scale, in a small town in Illinois; to- day, president of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the representative of a young but gigantic industry. Such is the record of Milton J. Budlong, who was elected to the presidency at last week’s meet- ing. Mr. Budlong was formerly a resident of Rockford, Ill., and there, as a very young man, he secured the agency for the Columbia bicy- cle. He did so well that he was offered, and accepted, a position as traveling salesman, and while in this position came into personal con- tact with George H. Day, then vice-president of the Pope Mfg. Co., whose subsequent ad- vice and assistance has been invaluable to him. After a while Budlong was made manager of the company’s Chicago branch, his next step being to the management of the western busi- ness of the Electric Vehicle Co. Finally he was called to Hartford, his election to the vice-presidency being an event of comparative- ly recent occurrence. George H. Day, presi- dent, and M, J. Budlong, vice-president, have two qualities in common which unquestionably are responsible for the ties between them, which are of more than a mere commercial character. Each combines splendid ability with so pleasing a personality as to make him a favorite with everyone on short acquaint- ance. Their business dealings are invariably pleasant. There are some men who possess the happy faculty of saying “No” in such manner as to be as pleasing as the average man’s “Yes.” These are two of the men. Budlong is one of the youngest members of the executive committee of the N. A. A. M. He has no enemies and though an easterner by force of circumstances remains a western man at heart. Just such a man was needed to overcome the feeling that the east had monopolized the offices of the association. He is a believer in the maintenance of the head- quarters in New York but in all other respects sympathizes with the wishes of western men and recognizes the importance of the industry in the central states. Budlong is always ac- cessible. It will probably be his policy to make the members feel, more fully than they have ever done, the association’s need of their co-operation and that the interests of one and all are to be respected. MOTORING IN JAMAICA H. T. Eisenberg, of Chicago, has just re- turned from the island of Jamaica and relates some interesting automobile experiences. He made one run from Kingston to Newcastle over the military road. The run is a hard 7 climb of 12 miles, 4,000 feet being ascended in this distance. Mr. Eisenberg made the run with a friend, in a Locomobile runabout, in 4 hours. Another trip was afterward made to Port Antonio from Jamaica in 4 hours, being a little less than the railroad running time be- tween these points. Mr. Eisenberg states that the car created a great deal of excitement on the island, but that so far as business is concerned there are few people who have money to invest in auto- mobiles. Most of the army officers live well up to their incomes. The roads on the island are good, although there are many curves which render high speed impossible. BEER TOWN IS ALARMED State Legislation of a Rigorous Nature Arouses Assemblyman Moldenhauer, of Wisconsin, has invited trouble for himself by introducing a bill in the legislature that seeks to regulate the operation of automobiles. Milwaukee au- tomobilists are furious and are getting ready to move down on Madison, and when they do, Mr. Molden hauer will find his hands full. Among other things, the bill provides that automobilists must display their initials in 3-inch letters on the backs of their machines. They will also have to file with the secretary of state their names and addresses, pay a regis- tration fee of $1 each, carry two lamps, and whenever the driver of a horse, goat or other domestic animal finds that his quadruped is frightened by the approach of the vehicle, the driver thereof will be obliged to stop whenever the hand of the other driver is held up. The bill being aimed especially at automobilists, every automobile owner in Milwaukee was thrown in a frenzy of excitement when he learned of this new attack upon his privileges. WAS IT NUMBERED? At Nuremburg, Germany, in 1649, there was put upon the road a self-propelling vehicle which caused a vast sensation. This fearful and wonderful carriage, the work of the cele- brated mechanic, Johann Hautseh, was of high- ly ornate design, with a _ ferocious-looking dragon in front, and an angel on either side. The vehicle was “worked by two men concealed in the interior, who turned the rear axle by means of winch handles and a train of gear ing.” It was a complete success, at all events, on the streets of the town. It went up and down hills, was steered round corners and stopped and started as desired. It was adapt- ed for carrying several passengers, and the dragon in front was contrived to spout out a stream of water for the purpose of clearing the way in a crowd. This same dragon in Hautsch’s car could also turn its eyes to and fro with great rapidity, and if the water and the eyes did not frighten people out of the way, the angels, mounted on each side of the car- riage, were made to sound their trumpets. HORSEMEN CAUSE TROUBLE Last Monday Chicago daily papers contained long accounts of the arrest of J. E. Fry, an auto- mobilist, for causing a runaway and serious damage to a number of cutters while driving his automobile on the streets. He was accused of running at a high rate of speed, and after the accident seeking to escape, only yielding to arrest at the point of a revolver in the hands of a policeman. But the driver of the horse has made a statement to the effect that

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8 Fry was not traveling more than 5 miles an hour, that he had taken his horse, which was known to be a dangerous and vicious animal, to the side of the street, where he was brought to a complete stop to allow the automobile to pass; that the horse reared and plunged, breaking the thills of the cutter, dragging the driver over the front and into the snow, when he broke away, causing a number of other ac- cidents and considerable damage. Mr. Fry did not try to escape, but after MOTOR AGE arrested the chauffeur and took him to the police station. Dispatches from “Senator” Morgan = an- nounce his arrival at Ormonde, Fla., and progress in the promotion of the proposed rec- ord trials and speed contests on the beach at that place in March. J. P. Beckwith, of Jacksonville, has offered a $500 trophy for one of the races to be known as the East Coast cup. The beach is being surveyed and meas- ured off into various distances from 1 to 25 stopping to see what the damage was, went miles. A good roads association at Jackson- on his way, and after going some three blocks __yjjle is also proposed. his companion said that some one was fol- —_—_— lowing them. The automobile was then stop- An English road expert has created a novel ped, and after coming to a stand a policeman road which is said to be permanently free appeared, and at the request of Mr. Ryan, from both dust and mud. It is made from who claims ownership of the dangerous horse, ordinary iron slag, which is saturated with tar The tar thor- the slag and effects a great reduction in absorption. The water absorption of ordinary slag after 48 while still hot from the furnace. oughly impregnates water hours of submersion is 3.14 gallons, while the absorption after having been treated with tar is but .307 gallons per ton. A stretch of road of this new material is now being made. A short length has been in use for 4 years and seems to stand hard service. well. Rambler automobiles are described in one of the truly handsome kind of catalogues. It is a credit to Thomas B. Jeffery & Co., of Kenosha, Wis. Cleveland is the heart of the game all right —but Cleveland is a youngster in the mat- ter of association politics. AUTOMOBILES DISPLAYED AT THE STANLEY SHOW, LONDON, ENGLAND -......". The Rochet = “UH a ae ae. ( t, en The Germain MOTOR AGE The Vipe The Miesse The Air Cooled Lancaster

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CHICAGO GREETS THE AUTOMOBILE TRADE The second annual Chicago automobile ex- hibition, when its doors are thrown open to the public next Saturday afternoon, will pre- sent a spectacle greater in brilliancy and gen- eral effect than was presented by the recent New York show, and which will be the great- est spectacle known to American automobil- ing. ‘The number of exhibitors is substan- tially the same as at the eastern show, but the building in which the exhibition is held— the Chicago Coliseum—is better suited to show purposes than is Madison Square Gar- den, of New York. EXHIBITS NOT DIVIDED Instead of the handsome displays of vehicles being divided into three distinct apart- ments, practically all of the show will be within range of the eye at one glance. While many of the exhibits are in the annex, this is on the same floor with and opens directly into the main Coliseum, so that the entire exhibition is a unit. All of the 25,000 square feet of floor space has been sold and by the time this issue of Moror AGE is in the hands of its readers many will have been laid earnest endeavor being made to get the whole of the exhibits out, an show in readiness by 2 o'clock on the after- noon of Saturday. This is made possible by concessions on the part of the Coliseum com- pany and by the fact that many of the exhibits are already in Chicago, a large number of the displays at the New York show having been shipped through on the special freight train which was engaged by the secretary of the National Association of Automobile Manu- facturers, PLENTY OF AISLE ROOM In the general system of layout the show will be similar to the eastern show, the ruling that there be no railings holding good here as well as in New York. The aisle space will be greater, how- ever, which means that there will be less con- gestion during crowded periods. — Inspection of the cars displayed will be easier and ex- hibitors will better opportunities for uninterrupted conversation prospective purchasers. The exhibits will be equally representative of the trade as were those at the eastern show. While several of the well known and smaller makers who showed at New York will not be present, their loss is more than balanced by the addition of western makers who did not exhibit at the preceding show. There will not be so many French cars on exhibition, but the total of vehicles displayed will be as large if not larger. of the maker’s association have with PRESS WORK ENCOURAGING. The daily press is doing more generous work than at preceeding western shows in advertis- ing the event, and while they may not dupli- ‘ace New York's 200 columns of reading mat- ‘er relative to the show, it is probable that ‘hey will give the show creditable reports. The reatment of automobile matter has already been a matter of secondary consideration with le Chicago newspapers, but seemingly this ear the publications have awakened to the the affairs of Chicago and to the prominence of great importance of the automobile in the Chicago show in matters automobiling. Kvery indication points towara the arousing of considerable local interest, while as at pre- vious Chicago shows the attendance of a large The at- tendance of dealers who come to actually buy out-of-town contingency is assured. has always been a strong feature of Chicago shows, both in the automobile trade and as far back as the flourishing days of the bicycle exhibitions. The Chicago Automobile Club will actively engage in helping to make the show a The directorate of the constituted itself a reception committee to welcome visi- success. club has tors, while several club functions of more or less important natures will relieve the trade phase of the week’s activity. INFORMAL INSPECTION On Friday evening prior to the formal open- ing of the show the club will entertain the The volunteered their personal cars for the purpose of taking local press. members have the managing and city editors and_ business managers of the various papers to the Coli- MOTOR AGE Entrance to Coliseum seum, where they will be afforded a private inspection of the exhibits then in place. On the following Monday evening the same course will be pursued with the Chicago city council judiciary committee, but with a dif- ferent although similar end in view. The club handling the matter of local legislation has always aimed to secure rational measures by the inductive method—that is, it has sought to point out to the local lawmakers the importance of the automobile and the generally safe and careful manner in which it is operated on the streets. By bring- ing the councilmen to the show, the greatness o1 the automobile and of the industry may be pictured graphically to them and their good will and co-operation won to a greater ex- tent than by the diametral method of opposi- tion on general principles. GOOD ROADS MASS MEETING Then, the club will co-operate with the Na- tional Association of Automobile Manufac- turers and the good roads organizations in the organization of the monster good roads mass meeting to be held in the Chicago Auditorium Friday night of show week. The plans for this meeting are being rapidly formulated and it is expected that the joint efforts of the club and other parties interested will result hoth im a large attendance and in a well filled program of speakers of national repute. All of the most important good roads workers have been invited, as well as the governors of the various states and mayors of several cities. During the two days prior to the mass meeting the goods roads project in general and the convention in particular will be discussed at various gatherings at the show, thus tending to make the exhibition a historical mark in automobiling and automobiling interests as well as in the automobile trade and its in- terests. . SMOKER FOR VISITORS During the entire continuance of the show the club will maintain headquarters in the Coliseum, While the details of all of the entertain- ments of the show week have not been com- pleted it is certain that there will be several affairs of interest Struck smoker mentioned. to a lighter key will be an informal and vaudeville entertainment, given by the management of the show to the visitors. This will occur at the Coliseum Thursday even- ing. The complete list of exhibitors at the show, together with the ground floor plan of the Coliseum the location of the dif- spaces, is presented elsewhere in this besides those showing ferent issue. EARLY IN SHAPE The show will be record breaking in one re- spect. Instead of opening Saturday evening it opens at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet there is every liklihood that despite this early opening hour the show will be nearer com- plete when turned over to the public than have been previous exhibitions. As early as Thursday several of the displays were in place and a large number of the signs and all of the building decorations hung.

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EXHIBITORS AT THE CHICAGO SHOW American Gasoline Motor Co., 88 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago. ..164 American Motor Carriage Co., Cleveland, Ohio............ 5, 6, 7, § American Roller Bearing Co., Boston, Mass.............++ 146, 147 American Darracq Automobile Co., 652 Hudson St., New York, 183, i84 Apperson Bros. Automobile Co., Kokomo, Ind................ 31, 32 Auburn Automobile Co., Auturn, Tid. . .....ccccccccsccwcccecs 97 Aurora Automatic Machinery Co., Aurora, Ill. ............-655 94 PR Ta OS FG 5 e oisio is dae Gk wimseaweeneennaees~es 83, S4 Badger Brass Mfg. Co., Kenosha, Wis............ceeeeeeeeees 142 Baldwin Chain Mfg. Co., Worcester, Mass, .............- 146, 147 Martner, Wray TANS oso vin ss eke ssjeiecseess Scien eeowss 166 Barton Boiler Co., 4243 State St., Chicago.............eceeeees 159 Brandenburg Bros. & Alliger, 93 Lake St., Chicago.......... 93, 94 Brecht Automobile Co., Bb. Louis: Mo. . oo... ccc ccccaceessccwces 152 Brennan Bild, Co., Wy ROee, IN ies oso o. sere ss sianisie eee ews Ooi 135 Merino We, CO; THT Oee, RN aa aoe os hs Kee Wein cieinne= 137 Brown-Lipe Gear Co., Syracuse, N. Y..........2ceeeeeeeees 146, 147 Buffalo Electric Vehicle Co., Buffalo, N. Y..... 0.2 .cccccccccces 186 Cadallic Automobile Co., Detroit, Mich....:.......cccseceeees 91, 92 Champion Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y..........++-- 148, 149, 150, 151 Centaur Motor Vehicle Co., Buffalo, N. Y..............08. 5, OG) -4,3 CHG IGOG) BECO. HOU ROWS TNE 6:55 55 15555) 5,-0.0. sa laine erwiarsis wisi digiworereters lll Cleveland Automobile Co., Cleveland, O.........0..... 61, 62, 63, 64 Cleveland-Canton Sping Co., Canton, O..............+00-- 146. 147 Cet Ri Sh, GU, TINS oi cc ecincccecscsercnsescwess 110 Chicago Motor Cycle Co., 107 Madison St., Chicago.............. 169 Chicago Storage Battery Co., L406 Fisher Bldg., Chicago........ 176 Conrad Motor Carriage Co., Buffalo, N. Y................. 112, 113 Columbus Motor Vehicle Co., Columbus, O................. 118, 119 Cryer, Henry G.,. New Tore, IN Fe, six. 6is cece wicieniwinisinis we a's 75, 76 Dasey, P. J. Co., 19 La Salle St., Chicago......... 148, 149, 150, 151 Dayton Electrical Mfg. Co., Dayton, O........... 148, 149, 150, 151 DeDion-Bouton Co., Paris, BEANE: «..5 ck sc cccicesceeveece 116, 117 Se TE Gig, BNI, FP oid aco cc ecicciweescciacdeanes 153 Dietz, R. E. Co., 53 Laight St., New York............cceeeeeees 136 Dixon, Joseph, Crucible Co., Jersey City, N. J.............. 130 Dow Portable Electrie Co., Boston, Mass......... 148, 149, 150, 151 Duryea Power Co., Watered; TOW... oss Soicccissscccseseace 174 Electric Contract Co., 53 Maiden Lane, New York............... 122 Electric Storage Battery Co., Philadelphia, Pa................ 123 Electric Vehicle Co., Hartford, Conn..............0.. 37, 38, 39, 40 Electric Vehicle Co., Hartford, Conn................. 21, 22, 23, 24 SS Te Gig GG Gi ko diane ancaccsasecsccvensevsases 47, 48 Fanning Mfg. Co., Pratt & Morgan Sts., Chicago................. 30 Franklin, H. H. Mig. Co., Syracuse, N. Y...... 0.06008 49, 50, 51, 52 Mredonia Bite. Co., TOUmmsetown, Oe oo i6 nonin veils ccisweaesces 35, 36 Friedman Automobile Co., 3 Van Buren St., Chicago......... tas €0 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 550 Wabash Ave., Chicago......... 126 Wiemt Astommennse Ge, Wine, BEG. .o inc iccc ccevccaccececccecees 167 eee, CE, TT, Ts on isic ss cccccccccscccccessceeces 143 Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass..............c.eceeecees 134 Funke, A. H., 325 Broadway, New York................0.00000 192 REO Ge TPGNIG; AWABGOOEY,, NRG. 855656 os 0 6d: 0.056 66.5 wie e vs we eies 129 General Automobile & Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O................ 17, 18 G. & J. Tire Co, Tmciemapons, TAG. 6. 6s cccccscviccceees 144, 145 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, O............... 101, 102, 105 mma, Te, Te Sis, Fe, ooo a6 esi eke esinckvicenoaedes 140, 141 Growth, Tams Th, GR, eiscccccsevvvsvccvvcccsees 116, 117 Haynes-Apperson Co., Kokomo, Ind..)............0ceeeeeeees 59, 60 Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn................... 106 Hoffman Automobile Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O............... 138, 139 Hoffman Motor Co., 30 W. Randolph St., Chieago............... 143 Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Harrison, NooJ 05. ceccscssensees 122 Illsley, Frank P., 290 Wabash Ave., Chicago................ 83, 84 International Motor Car Co., Toledo, O............... 53, 54, 55, 56 International Motor Car Co., Toledo, O............... 69, 70, 71, 72 Imperial Wheel Works, Flint, Mich.................cceseeeees 167 Jeffry, Thomas B. & Co., Kenosha, Wis....................- 87, 88 Johns-Manville Co., 100 William St., New York................ 160 Jackson Automobile Co., Jackson, Mich................. 108, 109 Jones-Corbin Co., 304 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa....... 120, 121 Kammann Mfg. Co., 240 W. Lake St., Chicags.................. 182 Se Ce A, Si Ciden ed dandevadedns tet das edna enns 100 meatier, Gain, GRO, Oia oi cnc ccicccscsvecceseacess 146, 147 Knox Automobile Co., Springfield, Mass.................45: 45, 46 Lindsay Automobile Parts Co., Indianapolis, Ind........... 33, 34 Libal, Joseph, 1070 Clifton Park Ave., Chicago.............00005 174 Losier Motor Works, Platioburg, N.Y ..........cccsccccsccees 187 Locomobile Co. of America, 7 East 42ndSt., New York..25, 26, 27, 28 Locomobile Co. of America, 7 East 42nd St., New York.41, 42, 43. 44 Marble-Swift Auto Co., 330 Wabash Ave., Chicago................ 99 Matheson Motor Car Co., Grand Rapids, Mich................ 95, 96 Mead Cycle Co., 12th St. & Wabash Ave., Chicago............. 173 Merkel Mfg. Co., Layton Park, Milwaukee, Wis...............-. 154 Mibagtey Bitg. Co., Colembas, ©. . «2.20 ccscccccccsccceees 146, 147 Motsinger Device Mfg. Co., Pendleton, Ind.................00005 190 Motor Development Co., 370 Wabash Ave., Chicago. ........... 157 Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co., Muneie, Ind....................- 158 McCanna, John F. Co., 244 Wells St., Chicago.................. 163 National Automobile & Motor Co., Oshkosh, Wis............ 93, 94 National Carhom Co., Cleveland, ©... ...cccccwec ccdeccwesewwers 155 National Motor Vehicle Co., Indianapolis, Ind............... 89, 90 DeOUes Ti SIig BOURNE, BEI, nnn ciceieccevecccvccceawes 82 MNS a How eu ca sce siare + vate uwea eats Rew nenads de oe somes waaca 105 Olds Motor Works, Detroit; Mich... 6.65 cc cccscecccccsewewsss 57, 58 Olds Motor Works, Detroit, MICH so. 60sec cccccs wesw 73, 74 Packard Motor Car Co., Warren; OO}. . ...6.66 2c cedccecews 5, '€& 7. 8 Pardee & Co., 1412 Michigan Ave., Chicago .......... 5, 6, 7, 8 Peerless Motor Car Co., Cleveland, ©. ..... 0 cc cccccccccccewes 15, 16 Peterson, Franklin K., 165 Lake St., Chicago............... 146, 147 Prescott Automobile Co., 83 Chambers St., New York......... 79, 80 Pievde, Geo N. Co., Buliaio, Ne ¥ occ cnc hewn weerewewiccwener ll, 32 Pittsburg Reduction Co., Pittsburg, Pa... ........0cccceccceses 107 Pope-Robinson Co., Hyde Park, Mase... .. ois cieise csc cnisivian sas ewe 165 Porter Storage Battery Co., 1025 Monadnock Bldg, Chicago...... 161 SURE RIPON S55 'o asi wan a's dew sw acsiaiw whl W able ainlaisha a ut aes 104 Raewme Poet Mile Co., Racine, Wie sis <iss isis ccieiesvieinc scewaaenae 185 BN FE Ry TN, Bi 5 oc ccdevncesccccssnsnwsaes 131 er I ais nin vive ee cuscteseeweutenmes 180 St. Louis Motor Carriage Co., St. Louis, Mo...............008 170 Salamandrine Boiler Co., 220 Broadway, New York.i48, 149, 150, 151 Sandusky Automobile Co.; Sandusky, O...........0cseccsecsees 191 Searchmont Automobile Co., Philadelphia, Pa.................. 181 Seemann ene @ i OO, RIN ORU ON ooo ioe wai dos vielsia ee carmseeienadewous 85 Shey Geaek Dune Co, Pittenurg, Pao. «6 s.c ciccieescwsinctewawens 125 Smith & Mabley, 513 Seventh Ave., New York......... 49, 50, 51, 52 Speedwell Automobile Co., Milwaukee, Wis..............eeee eee 162 Standard Anti-Friction Equipment Co., 50 Broadway, New York. .172 Standard Carriage Lamp Co.,.43 S. Canal St., Chicago Standard Motor Vehicle Co., 183 La Salle St., Chicago.49, 50, 51, 52 Standard Welding Co.; Cleveland; Oi. <.... 6c ceeccicacs ccienwees i28 iene b. B, Ce, Cleveland, Choe 6 oo viewed deecssceewawesis 9, 10 Stevens, J. Arms & Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass............... S86 Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., South Bend, Ind................. 3%, 34 20th Century Mfg. Co., 17 Warren St., New York............. Temple, Ralph & Austrian Co., 293 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 49, 50, 51, 52, 65, 66, 67, 68 133 Pemmamt, Tewin Spemigneid, Oy. 2 5:6: <. 6:05 skscictars viscowerwareaieionwaes 179 ‘Themes, I. Hi. Motor Ce., uflate, Me OY ooo occ nse cseesecaicas 19, 20 Tienner, T. 1.., 368 Dearborm St., Chichq@oe. <...ock i ccdscevesecse 168 Timken Roller Bearing Co., Canton, O............ccccccccccee: 132 Tiebees,; TE. Ts Fa G Coy Reeneledy Bl 8 onc nc eciicewcassewiic 94 Voom Sele, Ce, BRPURONE, Ci noi cccccccccecceccss ceases 124 Union Automobile Co., Union City, Ind...............c0ceeeees 175 U. S. Long Distance Automobile Co., 62 W. 43rd St., New York, 49, 50, 51, 52 ray rae Ck, Rs Dy iia ooo ciceiec ccvneccdeusweesa 171 Warner Differential Gear Co., Muncie, Ind..................... 158 Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., Waterloo, Iowa................. 174 Westerfield Motor Co., Anderson, Ind................0cccceeees 188 Western Motor Co., Logansport, Ind............ 148, 149, 150, 151 Western Storage Battery Co., Indianapolis, Ind................. 193 Westinghouse Co.’s Publishing Dept., Pittsburg, Pa............. 156 Whitney Mig. Co., Hartiord, Conic. ....o.o ks ciecieeea maces. 127 Waren, Ee. Be Ge Co, Veemmilew Osco es cio os cdwiiidie ce cdaeaaleees 177 Wane, 5 d., TO Park Now, New Works. cicek ociciiicviecddecen 189 Winton Motor Carriage Co., Cleveland, O................. i ae Wisconsin Wheel Works, Racine Junction, Wis........ 101, 102, 108 Woods Motor Vehicle Co., 110 20th St., Chicago

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THE READERS’ HIGH SPEED MOTOR New Haven, Conn.—Editor Motor AcE—I noticed in Moron AGE of January 15 an arti- cle on what was claimed to be an exceptionally high speed, two-cycle engine, having 750 feet per minute piston travel. 1 wish to say that I designed and built a 4 by 43-inch engine re- cently that would make 1,400 revolutions per minute without a miss or break. This engine is built without a valve except an ordinary Lunkenheimer mixing valve, and the sparking the cylinder which is water jacketed. I use a deflector to direct the incoming charges upward. The cylinder head is spherical in shape—a perfect half sphere. By this shape I get a practically mechanism is located in head. pure mixture and perfect combustion. this design in all respect prefer- is much I use a I consider able to the one more very These shown, as it simple and equally reliable. small crank case and balanced disks. were cast with half of each cored out to give ihe proper balance, and with the print holes plugged afterward. The fly wheel is 14 inches The crank shaft and pin are 1% inches in diameter and are cast into the disks.—C. W. Foster. in diameter and weighs 85 pounds. RECHARGING MAGNETS New York, N. Y.—Editor Motor AcE—I have a Holtzer-Cabot magneto used in spark- ing a 6-horsepower gasoline miotor, The arma- ture and bearings were taken off for cleaning, and the magnets found to be demagnetized. The armature, and springs appear to be in good condition. Kindly commutator, brushes let me know how I can recharge the magnets and if I can do it with the aid of a dynamo used on a 110-volt circuit, and what voltage would be best to employ; or had I better re- turn the machine to the makers?—W. H. Tay- LOR. ’ The magnets may be charged from the pole pieces of a dynamo, but it would be the better plan to return the magnets to the makers to be put into working shape. MOTOR PROPORTIONS Ill—Editor Motor AGE—About what horsepower would a_ four-cylinder, air Aurora, cooled motor of 22-inch bore and 23-inch stroke he? How heavy should the fly wheel be? How many carbureters or mixing valves should be used ?-—A READER. Such a motor would develop about 5 to 6 horsepower at 1,500 to 1,800 revolutions per minute. The fly wheel should be 10 inches in diameter, the rim to weigh about 20 pounds. Only one mixing valve or carbureter is neces- sary. THE AMPERE-HOUR Indianapolis, Ind.—Editor Moror AGE— What is meant by the term ampere-hour, used in connection with batteries, and especially with regard to storage batteries?—M. S. An ampere-hour is the quantity of electricity supposed to be flowing in a closed electric cir- cuit, having a resistance of one ohm, and an electromotive force or pressure of one volt. For example—a storage battery has an electro-

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CLEARING HOUSE motive force of 22 volts and a capacity of * ten ampere-hours; how long will it operate a 22-volt, one-half-ampere lamp. Two volts multiplied by 10 ampere-hours will give 20 Watts capacity for the battery, and 2 volts multiplied by one-half of an ampere gives one Watt capacity for the lamp. Consequently, di- viding the battery capacity in Watts, by the Watt capacity of the lamp, gives 20 hours as the length of time that the battery will run the lamp. An which takes 5 amperes current on a circuit, has its circuit closed for one-fifth of a revolution; how long will a three-cell 6-volt, this One-fifth of a revolution will give one ampere for the coil, and the battery has 6 volts multiplied by 10 ampere-hours or 60 Watt-hours. Therefore the battery will operate the coil for 60 hours. induction coil closed contact cam 10-ampere-hour storage battery operate coil? OPPOSED CYLINDER DESIGN Columbus, O.—Editor Moror Ace—In_re- gard to the opposed cylinder motor designed by Mr. Roseboro, of Cleveland, O., and illus- trated in Motor AGE last week, may I ask you a question? The connecting rods are placed at This in the absence of means to prevent it would put a very destructive twisting strain on the con- necting rod bearings. one side of the center of the piston. What kind of a guide is employed to preserve the alignment in this respect ?—S. M. Howe tt. Opposed cylinder motors of this type are in common use for automobiles and no bad re- sults have attended this particular construc- tion as far as can be ascertained. DEFECTIVE IGNITION Bridgeport, Conn.—Editor Moror AceE—The gasoline motor of my automobile fires regu- larly when the ignition mechanism is retarded, but when fully advanced the motor will not fire at all, and when partially advanced fires irregularly. Can you kindly tell me the cause of this trouble, and how to remedy it.—S. F. L. The cause is most probably due to weak or run-down batteries. ‘Test new set of cells, If the trouble is not then overcome, it may be due to defective insulation of the sparx plug; or the platinum points may be either too far apart or corroded. Take the spark plug apart and examine it closely, and clean the platinum points thoroughly and set 1-32 of an inch apart. with a HORSE POWER RATINGS Chicago, Ill—KEditor Moron Age—We_ sec continually in the automobile journals inquir- ies from puzzled intending purchasers concern- ing the actual power of the motors of auto- mobiles. There are many instances of two manufacturers using the same size of motor with one claiming nearly double the power of the other. One manufacturer claiming high power for a small motor stated that he se- cured the power he claimed because his motor was better built and had higher compression. Another using the same size motor and claim- ing much less power stated that he claimed What he knew to be right and the high power claimant After careful with the low was “gulling the investigation I public.” agreed power claimant. Concerning compression, it is a mere matter of construction and all metors can be given equally high compression. High power from a small motor means that, it is being run at a ruinously high speed which will very soon place it “hors de combat.” With due consideration for effigiency and dur- ability, no should be run faster than 600 lineal feet of piston speed per minute and the following made upon this basis. gasoline motor ealeulations are All engineers are conversant with the well known rule for computing the horsepower of an engine, which is PxXS<M 33.000 P—area of the ‘H. P. in which

piston in square feet per minute and M=mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, Taking as a standard a two-cylinder motor of 5-inch bore by 6-inch stroke, we have the following: P=19.63 square inches; S—600 and M—16.5; Then inches; S—piston speed in 19.6300 16.5 33,000 11.78 horsepower Several manufacturers using motors of this size claim 12 horsepower, which is very nearly correct according to the above rule, and of course a single cylinder motor of the same dimensions would give half the power or. 6 horsepower. The mean effective pressure of 16.5 pounds to the square inch is rather high for gasoline motors and in the light of experiments made by manufacturers of gas and gasoline motors, 12.5 pounds would probably be more nearly correct; but, giving the manufacturers of au- tomobiles the “benefit of the doubt,’ 16.5 pounds has been adopted in calculating the foregoing example. The hersepower ratings of gasoline motors for automobiles should be standardized and this subject could be taken up by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers with great prolit to all concerned, more especially to the intending purchaser and the honest manufacturer. Manufacturers who tell pros- pective buyers that a gasoline motor can be run as rapidly as an electric motor, have not, apparently, the slightest idea of the difference between a reciprocating engine and a rotary motor.—A. 8. M. E. ROOM FOR ARGUMENT Pa.—KEditor one-lever interest Reading, Aare—Your editorial on been read with and I thank you for it. If the public will but think of the compara- tive merits of the two systems they will find out which is the best; the fittest will survive— Moror control has much this is all for which I am striving. But | Wish to call attention to several points in your argument. You began by stating that the one-hand proposition is on the face of it attractive—‘It simple. this fact. A complicated looks simple.” I say it is You fail, however, to give eredit for vehicle with large mechan- ism and many operations to perform cannot successfully be controlled by a single lever. This controlling device is applicable only to a simple vehicle and if a vehicle can be re- duced to a degree of simplicity that will per-

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mit one-hand control, it is the most desirable device yet used. a half-dozen A six-in-hand team requires lines to handle it, but a saddle horse may be controlled perfectly by « single rein in a single hand. No one denies this and no one will assert for a moment that the six lines of the tally-ho team can be handled with greater certainty or with less danger cr con- fusion than the single rein of the saddle horse. It goes without saying; likewise the one-lever control. To drive a_ gasoline motor vehicle three functions are necessary—steering, throttling and gear changing. To stop, a brake is re- quired—but more of this later. You omit steering but include throttling, spark chang- ing, speed changing, clutch manipulation and brake, which classification actual conditions. not meet The throttle is the accepted way to vary the speed under ordinary condi- It is admitted that spark changing should be done by a governor—for life is too short to be spent in altering the position of the spark by hand with each variation in the speed, effected by the clutches in modern systems, although many does tions. Speed changing is foreign ones use the sliding gear arrangement ; with a clutch in addition, while the brake is a stopping device and not a function of driv- ing. From this it is seen that your assump- tion of five functions in a single handle is in- correct. That decreasing the number of controlling the effort necessary, [ deny. movements increases amount of mental A given amount of effort is necessary to produce a given result, whether this attained by a_ single lever moved in two different directions or by two different levers each moved in a_pre-de- termined direction. result is There is a gain, however, MOTOR AGE in the fact. that in one case the operating hand is always on the handle, while in the other case the hand must be shifted from one lever to the other. This change requires time and muscular effort, the thought re- quired is practically no more than that re quired to operate a single lever in two direce- tions. although The only thing necessary in connection with the single lever is that the motions shall be absolutely different so that they may not be any more readily confused than if on differ- ent levers. At first thought it may be as- sumed that this condition be secured, but when the is so simple that three functions only need be performed by a single lever this difference in direction of movement for each function is easily secured. For example, Duryea vehicles are steered by sidewise motion of the lever, the most natural cannot inechanism steering method known. The fish and _ the muskrat steer by this method. The Indian’s canoe, the ordinary boat tiller and nearly all the lighter motor vehicles use this method. If a vehicle is so heavy or so badly designed that sufficient power cannot be secured from a lever other form becomes necessary just as six pair of lines are used on the tally-ho team, but never on a saddle horse. the handle of this throttles the motor, a most natural movement, steering some Twisting same lever for everybody knows how to twist a valve to shut off power and no one can possibly con- fuse twisting a valve with swinging a lever, even though the same hand be employed to do both and although one handle for both. It has been found by actual practice that 95 per cent of driving with a high pow- without changing the gears, so than when the high clutch is once set it is frequently unnecessary to release it for a half day at a time. Ad- this fact one-hand suffices ered vehicle is done L ck OME a : | t f = i . a — ; “ \ ty + g 5 om i Ve a Ay IL} +-- HH «1Gh> | f | - ° ZMS Yj ' . | yan an | | | | : Se ts || ! | a “A | y | | J a —yYy er g ——— —Y- - WwW me mitting narrows down to two functions only and surely no objections control can be raised to this. Gear changing, however, is effected by low depressing the handle for gear and rais- oD ing it for high gear—also two The inter- leaves the i natural positions. mediate position | motor free. | The handling of a device of | this kind not only requires less mental effort, but less physical elfort, as comparison, by aectu- al usage, of the two systems will show. With two or more na separate levers it becomes nec- to look to which | one is grasped, with the possi- essary see bility of grasping the wrong one, particularly in the dark or under a lap robe. ber of A num- are built identically automobiles with two levers alike, side by side or around a common center, with ‘nothing to indicate, except by sight which is the proper one. If this is not a ar- what With | one-hand control no chance for such confusion The a lever is always in position, one confusing rangement, is? exists. hand—sometimes ways on it al- thought of action is accompanied by ac- both—is and MOTOR AGE Two-Cycle Motor Sizes tion, no time being wasted in 13 disengaging a hand from something else and grasping the proper lever. Not only may a “clear-headed, thoughtful man” operate it per fectly but children take to it readily. The chart you so kindly mention has never needed, trol perfectly. Two holders to a single pen, two handles to a table fork, two door knobs on each side of each door, two rudders to a boat and similar been for only three movements con useless and disadvantageous arrangements are par with multiple where a single one will do the work better. The tendency of other manufacturers to drop their seven to fifteen different levers in favor of a less number, together with a tendency to group this less number around the steering column, simply shows which way the wind is blowing and proves the superiority of one- hana control.—C, E. DuryYEa. Without wishing to disparage Mr. Duryea’s pet system of control, Motor AGE still wishes to call attention to a Mr. Duryea’s argument. tem of power on a controlling levers few inconsistencies in To simplify the sys- control by reducing the number of plant elements to be controlled is cer- good policyv—but this differs from the of taking a given number of elements tainly poliey of control and grouping them on one lever or The tally-ho team may be used here, illustration. handle. also, as an The single rein of the one horse does not combine the functions of the team. Five horses are cut out. Mr. Duryea, while he pre- fers to drive one horse with a single rein, would hardly take upon himself the responsi- six reins of the six-horse bility of driving six horses with a single rein, even though that rein were capable of a num- Neither is it pre- sumable that, while he prefers only one han- dle to his fountain pen and only one handle to his fork, he would care to have the same ber of different movements. handle serve for his fountain pen and for his jack knife, and the same handle for his fork, soup spoon and meat knife; nor that, while wishing only one knob on each side of a door and only one rudder on his boat, he would care to have the door knob combined with the hinges or the boat rudder combined with the main sheet. TWO-CYCLE MOTOR SIZES Akron, O.—Editor Moror Age—Like many others I have come to Motor AGE for informa- tion. I would like to build a gasoline motor and the one that you describe in the issue of January 15 | have selected as a model. Is there any particular size for the admission port that goes to the cylinder head, and is there any object in increasing the compression in the erank case as much as possible? Can | get the dimensions of a 4 by 4-inch motor of that type?—H. H. S. A drawing and table giving the general di- mensions of the two-cycle motor deseribed in Motor AGE are given. The inlet valve open- A; B)C|D|)E|F/@/H| I| K/L [a a Sa Sn oo Pn es, ELSE Nee See es te] 4 |i] 7 feel % lael al x | 814 |M|N/O]P/R{S|T/USViwy] Y| 14 l3%|aelawl] % | 3 | 16) 5 | 3%] 3%] 5 | ing should be 14 inches diameter, and the port or passage from 24 to 3 inches wide. The ex- haust port should be 3} to 4 inches wide or have a total area of at least 1} square inches. Increasing the compression in the crank cham- ber increases the velocity of the fresh mixture passing into the cylinder, giving a fuller

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14 charge, higher compression, a more complete expulsion of the burned gases, and consequent- ly higher speed and greater power. RELAY TOUR GROWTH Boston, Mass.—Editor Moror AGE—I have read with much pleasure in your issue of Jan- uary 29 J. Fred Probst’s welcome to our motor It is certainly good to hear from the “old timers” like Mr. Probst. We sincerely hope that the motor cycle will resur- rect a large number of them, and we think it will. This is one of the reasons why we planned this tour and it is already having a good effect. We are more than pleased to see what an interest is already manifest. Five states are already represented by mem- bers to make up our party. As one of our Boston papers stated, we should not be sur- prised if at least 1,000 motor cyclists took part in this tour, for some distance of the cycle relay tour. trip. Some are already booked for the entire distance. A large number from the New Eng- land states will go as far as Niagara Falls, to take in the day’s outing we have planned. An appropriate badge is being made. These will be sent to mémbers as fast as their ap- plications are received with the $1 member- ship fee. It is for the good of the tour and sport that these be worn on every appropriate occasion during the entire season until the finish of the tour, as it will help to make the motcr cycle popular and better known. Mr. Probst may rest assured that we shall plan to enjoy the western hospitality he so kindly ex- tends to our party, when we reach his city.— E. H. Corson. A RIGID STATE LAW Reading, Pa.—Editor Moror AcE—We wish to call attention through your columns to a good roads bill that has been or is about to be introduced at this session of the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania, having been pre- pared by Arthur Kirk, of Sharpsburg, Pa. This bill was before the house of representa- tives in 1901 but was not passed for some rea- son. Whether the next attempt will be more successful is, of course, not known. While the bill as a whole is probably a good one so far as it applies to good roads, it contains a slap at automobile users that is unquestionab- ly unfair and uncalled for, and this section should be stricken out or amended before the MOTOR AGE bill is passed. It is section 38 and provides that “Every owner or user of an inanimate motive power propelled road traveling vehicle shall annually pay to his or her county treas- urer—except makers—$20, on or before the first day of April of each year, or $3 per month for any fraction of a year. For which he or she shall be given a licensed figured plate by his county engineer, which must be conspicuously attached on the left side of the vehicle, so that its number can be easily read while the vehicle is in motion, and if the above license fee is not paid before the tenth day of each year 50 cents for each month or fraction of a month, the above license fee, with cost of collection and all penalty for non- payment of license shall be paid to the in- former who made information that license for that year has not been paid.”—C. E. Duryea, First Vice President, American Motor League. OIL IN FUEL TANK Chicago, Ill_—Editor Moror Ace—I noticed in a recent issue of Moron Ace an article re- garding the mixture of lubricating oil and gasoline to be used in motor bicycles. As | am at present testing some machines, I used the opportunity to experiment along the lines referred to, and after carefully observing the given proportions of the mixture, was unable to get a single impulse from the engine. The oil was bought for regular gasoline engine oil, and has given good service when used in thé regular way. If there is any particular oil to be used, will you kindly let me know what it is? I have been an enthusiastic reader of Moror AcE for some time and have found much valuable information in it.-—G. H. Meiser. A high fire test oil should be used for this purpose. The action also depends upon the type of carbureter used—a surface carbureter will not probably operate in this manner. A spray or jet type of float feed carbureter should be used. MOTOR DETAILS Green Bay, Wis.—Editor Motor AcE—I am constructing a bicycle motor of 23-inch bore and stroke, and wish to ask a few questions with regard to it. What horsepower should such a motor develop at 1,800 revolutions per minute? What should be the clearance space at the end of the stroke—the valves are to be located in the cylinder head? What should be the diameter of the inlet and exhaust valves and of their connection pipes? What is the proper size of muffler and diameter of the belt pulley on the motor?—J. A. H. The horsepower of the motor will be about 1} at 1,800 revolutions per minute. The clear- ance of compression space should be § of an inch. The inlet, and exhaust valves should have 1% inches clear opening and their con- nection pipes should be § of an inch in outside diameter, and of No. 20 steel tubing. The muffler should be at least 24 inches in diameter and 6 inches long, and belt the pulley 3 inches in diameter. SPEED CHANGE GEARS Buffalo, N. Y.—Editor Moror AceE—I would like to have the dimensions of two No. 6 diametrical pitch gears for a high speed to be used in the special changing gear shown in Moror AGE of July 10, 1902, to make the third speed. Have you drawing of a good clutch to be used in the fiy wheel of the engine ?—John Meacham. The dimensions required for the gears for the fast speed, would be the same as those first used for the slow speed, that is 3 1-3 and 6 2-3 inches, pitch diameter, only reversed on the shafts. The clutch shown in connection with the speed transmission can be used as a fly wheel, if desired. It is simple and efficient. MATTER OF HORSEPOWER Aurora, Ill—Editor Motor AceE—Will you kindly give the horsepower of the following sizes of motors, under the following condi- tions—a 4 by 5-inch motor, having 700 revolu- tions, 60 pounds compression, and a 43 by 5- inch motor having 700 revolutions and 60 pounds compression ?—A. C. Hall. The 4 by 5-inch motor should develop about 34, and the 43 by 5-inch motor about 5 horse- power. ROTARY GEAR PUMP Piqua, O.—Editor Moron Ace—Can you in- form me where I can get a rotary gear pump for circulating water, similar to the one shown on page 16 of Moror AGE of January 29?—Ed. H. MEINDERS. The Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., of Provi- dence, R. I., pump. makes this style of rotary gear LAW POINTS OF COMMERCIAL VALUE In some of the states a note not payable at a bank is not negotiable. 90 N. W. Rep. 281. The maker of a note which has been paid may maintain an action to recover possession of it. 69 Pac. Rep. 646. A promise made through the medium of a telegram to pay a draft is the equivalent of an acceptance in writing. 18 P. 8S. C. 192. A purchaser of a note for a valuable con- sideration may enforce its collection, though there was no indorsement or transfer of it. 113 Fed. Rep. 87. The failure of the maker to read a note be- fore signing it cannot be set up as a defense to it in the hands of an innocent holder. 100 lll. App. 228. Where a check is sent by mail, and never reaches the party to whom it is addressed, it remains the property of the one who sends it. 66 Pace. Rep. 326. A bona fide holder of a negotiable note pur- chased before maturity is protected against a defense that it was without consideration. 42 S. E. Rep. 240. No recovery can be had, in Canada, on a note as such against one who signed it under the belief that it was merely an order for merchandise, 20 C. S. 43. A material and unauthorized alteration of a note renders it invalid in the hands of a bona fide holder, as well as in the hands of the payee. 64 N. E. Rep. 54. The acceptance of interest on a note in ad- vance by the creditor from his principal debtor is prima facie evidence of an extension of time of payment. 67 Pac. Rep. 307. Negotiable instruments under the law merchant have an assignability by virtue of which latent defense of the maker or former holders may be cut off. 100 Ill. App. Rep. 225. Interest is allowed on a note after maturity, without express authority therein, unless there appears to be some special reason for withholding allowance. 52 Atl. Rep. 969. ° The purchaser of a draft is bound to look only to the terms of acceptance; and, when he has acted in good faith, he is. not to be pre- judiced by the acts of the drawer. 18 P.S. C. 193. When a written instrument is by a material alteration converted into a negotiable promis- sory note, as a note it is void, even in the hands of an innocent holder for value. 88 N. W. Rep. 458. The taker for value, of past due negotiable paper, is not subject to equities against his indorser which grow out of transactions which are independent of such note or instrument. 87 Mo. App. Rep. 478.

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MOTOR AGE A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH That Is the Aggregate Value of Automobiles Sold at Cleveland Show —General Satisfaction Expressed—Different Ideas Relative to Desirability of Local Shows—Summary of Sales Made Cleveland, O., Feb. 9 —It was a well satis- fied crowd that filed out of Gray’s Armory at 11:30 Saturday night amid the tooting of 200 motor horns, and the strains of “Good Night Ladies” from a tired orchestra which had done valiant duty for six afternoons and evenings. HALF A MILLION IN SALES The general public was well satisfied. The exhibitors were. satisfied fcr they had been kept busy with a large number of people who enquired into the merits of the various ma- chines from the standpoint of purchasers. The best evidence of this was the remarkable number of actual sales made during the week. A Motor AGE man made the rounds late Sat- urday evening and casually interviewed every exhibitor as to the number of sales made dur- ing the week. It was done in a disinterested manner and it was found that the actual sales for the week numbered 447 vehicles, with a re- tail value of the surprising total of $448,850. PROFIT FOR PROMOTERS Of course a certain portion of these ma- chines, perhaps one-third, were sold to. agents, the majority of them Cleveland men; but not- withstanding, it is a record of which the city may well be proud. It means that within a single week Cleveland people have purchased within eight cr ten as many automobiles as have been owned in the city up to the first of the year. It means that without counting sales already made this year, and those which are to come, next spring will see double the number of automobiles on streets that were seen last year. There is no need to relate how well the pro- moters were satisfied. It is claimed that the receipts from the sale of spaces and privileges paid all the expenses of the show, and if this be true, the 20,000 paid admissions said to have been received during the week will make au neat nest egg for Messrs. Collister, Sayle, Shanks and Shupe. However, no one be- grudges them the money, for it was a large undertaking, satisfactorily conducted. OUTSIDE TRADE AFFECTED For various reasons six of the local manu- facturers declined to take space and display their machines at the Armory, but there is no question that all these companies received tangible benefits from the week. People from out of town made the rounds of the various stores and factories after they had seen the show and not a few of them made purchases. ON LOCAL SHOWS The head of one of these concerns when asked if he did not feel sorry that he had not exhibited said: “We probably lost a number of sales we might have made had we exhibited our line. I am well aware that a number of people expected us here and looked for us, and undoubtedly some of them were induced to buy other vehicles; but in the long run we will be the gainers. We have a local agent in Cleve- land and if we had given him financial as- sistance in making an exhibit we could not lave refused to help our agent in Detroit, Washington, Baltimore, Buffalo and the dozen or so other cities which propose to hold local shows. It might even have been of benefit for us to have helped all of these dealers this year and perhaps next year, but within two or three years the business will have passed the boom stage and will be down to a hard-pan ordi- nary manufacturing proposition and for us, or any one else, to follow the policy of giving annual shows in all the large centers, would be suicidal. I believe the manufacturers’ as- sociation took the right step when it voted against supporting local shows and if all the Cleveland manufacturers had supported this show even to the extent of assisting their local agents—and, by the way, several of them have no local agents—it would have been a direct slap at the manufacturers’ association and would have been just cause for every one following his own inclinations in the matter.” OTHER OPINIONS A representative of a prominent manufactur- ing concern which did exhibit said: “This has been a wonderfully successful show but aside from assisting our local dealer in making sales we have not been benefited. It is claimed that a number of the dealers from surrounding towns came up to see the show and close for agencies, but if such is the case we are not aware of it. We have not talked to a dozen dealers and every one of those with whom we have had conversation have already closed for - their agencies, the majority of them at the New York show.” Another manufacturer who exhibited said: “IT am in favor of local shows for this year and perhaps next year, but after that, not any for us, thanks. With a new game the local show is the best sort of educator. There is nothing like it to stir up enthusiasm and bring out the people, but two years hence the trade will have lost the novelty phase and will be down to a business proposition. Then the wealthy class of people will buy a new auto- mobile as they do a fine carriage and by that time the profits will be down to a point where it will no longer be possible for us to make an exhibit in all the leading cities.” A local manufacturer of parts said: “We did not go into the Cleveland show because we did not like the manner in which it was « ducted. The promotors are reputable gentle- men and they are deserving of credit for their success, since unquestionably there was an element of chance in the first show of the kind ever held in the city. But we believe that a show of this kind should be conducted wholly for those directly interested and in no sense The dealers should form a local association and agree to exhibit at a show given for mutual benefit. should it be a money making scheme. different manufacturers and A com- mittee should be named to secure the hall and make arrangements. There should be a draw- ing for spaces so that no one would have the advantage over the others and the members should be charged the actual pro-rata for the number of spaces used. There should be no admission fee and each member of the asso- ciation should be given a certain number of tickets to be distributed among interested patrons. I believe this plan would be satis- 15 factory to the majority of the members of the National Association of Automobile Manufac- turers, and it would not be surprising if an organization of this kind was formed in Cleve- land before another winter.” CLEVELANDERS WELL POSTED One of the most remarkable features of the Cleveland show according to those who have attended similar exhibits elsewhere was the large percentage of people who seemed to know what they were talking about in examin- ing the features of the various machines. Cleveland people are astonishingly well versed in the intricacies of all kinds of automobiles, the gasoline in particular. One dealer said that fully half the spec- tators seemed familiar with the mechanism of the various machines and were able to discuss features intelligently. Naturally this made sales more difficult than if the enthusiast sim- ply knew that he liked the finish and style of this or that machine. In nearly every case where a sale was made it was a case of con- vinecing the buyer as to the simplicity of the machine and the durability of the working parts. Few people took statements for grant- ed and the majority of purchasers who did not claim to be expert mechanics, brought with them those who knew a good machine when they saw it. The reason for the superior knowledge of Clevelanders is not hard to un- derstand. For several years past there has been a larger percentage of operators in Cleve- land than in the majority of larger cities, while the large number of factories and per- sons interested in the production of vehicles has caused a more general interest in the ma- chine itself than is to be found elsewhere. PARTS SALES GOOD There were any number of spectators who came with a view to securing ideas to assist them in perfecting vehicles which they were building themselves and not a few people were seen measuring certain parts or making sketches of certain features. The parts mak- ers did a flourishing retail business and one material supply house filled a book nearly full of names of those requesting catalogues of parts and material. This stand in particu- lar seemed to be the center of attraction for experts and those who professed to be. The man who did not know what he was talking about gave himself away in nine eases out of ten when he came to criticize and ask ques- tions regarding the various parts displayed. It goes without saying that the gasoline touring car had the call and the great major- ity of buyers lost interest when they were in- formed that a car had but a single cylinder. For those with plenty of money nothing less than a double cylinder machine would do and the very rich wanted as many cylinders as pos- sible. Nearly every exhibitor kept a demonstrating machine in constant operation outside and the few who did not have an extra machine found themselves badly handicapped. The best they could do was to take down names and ad- dresses with a view to hunting up people af- | ter the show. OLDS LED IN SALES The Oldsmobile Co. led in the number of sales made during the week, but Manager Owen does not deny that about half of them were to dealers who came from various parts of Ohio. His business for the week would keep a good sized factory busy for a year and such orders would probably be turned down

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by any other concern than >the big Detroit company. Tlis sales were 226 standard run abouts, fifty-eight and twelve coupes, reaching in retail figures $132,600. Mr. touring cars Owen is planning to retire next year. Almost as good was the business done by the Winton company, which sold an even thirty big $2,500 touring ears. All of these sales went through the Winton retail stere of which C. B. Shanks is manager. MOST EXPENSIVE PURCHASE the Cleveland Automobile & Supply Co.; which different lines. Its following: A good third, in point of sales, was nine order book the two-cylinder Locomobile tonneaus at $2.000; one four-cylin- handles contains Three der Locomobile ear at $5,200; four Searchmont tonneaus at $2,500; two Columbia broughams at $3.200; sixteen Cadillaes at $750: two Lo- comobile steamers at $900; three Waverly runabouts at $900, and one Waltham Buck- board at $500; a total amounting to the pit- tance of $45.400. the most expensive machine sold at the show. Jt was purchased by L. The $5.200 Locomobile was D. Shoenburg, a promi- nent dry goods man who formerly owned a Panhard, It fitted French aluminum will be With a special canopy. Belgium” body, “King of tonneau and several other features of French extraction. The branch Geneva Automobile & Mfg. Co.'s sold five of the steam tonneau touring cars which list at $1.750, four steam runabouts, house together with four Yale gasoline touring cars for which it is agent. Foster & Co.. agent for the General, sold fif- teen machines, the majority of them tonneau touring cars. The Auto-Car Co. did a business in most satisfactory view of the fact that its machine had never before been seen in this section. Its sales numbered six touring cars, which so pleased the company that it will some agent in opening a new store, either back or else will establish a branch of its own. OTHER LARGE SALES The Hoffman Automobile & Mfg. Co. created a decided sensation with its $900 touring car. Orders for an even ten were taken on the spot and the demonstrations a month. company has more inquiries for than can be taken care of in For a concern which has no agent, the Shel- by Motor Car Co. can feel well satisfied with its week at the Cleveland retail four the $2.500 tonneau touring ear, a machine which attracted much attention. show. Ten sales were made, of which were for Atter these results there will probably be very little difficulty in securing a first-Glass representative. The Ohio Motor Car Co. wishes there could be a continuous show. throughout the balance included one Buffalo Stanhope, three National electric physicians’ carriages, two park traps and three Northern runabouts. F. B. Stearns Co. was badly handicapped through the illness of Frank Stearns who was of the season. Its sales unable to attend the show except the closing Thanks to the Bonnell and Albert Gowen, customers who volunteered their services, the situation was saved through the evening for a couple of hours. kindness of W. F. two Stearns sale of six $2,500 touring cars. H.. 8, agent. for the Elmore, sold three $1,400 tonneaus and six $800 runabouts. The simplicity of the two-cylinder, two-cycle Elmore motor attracted great attention and Moore, MOTOR AGE Mr. Moore will unquestionably reap a num- ber of additional sales when he has had time to give demonstrations to a couple of hundred Mr. Moore finds that his present store has far out- interested people who left their names. grown his requirements and he is planning to build a fine establishment. He will probably stick to the East End, where he has held forth in the bieyele business for seven years. Warwick & Bissell, agents for the Thomas, had but one machine and were unable to give any demonstrations. Several orders were en- tered without any trial and the firm has thir- ty-five or more prospective customers who have promised to delay purchasing until they have had a ride in the Thomas. The firm has not settled on a permanent location and for the present will oceupy half the store of the Ohic Motor Car Co. in the Pythian Temple buil.l ing. The Union Automobile Co., of Union City. Ind., is not sorry it came to the show, as it sold eight of its runabouts. Four of these go to the Squires Carriage Co., a leading car- riage concern which has arranged to take t': local agency for the unique friction drive ma: chine. BUYERS TURNED DOWN manufac- few orders for their big 35- Rogers & Thacher, the new local turers, took a horsepower touring car which was illustrated in the last Moror Acre. The firm is not anxious to close orders as it has not yet thoroughly tested its car and will probably make some changes and refinements before at- tempting to place the vehicle on the market. H. B. Wick & Co., of Youngstown, O., who displayed their famous “Blue Goose,” about the same position. issue of were in They claim to have two orders, as_ they in shape to build positively turned down are not yet machines in quantities. They are occupying a small shop at Youngstown and on account of difficulty in securing unable to They are considering the advisability of moving their plant to New York. A member of the firm states truth in the rumor that they are about to consolidate with the Fre- donia Mfg. Co, of Youngstown. Wednesday the seventy-five exhibitors and newspaper men at a Dutch banquet and vaudeville show. The shown by the fact that among the guests were labor and material are guarantee deliveries before July 1. there is no evening promoters enter- tained Qo ul Was fellowship of the promoters six representatives of local manufacturers which declined to exhibit at the show. PASSING SHOW NOTES lL. J. Mueller & Co., the automobile material jobbers, sold parts to over twenty new people who are planning to build gasoline rie: in this city. Evidently the bottom of the list of Cleveland manufacturers is not yet in sight. IF. J. Wagner and W. C. Jaynes, of Buffalo, were present in the interests of the Buffalo automobile show of March 9 to 14. Wagner modestly stated that the Buffalo affair will be four times as large as the Cleveland show. Ile claims forty-five exhibitors have already applied for sixty-two spaces, among them four Cleveland concerns. Alexander Winton spent several evenings at the Winton Everyone was curious to learn something about the make-up of the new Bullet, with Winton home the Gordon Bennett cup. stand. which hopes to bring They did not get much satisfaction out ofgMr. Winton, how- ever, and it is probable that no one else knows all the details of the new racer, so closely is it guarded. Charlie Weaver did not go in for full dress; in fact he was in his shirt sleeves most of the time. The-heat from the new Kelley gasoline burner which Weaver manipulated about three- fourths of the time was more than he could stand with comfort. CATALOGUES RECEIVED The catalogue of steam gauges issued by the Schaeffer & Budenberg Mfg. Co., of New York and Chicago, may be of use to the steam automobilist need of the means whereby to tell the amount of power he has on tap. who is in Harry R. Geer, who styles himself the motor eycle man of St. Louis, Mo., has issued a see- ond-hand list of motor bicycles. In it ma- chines of all the prominent American makes are shown, together with some motor cycle parts and appurtenances which are not second- hand. The Relay Motor Car Co., of Reading, Pa., has issued a neat little booklet showing the different patterns of the Wyoma_ vertical motors and the Wyoma running gear, trans- mission gear, differentials and motor bonnets. The Kensington gasoline touring car made by the Kensington Automobile Mfg. Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., is fully deseribed in a booklet containing several illustrations showing the mechanical features as well as the exterior ap- pearance of the car. The Silent is the title of a hand- some catalogue which Frank P. Isley, of Chicago, western agent for the Autocar Co., of Ardmore, Pa., has issued. Colored stock and pretty pictures characterize it. The Hussey Automobile & Supply Co., re- cently organized at Detroit, Mich., by P. J. Hussey, issues a small booklet in which is shown an attractive line of parts including the Hussey steering wheel, running gear, hori- zontal motor, radiator, circulating pump, muf- fler and various patterns of oilers. All of the features of all of the motors man- ufactured by the Brennan Motor Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., are illustrated and fully de- seribed in a new booklet. The Fisk Rubber Co., of Chicopee Falls, Mass., has issued a new list of its various pat- terns of automobile, bicycle and vehicle tires. The National electric, Stearns and Cadillac gasoline lines are shown in «a combination catalogue issued by the Cadillac Automobile Co., of Illinois, which acts as agent for these three lines. Facts about and features of the Northwest ern storage battery are presented in a book- let. recently issued by the Northwestern Stor age Battery Co., of Chicago. One of the facts testimonial to the effect that a 96-mile run was made on one charge. Autocar is a Henri Fournier and Mm. Clement, Lucas, Neubauer, Rabousdin, and Charley, Parisian tradesmen, who were at the New York show, sailed on the steamer Lorraine Saturday. An order by a ‘retail merchant, directing a wholesale dealer to ship certain merchandise through any jobber or direct, and purporting to contain a bill of goods, with prices annexed. is not a negotiable instrument. 50 Atl. Rep. 683. It is beyond dispute that the show will be equally as great as the one which was de- clared so great in January,

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WANTS NO BUSINESS TESTS The N. A. A. M. Decides That It Is Not Advisable to Co-operate In Promot- ing Such an Event This Year New York, Feb. 7—There received at the Automobile Club of America a formal com- munication from the National Association of Was Automobile Manufacturers notifying the club that the association did not favor a, test for commercial motor vehicles this year. he let- ter stated no reason whatever for its pointed declination to approve of any business vehicle test, which of course embraced the trials pro- posed to be held under the club’s auspices next spring. NO REASON GIVEN The fact that such action had been taken at a meeting: of the N. A. A. M. executive committee on February 4 had been published the day before, so the receipt of the letter had been forestalled. In making this action of the executive com- mittee public Secretary Unwin would state no more to the newspaper men than that the reso- lution had been passed unanimously and with- out debate. CLUB SPIRIT AROUSED The news and _ official communication both received at the club with indignation and words were not minced in some quarters in charging the N. A. A. M. with going out of its were way to interfere with the club’s project, and with unfriendliness toward its conduct of vari- ous tests seeking to give the public unbiased facts and results as to automobiles and their efliciency. In the course of two interviews Secretary Butler stated to a Moror AGE man the club's side of the controversy—if there can be said to be any controversy in the absence of any statement or argument advanced on the sub- ject by any official of the N, A. A, M.—about and in part as follows: THE CLUB'S ATTITUDE The club undertook the preliminaries to the promotion of the test primaries in response to a request from Ralph Morgan, of Worces- ter, Mass., who was interested in a company manufacturing heavy motor trucks and bear- ing his name, and also in response to what it deemed from individual newspaper expression en the subject to be a popular demand. If Mr. Butler's rectly there were requests from other makers the writer recalls words cor- of business vehicles as well, or at any rate other makers wrote subsequently approving of the proposed tests. had to do At first the project more particularly with testing heavy trucks, but there seemed to be a demand that the trials should include all classes of commercial vehicles of all) powers and also furnish tests for long hauls. There was a representative gathering of makers at the con- ference held during the show and since then other manufacturers have written approving of the scheme. NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE The club argues that it has no axes to grind ‘un the promotion of any of the tests it has conducted and proposes to conduct and that le public has: confidence in the impartiality ! its demonstrations and its unbiased an- ‘ouncement of results and deductions there- om. It also believes it has benefited the in- ‘istry and advanced automobiling in this MOTOR AGE country through the trials it has promoted and will continue to be an ally of the manu- facturers as well as a missionary among the people. WILL NOT BE DROPPED There has been no disposition to declare the trials off. “Such a demonstration through our streets,” said Mr. Butler, “not only by heavy trucks in the business section, but by delivery wagons in the residential districts, will give business automobiles a good boom with the public. The participants, through the signs their cars will carry, will also get much in- dividual advertising. We ask enter the tests who does not so desire, and are at a loss to see why the N. A. A. M. should have none to deemed it expedient to formally declare against the have had many inquiries for particulars of the pro- posed test, which would seem to indicate a them. Since conference we desire to participate in them.” CLEVELAND SUFFERS SHOCK Election of Eastern Men to N. A. A. M. Offices Not «a Sweet Pill to Western Makers Cleveland, O., Feb, 9—There is much disap- pointment among the manufacturers in Cleve- land at the result of the election of officers of the National Association of Automobile Manu- facturers. which New York last week. Almost fifty per cent of the associa- tion’s membership comes from the territory west of, and including Buffalo, and this por- tion of the country than half the American Winton, White, Baker, Olds, Elmore, Packard, almost too numerous to was held in produces — considerably output. The American, more Peerless, Northern mention, in Cleveland or territory adjacent and in view of this fact, together with the fact that-during the past two years the preside ‘ of the made it seem but fair to the Cleveland manu- and others come from factories association has been an eastern man, facturers that the presidency should come to this city. At the time this was first suggested the east- The Cleveland manufacturers settled on Alexander ern manufacturers seemed to acquiesce. Winton as the logical executive in view of his long standing in the trade, but when he de- clined to consider the nomination, the strength ef the local contingent was centered on Wind- scr T. White, of the White Sewing Machine Co. At the meeting held at Madison Square Mr. White manufacturers in all parts of the country. Garden received pledges from It is needless to say that the result of the election which gave only the positions of see- third came as a veritable shock to the Clevelands, ond and vice-presidents to westerners some of whom are exceedingly wroth and vow more careful campaigning another time. SPAULDING MAY QUIT It is reported that the Spaulding Automo- bile & Motor Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., is going out of business. It began voluntary dissolu- tion proceedings in the special term of the supreme court last week. On the application of a majority of the stockholders Justice Childs appointed Nelson P. Baker temporary receiver, fixing his bond at $12,000. Justice Lambert also issued an order requiring all in- terested persons to appear before a referee on May 1 and show cause, if they can, why the corporation should not be dissolved. Among the company’s creditors are the Fisk Rubber Co., the Baldwin Chain & Mfg. Co., the Badger Brass Mfg. Co. and Gray & Davis. ly BUDLONG MADE PRESIDENT

Executive Committee of National Asso- ciation of Automobile Manufacturers Votes for Hartford Man New York, Feb. S—At a meeting of the executive committee of the N. A. A. M. last Wednesday—at which all the members but Mr. Olds were present—a nominating commit- tee consisting of Mr. Leonard, Ward Leonard Electric Co., York; Mr. Allison, Woods Motor Vehicle Co., Chicago, and Perey Owen, representing the Winton Motor Carriage Co., Cleveland, the following ticket, which was unanimously elected: M. J. Bud- long, Electric Vehicle Co., Hartford, president; H. Ward Leonard, Ward Electric Co., New York, first vice-president; Windsor T. White, White Sewing Machine Co., Cleve- land, Charles Clifton, (ieorge N. Pierce Co., Buffalo, third vice-presi- ident, and Perey Owen, New York, represent- ing Winton Motor Co., Cleveland, New nominated Leonard second vice-president ; Carriage treasurer, Harry Umvin’s appointment for one year as secretary by the preceding committee in January was aflirmed. CONTEST RECOMMENDATIONS The recommendations of the annual meet- ing that in future reliability tests be run on the plan of the Circuit de Herault; that non- stop contests be limited to 100 miles, and that permission be asked of the city for a public speeding, hill climbing and braking demons- the speedway and up tration at the end of Fort George hill were referred to the tech- nical committee. There will be a meeting of the association in this city on March 18. TRYING TO AROUSE INTEREST American Automobile Makers Are to Be En- thused on Matter of Exhibiting at St. Louis The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers is officially engaged in stirring up interest in its individual members con- cerning the world’s fair at St. Louis, com- memorating the Louisiana purchase. The rep- resentation of American automobile manufac- turers at the 1904 exhibition is in a peculiar condition. The the fair have been kind enough to permit the national officials of world’s association to apply for a bulk space, to be occupied individually by the manufacturers, but this application cannot be rendered safe unless the manufacturers in turn make early requisition upon the association or directly upon the fair officials. Thus far the makers have been slow in responding to the general invitation to exhibit on free exhibition space. Nineteen hundred and four has seemed a long way off to most of them. In the disposition of exhibition space in the transportation, as in other world’s fair build- ings, the fair commissioners give one-half of the space to American the other half to the combined exhibits of other countries. There are in the transporta- floor exhibitors and tion building 650,000 square feet of floor space, of which 400,000 square feet are available for exhibits. France alone has made application for 175,000 square feet of space in which to display its transportation products. <A large part of these products will comprise French automobiles. The National Association of

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1s Automobile Manufacturers is desirous that the American automobile builders shall make as extensive and impressive a display as the French makers, even if they are not actuated to a similar end by other motives. The association’s secretary, now in Chicago on account of the Chicago automobile show, is conferring with W. A. Smith, chief of the department of transportation exhibits of the St. Louis exposition, and feels confident that the fair commissioners will be glad to treat directly with the association in all matters pertaining to the representation of the Ameri- can automobile manufacturers. But the asso- ciation, in order to do business on a business basis, must have the support, actual and not promissory, of its members, Hence there will be a campaign during the show to secure a substantial representation and a goodly line of applications for space. Mr. Smith will prob- ably assist the officers of the association in this work. HANDSOME CAR FOR CHICAGO The Electric Vehicle Co.’s Chicago branch store has just received a handsome type of electric coupe, operated from the inside, which is especially designed for physicians’ use and for those desiring a comfortable vehicle in all sorts of weather conditions. The controlling, steering and brake levers are all conveniently at hand within the vehicle, which may be en- tirely closed when desired. The front and sides are nearly all of heavy plate glass and there is a large window in the back. It is richly upholstered, has an electric dome light and provision is made for a foot warmer. CENTAUR GARAGE OPENED The Centaur Motor Vehicle Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., manufacturer of Centaur electric ve- hicles, has established a general automobile station at 59 Franklin street, Buffalo, which will be conducted independently of the manu- facturing department. The new station will be fully equipped to conduct a general agency business and properly care for steam, gasoline and electric vehicles. This station will be one of the largest and most centrally located sta- tions in the city, and will be maintained by MOTOR AGE competent men. The company has already taken the agency for the Cadillac and Yale cars in western New York and Pennsylvania, and will probably be identified with several other prominent lines. DAYTON TO MAKE PLUGS The Dayton Electrical Mfg. Co., of Dayton, O., manufacturer of Apple gas engine ignit- ers, has purchased patents Nos. 634,430, 663,- tion plug, from Walter H. Cotton and Albert Kunze, of Chicago. The company will start to manufacture these plugs at once and ex- pects to put them on the market shortly. HEATH WITH THOMAS S. F. Heath, for the past three and one- half years manager of the sales and advertis- departments of the Wisconsin Wheel Works, resigned his position with that com- pany January 15, and on January 19 accepted one of a like capacity with the E. R. Thomas Motor Co., of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Heath’s well known reputation among the trade for honest methods, and his close attention to the wants of his customers, which he well knows from his extended experience in all the branches of the trade, is sure to be of profit to the Thomas people. He will be at the Chicago show with the Thomas exhibit. ing ing ANOTHER FOR DETROIT By next season the plant of the Sintz Gas Engine Co. and the Michigan Yacht & Power Co., of Detroit, Mich., is likely to be so en- larged and remodeled as to permit of the man- ufacture of automobiles on an extensive scale. To enable this plan to be carried out, the cap- ital stock of the concern will need to be great- ly increased. These plans are contingent on the success of experiments now being made at the plant of the company on Jefferson avenue. NORTHWEST GOOD FIELD “Spokane is the greatest automobile town in the northwest,” said Fred Merrill, the well known bicycle man of Portland, Ore., recently. “There are more automobiles used in and about ‘Spokane than in any other town in the north- west.” Mr. Merrill is preparing to secure another building for his automobiles and will rent and sell them. He will have a large stock on hand and now has a carload of automobiles on the road for Spokane. Spokane is to be the gen- eral distributing point for that section and as a consequence the capacity of the Merrill store will be more than doubled. NEW COMPANIES The Phelps Motor Vehicle Co, has been or- ganized at Portland, Me. The capital stock is $300,000. Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Nelson Gas Engine & Automobile Co., of Harlan, Ia. The capital stock is $50,000. The Scranton Automobile Co. is being or- ganized at Scranton, Pa. From the conduct of a garage the concern will branch into manu- facture. The Tennant Auto Tire Co. has been or- ganized at East Orange, N. J., witn a capital stock of $300,000. It will make rubber tires. The United Motor & Vehicle Co., of Cran- ford, N. J., has been incorporated with a eap- ital stock of $300,000. Its object is to manu- facture automobiles. The Patrick-Willson Co., with a capital stock of $25,000, has been incorporated to manufacture the MecVicker gasoline engine at Omaha, Neb. MOTOR STAGE LINES ; A. E. Moore proposes to establish an auto- mobile omnibus and wagonette line at Walla Walla, Wash., in the spring. A ten-passenger wagonette has been already ordered. J. A. Genung, a livery stable man of Marion, Ind., will install a system of automobile cabs. J. J. Morgan will establish an automobile stage service between Joplin, Mo., and sev- eral neighboring towns. Several trips each day will be made over all the routes. Several patterns of neat steam carriages are shown in the new booklet of the Rochester Carriage Motor Co., of Rochester, N. Y. The workmen of the Mors factory are out on a strike. This may delay the shipment of the big racers this summer, An addition is being erected to the plant of the Matheson Motor Car Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich. NEW CURE FOR FOULED SPARKING PLUGS A method accidentally discovered by one of Panhard & Levassor’s workmen, of obviat- ing ignition difficulties due to greasy and foul sparking plugs, is of interest to both gasoline automobile owners and makers. This is to give the coil more work to do, forcing the spark to are or jump across two gaps instead of one as is usual. An extra air space or gap is interposed in the secondary circuit, outside the combustion chamber of the motor, and where it may be readily inspected by the operator of the ve- hicle. With this arrangement the plug will spark even if the porcelain be coated with soot and the platinum points covered with grease, while without this extra external air space of gap, no spark can be obtained, no matter how powerful the coil and battery may be. The explanation given is that the produc- tion of a high pressure, or potential, at the terminals of the secondary of an induction coil depends essentially upon the secondary being on open circuit at the moment when the ae ae Spark Indicator trembler interrupts the primary current. The “soot bridge,” which produces a low ohmic resistance in the plug, results in a partial short circuiting of the secondary. Under these circumstances the production of a high electromotive force at the terminals is possible. The current, small as it may be, which leaks im- across the plug the moment the magnetic flux begins to vary, retards demagnetization; and high pressure depends, of course, entirely upon rapid demagnetization. It may be said that the energy of discharge is dissipated almost wholly in the high resistance secondary wire itself, instead of externally. By introducing the auxiliary air gap into the circuit, the conditions are entirely changed. The sec- ondary is then on open circuit, and demagne- tization is rapid and effectual. A high pres- sure of many thousands of volts is generated, and a disruptive discharge takes place in the circuit. Under these circumstances the partial short circuiting of the spark gap on the plug is comparatively immaterial. High pressure oscillatory discharges take short cuts, and depend little on mere ohmic resistance. It is well known, for example, that a lightning dis- charge will traverse many feet of air rather than go round a longer metallic path of in- finitely smaller resistance. The surgings in the circuit will inevitably produce a spark be-

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MOTOR AGE tween the wires, even though the “soot bridge” may be there as an alternative path. When this extra air space or gap is used a marked change can be detected in the work- ing of the interrupter employed with the coil. The beats become slower and the discharge heavier. Owing to the secondary not being able to discharge itself readily, the duration of the inductive effect in the coil is prolonged, and the magnetism of the coil brought nearer to saturation. This of itself will increase the sparking power, and reacts on the flow of the primary current, and so reduces the rate of vibration of the interrupter; this slowness also tends to increase the sparking length of the coil. A device is illustrated in the form of a cir- cular casing with glass cover, in which may be located the extra air gaps or spaces in the secondary wires. It is applicable for one or more cylinders, four being shown in the draw- ing. Four terminals are provided for the sec- ondary wires leading to the spark plugs, and one terminal only for the ground to the motor. The working of the coils can in this manner be plainly seen, as the device can be conven- iently located on the dash in plain sight of the opeator. NEW DIAPHRAGM CARBURETER English Construction Combining Positive Ac- tion, Thorough Mixing and Heating The carbureter illustrated-has been designed to inerease the carburation effects secured by carbureters of this type, in which a cireular diaphragm or valve is used to control the gasoline supply taken through a needle valve Whose point is on the end of the valve stem. During the suction stroke of the motor, air IGNITION POINT DIAGRAMS MOTOR DIAPHRAGM CARBURETER 19 is Crawn into the carbureter through the openings A, and in its effort to pass through the small holes in the diaphragm B, forces the needle point C from its seat. The needle point having been drawn from its seat by this action, a small quantity of gasoline is allowed to flow from the nozzle D, out and over the diaphragm B. The inrushing air carries the gasoline with it through the small holes in the diaphragm, thus thoroughly mixing the air and gasoline during this passage. HOT WATER HEATED To govern the flow of gasoline, a needle valve is located on top of the carbureter di- rectly above and centrally with the air open- ings. Air regulation is obtained by means of the disk E, which has eight holes registering with a like number in the head or cover of the carbureter, The carbureter is jacketed so that in cold or damp weather it may be connected with the hot water system of the motor jacket. It probably is preferable to heat the carbureter with water than with the exhaust gases. If hot water is nsed in the carbureter jacket the motor will readily start even on the coldest day, after having been running not more than an hour before, while if the exhaust gases were used the carbureter would be cold in one or two minutes after the motor was stopped. In ordinary weather it will not be necessary to use the water jacket, and a cock should be placed in the pipe leading to the hot water supply, sthat it may be readily shut off, ITS CONSTRUCTION The jacket around the upper portion of the carbureter has four cored openings to properly vent it when being cast. These are to be tapped with a suitable pipe tap. Two of these AGE — Ty yt itt yt — — uit il Yy TIZZILLELLLELLLL Uf Chk JANETC Tee Te @ecccce ss LL. LLL

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20 ‘ . openings are to be used for the water connec- tions and the other two stopped with pipe plugs. The needle stem is made of steel with a shoulder and nut to hold the brass dia- phragm in place. Seven circular rows of holes of suitable size should be drilled in the dia- phragm. A hole should be drilled in the lower end of the needle stem for a ring as shown. around for re-grinding, and also permits let- ting down a small quantity of gasoline upon the diaphragm when starting the motor. The carbureter parts may be made of brass or aluminoid, as desired. The diaphragm should be almost as large as the opening in which it moves upward and downward. The carbureter is simple and inexpensive to make, and with the exception of the air regu- lating disk E, may be made on a 6-inch lathe. In order to secure the best possible results it should be placed as close to the inlet of the cylinder as possible. VALUE OF EARLY IGNITION Until the recent advent of devices for tak- ing indicator diagrams from high speed gaso- line motors, very little practical information was securable concerning the gain in efficiency )— V& ADJUSTABLE STEERING GEAR Letters patent No. 719,562, dated February 3—Alanson P. Brush, of Detroit, Mich.; as- signor of one-half to the Cadillac Automobile Co., of Detreit, Mich.—The invention com- prises a steering mechanism in which the spur gear and gear rack employed to transform the rotary movement of the steering wheel column into a lateral reciprocating movement to oper- ate the steering links, are provided with ad- justment means. The housing which carries the spur gear is provided with a cress tube or sleeve within which is an eccentric bearing block or sleeve supporting the reciprocating gear rack. This eccentric is rotatable within the housing by means of screw threads and is secured in any manually adjusted position by locking rings. One side of the central portion of the eccentric is cut away to permit the en- gagement of the teeth of the gear with those of the gear rack. It is obvious that by shift- ing the position of the eccentric the gear rack may be brought closer to or further away from the spur gear in order to take up back lash or play, or to relieve binding. VARIABLE STROKE MOTOR Letters patent No. 719,855, dated February 3—Albert FL Parks, of Brooklyn, N. Y—In order to secure a variable stroke action in- an internal combustion motor, an eccentric econ- nection between the piston rods and the crar’ pin is provided that this connection may cause an orbital movement for the end of the piston rod. The invention is shown adapted to an erdinary two-cylinder motor. Upon the com- mon crank shaft pin is a loose sleeve having, rigidly attached to or made integrally with it, a pair of diametrically opposed eccentrics to This enables the stem to be turned — A A a = MOTOR AGE by early ignition; the exact cylinder condi- tions from which this advantage resulted be- ing undetermined. While theoretical diagrams and formulas based on thermo-dynamic laws are found in plenty, no reliable data has been furnished to show how near the actual condi- tions within the motor cylinder approach the theoretical deductions. FOUR CASES The diagrams given herewith show fully and clearly the actual conditions in the motor cylinder and demonstrate conclusively the necessity of early ignition to secure efficient working results. The first of the four cards shows a dia- gram taken with the ignition occurring ex- actly on the dead center. The piston velocity under this condition is 300 feet per minute. It will be seen from the diagram that near the center of the piston stroke the piston is actually traveling faster than the rate of propogation of the flame of the burning charge, thus preventing the charge from attaining its maximum or highest available pressure. The second card shows a diagram taken with the ignition advanced 19 degrees and with a piston velocity of 450 feet per minute. The maximum pressure is not reached until the piston has: traveled over one-third of its stroke. The area of this card is considerably greater than that of the one with the ignition taking place at the dead center. The third card of the series has the ignition advanced 29 degrees and shows a piston veloc- ity of 600 feet per minute. This card ap- proaches nearer to the theoretical require- ments than either of the two preceding ones. In the fourth ecard, the ignition takes place at 35 degrees ahead of the dead center, and with a piston velocity of 750 feet per minute. This results in an almost ideal card and one ‘almost theoretically correct. RESULTING FORMULAS As the energy or work done by the motor is at all times proportional to the area of the diagram, and the number of explosions or working strokes per minute, it is readily seen that early ignition plays an important part in the economical operation of a gasoline motor. To more clearly locate the position of the pis- ton at the point of ignition with relation to the end of its stroke, the values in terms of the stroke are given for each of the four posi- tions of the crank shown in the illustration. Let S equal the piston stroke in inches; then A=0, B=0.054 $, C=0.125 $ and D=0.181 §. each of which a piston rod is attached by means of an ordinary eccentric strap. This variable connection for the piston .rods causes the pistons to accomplish a cycle of operations consisting of four strokes of un- equal length. Two of these strokes are of equal length—the admission and explosion strokes. The compression stroke is somewhat shorter and the exhaust stroke considerably longer than either the admission or the ex- plosion stroke. The cycle of the motor is shown in the diagram, relative to which the inventor says that the piston draws in its charge at or slightly below atmospheric pres- sure and on the out stroke moves in compres- sing the charge to a point considerably in the rear of the extreme limit of its out stroke, whereupon the charge is ignited and exploded. During the returning in stroke the gases are expanded substantially in the usual manner, except that the extreme limit of the expansion stroke is considerably beyond the correspond- ing point of the induction stroke. After ex- pension is complete the burned products of combustion are expelled substantially at at- mospheric pressure by a piston stroke equal to either the induction stroke or the expan- sion stroke plus the distance which represents the amount of displacement of the extreme points of the expansion stroke as compared with those of the induction stroke. FLOAT FEED CARBURETER Letters patent No. 719,486, dated February 3—Frederick H. Messinger of New York, N. Y. —This is a float feed cabureter in which a pe- culiar form of vaporizing or carburation cham- ber is employed. There is little novelty in the constant level feed chamber as it comprises 2 reservoir equipped with an ordinary form of float that actuates a needle valve controlling the inlet of raw gasoline. A spring controlled plunger allows the manual opening of the needle valve to accelerate the flow of gasoline, The carburation chamber is cylindrical in form and is attached to the float feed cham- ber by a coupling which enters its end. The passage terminates in the carburation cham- coupling is controlled by an ordinary needle valve with a threaded stem, while, between passage of gasoline through the hole in this the valve and the nozzle in which the coupling ber, is an air inlet passage, provided at. its top or outer end with a ball check valve. The nozzle in the carburation chamber is down- wardly projected and provided with a_ bevel faced disk whose purpose is to spread the flow of gasoline. The opening between the disk and the nozzle is adjustable by means of the screw threaded shank with which the disk is provid- ed. The main air inlet is at the bottom of the carburation chamber and between this open- ing and the nozzle are several baffle plates Whose openings are alternately arranged that

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MOTOR AGE the incoming air will be forced to take a tor- tuous course upward, similar baffle plates. Above the nozzle are At the top of the cham- ber is an outlet which is controlled by an ordi- nary plug cock, above which, in turn, is a screen and then the coupling with the pipe that carries the mixture to the motor. . The assumed operation of the apparatus is that the gasoline will be partially atomized when the auxiliary air draft coming through the ball check valve strikes it before reach- ing the nozzle, and that after being spread out by the nozzle disk, the upward current of air will pick it up and perfect an intimate mix- ture while passing through the series of baffle plates. The screen above further tends to atomize the charge and also prevents foreign matter in the fuel from being carried to the motor. The outer end of the cylindrical car- buration chamber—that opposite the coupling with the float feed chamber-—is furnished with « glass or mica face so that the operation of the device may be watched. CAPILLARY FEED MIXER Letters patent No. 719.536, dated February 3—Henry W. Tuttle, of Philadelphia, Pa., as- signor to John M. Seott, of Philadelphia, Pa.

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UQTOR AGE Tuttle's Mixer MOTOR AGE —The carbureter forming this invention com- bines means for maintaining a constant level of the gasoline supply with a capillary feed action. The gasoline is mechanically pumped from the main reservoir to a constant level compartment in which the level is maintained by an overflow pipe extending back to the main tank. From this chamber the gasoline is piped to the principal chamber of the car- bureter, in which the second constant level is maintained by another overflow pipe that meets the first overflow pipe running back to the main tank. The level in the carbureter chamber is variable by means of a_ screw- threaded telescopic section of the second over- ilow pipe. Within the constant level chamber of the carbureter is a vertical, double walled tube forming an annular channel connected with the constant level chamber by suitable aper- tures near the bottom. ‘the interior of the tube serves as an air inlet. The top is conical or flaring and receives a conical baffle plate 21 brake a corresponding increase in the power application. Letters patent No. 719,822, dated February 3—Shirley S. and Albert Lewis, of Syracuse, N. Y.—The invention friction two-cylinder —hori- zontal motor is placed longitudinally of the comprises a drive system in which a frame near one side, with the driven friction pulley bearing against the fly wheel and being on a shaft extending backward to the bevel gear seat which transmits the power to the rear axle. F Letters patent No. 719.770, dated February 3—E. Ralph Estep, of Chicago, Ill.; assignor of one-half to Samuel A. Miles, of Chicago, Il. —The invention comprises a motor bicycle frame in which the crank case of the motor is built. into and used as the bottom bracket of the frame. BUSINESS LAW NOTES An indorsement on a note making it payable to the order of a certain person “without re-

MOTOR AGE which under the tension of a light spring is normally held close down to the flaring tube seat but not quite closing the opening. ‘The flaring seat surface connects with the annular channel around the central tube by several in- clined openings through which the gasoline may be drawn upon the suction stroke of the motor, at which time the baffle plate is slight- ly lifted from its normal position. It is ob- vious that the gasoline drawn through the in- clined openings and distributed upon the flar ing seat will be picked up readily by the in coming air from underneath. The mixture is then carried directly to the moter. OTHER PATENTS Letters patent No. 719,806, dated February 3—Daniel E. Johnson, of Hartford, Conn.: assignor to Frederick C. Billings, of Hartford, Conn.—This is a mechanism for controlling an automobile, whereby the application of the brake means an automatic decrease in the ap- plied motive power and the release of the MESSINGER’S CARBURETER course,” signed by the payee, does not destroy its negotiability in the hands of an innocent holder. 91 N. W. Rep. 399. Notes, to be negotiable, must be payable to a certain person, cr his order, to bearer, or some other language of like import must be 69 N. W. Rep. 39. Where one adds his name to a note, after its delivery to the payee, without incorporated in them. receiving any consideration, it is a nudum pactum, as to the party so signing, if signed after matur- ity, and is not enforceable. 88 Mo. App. Rep. 462. A person not appearing to be a party to a indorsee, who puts his name on the back of it in blank, at its inception and before its negotiation, is negotiable note, either as payee or presumed to be a joint and several promissor. Bona fide holders of a note cannot be de- feated, in an action against indorsers, on the ground that it had no legal inception, and was put into circulation contrary to the purpose which induced its creation, 72 N. Y. Sup. ep. 691.

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22 MOTOR AGE aS I) SRS RSE THE DARRACQO The Feature of the Paris Show (a4 LNT LIL SITIO IIL DDE TOTETODED CN CREAR. ~—eeereereerneeaeeaeeeanreee~—naeeeesee eee THE FAVORITE oF TWO CONTINENTS The Maker of More Records Than Any Other Car od Three-quarters of the Foreign Cars Imported in 1902 Were DARRACQS Sold by This Company a v7] # a @ 8, 9, I2, 16, 20 AND 24 HORSE-POWER Place Your Orders Early Accessories and Parts Always in Stock IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES American Darracq Automobile Co. Q SPACES 183 & 184 AT THE CHICAGO SHOW 652 Hudson St., New, York BID nnn 3 SRS RRS

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MOTOR AGE THE CENTURY TOURIST GASOLINE CAR IS THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AUTOMOBILE EVER PRODUCED AND HAS IN ITS ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE DESIGN ...A TRADE MARK IN ITSELF... The. Standard $750 Two People THE POPULAR CENTURY TOURIST Perfection in every detail :: Satisfaction to every purchaser TH IS car is equipped with a single cylinder water cooled motor of ’ seven brake horse power at the wheels and carries enough fuel supply for a two hundred mile run. Tbe motor can be started from the ground or seat, and with our new starting device a back kick is impossible. One lever controls two speeds forward and reverse, no gears running when high speed clatch isthrownin. The trans- mission and entire power equipment is readily get-at-able and the body can be removed from the steel frame by taking out eight bolts. Box front free for luggage. Has six foot wheel base. 28 inch Archibald artillery wheels. 3 inch Dunlop’s detachabletires. Will run 25 miles an hour and is a marvel at hill climbing, The most for the money ever offered in an Automobile. Catalogue mailed free. Order now for spring delivery. With Dos-a-Dos Seat $800 Four People Century Motor Vehicle Co., R. Reynoid Jackson Co., Proprietors of The Century Tourist Car Co. of America, Albert Gate Mansion, Knightsbridge, London,S.W. PROVIDENCE, R. I.: H.G. Martin & Co. NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA. PITTSBURG \ BUFFALO, N. Y.: 602 Main Street, GENERAL AGENCIES: BROOKLYN, N. Y.:488 Hancock Street, Lewis Automobile Company. ASBURY PARK, N. J.: ’ Banker Brothers, J: A. Cramer. SYRACUSE, m. &. A. A. Taylor Company.

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MOTOR AGE te Ur GOODRICH CLINCHER AUTOMOBILE TIRES Here is the Record Winton Motor Carriage Company, . 4 Machines White Sewing Machine Company, . Peerless Motor Car Company, Pan-American Motor Company, Pope-Robinson Company, The F. B. Stearns Company, Packard Motor Car Company, Smith & Mabley, ° Berg Automobile Company, The Walter Car Company, Franklin Mfg. Company, ; The Shelby Motor Car Company, American Motor Car Company, ‘ Hoffman Automobile & Mfg. Company, Fredonia Mfg. Company, , U. S. Long Distance Automobile Company, Locomo- bile Company, Geo. N. Pierce Company, Spaulding Motor Car Company, H. P. Hall Motor Company, Moyea Automobile Company, one machine each. Baker Motor Vehicle Company, 6 machines, ALL fitted with Palmer Special Speed Automobile Tires, OUR Make. Ajax Motor Company, 2 machines, fitted with Good- rich Single Tube Motor Tires. RECAPITULATION Original American Clincher Leads 6c 66 66 ¢¢ 66 There were more Goodrich Clincher Double Tube Au- tomobile Tires fitted to machines on exhibition at Madison Square Garden Automobile Show, Jan. 17- 24, than any other indi- vidual make of Clincher Double Tube style of tire. 66 6 “6 66 6 ec 66 66 ene) ~ 4 Z NNNNNWNWHHRWWH UI (Ne With hardly Important ! an exception, ® all machines at Show using OUR Clincher Tires were Heavy Touring Cars of High Power and Speed, requiring Tires of — Goodrich Cline quality. Goodrich Clincher Tires equipped . 47 Machines lat 1S Wh soodrich inchers were s Hy : made the thre equipment. They have Palmer Special Tires equipped . . 6 sk been thoroughly tested and their sup- Goodrich Single Tube Tires equipped 2 is erior merits acknowledged. Write 55 for booklet of testimonials, mailed to any one upon application. Total, 35 Machines SRS —_ B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY Factories, - Akron, Ohio BRANCHES: NEW YORK, 66-68 Reade Street PHILADELPHIA, 922 Arch Street DENVER, 1444 Curtis Street CHICAGO, 141 Lake Street DETROIT. 80 E. Congress Street BOSTON, 157 Summer Street SAN FRANCISCO, 392 Mission Street BUFFALO, 9 West Huron Street LONDON, ENG., 7 Snow Hill, E. C.

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MOTOR AGE REPKE KK KEELE EEE E LEY VERVE EEEEE REEL EREEEY, VERE EE EEE EERE CELE EERE. The Cleveland For style, power, comfort, reliability, hill climbing, rough road work—equal to the cars of twice the prize. (NOV Ze In ease of care and control, expense of maintenance, CH(HKY accessibility of parts, simplicity of construction and general utility, it is without a peer. & % % % % bd RRRRREEEERE REET EEEEEEEEE. ARARAAAAAARALRAS CAARRARARA BARE EAAARRAMAEMARMACL MEM AE RAEARARAAMAMARARARR FARALEAAAARARAARAARRRA A KO MK AMRKMAAAAARAR x - aeanaeaaaaaaanaeaaaeaade hh hd ddd ddd kh = —_ "i * RAM AMRARMAAMERERERAREAAM PRICE $1750, F. O. B., CLEVELAND PEPPER E PREP EEEELY PEPER EERO LY, REPRE ERR REPRE LY, A ABRERAERPRARRAAARRREERABE RARRARAARARAAAARALRALLR ARARARAAARARARARALALRA RARAAARALARAARAAERARR LARAARRARARARERARABRR x RRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLELLE RRREREEREEEEEEEEE EER, VEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY UEREEEEEEPPEPPYPEYryEY Strong armoured wood frame; heavy artillery wheels; deep divided front seat; roomy detachable tonneau; x x x » extraordinarily elastic springs; double opposed cylinder horizontal motor; strong, simple, fool proof sliding g ar CSH(KWr : x x x ry x & ARARAAARARA transmission, three speeds forward and one reverse, direct on high speed; solid live rear axle; all year round car- bureter; best upholstery and finish, *% *% © &% THE CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE CoO. ® 16, 18 and 20 Lake Street, Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. & Perr errr rr rrrrrrrrrrrrrerrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rere rrr rrr rrr errr rr rrr er rrrrrrrrr rrr rrr rr tt & RARARALRARARARRAA

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MOTOK AGE | ae ee AeA — ss | ee GENERAL. for all Scasons The 1903 General Runabout represents all that is best in up-to-date automobile manufacture. Strong, durable, reliable, handsome. It possesses speed and power to climb hills. Propelled by an 8 horse-power Double Cylinder Gasoline Engine. No vibration—no odor—no dirt # es f£ #8 8 See Our Exhibit at the Chicago Show OO SOOO LON AON UNS AO NSO NOELIA ONO ONY ise x 5 New Illustrated Catalogue Ready The General Automobile Mfg. Co. CLEVELAND, OHIO Agents in Principal Cities oT ce Wii eee ee

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MOTOR AGE 29 The OLDSMOBILE THE CAR WITH A RECORD The satisfactory service of this world-standard runabout means more than all the claims of its imitators. Seven thousand machines in daily use for the past three years prove more than the theoretical arguments and experimental efforts of the manufacturers who have yet to prove they are able to build a machine capable of standing a season’s use. The Oldsmobile is built to ran and DOES it. The development along the most practical lines of this mechanical marvel marks the most advanced stage of automobile construction, and keeps the Oldsmobile “the best thing on wheels.” PRICE, WITH MUD GUARDS, $650 Each working part is as simple as skill can devise, as strong as the best drop mate- rials can make it, and as efficient as mechanical perfection can produce. There is noth- ing problematical in the Oldsmobile. SELLING AGENTS: Oldsmobile Company, Los Angeles, Cal. Mississippi Val. Auto. Co., St. Louis, Mo. F. E. Gilbert, Jacksonville, Fla. Oldsmobile Co., New York City, N. Y. George E. Hannan, Denver, Colo. Texas Imp. & Machine Co., Dallas, Tex. Nat. Capital Automobile Co., Wash., D.C. Day Automobile Co., Kansas City, Mo. Abbott Cycle Co.. New Orleans, La. Quaker City Automobile Co.. Phila., Pa. Clark & Hawkins, Houston, Tex. Cc. H. Johnson, Atlanta, Ga. Hil. B. Shattuck & Son, Boston, Mass. Hyslop Bros., Toronto, Ont. Sutcliffe & Co., Louisville. Ky. Banker Bros. Co., Pittsburg, Pa. The Oldsmobile Co., C. C. Moore & Co., San’ Brown-Thompson & Co., Hartford, Conn. Oldsmobile Co., Cleveland. ‘ , Francisco, Cal. Mason's Carriage Works, Davenport, Ia. eee cee Os. Chea Sehe W. Chester Ce, Machete, Tenn. Adams & Hart, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘isher Automobile Co., Indianapolis, Ind. a. F. Chase & Co.. Minneapolis. Min: 7 bse : —— Olds Gasoline Engine Works. Omaha, Neb. te ‘ yeh a Kline Cycle & Auto Co., Harrisburg. a. W. ©. Jaynes Auto. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. J. E. Richard, Columbus, 8. C. The Oldsmobile Co., W. C. Rands Co., Man- I. L. C. Martin Co., Plainfield, N. J. Oldsmobile Co., Milwaukee, Wis. agers, Detroit, Mich. Autovehicle Co... Newark, N. J. Rochester Auto. Co., Rochester, N. Y. Oldsmobile Co., Mohler & DeGress, Mexico I’. W. Stockbridge, Paterson, N. J. Seager & Close, Tucson, Ariz. City, Mexico. Agency for Great Britain, The Oldsmobile Company of Great Britain, 100 C Queen Victoria St., London, E. C. Write for Information and Illustrated Catalogue, to OLDS MOTOR WORKS, 1300 Jefferson Ave. 2d Jd Detroit, Mich.

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. Sanna GESSEOSD SEED B AUEAAUETETED uy Automobiles y Y New Models for 1903 p nA g A UWP Most Efficient v Columbia and Ny Gasoline Hand- y Touring somest 0 Car American | A thoroughly American machine for Americanroads. All parts of engine and running gear ‘ Car instantly accessible. All parts interchangeable. Allscrews and bolts have standard threads. | = se ( Noiseless running. Drop forgings throughout. 4-cylinder vertical water cooled engine. Through drive on high gear. Single lever for all speeds. Four speeds forward and one reverse. Speeds four to forty-five miles per hour. Two double acting brakes. New style Tonneau body, seating ey ¥y ¥y ¥y vy vy five persons. All body furnishings and fittings of COLUMBIA quality. yy gy yy gp yy yy Columbia The COLUMBIA line for 1903 includes the following new vehicles 66 : ” Seabr ight Columbia Light Electric Runabout Runa bouts, a of Underslung Battery, leaving body Vi torias entirely open. — ’ Columbia Rear Driven Coupe S urr e€ys P Containing distinctive features of both the Brougham Tonneaus and Hansom types. 4 Columbia Inside Operated Coupe Ca briolets y Dispensing with necessity for separate driver. O era Bu sses Especially desireable for Physicians. P Columbia Special Delivery Wagon PERS Ra SD 8 GGSESESESESES and Bro ul 2 hams 4 For inspectors, superintendents, fire and police chiefs, Which were so unqualifiedly and others requiring high-powered electric auto- successful during 1902, have mobiles for hard service. been perpetuated with num- erous improvements. . Delivery Wagons and Trucks Entirely new models containing many exclusive === features, adapted to all kinds of commercial uses. Sp i Catalog Will Be Sent on Request, Alsa Special Bulletins With Chicago Show Complete Detailed Information "for Each Vehicle Separately IT Ss Electric Vehicle Company, conn“°*” New York Salesroom, 134-136-138 West 39th St. Boston, 43-45 Columbus Ave. Chicago, 1421 Michigan Ave. Bir pb nbn nnn 8 Skeets SZ

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MOTOR AGE emer | The STEARNS CAR DID MAKE A HIT TITITTOCCUECCCUUU TD @, te | 7 / j , ; . 4 a : Mii > For General Appearance, Style and Finish A quiet running motor with a perfect throttling device. A three speed transmission that is right, and all parts easy of access for all adjustments. The arrangement of - attachments on the dash and controls at the steering wheel also found favor with all. The new Radiator with tanks for 200 miles running is a step in advance. Think it over seriously. IT IS THE CAR TO BUY. THE F. B. STEARNS CO., Cleveland, O. Cadillac Auto Co. of Illinois, 1312 Mich. Ave., Chicago, Western Distributers PULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAA ARAL FAdddAAAAAAAAAAAAAdddAdAAAdddd CPYTaveveveyveverereavevevevarevevevevevererceverereeveverereevet

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32 MOTOR AGE oy (F, ) FOR 1903 mea | White Steam Touring Car Is a Steam Car of Chassis Construction with the Distance of a Gasoline and the Ease of Operation of an Electric T 0 the principle of producing great power and wasting practically none of it is due much of the success of the White, which of all automo- biles has to its credit four first awards in the New York - Roch- ester endurance test of 1901; four first awards in the New York-Boston - New York reliability run of 1902, and its perfect scoresfor reliability in the great English 650- mile reliab lity trials of 1902. But one oth- er car achieved this distinction in the English Trials. These marvelous triumphs may be taken as an accurate criterion of the ‘“White’s’” sup- ar ~ wy, ‘a leg wT ON remacy. SPECIFICATIONS y Price, $2,000 SEATING CAPACITY Four eee ee 4 ft. 8 in. EXTREMELENGTH ... . 10 ft. RATED HORSE-POWER .. . Ten hn 30 inches EXTREME WIDTH ..... 5 ft. ee +. 6 & eS Compound TIRES (Goodrich Clincher) - . 4 in. EXTREME HEIGHT . . . Sft. 2 in. WHEEL BASE . 6 ft. 8 in. WEIGHT (Tanks filled) . . 1,600 Ibs. CAPACITY GASOLINE TANK 10 gals. CAPACITY WATER TANK ...... 15 gals. Condenser, Two Independent Set of Brakes, Automatic Cylinder and Eugine Lubricator. quipment—Condenser, Side Lamps, Sct of Tools, Hora, Tool Case. UCCESS in every-day use, in reliability contests, in races, and in record trials, has proved the “White” system of motive power to be the most noteworthy achievement of automo- bile developments. experience has shown would be of advantage to the car. The 1903 “White” is equipped with every improvement which our Gireater power and economy, and greater ease of operation, combined with noiselessness has always characterized it. These advantages are secured by means of a compound engine, the ‘‘White’’ special condenser, ( a chainless drive, automatic cylinder and engine lubrication, two independent sets of brakes. and a variety of minor improvements, which assure the “White” purchaser that his vehicle possesses a system of producing and conserving energy unexcelled in the automobile realm. Safety is the “White” keynote. The “White” as is now well understood, has no boiler. and a boiler explosion is therefore impossible. The power of the “White” car is produced ina generator, in which the possibility of accident is non-existent. The working parts being entirely encased, the ‘White’ is impervious to mud and dust; while its operating parts are so arranged that a lady need have no fear of soiling even a glove in running the car. WHITE SEWING MACHINE, COMPANY (Automobile Department) CLEVELAND, OHIO 22 Union Square, New York 509 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 300 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal. 4259 Olive Street, St. Louis. Mo. 212 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 1761 Stout Street, Denver, Col. 5979 Centre Avenue, East End, Pittsburg, Pa. Banker Brothers Company, Cor. Vine and Broad Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Walter C. White, European Representative, 19 Princes Street, Westminster, London, England 609 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 300 Rose Building, Cleveland, 0. IN Se - : )

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MOTOR AGE 33 ES) Sm me ware ne eg Ro re CS % p ee AN OPEN LETTER (3 EKER t To Automobile Dealers: You are in the business to make money. Your profits depend upon Automobiles sold by you in your territory. Why confine your selling efforts to any one kind of power? All powers have their advantages. The Electric embodies many features of practical worth with a minimum of trouble. NATIONAL ELECTRICS represent that which is best in the Electric field. To add our line, you are only showing good business judgment. Electrics are going to sell. Why spend your time talking other powers when a customer wants a NATIONAL? The National agency will prove to be a most valuable asset and money maker. Think it over and write us about our prices, terms and catalogues. : C NATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE CO. 1200 East 22d Street, Indianapolis, U. S. A. ‘*The Cadillac Automobile Co., of Illinois, 1312 Michigan Ave., Distributors for the City of Chicago.’’ SESS S DSSS hah> 8 BEES I. SS N BS =m PIMP NTL EN CARA ARRAS SS b=

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MOTOR AGE Sse ‘wa e EISSPDSPSLSED B ASSGSReAE ARROW MOTOR CAR Pierce Motorettes Built to Run All the Time! New Models for 1903 will be exhibited at the Chicago Automobile Show, Spaces 11 and 12. Arrow Motor Car Includes all the latest improvements in Moderate Speed, Moderate Weight, and Moderate Price Tonneau Models. SIMPLE IN OPERATION, UNEQUALLED IN WORK- MANSHIP AND FINISH, ELEGANT IN DESIGN. THE GEORGE N. PIERCE CO. Makers, BUFFALO, NEW YORK. TID ES SSS GENERAL SELLING AGENTS: ) New York. Banker Bros. Co. Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Automobile Headquarters, Boston. Miller-Mundy Motor Car Co., Utica, N. Y. | R. W. Whipple, Binghamton, N. Y, ||. Conrad Bros., Scranton, Pa. || Toledo Motor Carriage Co., Toledo, Ohio. R. V. Connerat, Savannah, Ga. E. P. Moriarity & Co., Kansas City, Mo. PIERCE MOTORETTE RATIO NIL ILI ID CN RRR BA) = ne) nea) oe a) mame oe SS pe eS SEPSESSSSSSaEAn

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MOTOR AGE % ToT — OO OO OOO eNO ORO Tone W, AYA Ny; AST SST ASTI Ul Races w They All Wanted German Ideas So said all dispatches and editorials on the Paris show. The French maker now knows that the German is ahead in construction........ 6 fish class THE, CUDELL Noiseless, One, Two and Four Cylinder Types. 6and8H.P. Motorette, Three Speeds and Reverse. 12and 16H. P. Tonneaus, Four Speeds and Re- ‘verse. Chainless. We Invite Inspection. Instruction Given to Intending Purchasers. Compare Our Prices With Others. All Duplicate Parts In Stock. Full Cars, Single Lever Control, Double Suspension. Trucks and Delivery Vans. J. © BRANDES, U, S. Agent for Cudell & Co., Aix les Chapelle. Office, 28 W. 33d St., Telephone 2754 Madison. NEW YORK. Garage, The Motor Vehicle Repair and Storage Co., 121-123 West 31st St., New York. Storage and Supplies. :: Agents Wanted Everywhere. COLONES MONON RAMONES ONO OMNI I cL NOOO SSO LOS a Q

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MOTOR AGE 37 A Few Out of Many. HINSDALE SMITH, Pres ARTHUR PARKS SMITH, Sec. and Treas. ° Celephone 304-4 P. ®. Bor 1073 She Automotor Co. : Lb Fe. eer Springfield, Mass. Det. Aut jh tnbpage 4, 0, Hail OG lle, phew Aer Jl LL EUROPEAN OFFICES: Chemaits, 25 Theatre Street. Manchester, 66 Fauikner Street, Pasie, 3 Cite Trovies. St. Gall, 6 Sonnengarten Stresses. NEW YORK OFFICE: 2 Walker Strect. Buwn, Shomson f Oa Hartford, Conn. Nov. 5, 1902. Hartford Rubber Works Co., CITY. Gentlemen: - We thought it might interest you to know our experience with the Dunlop Tires in our Automobile Dept. You may rememter at the commencement of the season when specifying these for some of our different Autos,some of the men in our Department were somewhat skeptical in regard to the results We specified Dunlop tires on about one-third of our veh- icles and have been watching the results with a great deal of in- terest, as in former Seasons we were in constant trouble on account of the tires. Now at the close of the Season we must Say we are more than pleased with the results we have obtained from the Dunlop. Tires and according to our ideas,and experience they are the only practical tires for an Automobile at the present time. We find they are giving excellent satisfaction and. our customers by carrying along an extra inner tube can always make a quick and permanent re- pair on the road with very little trouble. This is something we other cannot say of anysingle tube or any,make of inner tube tires we have had experience with. We shall surely insist upon having all of our Automobiles for next season equipped with Dunlop Tires. ; Yours truly, Brown, Thomson & Co. Ww. L. L. FOURNIER-SEARCHMONT AUTOMOBILE COMPANY NORTH AMERICAN BUILDING nist NY PUNLADELPHIA, U.S. A. ‘man Pabiates AMO TAUUUSL oats POEL Ht VS, The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Oct. 25, 1902. Hartford, Conn. Gentlemen: -- The Contest Committee of the Automobile Club of America used my Tonneau Autocar as the Committee's car on the recent reliability run, New York to Boston and return. My car had been run about 100 miles on e sat of Dunlop tires of your make before it started for Boston. {It undoubtedly had the hardest usage of any car in the run, because, we saw the entire line of contestants off in the morning, and ot noon, passed them on the road, and sew them arrive. Besides this the car was run for ‘other purposes in Boston and at other controls, making fron the time it left my house until its return 606 miles. The car only weighs 1400 pounds and it carried four men weighing 745 pounds. We never touched the tires from start to stop except in one instance, when the car stood on a side hill and it looked as if one of the back tires was partly deflated. We put on the pump and tried to pump it up but could not. The tire was all right. The car came home without a single stop for tire trouble and is ready for further business. I write this voluntary lettcr, because 1 must say I was a lite tle skeptical about te tires on this run, with this load, and to guard against troubles carried two extra shoes and a box full of inner tubes Which are still waiting for s failure. Very truly yours, AUTOMOBILES 10038 Oct. 21/02. Hartford Rubber Co., Hartford, Conn. Gentlemen,-- We are in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 18th,ask- ing us what success we had with your tires on the Searchmonts 42 C, 67 C and 76 C, in the Reliability Run, all of which were fitted with Dunlop 3 142 x 32 inch tires. We are very glad to be able to tell you that we had no trouble whatever with them, and you will find from the observers' re- cords that not a single stop was made for tire difficulties of any kind. This is certainly a great record for your tires, and one of Which you way be justly proud. Yours very truly, Fournier-Searchmont Automobile Co. w-Sath Sales Manager.

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A Few Out of Many. ; Jolin Wanamaker bety Tl foam Broadoayt! toe Pend 18s —_ ion New Yoko. 24th, 1902 Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn. Mr. H. Kirpatrick, Dear Sir:- As an aftermath of the endurance run held under the auspices of the Automobile Club of america, I think it only just to yourselves to tell you that the Searchmont cars entered by our House were fitted with Dunlop tires; there were three of these mavhines entered in the run and all three drove from N. Y. to Boston and return without so much @S attaching a pump to the valve on the tires, and it also may interest you to know that the tires were as clean and as free from cuts and signs of wear at the finish, as any tires which went through The weme¥ sraroment of the fact is more in- teresting to you than any comments which I could make on the subject, that 500 mile run. so I Will leave that part for you to do as you may. see fit. Thanking you for supplying us with so good e tire on this run, we remain Yours very truly, JOHN WANAMAKER. _ = TOMOBILE DE Jolin Wanamaker City Ha Spuare: Pears, my i ae <a Shade October 20, 1902 The Hartford Rubber Works Comp Hartford, Conn. Dear Sirs:- Replying to yours of the 16th inst., asking us for our opinion of your “Dunrop" tires, would say that we cannot speak too highly of the good services they gave us in the recent “Reliability Run" We had entered in this run two Searchmont cars, and the Boston agent also had one Searchmont in the Run. All three cars were equipped with your latest style of "Dunlop" tires 32 x 33-1/2, and all three came through without a single puncture or stop of any kind on account of tires or anything else. All the tires seemed to be in very good shape and look as though they could stand another run with just as little trouble Congratuleting you on your success, we are, Yours truly, JOHN WANAMAKER. al ALBERT E Smite. Present ALBERT E SMITH President

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TELEGRAPFIC & CABLE ADORESS “RNOXMOBILE” CODE WESTERN UNION Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn. Gent lemen: -- Yours of the 18th received and we are pleased to state that our two vehicles, which successfully completed the New York to Boston Reliability Contest were equipped with Dunlop tires. We had no trouble with them of any sort, no punctures, and did not even blow them up throughout the run. As far as we could judge they were in as perfect condition at the finish as they were at the start. Yours truly, Knox Automobile Co. Dict. H. A. X. EH CUTLER Treasurer TELEGRAPHIC & CABLE ADDRES: SF 4 <eiten Springfield Ma sev. 25. Of H A KNOX , Vice President

Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn. Gentlemen: -- We have used your Dunlop tires, 30 x 3", exclusively on about 300 of our vehicles this yeur, and are pleased to state they have proved very satisfactory to us and to our customers. We be- lieve they are the casiest riding double tube tire on the market today. Yours very truly, Knox Automobile Co. “THE OLDSMOBILE Co. 138 WEsn 38 S72 Kew Morw,. Oct. 24, 1902. Hartford Rubber Works ,Co., Hartford, Conn. Gent lemenie- I wish to thank you for your congratulations on our suc- cess in the Endurance Contest and wish to say that we qualified for the President's Cup. The Dunlop Tires on both of the Oldsmobiles Which entered the Run, come through without any trouble whatever, end as for A 64 would say that these tires were not even inflated during the Run. We are still using these tires and so far they are giving excellent satisfaction. Very truly yours, OLD BI COMPANY, Oey

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AGE 40 W. J. LANE. Pres. GEO. LANE. Treas. d.M. JANES. Secy. bin 20th, Ads, Hartford Bubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn. Gent lomen: -- As you are already aware two of our carriages in the ree cent Automobile Endurance Contest from New York te Boston and re- turn were equipped with your single tube Hartford Tires. The exceptionally fine record of our machines necessarily speaks well for your goods, and we will add that our operators are unanimous in saying that if they were equipped for another Non-Stop Contest run under the ‘same rules and regulations they would surely choose Hartford Sungle Tube Tires. Yours truly, Yana rtrin that, Dic. by G. L. H B. SHATTUCK & SON AUTOMOBILES 230 COLUMBUS AVE BOSTON, MASS. Beauch Stones " Wesmmena ners Boston, Mass., Oct. 20, 1902. po py 20 PREscoTY BY Lown. Mase Hartford Rubber Works, Automobile Dept., Hartford, Conn. Gent lemen:- We are pleased to inform you of the very satisfactory results obtained from our three cars in the Endurance Contest, all fitted with Dunlop tires. These three cars went through without any tire trouble whatsoever. This, we assure you, is very pleasing to us, and we think will be of interest to the general public. We have béen using Dunlop tires now for the past year on our Autocars and have found them very satisfactory and reliable. Yours truly, H. B. Shattuck & Son, Per Ben). Smith, Mgr. N. J. AUTOMOBILE Co., GENERAL AGENTS, No. 8 Central Avenue, THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO. Hartford, Conn. Dear Sirs:- It affords me great pleasure to inform you that I acted 8S observer for Mr. A. P. Smith, who operated an Automotor made in Springfield, Mass. This machine was fitted with Dunlop Tires which gave us absolutely no trouble during the late New York and Boston Endurance Test. I also wish to state that at no time during the trip did I seo any contestunts that were using your tires in troubl«. Yours very truly, DURYEA POWER COMPANY, “rrcwrs> s AUTOMOBILES, MOTORS, LAUNCHES. WN. River and Hockley Streets, reavina, palec- 17, 1902, Hartford Rubber Wks., Co., * Hartford, Conn. Gent lewen: - Sometime ago we reported on a set of Dunlop tires driven by us in the run from Reading to Boston and return, accompany ing the Reliability contest. We have since run those tires another thousand miles and had no trouble of any kind with them. They were pumped up-at 1750 miles for the first time since leaving the fac- tory. Their light weight, easy riding qualities and splendid ser- vice on our light weight vehicles please us very much, as you will readily understand. Very truly, DURYEA POWER CO. CED/EAR. Se ViP. Dict. B. S$. J. E. B. DURYEA POWER COMPANY, ccaromt2 . MAKERS OF AUTOMOBILES, MOTORS, LAUNCHES. N. River and Hockley Streets, READING, PA. —io e 25, 1902. Hartford,Rubber Wks. Co., Hartford, Conn.. Gentlemen: - It may interest you to know that we used Dunlop tires 30" and 36" x 3" on our three whecled phaeton, which we drove from Reading to Boston and return accompanying the New York-Boston Re- liability contest. We covered with this vehicle 1100 miles, 1000 being made in ten consecutive days and had no tire troubles what- ever. Further the tires showed no abuse and very little wear. We are using several other kinds of tires but pin our: faith to Dun- lops. Very truly, DURYEA POWER CO. te Eble CED/EAR. . ” Vv. P. N. J. AUTOMOBILE Co,, GENERAL AGENTS, No. 8 Central Avenue, Newark, No Jojenacee:no-- Qe BD .nneenne ener IID 2 Ur. W. H. Kirkpatrick, % Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Conn. Oear Sir:- It was ay good fortune to be a guest of the recent Relia- bility contest to Boston and return. Part of the time I rode with Ur. Shattuok and the balance on the Committee car. This gave ne unlimited opportunities for investigating the different oare, As we were almost always the last to start and the firet to finish, passing all the contestants en-route; it affords me much pleagure to congratulate you heartily in the way your tires stood up. While we met with lots of victims of tire troubles, in no case did I see anyone repairing Dunlops. With kind regards, Yours very ly, Dict. G W.J.6.

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MOTOR AGE GEEEEEREREED & SEER CEEED : GaJ Times Make the most practical and satisfactory automobile equip- Ny ment. They will stand hard service; are resilient and speedy; y Yves e\ easily repaired if punctured—and they don’t puncture easily. A Detachable tires are being adopted by all automobile makers for 1903. G & J automobile tires stand at the head of the Soy class as reliable tires of unquestioned quality. Chicago Show: Feb. 14-21. SPACES 144-145. rN G&J Tee Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., # # # U.S.A. ie } ESSERE Se Shh> Bi GEESE PILI INIT TIL ID US SIERRA rN m=

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MOTOR AGE eee ae eee ee A SHOW FAVORITE “THE MOYEA ‘TOURING CAR Met with instantaneous approval from experts and the general public. The powerful motors, beautiful workmanship, and finish, high grade material and simplicity of mechanical design makes the machine the center of interest. PRICE $5,000. Deliveries in early Spring. See Ww. i LOOSENED OAS OOO NONE NL ME NOLO LN ee

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MOTOR AGE CONR A GASOLINE..... AUTOMOBILES The Feature of the New York Show Eight-Horse Power Vertical Double Cylinder Engine in Front. Ov) Sliding Gear Transmission; Two Speeds Forward and Reverse; Wheel Steering. CONRAD GASOLINE RUNABOUT, $750. heel Steering eras See Them at Chicago Automobile Show SPACES 112-113 When closed looks like a Run- about, as in first illustration. When open presents a com- fortable surrey seat fortwo people Cor Conrad Gaso- line Touring Car with Tonneau, price $1250 will be shown in next issue Motor Age. Conrad Gasoline Runabout, with Disappearing Surrey Seat (Open) Price $850 CONRAD MOTOR CARRIAGE CO. 1413-1419 Niagara Street 2 9 g@ g@ BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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MOTOR AGE ; 43 65107510 OSNODNOSTON OT OSNASTONOSONONES KRE IS ONE.... That Agents Cannot Afford to Overlook ( Ss { a~ AG) Ni @ SANTOS - LUMONT CAN BE SEEN IN. SPACES 118 AND l19 SOUTH END OF BUILDING Agents who are unable to get to the show write us and we will tell them all about it MANUFACTURED BY THE COLUMBUS MOTOR VEHICLE CO. COLUMBUS - OHIO VODOODADOODOODODOOAODADADAOOES FYLLCLOKGLOLOLORL GLO GLOGGOYGLOGROKGARGAGGGGGQGOGarng

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44 MOTOR AGE DIAMOND TIR World’s Record ONE TO FIVE MILES Barney Oldfield on December 1, 1902, at Grosse Pointe Race Track lowered the world’s one-mile automobile record for a circular track to 1:01: and the five-mile record to 5:20. This one-mile record is 1.3 seconds and five-mile record is 8 seconds under previous world’s record. ABOVE RECORDS WERE MADE UPON Diamond Detachable Tires (Continental Type) Tires used were from regular stock and have been in constant use since June. We claim and these records are PROOF CONCLUSIVE that DIAMOND TIRES BRANCHES: | _ are reliable and 20 per cent more resilient than BR ANCHES: NEW FORK any other tire made | RENVER wctsco Binate S-LPHIA | CLEV man D WASHING TON ATLANTA Co. The Diamond Rubber AKRON, OHIO

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MOTOR AGE ccc cee ééddeddeeddccccccdeccccddcdcccedcccddcdeccccdced}ccclcecddcecdccccdccceccdcccecccccdcceccceccdecccecdzzzcezézzzteédédea UMLULULLULULLULLLLLLULLLLULLLLLLLLLLLLLLULLLLLLLLLLULLLLULLLUL =a] YOU NEED IT faceue Spaces 47-48 Coliseum IN YOUR BUSINESS & The Elmore Automobile... is the most simple, practical and reliable car ever put on the market. It is propelled by the famous Elmore motor, whose two cylinders have fewer parts than a single cylinder of any other type. Either engine will propel carriage should the other be cut out. (A very important fact.) Has dynamo and storage battery. Motor will start and carriage will run on either. (Another important fact.) = we UMMM er i Spaces 47-48 Coliseum You can charge the battery from the dynamo while running the carriage, which is another important fact. Has had a practical test of over three years’ manufacture. Two first-class certificates in New York-Boston Endurance Run. Have been used in 1000-mile tours without trouble. And still more important facts. ; Doctors’ and Business Men’s favorite car, Model 7, . . . . $800 Tonneau Touring Car, Model 8, . . ..... . . $1400 .....LOOK UP! WRITE! “INVESTIGATE! ELMORE MANUFACTURING COMPANY of Automobile Manufacturers... st 8 Clyde, Ohio VV MMMHHHCTX@TTT]T//TTT/TTTH]TTTH_V/M/VX]TTVHTH]T/T@T]T@@~T]T_q@]To@VTT_T@T@TZVTHTMVHMVLVVLLEMMMMMMMLV0 1b (ieee eee eee Orient Automobiles MODELS OF 1903 Wy &@ A&@E&X@™ E@e eee eeecldll eee eeeeeeccceedecedececcedcececcddcdeedetcteeetcts 7 ORIENT BUCKBOARD. ORIENT MOTOR CAR. SSIS SAIS 4H. P. Speed 30 miles per hour. Weight only 8 H. P. Speed 30 miles per hour. Weight 350 Ibs. Price, $500. 1,140 lbs. Price, $950. The lightest aud simplest Automobile in the world. Powerful, practical-and durable. Easy to operate. ’ Now is the Time to Secure the Agency. Write for’ Catalogue. Waltham Manufacturing Co. WALTHAM, - MASS. LOMO On OSs Ri ao CAS, SASH (eee eee

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46 MOTOR AGE THE ADILLA@ $750 With Tonneau $850 The Best Proposition for 19032 THE FOLLOWING AGENCY LIST PROVES IT. Cadillac Automobile Co. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. Houghton Implement Co., Grand Forks, N. Dak. Cadillac Company of New York, New York City. Peckham Carriage Co., Dayton, Ohio. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pa. The Hanauer Automobile Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. William E. Metzger, Detroit, Mich. F. O. Bailey Carriage Co., Portland, Me. Conrad Mueller Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Norman W. Church, Los Angeles, Cal. Pence Automobile Co., Minneapolis, Minn. R. W. Whipple, Binghamton, N. Y. American Cycle Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass. Theo. Jonas, Milwaukee, Wis. American Cycle Manufacturing Co., Providence, R. I. Adolph A. Geisel, Springfield, Mass. American Cycle Manufacturing Co., Washington, D. C. Birney A. Robinson, Worcester, Mass. : Cleveland Automobile & Supply Co., Cleveland, Ohio. James Lucey, Albany and Troy, N. Y. Oscar S. Lear, Columbus, Ohio. Fred A. Mabbett & Co., Rochester, N. Y. Centaur Motor Vehicle Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Irvin W. Dill Carriage Works, Harrisburg, Pa. Crescent Automobile Co., Jersey City, N. J. Brown, Thomson & Co., Hartford, Conn. New Jersey Automobile Co., Newark, N. J Charles E. Whitten, Lynn, Mass. A. T. Wilson, Denver, Colo. Murphy Bros., Erie, Pa. R. V. Connerat, Savannah, Ga. _ . Hyslop Bros., Toronto, Ont. Michigan Automobile Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Elmira Arms Co., Elmira, N. Y. CADILLAC AUTOMOBILE CO D it, Mich J -_ etroit, Miicn. William E. Metzger, Sales Manager. Catalogue for the Asking. IT’S A MARVEL!!! That is what they all say..... To cut a long story short, look it over. Any of the following agents will send catalogue and even give you atrial spin. 10 H. P. Gasoline Motor. DISTRIBUTING AGENTS: —OoOoO New York, Y.N \ - A. G. SPALDING & BROS. - - - - 33 West 42d Street. Philadelphia, Paa - - - - - - - BANKER BROS.CO. - - - - = - 631 North Broad Street. Boston, Mass. - - ee ie @ H. B. SHATTUCK & SON ae ee er, 239 Columbus Avenue. Washington, D. C. | - - - - - - NATIONAL CAP. AUTO. CO. a ee 1124 Connecticut Avenue. Pittsburg. Pa. - - - - - - - BANKER BROS. CO. - - - - - Baum and Beatty Streets. Chicago, III. - - ~ - - - - F. P. ILLSLEY - - . . . . - 284 Wabash Avenue. Denver, Colo. - - - - - - - FELKER CYCLE GO. - - - - - 1535 Tremont Street. Los Angeles, Ca!. - - - - - - - HEINEMAN & PRATT - - - - - - 705 South Main Street. THE AUTOCAR CO., Ardmore, Penn.

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g IT IS IMPOSSIBLE a JOHN WANAMAKER, A. G. SOUTHWORTH, GLOBE CYCLE Co., T. J. NORTHWAY, J. T. LAMM, New Brooklyn, N. Buffalo, N. Y Rochester, N. Y. Binghamton, N. Y STERLING AUTOMOBILE CO., Philadelphia, Pa. G. G. McFARLAND, Harrisburg, Pa. AUTOMOBILE CO. OF WASHINGTON, Washington, D. C. H. J. KOEHLER SPORTING GOODS CoO., Newark, N. J. H. H. RICE, Providence, R. I. COLUMBUS AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE, , Boston, Mass. Cc. E. WHITTEN, WHITTEN & CAMERON, MECHALEY BROS., H. 0. HOLCOMB, A. A. O'NEILL & BRO., HARRIS HDW. CoO., T. A. BRYSON, F. E. GILBERT, MOORMAN ademas, COo.. PRINCE WELLS, * Lynn, Mass. Springfield, Mass. Stamford, Conn. New Haven, Conn. Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. Savannah, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. ew Orleans, La. Louisville, Ky. to find a more representative list of auto-. mobile dealers than this. Most of them clever mechanics, all of them men’ of dis- cernment, and selling agents for TOURING CARS. A better endorsement would be difficult to obtain. Shall we send you a catalogue describing it? We Shall Exhibit at Spaces 87, 88, Chicago BURK BROS., OSCAR §. LEAR, A. W. GUMP & CO., Chattanooga, Tenn. Columbus, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio. MOTOR STORAGE & MFG. CO., Chillicothe, Ohio. HEARSEY VEHICLE Co., Indianapolis, H. T. R. A, SPERLING, RANDALL WHEEL CO., FRAZIER & FRAZIER, Ind. Ind. Fort Wayne, Ind. South Bend, Ind.- RALPH TEMPLE & AUSTRIAN CO., Chicago, Ill. STEERE & MURPHY, Elgin, Ill. W. J. RIDDELL, J. W. BUCK, Rochester, Des Moines, Iowa. Davenport, Iowa. CEDAR RAPIDS SUPPLY CO., fedar Rapids, Iowa. J. E. BAKER, Keokuk, Iowa. GREAT WESTERN CYCLE CoO., Minneapolis, Minn. St. Paul, Minn. Denver, Col. JOY BROTHERS, E. R. CUMBE, W. K. COWAN, E. P. MORIARTY & CO., Kansas City, Mo. AUTOMOBILE CO., St. Louis, CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CO., Toronto, Canada. Los Angeles, Cal. HALSEY Mo.

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Studebaker Electric Automobiles will be exhibited at the Chicago Automobile Show, and can be seen at the following repositories of the STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. CO. Studebaker Bros. Co. of New York, Broadway & 7th Avenue, Cor- | Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., cor. 15th and Blake Sts., Denver, Colo. ner 48th Street, New York City. Studebaker Bros. Co., 157 to 159 State St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., 378 to 388 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. | Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., 317 to 319 Elm St., Dallas, Texas. - S DESIRED oy CORE Pee eee een. Factory and General Offices, SOUTH BEND, IND.

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MOTOR AGE 49 : (icc eee BVERYBODY admits the desirability of air-cooling—IF. If what? “9 practicable!” That’s just it—“if practicable.” It is practicable. After a season's use of the FRANKLIN motor-car with our four cylinder, 10 h. p. air-cooled motor, a customer writes under date of October 13 as follows: “Before purchasing the FRANKLIN, I had talked with many people who were skep- tical about the practicability of the air- -cooled motor, but I have found from experience that it is thoroughly practical and reliable.” Another customer wrote under date of September 6 this: “T have been running the FRANKLIN for about three months and all I can say is that for machines up to 10h. p. I am perfectly convinced that air cooling is practical. Ihave four 34-inch cy linders a use speed of about 1400 revolutions per minute, maximum carriage speed of 30 miles an hour. I have never been troubled with premature ex- plosions or any of the usual troubles due to overheating.” On August 29 another customer wrote: “T might say I have now covered about 2,700 miles with the FRANKLIN &nd it bas given me perfect satisfaction. The more I run it the better pleased I am with it.” These and other letters of like character are on file in our office. All are from experienced motorists familiar with other cars. Our air-cooling system brings the motor car right down to the most practical basis. Unnecessary weight and complication is avoided. It is always ready for use. It is simple and is at once the ideal car for practical purposes. In cold weather it can be left standing anywhere. hen run into the barn or station there is nothing to do but leave it. There is no water to draw off, and in use the trouble of water connections, tanks, radiating appliances, pumps, danger of a iS [aaa freezing, etc., is entirely avoided. Our motor is air-cooled without mechanical means. Referring to the subject the = Horseless Age in an editorial in reference to the New York-Boston Reliability Con- test said of the FRANKLIN: ‘Much interest centered in a new embodiment of the air-cooling principle, and a close watch was kept on this machine in the run from Boston to Worcester, which is RALPH TEM PLE almost continuously uphill, a condition decidedly unfavorable to air-cooling. The ma- chine ran as regularly as ever on the hills, however, passing practically all others on G AUSTRIAN co. the steep grades and arriving at Worcester on schedule time.’ : It appears then there is no further occasion for the “if.” But “if” not convinced fo r complete catalogue, or see the car at tl hicago Z inom ee a rg t the Chicago show. It madea : STATE OF ILLINOIS Chicago. 2s wan wvewe, HH. FranklinMfg.Co., Syracuse, NY. COO SY A senenenmuaasueecanaeal uiwbttbtbtbtb-tbt oe || WbWuWdMhhtttbébtbttbtttr “Wéébttbtttttttr CMMMMMH@TMMMMMMthbbbttttttttr CIN 100 + | Nine Search-= monts were en- | tered in Endurance Z/> QZ WM «b“ztttttbtbtb-bt ZZ Contests in 1902, and all made 100%. | records. The New | Searchmont retains all the good features of the old ones, and has many improvements. It can be seen at the Chicago Automobile Show. Better examine it before purchasing. Searchmont Automobile Company PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Githens Bros. Co., 1412 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Agents. MMMMMC@CCE@CCE@CCCCCCCCCE@@@@@EqX@@=TY=q@TMMMMH0E0100tbbo Wd CU ETE TEE \ Cll lMMTHCTCHHCMHHHCHCM_CCHCH__T|MHTM@M]_T@@E@TLH]__HV@@EEHTHT/M//@//MMM_(___HHHHTHHHT__-_-LCHH_TTHHHHHHT__@_qV@@ECATCHCHVV@__]Y@q@EEeH@q{@ZT@CCMHHM/_@q@qMCHCWMHHMM__MCCMM@@@qV!qVTMMMttt0000tttta:

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50 i SSE SESE SSE SSS SSS SS i! My | | : olar i | ® & ® 2 & @ \ » | i! it it i( = i! i } i id ‘ Show the Way 4 i : i $2,500 it i i! i! 66 99 i i) 4 l _ i \ ny i! It is impossible to combine all of the good { i points of every different construction in one rN i! whole, and the man who makes such a claim, { i! has more bees than motors in his bonnet. i! We have built vehicles with single, double (i and four cylinder motors. Each one has some \Y advantage not possessed by the others. It i takes the same quality of mind to make the i best adjustment on one of the four cylinders i as it does to secure the best results on the sin- i gle cylinder. In the latter case the operation i is complete, which is an advantage, for not Phare Solar No. 1. 1160 Candle Power. it only will the fewer parts to look after insure iy their receiving better attention, but much of aaa a i the time spent in tuning up and adjusting on i the more complicated constructions will, in this ( case, be used in the pursuit of that real pleas- We make a score of other styles and models ; ure for which the automobile is intended. of Gas and Oil Side Lamps, Headlights and i —- - $$ Tail Lamps which are scientifically and sub- iV stantially constructed. . In operation are ‘ Write for Catalog to , ) Simple, Safe and Satisfactory. All Fully \ i Guaranteed. Write for new catalog. * A f Packard Motor Car Co. : 4 & NM ; eee : ieee pa ‘ « WARREN, OHIO. i * f > NEW YORK: Eastern Department, 317 W. soth St. BOSTON: H. B. Shattuck & Son, 239 Columbus Av. PHILADELPHIA: Wa. F. Rudolph, 302 N. Broad St. CHICAGO: Pardee & Company, 1404 Michigan Boul. LOS ANGELES: Norman W. Church, 439 S. Main St. SAN FRANCISCO: H. B. Larzalere, 1814 Market St. BP 2 MP MP LP M2 I LD v= T= T © ees 8 8 8 et et 8 8 8 8 es et et et 8 8 et en es es es SS —S —=-. * A aA A A eee — Ae At Ac ata fe UC —__* ~>>... _— Badger Brass Mfg. Co. KENOSHA, WIS.

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MOTOR AGE 51 YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN $600 ” FOR A RELIABLE RIG CRESTMOBILE Is Such a Rig—Air-Cooled, Can’t Freeze, No Chains, Shaft Drive, Simplest Car in the Market. WE ALSO SELL RIGS AT $750 AND $2 000 CREST MANUFACTURING CO., CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

DON'T FAIL AT THE CHICAGO SHOW TO SEE -. THE... “STEVENS DURYEA” Bulfalo Automobile

SPACE 86 por ee CONVENTION HALL yh OUR CAR HAS MARCH 9-14 i SPEED AND AY RELIABILITY ; NM It is equipped with a 7 horse-power two cylinder motor of the opposed type. Has 3 speeds and reverse controlled by the same lever. Is water cooled and the most economical torun. Regularly equipped with artillery wheels and detachable tires = ~— * = i— NEARLY EVERY PROMINENT MAKER WILL EXHIBIT —_ a ot we a a a =~: *

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\ W. C. JAYNES, F. J. WAGNER, : ‘. NO. 705 MAIN STREET, BUFFALO MANAGER | {i 4 NM N) CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS. J A) i! =_ —.- = 5 se ee ee Oe oe ee Se SS ee Se Se 5 a * ee 8 ee ~ eee ee ee =* —* Se 8 ~*~ 8 ~*~ 8 ~*~ 4 ) a ee oe a a 2 a ee = a ae ae ee ee ee ee — v= re ee ee oe oe

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A CAR AS GOOD AS ITS NAME i! PLEASING IN APPEARANCE MANY GOOD AND {| FULL OF GOOD IDEAS PROVEN PRACTICES : MANY NEW FEATURES PROPERLY EMPLOYED : i A CAR BUILT FOR SERVICE i .-MADE BY... | | (| PREMIER MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO. y i | INDIANAPOLIS, IND. RRR RR ARR EEE SEEPS SSS SELSSSSSwaDaSyS . 1902-1903 NATIONAL AUTOWO: |B BILE and BICYCLE DIRECTORY R ; ONTAINING = of the manufacturers of Auto- | R mobiles, Motors, Engines, Bodies, Parts, Fittings, and Dealers in Sundries; also list of all Automobile Clubs and about 4,000 names of Automobie OWNERS AND RIDERS; also a list of the Dealers and Repairers of Bicycles in the United States and Canada, by States and Territories, and a classified directory of Manufacturers wi and Jobbers of Bicycles, Material, Parts, Fittings, Etc. et 92-94 LASALLE STREET, - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PAUL MENSCH & CO., PuBLisHERS BS] EERE ERE ~EESDSSSSSSESSESSSESSSSSSyP

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MT The Original, Not ‘the Copy I ( t Buy it from | BUFFALO GASOLENE MOTOR COMP’NY , il 30 Bradley Street, BUFFALO, N. Y. f —— * GASOLENE MOTORS {3 WITH A WORLD WIDE REPUTATION ) 8 _ i ep ed South and Summer Streets, Boston, Mass. fe f TORONTO 40 W. 13th Street, New York City. i) + + —___—_—_|9 P (| HIGHEST awaRDs BRANCHES ; « f i\t 4. =* ~~. + i (S353 \“ Riidddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddduuan Fenders 4 Hoods Steel or Aluminum MMMMM||étttébtbtr LIZ — Light Touring Car In the White--Ready for Power Artistic in Design.....Constructed on Scientific Principles QZ Whbbééeééttttttttt- Best Enamel Finish, Baked on Any Color. We are Supplying Some of the Largest Manufacturers. :: Our Fenders WILL NOT Warp, Rip, Check or Sag, and MUD Does Not Spot or Stain Them. BEST WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL. Write for Price on Our ‘‘O’’ Fenders Stating Quantity. BRECHT’S PAT’D RADIUS RODS KEEPS THE CHAIN IN THE PROPER TENSION . Positive Wheel Steer—Gives No Back Lash Tonneau Bodies a Specialty BRECHT AUTOMOBILE CO. Members of the National Association of Auto. Mfers. 1203 Cass Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. See Our Exhibit at the Chicago Show February 14th to 21st. HHHHHTTHTT1HMHHMTVTYMHHHH@E@/PqqTT_=z7@qMMMHHMMMHMHMMMMMMV10 bts MTT TT__@"(|J“//TTMMTTHHHHHHZT?@@Voao@T@qTqT@q@qZ/T7T7VTHHHHMMHMMMMM00ttttttt ESS LE LT a ial The Wilson & Hayes Mfg. Co. 43-45 Michigan St. CLEVELAND, OHIO VM MHHHH@WM@M|MHMC_@T_VT_7@qE@_Z]?T?_||M/|/7:"!"™!"-/|!/|"|"™!/!//7/™|!’M///|(|!'|!|(1/MM|M|(|'"'__,ddttthbhbbttttttttttttttt =a Ghe Flash BOILER Manufactured by ‘The Barton Boiler Co. Office and Factory, 4112-4230 State St. CHICAGO, U. S.A. Long Distance *Phone, 1540-1541. ee ee ee G CCC CEE ECC CET ECEEEElEECEzz™D UMMJ“éitttttttttb ZY, XG Will Exhibit at Chicago Auto Show SPACE 1539...

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Come and investigate. It wiil be time and money well spent. If vou are looking for cheap goods, look elsewhere. We try to and do make the best motor of its « lass. The prices are in keeping with the quality.

We provide engines without transmissions if desired. Also Champion transmissions, differential gears, roller bearing axles, chains, sprockets, artillery wheels, tires, etc. Our new catalogue is now being compiled. Send your name and address for one when ready for mailing. THE P. J. DASEY CO., 19 and 21 La Salle St. Mtgre. Agents. peace U.S. A. WY LL, ——— Ylldddddddddddéddddldddddddddddddddéédd dt 4 7 a | i 7, YY, >» Brennan Standard Motor tf This is the Motor, that was purchased by buyers from ail parts of the United States, at the New York Show

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Brennan Motor Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Dear Sir:—After carefully considering various makes of motors, at the show, we have decided on your motor. Enclosed, please find check for sample order on 8 H. P. motor with accessories. Ship, with- out delay. Yours truly, a ae

We will see you at the Chicago Show, Space 135. BRENNAN MOTOR CO., Syracuse, N. Y.

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MOTOR AGE BALDWIN AUTOMOBILE CHAINS For motor carriages have been used more than any other make. They are the Standard. They are made in two patterns, Detachable and Riveted. Baldwin chains have a reputation for high-grade quality of material and workmanship. i oettade a Good MUFFLE bag piracy THE BALDWIN CHAIN and MFG. COMPANY, a WORCESTER, MASS. Show Space, No. 146 UVB GOGAT TID eapenprrorapnanrnsmorapenornonnpeapennenpennreD A) |, ) /1, fs iG ) = Mechanical ‘fcete«” (jjling Machines With use of these machines no thought or care whatever is required touching lubrication. When the Automobile starts the oiling begins auto- matically at every point about the machine requiring oil. The action is con- tiouous in ratio with the speed of the machine and stops when the Auto mobile stops. The quantity of oil required at each point is pre-determined from prac- tice and when once set for the determined quantity, the action thereafter is entirely automatic. All oil cups, ‘squirt cans,’’ “‘splash” cases and other “traps and calamaties” may be joyfully thrown away. That oil economy is secured by these machines over any other method of Lubrication is a well known fact and reduced friction will add further savings in fuel and repairs and thus entirely pay for the equipment in short order. Write for Catalogue and Estimates. Will Exhibit at the Chicago Automobile Show, Space 163. Parties desiring disinterested nformation regarding merit, please write us and we will mang them in correspondence with manufacturers in their line of business using these machines. JOHN F. McCANNA CO., ctotinctte’tatectwes, 244-246 Wells St., CHICAGO

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MOTOR AGE eT ae : THERE IS THE ving ga uous, of FSS has been tested on many rigs and NOT ONE has come back. Kelly Burner. eel. The tube belov y connects ith — ing a istributic of gas That casting has no gauge or holes in the bottom. Air is taken at ends, pre- venting under-lapping of flame. No back-firing even if burn- er is red hot. The generator is clean, quick, simple, strong. No smoke or flaring. No drip cup needed. Encased in aluminum. Wintry blasts have no evil effect. 9% 9% % Mf A great and scientific combination. THE KELLY HANDLE BAR CO. KELLY BURNERS | Give Satisfaction CLEVELAND, KELLY BURNERS Oo H I O. In All Sizes. ACCES LE cen auee’s | The 1903 Burner | 2 225" (ioe (ise pp REESE EEEES ESSE ORR RRES fl PR De 5 u ; x i i A i = : = MOTORS IN TWO SIZES, TWO ‘eee ee { | 8 B. H. P. Gasoline Motor. Things We Can Do For You : We make a specialty of gasoline motors for the trade. C an you afford to use an inferior motor, when we can Furnish you with a first-class one for the same price. You will be surprised if you get our catalog and see our prices. AND FOUR CYLINDERS, OF 8 AND 16 B. H. P. RESPECTIVELY National Automobile & Motor Co. OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN. DANAE ITI RRM RT, RIDER Rama RR ARERAARRE:

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MOTOR AGE LETTS COGS, “The Wheel That’s True.”’ Our Guarantee Our Eulogist When you stop to think that the year guarantee given with our wheels is the only such guarantee given automobile wheels—that alone should start you thinking hard about MIDGLEY *sreer* WHEELS The Midgley Wheel honors and beautifies any automobile they are fitted to—just as a beautiful bride does to more or less worthless man. See that your automobile is mar- ried to Midgley Wheels SEND FOR HEARTY TESTIMONIALS. The ede Mfg, Comp’y COLUMBUS, OHIO, U.S.A. Western Selling Agent: K. FRANKLIN PETERSON, 165 Lake St., Chicago RRR a THINK IT OVER. Pilotlight, Generator K EROSEWNE -: BuRNER AT LAST, A PERFECT SUCCESS. FOR GASOLINE. ae aaa |. Works and Operates as Easy as Gasoline. No Danger. Three Minutes to start. No smoke or smell. CHICAGO SHOW in operation on Jaxon Cars, Spaces 108 and 109. FOR KEROSENE. « te 8 ee 8 et oe 8 et we 8 we 8 ee 8 8 ee 8 8 8 et 8 & A ae Ae Ae As Ase ane aa : ALSO The Barton Flash ) Boiler Co. i Space 159. ) ORDERS BOOKED at SHOW FOR QUICK DELIVERY AT SPACES 108 and 109. eo el Se Bc Dh el el lh el ee el el ee eel ee) ( CLOGGING DOUBLES YOUR MILEAGE. f vo) SHOE, i ( BLOWING OUT FULLY GUARANTEED. Write for Circulars. b CONDENSATION : ) My i Studebaker & Burnell, ; Ny ") i 293 Wabash Ave., er ) i! The Renatati aa on ‘ This cut shows Burner Casting. / » e Reputation and Success of Our Goods for . i Three doasens Should Appeal to Both Manufacturer and Rider. 7) a CHICAGO. Studebaker Generator and Burnell Burner { r Sak Ont EP Ot CP CP CP CA CB CP C24 Ck CP C2 LE CL LE CLA SH RS Me a 5 aa ee ee KY

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MOTOR AGE THE PEERLESS One year ahead of them all, 16 h.p. Motors mounted on front. Slide gears. Universal shaft, bevel gear transmission. Governed Motor, foot control. Catalog tells the rest, mailed on request. CLEVELAND, The Peerless Motor Car Co. oni. SOLUTION Making Electric Substituting Acid Automohiles Practical for Alkaline Sealed Metal Cells. No Lead. No Bother with Filling. No Rubber Cells to Break or Leak. Charge or discharge at any rate terminals will carry- without harm to batteries. Voltage practically constant. Light weight; reasonable in cost. Address CHICAGO STORAGE BATTERY CO. (Temporary) Office, 1406 Fisher Bidg. Space No. 176, Automobile Show, Chicago, February 14 to 22, 1903.

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MOTOR AGE 59 S Pek &, PASTIME, INDUSTRY. -MECHANICS. ( So0d 1Giearlatine RELATIVE TO ALL. BRANCHES . - 1S SUPPEIED Be. =. AY, Fowne): Ne It covers all branches of ae: Lwo N Dollars .» a automobiling. Sam ple Excellent typography. High grade illustrations. Free. MOTOR ANG) OF 405 Monon Bldg., CHICAGO

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60 MOTOR AGE Results at the New York Show Prove The “YALE” Motor Car a Success WE DEMONSTRATED TO ALL COMERS AND DID BUSINESS. A RATIONAL SIMPLICITY VEHICLE STRENGTH shes ELEGANCE IN RATIONAL PRICE DESIGN $1750 THOROUGHNESS IN NO VARIATIONS WORKMANSHIP We have appointed the following agents and will consider a few more: THE DU BOIS COMPANY, Ltd., London, England. J. READ, Newtonville, Mass PARDEE & COMPANY, pi hicago, Til. BUILLING BROTHERS, Clevel: and, O “a ie R MOTOR VEHICLE CO., Buffalo, N. Y. JAMES LUCEY, Troy, N. Y. E. METZGER, Darrel Mich. HYSLOP BROTHE RS, Totsnto. Ontario. N. W. CHURCH, Los Angeles, Cal. THE KIRK MFG. CO., Toledo, O. TESS SSS KL DSSS aS SaaS aa aaa aaa ERE Ses es \N N N ‘N N \ N N N \ S N N N \N N | THE SANDUSKY || N SN \ ; \ N N ° ; ° N \ The Business Man’s Friend Always Ready To Go \ S SN N N N \N | a Soatenaauiaaniens \ N a aeeeenens meee N \ \ N \N N \N ‘N \N \ \ SX S \ A Neat, Light Runabout built for American roads. . Mud, \ \ Sand and Hills shrink before it. A Model of Simplicity, \ \ Quiet, Safe, Powerful and Economical. The Carriage we \ \ build has been on the Road for Three Years, and therefore \ \ is no experiment. _ We are now prepared to put them on \ \ the market, and respectfully invite your correspondence. \ \N \ \ \ \ N \N SE N \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . N N \ @ safidus utomobile Co \ P N S \ SX S \ SANDUSKY, OHIO, U. S. A. \ N . \ \ \ \ CEEEqqed EEE: UM Ueccd eee ECE CECE eee eEEEEECCCCCCECEEEcEcEcEcEcEeee EEE

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MOTOR AGE 61 "geyser keihin iii” Boiler Complete, Ready for Installation. ee eae Do not let them say that they have a Boiler just as good, but insist on havinga 9 @ Salamandrin in your new carriage, or have one installed in your present carriage, and it will give 50 per cent more pleasure and efficiency than your present boiler NEVER “ R is cen Boiler A good many users of our boilers are run- ning their carriages without a water glass. Our Boiler will be exhibited by P. J. Dasey Co., at Spaces 148-151, Chicago Show. SALAMANDRINE BOILER C€O., 220 Broadway, New York WORKS: NEWARK, N. J. AAAAUMAUGALAANAANAAAANAUGAUAAAAAUASAAEAAUGALLASAASAAAS4A44SS4308303 0354444444443 4 4444AAA544bAADGAIGASAAAAAAAASObSAUUUAUIS ameememenrT Boiler Showing Burner and Connections~® Infringement Notice The Upton Machine Company announces that it is the owner of U. S. Letters Patent as follows: 649,026, dated May 8, 1900. 686,786, dated Nov. 19, 1901. 687,172, dated Nov. 19, 1901. 687,173, dated Nov. 19, 1901. 691,507, dated Jan. 21, 1902. 691,508, dated Jan. 21, 1902. And has other patents pending. These patents relate to gearing and other Automobile Appliances. Notice is hereby given that infringers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Upton Machine Co. Beverley, Mass. The Moore Independent Automobile Pump We never miss the Pump Till the Boiler runs dry. er Class 0-1 HE above cut represents the Single Pump Boiler Feeder, single-acting plunger type. Steam end is tapped in three places for steam, one place for drip; plug can be changed to any of three places, or drip can be taken from any not used for steam. Steam end can be located in any horizontal position. Water end must be located so delivery shall be vertical as relates to the valves. Exhaust can be taken out at any angle. Manufactured by the “Union” Steam Pump Company BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN Accuracy & Durability Fine Pro- portions INVESTIGATE ‘“‘WHITNEY”’ CHAINS AT THE CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE SHOW. WHITNEY’’ STANDARDS for Dimensions of Roller Chains Will Soon Be the American Standards if The Con- tinue to Find Endorsers at the Rate Established Durin- the Past Few Months. THE Weer tren. ¥ — a, Hartford, ee.

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MOTOR AGE CSIGIGIGIGNONGIG IGS TRANSMISSION TROUBLES SOLVED THE UNION $1,200 a $1,200 | | | | | | | | | a Combination Simple and Strong | Two and Four ; b Passenger 6, Construction | | : | ( | AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION TO DESIRABLE AGENTS | RB SEickEo"Suow UNION AUTO CO., union City, ma. | NNN GEN NG NNN NN NNN! oe ee oe ee Se Se Se N ; For Ignition Apparatus Until you have seen our NEW. AUTOMATIC COIL which changes from a vibrator to a plain coil auto- matically. New Little Wonder Dynamo with starting battery in base. New Covered Spark Plug which pre- vents water or oil from short-circuiting the plug on outside. New Pocket Ammeter which gives the output ” |} of batteries correctly and our whole line of A YEAR AMerycaN ce me; : IN ADVANCE Jump Spark Ignition Apparatus. wo ~~ Coll o? by pp aw / VILLE 2 fi American Coil Co., Somerville, Mass.

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MOTOR AGE 63 The Champion Transmission Two Speeds Forward and One Reverse, Made in Three Sizes. 1903 MODEL No. 1— 8 to 5 brake horse power, price - - . - - - : $65.00 Lid Q2— 5to 10 ct) it} o “ = =, ~ - = 75.00 * $3-—10tol5 “ - - - - - - - - - - 85.00 We also make special gears for direct drive and marine uses. If you wish to eliminate all your transmission troubles . . . getthe CHAMPION. Not Cheapest, but Best. Liberal discount to the trade. New catalogue ready about the 20th. THE CHAMPION MFG. CO. 479 Hancock Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. SALES AGENTS P, J. Dasey Co. Chicago. Strong, Carlisle & Hammond A. lL. Dyke, St. Louis. Co., Cleveland. TRIED N3ZA0u2 Patented March 4, 1902 \ \ | \ \ \ AN NIN €¢ 99 X \ N | \ \ N N | X \N \ AUTOMOBILE \ \ (TRADE MARK) \ \ ; \ \ Known to the trade as the \ an ELASTIC | | | BEASLEY \N N |X N N N | N N \ N | \ \ \N N | X \N XN . . e XN X N \ Adjustable Lifting \ \ eae \ |” B-B JACKS) | \ = \ | \ \ \ 2 \ | \ \ \ NX \ N N |X N \ N | \ \N NN N \N N |X N \ Manufactured b \ \ \ \ ‘ \ | \ \ N N N \ Ranafiectaatinn Co. UI \ Bray Manufacturing Co. |~ S SX S \ Incorporated \ \ ' \ \ NEWARK, — N. J \ \ Built on the truss principle, it’s strong and the strain is \ \ ; —_ \ \ equally distributed. \ \ \ \ Amply resilient yet deties destruction or disabling by \ \ \ \ puncture. — \ N : N |X Can be used until completely worn out. N N Distributing Agents; N N N \N E. J. WILLIS, 8 Park Place, New York \N ‘N ‘ — \ \ THE POST & LESTER CO., Hartford, Conn, \N \ Stand ard Anti-Friction No. 50 ‘N \ WALLACE SUPPLY CO., 56 Fifth Av., Chicago. \ \ ° d \ \ A. L. DYKE, 1402 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. \ \ Equipment Ce New York City. \ N - N N . THOR and complete set of ma- chined fittings ready for assembling, guaranteed by responsible makers. MOTORS Cycle driven by a chain direct. Highest speeds, greatest power, simplest to operate. New Catalogue Just Gut. We will Exhibit at Write us. General Salesmen BRANDENBURG BROS. Chicago Show. & ALLIGER, Aurora Automatic 85 Lake St., Chicago. Machinery Co. 103 Reade St., New York. AURORA, ILL. PATENTS PENDING

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64 MOTOR AGE ATWOOD “STAY - LIT? LAMP Outclasses Them All Why Use a BackKnumber or Experiment, Either Are Unsatisfactory..... HE “STAY-LIT” has earned its high reputation and is the best and swellest Automobile Lamp on the Market. The large number of contracts taken indicates that the trade knows a good thing. =a aS SS SS eS Se a was tm iam | ATWOOD MFG. CO., Makers, SUCCESS OF THE NEW YORK SHOW Amesbury, Massachusetts. 5 ‘| Built for Business \ ‘’ or Pleasure..... | “ts: Get Catalogue of Our 1903 Models Just Off Model No. 21 the Press .°. oe are : ROAD WAGON. Price $850 Weight 1000 Ibs. || INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO., “24 Indianapolis, Ind. i ct

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MOTOR AGE vt i) t i LEW a it ' , ‘ LAING Comp i(t ———_—, AN y- i MOTOR CARS Z : it hg ee ; hn | i! ; | : METEOR READING My ee ee i STEAMERS | | STEAMERS \ i! “y } : | SUPERIOR FINISH, STRONG, i! . RELIABLE AND SPEEDY i! il DEALERS:— ii! 10 H. P. Decauville. Price, $3,250. Before placing your contracts for 1903, investi- il ' ; ; ; gate the merits of “‘Meteor’’ and “‘Reading’’ Steam .” High power for weight is one of the many attractive t features, and insures great speed and ieeeietaees i hill-climbing ability. t iad i THE ONLY AUTOMOBILE i THAT EVER TRAVELED OFFICE AND FACTORY i! -, 1,000 MILES WITHOUT A STOP. \ , (Official Record, November, 19 0.) R E A D I N G 9 P A e ! 7 —_ —— t A car with a reputation - not an untried proposition. er ee ee ee steadadia sinner cia t Built more strongly than any American car and 2D TAIT ET LETT Te I AEN ‘. therefore better for American roads. i ee \\. ‘ ‘i Results nt Have i! Demonstrated “i, That the D1 Is the \ 20 H. P. D ill Pri 5,5 7 : . P. Decauville. Price, $5,500. i Efficient for \. or ) i) We can make Prompt Deliveries if Orders are Placed Early. T f W K t ‘i AUTOMOBILE WOR i We are open to place a few good Agencies, i i Write for Terms, Etc. i *. rN i! SEND FOR EIGHT GREAT DECAUVILLE ACHIEVEMENTS. ‘ ¢ — ————- 3 i Ove : Standard Automobile Co. ‘ : Standard Automobile Co. § i Sole United States Agent : \. " i 136 W. 38th Street, near Broadway = 4 Western Storage Batter Co ! NEW YORK i y UW. ‘i Telephone, 476 38th St. Cable: Dradnat, N. Y. i INDIANAPOLIS, IND. A f) » Tica aeiiaiimaatiaaniine i =

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66 MOTOR AGE : «See Us at the Chicago Show” Selling Agents for New York City: CENTRAL AUTO COMPANY, 1683 Broadway. Office and Factory, Military Road and Belt Line. It is conceded that there was nothing exhibited in Madison Square Garden Automobile Show that approached it for beauty of design or quality. Selling Agents for Chicago, III. GITHENS BROS. CO., 1412 Michigan Ave. Buffalo Electric Carriage Co. BUFFALO, 4 Cylinders, Air Cooled. SEND TO US FOR IT. Toledo, -. -WE SELL... Waverley, Franklin, General, Long Distance, Rambler. = Panhard, 293-295 WABASH AVE. 1408-1410 Michigan Ave. CHICAGO. Se ee rere ee eS The Autolyte Novelty Space 192, Chicago Show CESSES SSE SSS ES a} A Combination Acetylene and Candle Lamp Do Not Fail To See it Kelecom Motors, Imported — Horns, Baldwin Spark Plug, Carbureters. Space 192. A. H. FUNKE 325 BROADWAY, ee ee ee en ee ae ne Ae et we a wet 8 et ae * oe * oe * oe *§ et ~*~ 7 =: se ee tae t et at ot et SS a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ae ae ee A ee ss is Ae Oe Oe Oe Oe oe Le Ue Ue. SPERRY “BATTERY WRITE FOR PARTICULARS WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY IN MARCH NATIONAL BATTERY @O., Buffalo, N. Y.

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Made.in three sizes—10”, 14” and 18”. Finished in two styles of Case Harden Finish. Drop Forged of best steel for the purpose, and satisfactory in every way. The Billings & Spencer Co., Hartford, Conn., U. S. A. MAKERS OF DROP FORGINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

D 7t complete your 1903 equipment without in- on cluding a Lubricating Syatem, auto- matic, economical and reliable. S mpcex and Muctiprey Automatic Sight Feed Lubricators

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OOOO“ q HOFFMAN MOTOR CAR $800 X: Equal to any $2,500 $950 Automobile made j-horse power gasoline en- gine, the simplest, most eas- ily sentealiod. and most re- liable machine on the market. A combination single seat or double seat, for two or four persons, Can be changed in fifteen seconds. Fills all Requirements Is Thoroughly Practical See our Exhibit at Chicago Show. SALES AGENTS WANTED. Send for Catalogue and Complete Details The Hoffman Automobile & Mfg. Co. Lake Street, Cleveland, Ohio. MHHC]@@VV@@@@@qTTq@@@@@@zHeHqZ_T7@WqTVz77@z@qHzZHHZHTVT#q@qZ=?nMM@@077™™77727=™|! VHX@H@H]"@|!("(|(M#|M|M|!“'ttr. The Westerfield Motor Double cylinder, directly opposed. Perfectly balanced. Practically ao vibration Spark shifted auto- matically by speed of engine. Throttling of the explo- sive mixture. Made in two sizes, 6 and 12 H. P. Send for catalogue of motor aud accessories. The Westerfield Motor Co., Anderson, Ind. U. S.A. —————i. Wb Mh“étttttttbwtttt ZZ

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68 MOTOR AGE WE can give you all kinds | of reasons why you || should use Try them and you will be able to assure yourself that “THEY ARE THE BEST.” FISK RUBBER CO., :-: ~~ Chicopee Falls, Mass. CHICAGO AUTO SHOW SPACE 134 This But Every Other Part of an Automobile we make or keep in stock. We can supply you with any part or all parts of any ma- chine, either for repair work or to complete a machine of your own, or the complete parts of one of our machines for you to assemble. CHAMPION # CHANGEABLE, CLUTCH We are Manufacturers and Jobbers of Automobile Parts, and have the largest and most complete stock in the United States, at factory prices. Sis SSR at MOST COMPLETE CATALOG. Write ies our “1903 Catalog of Automobile Parts, illustrated. It con- tains everything you can possibly want for an Automobile. Export Agents: CHAS. T. HOWE & CO,, 51 Hudson St., New York. Neustadt-Perry Co. , 826-830 s. :stnst.. St. Louis, Mo. The Woodward Burner We Believe In It and Recommend It # # Buyers Believe In It and Recommend It has a record of Fifteen Miles on One Gallon of Gasoline. :: Its con- struction is scientific. Its top plate is flexible and Tubes screw in bottom plate, and if for any cause Tubes have to be removed all that is necessary isa wrench. It makes nocarbon. It cannot backfire—absolutely impossible. It makes steam so that even on hills you have enough and to spare. Its flame is blue and twelve inches long, which means that it gives more heat than other vehicle. We guarantee this. :: For proof of any and all claims here made we refer to the boiler itself. :: It will prove them to your satisfaction if you will give it a trial. THE WOODWARD BURNER & SPECIALTY WORKS, 1111 West Washington Street, - Indianapolis, Ind. BICYCLE, DRIVING, BOAT, and AUTOMOBILE girs HEAD =LIGHTS irs A FINE LINE... ... SEND FOR 1903 CATALOGUE 20th CENTURY MFG. CO., 17 Warren St., N.Y. T.G.I.SparkPlug YOU WANT IT. 8 H. P. Motor Metric: % inch and % inch G. P. T. Or Castings and Blue Prints $35.00 The T. I. Spark Plug is not ‘Soot-proof,” nor U “tHe but is used in preference to others in thousands of “Automobiles in this country, because it gives the most uniformly satisfactory results. Imme- SE SaNeTES diate deliveries in any quantities. Will Exhibit at Chicago Show. TORBENSEN GEAR, H. L. Hoffman Motor Co. Bloomfield, N. J. | Office, 30 West Randolph St., - CHICAGO, ILL. Faith in one’s own product is one of the secrets of success in | marketing. We have unqualified faith in THE WOODWARD BURNER. :: It | ' burners. It is durable—will last as long as any other part of the | Our Double Cylinder, | ooo NHME.... Auto -Sparker does awzy entirely with all starting and running bat- teries, their annoyance and expense. No belt—no switch —no batteries. Can be at- | tached to any engine now using batteries, Fully guaranteed; write for descriptive catalog. Motsinger Device [lfg. Co. 41 Main Street, > PENDLETON, IND. | SIGHT | , THE MOSLER FEED GASIFIER (Patent Pending) The perfect Carbureter, Sprayer and Mixer. Automatic Regulation. Constant Mixture for all Speed of the Motor. Gives Complete Satisfaction. Sole Manufacture The Advance Machinery Co. Room 511, 305 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY. | The Mobile Company of America fifty-Fourth St. and Broadway, New York. “Wobite’’ Special Circular Giving soseseee LINPLOVEIMENTSsro0r00e MOTORS m 97 Reade St. The Western Motor Company $150.00 | LOGANSPORT, IND. | New York Office: “The Rutenber” ARE THE LEADERS NOW MANUFACTURED BY Chicago Office: 19 La Salle Street. “KING ENGINE CO. Maywood, N. J. ‘ Dear Sirs: — Your NON-STOP plug is exceedingly practi- cal. It is the BEST I know of, —self Creaninn one very efficient.” — J. HENRY MITCHELL, Consult- ing Engineer aie Mfg. Co. Six Months’ Guarantee! “Spark- Book”’ mailed free. KING ENGINE CO., Maywood, N. J.

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MOTOR AGE 69 FREDONIA FOR DAILY USE A CUP WINNER WEIGHT 1450 LBS., ALL ON. PRICE, $1250 WE ARE ONE OF THE SEVENTEEN We might have sold our output at New York, but reserved a good portion for Western buyers. Bet- ter see us and get posted. SPACES 35-36 THE FREDONIA MANUFACTURING CO. YOUNGSTOWN, $3 $3 $3 + OHIO, U.S, A.

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Michigan and Ohio. Salary, commission and good territory to good men. Others need not apply.

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THERE ISTHE ££: FB OO CENTAUR/3' ELECTRIC RUOUNABOUT _,FOR YOu To “AM <)CON SIDER At South Bend, Ind., FACTORY FOR SALE | | — [Shelby i | [38

Is the recognized standard for AUTOMOBILE and BICYCLE Ready forimmediate use | ...... CONSTRUCTION ...... Complete with line shaft- ; ing, steam and WATER POWER, electric light plant, automatic fire pro- — tection, dry kilns, side tracks, and offices Loss in manufacture will be reduced to a minimum and stability of product secured by Ten Acres of Land the use of SHELBY TUBING. i

of the best class of satis- : ee aie aes De Dion-Bouton — Motors and Automobiles Are the Sta. dard of the World. AUTOMOBILES]! 4 ‘su K. A. SKINNER, Five trunk railroads. A SOLE UNITED STATES AGENT, illustrated descriptive circular on application. THE NEW DOW SPARK Fr LUG Is the Best by Every Test. Send for Catalogue. DOW PORTABLE ELECTRIC CO. Members of N. A. of A. M BRAINTREE, - MASS. 1135 Broadway, NEW YORK. 21 La Salle St., CHICAGO. John Wanamaker, PHILADELPHIA. Harry R. Geer, 1017 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Ten minutes’ walk fram SHELBY STEEL TUBE CO. the center of South Bend, PITTSBURG, PA. Seabee a city composedlar gely WESTERN OFFICE: Western Union Building, CHICAGO CONVENIES €!

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THE FEATURE of the Accessory Exhibits at the New York Automobile Show was easily the TheSinger Mig.Co,| | ..VEEDER TACHOMETER It is placed on the dash directly i in front of the driver and indicates at all times in ACCUR figures the rate of speed per hour at which you are traveling. IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE AND A ATE, Special attaching fixtures are necessary for ifferent makes of automobiles and it requires time to s -_ Bend, | make them: etter send fora deseriptive circular and place your order promptly. Numerous orders nd. THE VEEDER MFG. CO., HARTFORD, CONN. Makers of Cyclometers, Odometers, Tachometers, Counters and Fine Castings.

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72 MOTOR AGE APPLE ECONOMICAL GAS ENGINE IGNITERS DYNAMOS, MAGNETOS, BATTERIES, TIMERS, COILS, PLUGS, SWITCHES. Complete line at the ‘CHICAGO SHOW Pp, J. DASEY CO.’S Exhibit. The Dayton Electrical Mig. Co. Dayton, Ohio, U.S. A. The 1903 Model Automatic Carbureter If you have a gasoline engine that troublesyou, or a gas engine that you wish to convert into a gasoline engine, you need this Carbureter, the only reliable system for automobile or bicy- cle motors, Will stand any amount of vibra- tion, is noiseless, light; no valves in motion when once adjusted to an engine; never needs to be shut off or changed Patents Pending. BYRNE, KINGSTON & CO., - KOKOMO, IND., U.S. A. WOOD MUD GUARDS FOR ANY STYLE OF MOTOR VEHICLE Lighter, Stronger and More Durable Than any other Guard on the market American Veneer Company Pacific Av. and Ash St, - Jersey City, N. J. improve your circulation by using the 7. Walt | LOBEE PUMP i Increases and gives a positive circulation to the cooling water for all Gas- oline Motors. _ Simple, Cheap, Durable, Efficient, easy toapply. Over 2,000 in use. Sent on trial to responsible parties. Lobee Pump & Machinery Co. 240 Terrace, BUFFALO, N. Y. MotorEquipment THE A. CLEMENT CYCLE MOTOR & LIGHT CARRIAGE COMPANY HARTFORD, . CONNECTICUT WINTER 4FACILITIES BRepairs X% Overhauling #¥% Storage 4% During the Winter at Chicago Automobile Club Garage, at Reasonable Rates. :: :: : BEST OF CARE OF VEHICLES Details cheerfully supplied by J. E. Crandall, Mer., 243 Michi ; ; Phone, Woee ss ve Ch Icago. AUTO BODIES, TOPS AND CUSHIONS The Hill Mfg. Co., 1394 West Ave, Buffalo, N. Y. Our Boilers are Right For Quality, Workmanship and Efficiency. They are Unequaled. Our Boiler Holds the World’s Record. Steam Carriage Boiler Co., OSWEGO N. Y. — ABSOLUTELY THE BEST "ana 5.” »-HANGERS.. are Mechanically Correct, Accurately Ground, Nearest Dust Proof. LIGHTEST. Used by Mauufacturers in High Grade Wheels. Ridden by the best Professionals and Amateurs in America. PARK CITY MFG. CO., (Inc.) = =: CHICAGO BOUGIE HERZ S48. U6 will never carbonize; will spark just as well in oil; no points to break; no mica to leak; no porcelain to break. Fully Guaranteed for 6 Months. Money refunded if, after 30 days’ trial, this plug is not perfectly satisfactory. Price $3.00. Catalogue of auto supplies mailed free. Sole importer for U. S. and Canada. E.J. WILLIS, 8 Park Place, NEW YORK. If you want Catalogs of any of the advertisers write a line to us enclosing stamps to cover postage. THE Motor AGEg, Monon Building, Chicago . OR SALE—Steam dos-a-dos models, new, our own make, all improvements. Big reductions to make room for spring stock; also Locomobiles, Toledos and Oldsmobiles, second-handed, cheap. Kline Cycle & Auto. Co., No. 12 North Market Square, Harrisburg, Pa. 8 OR SALE—HEight horse-power gasoline motors, $100 ; $25 > H. Clay ad eastings, $25. E. Chagrin Falls, Ohio. OR SALE—Cheap, new Toledo steam carriage ; will climb mountains; is attractive, safe, easy riding; $550. Encell, 1250, 324 Dearborn street, Chicago. . OR SALE—BPlegant, comfortable touring car, holding eleven persons: fine for rental; bargain. BF. B. Finch & Co., Detroit. 7 OR SALE—Steam trap, $625: steam surrey, $675; both almost new. Haynes-Apperson runabout and surrey, Loco., Olds and Pierce motorette cheap. Send for list. Moriarty Co., Kansas City, Mo. 8 ECOND-HAND AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE— Clearing out for spring stock. Electric Vehicle Co., 1421 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 7 ~ ECOND-HAND AUTOMOBILES — Toledos, steam, $550 up. Mobiles and Locomobiles, steam, $250 up. Spaulding gasoline, $550. Olds- Columbias, both gasoline and electric, Haynes- Appersons, Fournier-Searchmonts, White’s Waver- lies, at equally low prices. Send for our catalogue of second-hand machines. Mississippi Valley Au- —_— Co., 3927 to 3939 Olive St., St. Louis, 0. A UTOMOBILES bought, sold and exchanged. Cc. A. Coey & Co., 5311 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, III. VW ANTED—More igniter troubles. We fix them with our improved Sta-Rite spark plug and Sparksee. Detroit Motor Works, Detroit, Mich. tf OR SALE—The Murray gasoline runabout; the strongest and most powerful light runabout on the market; price $650; no trouble to demon- strate. We have a great bargain in a new steam runabout of well known make. A fine second- hand Oldsmobile, 1902 model, run only about 800 miles, and practically new, for $500. Other bargains in gasoline and steam machines from $150 up. Write for descriptions of bargains or tell us what you want. Mead Cycle Co., 1243 Wabash Ave., Chicago. tf WO COLUMBIA WAGONETTES, MARK XI, with two extra sets of batteries, all in fine condition and splendid working order. Originally cost $5,500. Bargain if sold immediately. Ad- dress, James Mills, Newark, Ohio. tf UTOMOBILES MADE, repaired and _ remod- eled. Engines and transmission for sale. Wall & Benson, 268 Oak St., near Clark, Chicago. APITAL WANTED—For manufacturing hydro- carbon automobiles, by mechanic with excep- tional experience, holding valuable patents; thor- oughly tested experimental machines. Investigate. Address N, care Motor Age. 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements under this head 5 cents per word first insertion; 3 cents per word each in- sertion thereafter. Cash with order. Express orders, postoffice orders or stamps received. OR SALE—1902 Oldsmobile with full leather top, Dos-a-Dos seat, storm apron, two brass lamps, $500. Also Murray car, used only for demostrating purposes, for $490. Other machines, such as Fournier-Searchmont, Remington, Duryea and Baker at bargain figures. Largest stock in Chicago to select from. Coey & Co., 5311 Cottage Grove. 9 OR SALE, CHEAP—15 h. p. Chicago motor vehicle Stanhope; used one year. Can be seen at Bauer’s Livery, 1568 N. Clark St. INE Upton transmissions, largest size, leather mud guards, radiators, axles, wood wheels, 82 and 34-inch, single tube tires, 30 and 34-inch: magnetos, engine cylinders, 4 and 6-inch; two 2 eylinder automobiles (experimental machines). This material was purchased at a bargain and will be sold at one-third cost. H. P. Coleman, 46 Hancock St., Boston, Mass. OR SALE—Prescott steam automobile: new from factory in September, 1902. Oneida automobile Co., Oneida, N. Y. 7 OR SALE—Hoffman motor, 8 h. p., for $100. Good reason for selling. Reinke, 103 “— St. OR SALBP CHEAP—Thomas Tonneau touring car; new; fine condition; a bargain. ‘. Sherow, Millbrook, N. Y. tf FOR SALE—Locomobile No. 2, in first-class con- dition; Marsch steam air pump attached, or would consider trade on Oldsmobile. Box 370 Harrisburg, Pa. OR EXCHANGE—Second-hand merry-go- round, with fine pipe organ, for gasoline or steam automobile, one or two seats. A. G. Neville, Wellsburg, W. Va. 7 OR SALE—I am going to Europe for summer, and will sell my $2,000 Mobile steam touring carriage for $1,200 cash; guaranteed in perfect condition; will seat six. E. W. Mick, 221 E. Adams St., Chicago. OR SALE, CHEAP—New Toledo steam car- : riage; climbs mountains ; attractve, safe, easy —e Encell, 1250, 324 Dearborn St., Chi- “ago, a \ ILL sell 1902 Winton Touring Car, perfect condition, absolutely satisfactory, to make stable room for this year’s model. Howard Alex- ander, Elizabeth, N. J. tf YW ANTED—Small second-hand gasoline Ton- neau car, seating about four; cheap for cash. C.. W. Miller, 8369 Washington blvd., Chi- cago. BOUT $5,000 will buy an _ established, good paying bicycle, sewing machine and _ sport- ing goods business in city of 10,000 in central Wisconsin. Good, clean stock at actual value, no premium, no bonus. Satisfactory reasons for selling. All particulars to parties meaning busi- ness. Address Manufacturer, 12 Wells. street, Milwaukee, Wis. § A UTOMOBILE MACHINE SHOP, mfrs. of automobile engines and parts; new machines built to order; rebuilding and repairing a _ spe- cialty; our equipment and workmanship of the best. A. O. WOLWORTH & CO., 1227 — t FOR SALE Three Mobiles, A-1 shape, $195.00 each; Win- ton Touring Cars; Oldsmobiles; Haynes-Apper- sons; Remingtons; Ramblers: Columbia Elec- trics; Waverly Electrics; National Electrics; Locomobiles; Mobiles, in Runabouts and Touring Cars; Winton semi-racers; Winton Phaetons; Motor Bikes, etc Big clearance sale at reduced prices, to sell quick. Send Sc in stamps for the first and larg- est complete catalogue of second-hand automo- biles ever issued. Contains half-tone photos and full description of 35 first-class vehicles at bar- gain prices. We buy, trade for and sell more automobiles than any house in the U. S. Get our list. The Fisher Automobile Co. tf Indianapolis, Ind.

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GOMOODOOOOOODODODOODODOOONODODD : : © : @ @ @ @ @ @ : @ @ @ © This is the Pro We Have to Make Manufacturers: A complete gasoline run- about running gear, ready for the body, painting, trim- ming and tires. The only proposition in America of the kind. This is built with wood or wire wheels as may be desired, and Any Style Body can be used, also Any Wheel Base. position Either of these Gears can be Furnished, Finished Complete, with Body, if Desired This is the Electric Running Gear We Make Any desired style body can : be attached, also any wheel ™ base can be used. The motor is direct geared to the rear axle at right angles, and is attached to the middle of the axle, which centralizes the weight. SEE US AT THE CHICAGO SHOW Spaces 33 and 34 # # These Gears will be on Exhibition Lindsay Automobile Parts Co. INDIANAPOLIS, . ‘ , INDIANA ©) : 4 1 ©) 9) ©) ©) ©) 5 ©) | © : ©) ©) ©) : ©) 3 : 9) GROKOKOKEKOLKAGKOKOKGL SKOOL ORAS

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WINTON YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GET THE WINTON The beauty of the new 20 h. p. WINTON TOURING CAR you can see for yourself. But you may not know much about an automo- bile’s insides, and may have to take the mechanical part of it on trust. That is when WINTON reputation counts. You know you are get- ting the best when you get THE WINTON You do not pay for manufacturers’ experiments. Long experience makes us know what is what in automobile building. When there are experiments—and we are making them all the time—we pay for them. Enterprise is combined with experience in the WINTON product, giving you the automobile that represents the highest state of the art. We will not be able to give you your touring car as early as you may want it, unless you place your order now. Price, Complete, $2,500 We have selling depots in all the principal cities of America. The Winton Motor Carriage Co. Factory and General Offices, -- Cleveland, Ohio, U. S.A.