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MYS SCOFFS
' JJ BRITISH IDEA
Could Not Compete With the
Growing American Plants,
He Says.
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recent suggestioh by manufu'-
lUtomobiles in England that
‘M, nee,.,00 corporation be formed to
lhl market a car to compete with
... „ u; . ir priced American cars that
»> readily in England has
no little comtnent among the
K m manufacturers.
' T . opinion, however, seems to be
that nothing will come of
. . ' |gg. ,-tion. and in this connection
. ’ interview with John N. Willys,
‘ m of the Willys-Overland Com-
■ Toledo, which company is sell-
. i ips more popular priced cars
in Eng m l than an >' otller - is interesft *
ing lie said i
■1 believe that the average English
. not physically or mentally
to a combination of the mag
proposed by the English manu
;uct urers.
Can't Make Combination.
I ro not mean to infer by this that
Englishmen are either physically or
i entally incompetent. What I have in
, , .. the fact that they are not ac
customed to such combinations, not
are they ordinarily willing to invest
such large sums in an enterprise, the
m.-. ess of which is purely prolemati-
.. and in the event of success so far
, future it takes years for even
\ ■ ' .an . tetory, with all its in
fit;,, capital and labor-saving ma
il.i.x. to be in a position to turn out
•.;rs ala popular price and profitably.
American automobiles already have
a very strong hold in England, ind are
_..u hig dull. , their price toeing far be
lu.v cars of similar capacity made and
miploy lab , -siving devices, in
England This is due, of course, to
tiie enormous productions of the Amer
ican manufacturer, such as the. Over
land. which enables us to buy the best
naterials at lower prices than smaller
makers pay for inferior grades and to
>-mpioy labor-saving devices, expensive
jigs, automatic machinery, etc., the
cost of which would be impossible for a
maker with a smaller output, but with
out which a low price is impossible.
Would Take Five Years.
"It would take live years, in my es
timation, if a combination was formed
in England, for it to get on a competi
tive basis with the Overland, at pres
ent, and by that time American ma
rines would have practically filled the
market.
“To make such a oombination suc
cessful American machinery, automatic
• inti otherwise, would be absolutely cs
-iiitial. With the demand for that class
of material at present prompt delivery
: S out of the question.
"Such a coalition of makers, is, in
:>)?•' opinion, absolutely impossible, and
ee it organized would be unsuccess
ful unless it were financed, managed
and controlled by Americans of large
experience taken from this side of the
Atlantic for that purpose."
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Horses pat their heads off *>n Svndr jBL3k ■ K 9 9 Motor trucks are almoat oi no expasae •• Sunday
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Motor Trucks
Sunday in the Stable
Horses eat on Sunday as well as on nothing more nor less than a labor,
any other day. And yet nearly all of time, and money-saving machine. It
them are idle on that day. One day serves its best use when put to work
out of every «e»en. The cost of main- and kept at work all day long,
taimng the stable or cost of feeding A horse cannot work all day.
the horse is as great on Sunday as on A leo trncks shouJd interest CVPrT
an\ ot er dav . man who owns a horse. Many bn si-
But with Alco trucks there is almost ness men are still old-fashioned enough
no expense on Sunday. Being idle to employ horses for delivery of goods
they do not consume gasolene or lubri- —but no business man should be so
eating oil. They do not grow old. old-fashioned as to refuse to look into
They require no attention whatsoever. the possibilities of the Alco truck.
Thus Alco trucks net a big saving By ’phoning 1v y ~9f; an Alco
over horses on Sunday—even when truck wnll be brought to your door,
idle. They net an even greater saving Or a letter will bring a 64 page book
when at work. For an Alco truck is about the Alco to your office.
Alco Truck, ar® built by the American Locomotive Company
COLE MOTOR COMPANY OF GEORGIA
_ Distributors «i»o o* Alco 6-cyllnder and 4 cylinder Motor Cart
439 Peachtree Street. Phone Ivy 799.
Mover. 9 f the World’. Good. .Ince 1835. Capital 550.000.000 M '.,r r v, Hor.e
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DETROIT TO ATLANTA IN HUDSON
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ATLANTAN TELLS OF BEAUTIES AND PLEASURES OF CENTRAL AUTO TRIP.
An interesting and thoroughly enjoy
able motor trip is the one from Detroit
to Atlanta, says Phil L’Englc, the well
known real estate man. L’Engle recent
ly accompanied a friend to the Hudson
factory in order to drive a new ear
home to save time waiting for delivery,
owing io the railroad strikes. In speak
ing of the trip, he tells of the many
pleasures of this route. He says:
“We left Detroit at 2 o'clock and
reached Defiance, Ohio, a distance of
136 miles, by nightfall. The going was
mostly over macadam roads and
through fine farming lands and thriv
ing small towns.
"On the second day. we made Indian
apolis, after 178 miles of fair roads,
but we ran all day through driving rain
that made the going a little slow. Our
Morgan At Wright "Nobby Treads,"
however, saved us from trouble. We
spent the next morning sightseeing,
going out to the Speedway and other
interesting points of Indianapolis.
Leaving at 2 o'clock, we reached Louis
ville by night. On this run. we en
countered the longest hill of our jour
ney. It is called Port Hill, and is two
and one-half miles in length. The sur
face is smooth and the Hudson bad no
trouble in taking it on high all the way.
The fourth day’s trip brought us to
Mammoth Have. The roads for the first
7o miles of .iu- run are excellent, pass
ing through the beautiful Blm Grass
cotuitry of Kentucky. Every turn of
the road presents a new and more
beautiful view of exquisite scenery. At
Buffalo. we made a detour of two miles
to see the Lincoln memorial and ran
onto the old L. and N. pike. This toad
was torn up by the armies during
the civil war and has not been toucii
!ed since. Prom here to Mammoth
Gave the roads are considered impas
sable. but we got through.
"Any one who ev< r happens around
this place should not miss the oppor
tunity of seeing the cave. Its wonders
| are simply beyond description.
"The fifth day we drove from here to
The Atlanta Georgian
AuTOMOBIU DEPARTMENT
Nashville, a run of 103 miles. Part of
this road is in a bad state ami needs re
pairs, but it is not so noticeable, as the
most part is good and runs along beau
tiful country and magnificent stock
farms.
"We went from Nashville to Hunts-
AUTO BUILDERS ARE
VEXED BY BOX CAR
SHORTAGE OE ROADS
"The present shortage of freight cars
has taught us a new meaning of the term
‘F. O. B. Toledo,' " says George W. Ben
nett. vice president and general manager
of the Willys-Overland Company, of To
ledo, discussing the railroad conditions
that confront manufacturers.
"We have learned that when a man
wishes to purchase an automobile, a little
thing like inability of the railroad to de
liver it will not stop. He will go to the
factory and drive' the car home himself,
if there is no other way to 'get what he
wants when he wants it.'
"This year, as in yeartf past, cur com
pany has had some trouble because the
railroads are not always able to furnish
ears promptly. As a result, dealers occa
sionally can not get the ears they have
contracted for on time, and a great many
customers are disappointed.
"We appeal to the railroads for help
and they tell us they are helpless. They
point to the record-breaking crops, which
every part of our country and Canada
are producing: they tell us the threaten
ening coal famine has taken hundreds of
ears to rush in a supply of fuel before
-winter, in short, they just declare they
haven't the cars, and that automobile
as well as others, must wait
their turn.
“This does not satisfy tl.e man who
has contracted for a new Overland car.
and is anxious to enjoy the autumn
weather. He just says he has to have
his automobile, ami begins looking for
some means of getting it."
Cat bon may fomi on t'.ie .porcelain
portion of the spark plugs, thereby fur
nishing a circuit, which the high ten
sion curt nt will travel over, rath r
than jump between the sparking points
of the plug. Usually only a part of the
current will pass byway of the car
bon Aim. still leaving a weak spark at
the points. This causes intermittent
ville. Ala., over roads that arc good
and bad in places. On this run we
crossed a low range of the Blue Ridge.
“Atlanta is 330 miles from here and
about 30 miles out of Huntsville we
crossed the Tennessee river and struck
the mountains of Alabama, and stayed
in the foothills until we reached Gads
den. The toads in northern Alabama
are good, and every one knows the fin£
condition of Georgia's roads. We
reached Atlanta at midnight, after the
most beautiful and enjoyable automo
bile road tour I have ever taken."
In WHITE Tow Cars lhe advantages of
the WHITE electrical starling and lighting sys
tem, together with Uie logical left-side dnve --an
more apparent than
ever before. T[ To thSoipiii who drives, the COUPE
I ;’ 3 a j{ ■ I"' j-A
offers the sini)l@fbntm aMsafelv ol the electric, coupled
andwuringradius oi the"
gasoline roadster. 91 In the BERLIN
LIMOUSINE, a folding partition
seal allows lhe owner. when he chooses 0 op|r|le
his car, to remain in the same luxurious interior Ayilh
his family and guests. 91 WHITE TbWN CARS are
beautifully finished and appointed to lhe last detail, and
are lhe choice of motor coach connoisseurs everywhere.
91 The While ( ompany —118 Mariella SI.
NEW MICHIGAN CAR
ENTERS ATLANTA’S
AUTOMOBILE FIELD
A ear that promises to be in big de
mand in this territory is the Michigan,
represented here by the Michigan Geor
gia Motor Car Company.
Tlte 1913 Michigan is rated as 40
horsepower, and has all of the latest
improvements that are being featured
in the models for next season.
Electric lights and self-starter are
among the prominent features of the
new ears, ami a- they have an unusual
amount of power, they will undoubtedly
prove popular here. Another feature
of these cars is tfhe forward speed type
of transmission, which is being used
extensively by a great many foreign
makes of cars. With long wheel base,
large wheels, roomy tonneau and long
springs, the new car is said to have ex
ceptional riding qualities.
Speaking of the new machines. Man
ager Northcutt said:
"This ear will undoubtedly till a long
felt want in the motor car market, as
it has all of the improvements and spe
cial features demanded by» the motor
buying public, and, as it is rated in
the popular pi iced class, we expect to
do a big business in this territory. We
have already received inquiries from all
parts of the state for details of the
new machines, and have placed a num
ber of agencies."
The Automobile Association of Holland.
Mich., has offered to give practical aid
to the sick. A resolution-has been passed
by the association offering the services
of members and their machines to the
poor and ill for rides about the surround
ing country.
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HUPMOBILE MAN IS
ON SECOND TOUR
• OF WHOLE WORLD
Joseph R. Drake left Detioit a few
, day’s ago for a second tour of the world
in a Hupmobile car. He will shoot big
game in India, cast for rainbow trout in
tile streams of New Zealand and inci
dentally renew his acquaintanceship
1 with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Aguinaldo, the
I Sultan of Zulu and other notables in
the Orients
Drake is treasurer of the Hupp Motor
’ Car Company and, naturally, his trip
I will have a business object as well as
lone of pleasure, tine of his objects will
■' be to cement the friendly feelings to
. i ward the Hupmobile. gained on his sot -
liner trip, and to study at first hand the
I special conditions with which Americ an
1 manufacturers have to contend in the
. struggle for foreign trade.
, <>n his former trip around the world,
which started in Novenibe . 1910. and
ended in January last. Drake's itinerary
took the western route across tiie con-
• tinent. winding up in a spectacular
dash through the snow from New York
to Detroit, tin his present trip Drake
will sail from New York for London
’ remaining in England long enough io
• take in the British National Aiitomo
r bile show at the Olympia, thence to the
, principal cities of Europe, and then
sailing for India, which he expects to
’ reach early in December in time for a
' big hunt so man-eaters which lias been
I planned by one of tile most noted hunt
, el's of India.
Next, his route will take a course
through <'llina, Japan and the Philip
pines. finally crossing through into Aus
tralia and New Zealand—practically a
reverse of tin 1 route taken on ills first
• voyage.
1 In addition to ills own touring ear,
' Drake will take with him a polished
’ chassis which has been especially deco
-5 rated for the London show. This is
• handsomely lacquered in white, with
tiie motor and parts biilliantiy finished.
HENDERSON PLANTS
ENLARGED AS RESULT
OF ENORMOUS SALES
One of th<- busiest automobile plants
in Indianapolis is tiie Henderson Motor
far Company. Tiie demand for then
1913 models has exceeded the hope of
the officers of the company.
Pending the occupancy of a new ad
dition to its factory, which will be
ready November 1. it has leased 13,000
square feet of space in the Industrial
building at Tenth street and the canal.
Its paint shop il ls been moved from
the factory ami all the painting will be
done in the industrial building until
! the busy season lias passed.
. The floor in file present factory which
housed tiie paint simp lias b>-en turned
into a final assembly department.
With a first assembly overflow in a
big tent in the factory yird in August.
- and two floors of final assembly, the
: cotppany expects to be able to meet de
mands of its distributers and represen
, tatlves for its 1913 Henderson touring
\and roadsters.
P. Henderson, who has been in
1 control of the pales work of the Cole
I Motor Car Company since the inception
i of that firm, lias entered on bis new
work at the Henderson Motor Car Com
pany. The former Cole official as
sumed the presidency and took active
charge of the administrative affairs of
the Henderson Company- on October 21.
in orde- tc put a .stop to the wholesale
I theft of automobiles and joy-riding, which
lias been going on in Chicago, the Chicago
i Automobile Trade association, the Chica
i go Motor club and the Chicago Automo
bile club have joined forces.