Show I C TAYLOR REVIEWS CAR CONDITIONS I tt YI t tr r r t tt t dv T t tF F l lELLIOT ELLIOT C. C TA TAYLOR TAILOR Avers Big Bib g Trouble Now T r Is Isto Isto Isto to Get Rail Shipments Shipments Ship Ship- ments oM Automobile N production I is Increasing ln rapidly but the tho big biS' difficulty now Isto is isto isto to get freight cars For the past two or three years tho the factories seem al always always always al- al ways to have a new alibi for tor being unable unable un un- un- un able ablo to give us more moro car cars Som Sometimes their reasons are more moro consistent than at other times but now when they thoy place responsibility on the tho railroads and can show hundreds of oC finished cars car a awaiting shipment we we simply have to acknowledge that the problem is be beyond beyond be- be yond ond their controL So declared Elliott Taylor of ot the Taylor Tay Tay- Talor lor Motor Car company Chalmers and Maxwell distributors on q his return from visiting Various various various vari vari- ous factories represented b by hison his I company on pany and taking In the New York lock automobile and truck shows lIe Ho doesn't see Bee much prospect of oC Improvement improvement improvement improve Improve- ment in the way of or help from Cram the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads In overcoming the tho fro freight car shortage e. to Judge Judo from tho the following Duo to tho the fact that tho the factory is rushed on orders order for Cor eastern distributors distributors distributors who drive their cars away from Detroit thus avoiding railroad congestion I tion I was prompted to pay in advance for tor a large larbe allotment of ot cars which I are being made up and will he be shipped to us as fast as t the e. e railroads can ac ac- ac aci tc-I tc i us with cars Western dis are arc thus forced to assume an I added burden at the factories and at I the same samo time await the tho pleasure ro of oC the rail transportation companies before before be be- fore getting the tho autos which they have havo paid for In raI ad advance cc I r could get er very little cn encourage moot mont from railroad ot officials as IS to when wo might expect c. improvement In freight car conditions Condition I suggested sed to 10 one or two that when tho the roads are arc returned returned re re- re turned to private owne ownership on Mar Mardi March h 1 there should be improvement because of the return of oC competition on Th They y pointed out however that or very little ne new rolling stock has been een added addid d to any roa road for tho the past three years and that it tal takes es thousands s of ot cars annually annual annual- ly to replace o those lost in wrecks a ad d those that dlo die natural deaths and find their way t to tho scrap heap lot alone provide for any increase More Ioro Model This Year The late James J J. J Hill Bill foresaw this condition several years ago ao and r repeatedly repeatedly repeat repeat- peat peat- edly warned that railroads vero rero not increasing their rolling stock fast rast enough h to take care of ot the Increased demands that would inevitably Inc be made mada I upon them Present conditions more than sustain his Iris forecasts Of Ot the New cw York automobile show Mr Ir Taylor Taylor says sas that whereas last year thero there were wore se cn different makes of ot cars C on exhibition this year ear the tho number totaled cl one htone an Increase of ot twenty Last year ear the tho show show- was conducted b by tho the automobile dealers dealers dealers deal deal- ers of or New York while this ono one was staged by the manufacturers It is al altogether al- al together ether likel 01 that all future New York shows will be under the a. a auspices spices of at the tho National Automobile Chamber of or Commerce ho he declared The reason for this thia is that the manufacturers have bave al always nl- nl ways Was taken advantage of or tho New York YorIo show to introduce their new mo models els and invited all aU their distributors and dealers dealers dealers deal deal- ers to come como to the tho show As a consequence the New ew York dealers found that they were were- conductIng conductIng conducting conduct- conduct Ing the tho show V for tor the benefit of manufacturers manu manu- rather lather than for themselves es el so this year ear they arranged d with tho the factories to conduct the tiro whole show as in tho the past Mr Ir Taylor commented on the absence of or freak Creak designs and special paint jobs Very little change c if It 1 any n was noticeable in body bOlly construction but there were some chassis changes chances The absence of or colored brightly Colored c cars rs lie ho says was undoubtedly dU due to the fact that the manufacturer manufacture 1 controlled the tho I show and the they discourage o the demand I Ifor for specially painted cars Most factories factories fac fac- i tories establish a standard color genI generally generally gen gen- I lark dark blue or black and aud an any va variations variations va- va from that means upsetting tho routine of ot their factories Special Join Jobs Costly Orders ar are piling up ups so high nowadays nowa nowa- nowadays days said ald Mr Ir Taylor that the tho whole effort Is centered on quantity tion Further lurther I am nm told tho the difference I in cost of ot turning out a to specially specially- painted car over the tho regular color Is greater than tho average person person real real- izes If It a n purchaser were asked to pay par the tho actual difference he ho would imagine imagine im im- agine he be was on tho the scent of at a profiteer profit profit- eer and to avoid avold this tho the Job is always alwag I quoted at n n. loss Another noticeable feature of ot tho the show was that practically practical practical- ly al all cars selling around 1100 andover and andover over ovel were nix al Thero was was also an increase In tho the number of r eight cylinder cars shown this year car There Thero was also a to much larger display of or accessories than Informer in informer former yc years rs and the tho opinion was CN- CN pres od th that t tho the day will come como when there will be bo exclusive c automobile ac accessory accessory ac- ac shows I could not help noticing noticing- tho tiro different different differ differ- ent atm atmosphere among amonS' manufacturers and distributors It may be bo an dIffer I indication indi indi- indication cation callon of at a permanent change chanso of at condi condi- At all nil former New York shows factory representatives solicitous of th tho tiro distributors but in those days tho the factories ra hl had to hustle for busi busl- ness This year car with their output sold for months ahead their attitude was entirely different Thc They seemed to assume a Do treo freo and In Independent air and nd it was as a a. case caso of or tho ho dl distributors Paying court to lo tho manufacturers |