Show asoline Being Rationed to Passenger Cars on Coast i 1 r- r 11 10 i- i i i- i e i astern stern Motor Car Factories on Cut Production Basis o h t I ING IN PARTS PAR T S 1 I A PROBLEM It TO BUILDERS X r nth th T trucks rucks Helping to Keep Keep Wheels eels Moving loving Work Is Difficult Ift w i troll troit June JUDe 4 In f-In In April when the strike Interrupted tran trans trans- 1 J and th threatened Detroit with oln line famine gallons of ofA t i 1 A motor fuel substituted for line Ilse were at Fords Ford's River r plant Th The supply was sold to toor or car w owners through several oil did not ides ules and many drivers drivere that their machines were ver burnt burn- burn t I new few fuel B Is IB a n product by-product elke With forecasts being mado t petroleum deposits In tho United Mf tN my y b be exhausted within n. n few It li pleasing to know that there s th that can take the tho place line Une If it the emergency arises s. s The olt It r ar was one of the 1 a 8 that gasoline I es were that thIng ff suet muSt t te e fount to take Its c ct i s 's by Detroit railroad o of- of Is t it the ln twitch i IW b hart ban T returned to work and Itch Itch-I that I Uon conditions aro are normal sot ot lly benefited the auto 1 retry which has ha b been en fighting tremendous t em odds to keep the theU oU U 11 la b operation Inadequate transition trans trans- tion hi u. prohibited the steady tead ref of steel Ind ad materials into the tho city u and truck production I drep id to 69 per cent cant of ot normal In plants Packard Hupp and Brothers Brothen rother report nearl nearly por per port pert et t production but bat Paige Palce I Scripps Scripps- Ji dJon Chalmers Cadillac and rd 4 k s T ill all 11 suffered pro production curet curt cur- cur nt et t ef of from 10 to 50 60 per cent t k manufacturers are re in the torment Whether or not there thero theron theren fill n bs be ft t complete shutdown of the In- In depends entirely on whether thet the theare t Ida a. a are ire able to give ghe improved lice ee ca within the next few weeks the manufacturers any such hope i im us IlI remote While tho the marketing D made products Is now act ac- ac t with great difficulty by far tar ii more or serious unous phase of ot the s I dilemma is le the condition of ot InIng in- in Ing ff freight facilities More than 9 automobiles were driven en A. A away awny n I Ute tie city In April and as S the drive drive- I Dra practice Is la gaining gaining- In popularity month of Ma May will wUl see BOO more auto auto- Li lUei delivered under their own powan pow- pow an any other month in the history Se e Industry of or products other automobiles are ne delivering at distances b by truck moving somo I by rail and storing the rest In- In nr freight conditions are In critical however For Instance tho the Hud- Hud i. i Motor Car company h had d a n. carload 1 Iu automobile parts coming from harsh The shipment was WM loot lost L y days after It t had left Pittsburgh h 4 p a lor for De ue rot rolt tracers found the thc 01 caa s i Cleveland sl siding The Hudson n any r sent lert men to Cleveland Cleeland un- un ed the car and nd sent Bent Its contents to rectory rr b b. b by express a costly but r result getting method In a aLtA 1 ThIs is 13 3 on only on ono one o example In J Ich a thi this 3 company pas lao located lost losten en and called upon tho express ss for help ge Brothers are sending their I a locomotives a n. distance of ot to tot t miles to bring In to materials The Thep I p b 4 Motor company n is s doing likewise Utter litter however buys bus In such largo o ts It Is possible to make up PW fete te trainloads for tor shipment to Dot Det De- De ji t ln and ind In nearly every case caso train train- ments come on ule Somo Sumo other manufacturers SS motor great t r I for tor r The Maxwell MoO Mo- Mo to- to O an any r recently c y sent trucks truck s t to o 1 for tor a a. certain kind of steel It Mould could not havo obtained ned oth- oth I iSle ee there Iz is a At flow of or parts 4 h I from Chicago Into Detroit trade lire a connecting the two I f aid O others other's herB rs along e tho the route routt e I Detroit Motor rotor company 1 IB 11 e In I Its Ita shape accordIng to H H. lf r. r president f do o not get et Action actton from theA theof the tho thomay A J of this a a. few days dRs a general ih he 14 Detroit plant may be expect expect- bt manufacturers to got get t various rlou of 11 parts from In i. other cities clUes u a d Production P ha h has already alreed rw y de- de obi oh workers of or and nd sly l as many Buny more work ut The Th ln Industry does ette t the Own thought of n ft general but tt re t. t It may be t r Q n trans from stave have material n th three hand Wit to 81 etz weeks When is I. at t I lt ine d drastic curt CUrt CUr CUr- table for tho t supply Which Uon filters through the It H per Dar tangle into Detroit is e nt no normal ln tn the case or of an d In n a 0 sow fow the that instances 1 hops hope went t ie I. ee seen n ln In tho the thoi ant anto an- an that tho Pennsylvania f frel tee ht to shortly D t on Its newly built 0 e et trait i t ne lea right passenger service or of way started la last t to any y Officials say Eay that thatIs sot o ot tr tro eight r Dire service Is 16 but Is fow o tv weeks pees pees- The entrance Alvania l 1 system In into to Dc- Dc alc adin In facilitating to and from the tho east t. t I f IAn An Unofficial but well wen credited rumor rumor ru rumor ru- ru mor states that tho the Pennsylvania will the Grand Trunk system In Michigan Verification of ot the r report can cannot ot be bo obtained lucre hero but In well well- informed circles It wa was not boU vad improbable how however over in fn as much ax as purchase of ot that part of tho Grand Trunk system west of ot the St. St Clair and Detroit rivers rivers' would give gl access to several Michigan towns wilch have havo duplicated duplicated du du- du- du heavy tonnage duo to the growth glowth of ot tho the motor car In Stockholders of the tho Packard company company com com- pany at a special give gave author author- It ity to the directors to call can a stock divi dh dividend I- I lend and also to sot fot aside a portion of oC tho company's common stock for tor deb deb- conversion purposes At a a. meeting of ot the tho directors following that of the Stockholders rs It was decided to defer action on the stock dividend until un un- til Ul after pending and proposed ICK legisla legisla- Hon relating to such auch distribution shall Jl havo have been boen disposed ed of In Congress According to authentic Information a tock stock dividend of ot about CO GO per percent c cent centIs nt Is Ss contemplated b by tho the directors o of 1110 Packard r. r company A pert persistent rumor or that Henry Ford had bought bt the tho Packard company was emphatically denied b by F F. ft R. Robinson secretary of the tho company compau JIn Iii Il recent years cars wo have be boon been n purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased by tho General Motors and md Ford said Mr Robinson It n is an anold anold n nold old story The ho report has absolutely no foundation Such a s merger r has h never been lell ti thought o or consideration consider by thu the Packard ard company compan |