| Show I AUTOMOBILE WORLD I The Consolidated Wagon Wacon Machine company report the sale of two to during the past put week One was a model 10 arid and was purchased by Dr A Zim Zimmerman Zimmerman merman The Th other was a model 17 and was bought by James Bliton Bilton The same company sold an International auto buggy to E D Swan San But few of these theae machines are in use but many think the time is coming when they will replace the auto to a great extent The high buggy wheels and hard tires Urea make the machine practical l for muddy and sandy roads a The 1910 model Franklin will be on exhibition in a few days at the Con Consolidated Consolidated Wagon Machine company compan The Sharman Automobile company re repost report post port that a car of Maxwells will arrive the coming week The 1910 model will be in the city shortly for Cor exhibition purposes ale aleThe The Automobile company com company company pany will have a It car of Thomas auto automobiles automobIles mobiles here the early part of next week They are all sold old and will be betaken betaken betaken taken as soon a as they reach the garage The same company compan is making preparations preparations lions to move into its new garage on State street lr t T I sic The Studebaker Automobile company sold two Studebaker E F M rr cars c rs dur during durIng during ing the week eek just passed One went to the Rutherford Hansen firm of ot archi architects architects architects and the other to E H Rich The first was delivered during the week and the other will be delivered the coming week when it wilt will arrive with a II carload of ot machines Superintendents S of ot the mechanical de departments departments departments of ot Packard dealers through throughout out the country have nave been visiting the factory of ot the Packard Motor Car com corn company company pany Detroit for the past two weeks Meetings have been held daily dally at which ail all mechanical features of Packard 1910 cars have been discussed dl as well as the general conduct of ot Packard repair work ork and shop service for owners The vis visitors visitors is also al o have spent much time Ume in the tha factory studying Packard methods of construction and the actual manufacture manufacture manufacture ture of ot the new models There has been road work in new cars and the so social social social cial side of the conventions has taken the form of drives into the country for dinners seasoned sea with shop talk Most of the Packard dealers superintendents superintendents superintendents were taught their business in Packard factory This early tute tutelage tutelage tutelage lage and their later experience is sup supplemented supplemented supplemented by continuous effort to im improve improve improve prove every feature of the service de departments departments departments of ot the Packard company and andall andall andall all Packard dealers It is h one of the most important parts of the Packard policy to give efficient service nice to own owners owners owners ers everywhere ic I ale who When the people who live in Los An Angelas Angel gelas gel want to go to the summit of Mount Washington Wa they make a climb of a mile in the cars care of the Los Angeles Angelas Mount Washington Railway compa company ny One resident of that city however not long ago decided that he wanted to tomake tomake tomake make a more thrilling ascent than that of the ordinary on the In Inclined inclined Inclined railway He was Ralph C Ham Hamlin Hamlin lin and he maintained that he be could climb to the top in his hill Franklin motor motorcar car driving up the roadbed of the rail railway railway railway way Moreover he proposed on reach reh reaching reaching ing the summit to turn around and drive to the bottom The grade for JOO feet is 42 43 per cent ant and for the Ute rest rat of ot the mile mite about M 39 per percent percent percent cent with the exception of about WO feet at 16 IS per cent ant but this did not de deter deter deter ter him His car which he be calls the Greyhound II Is the successor or of the Greyhound I in which he last lut year in California performed a number of rec ree feats teats Between and beside be the rails planking had been laid and over this the ear car c r went Hamlin guiding it steadily up even the steepest t grade until the top was wu reached The ascent a presented pre the greatest difficulty of the entire test tat for forthe forthe forthe the car but it was after Hamlin had turned about and started downward that the supreme test teat for tor the driver was met Where the mile mUe up had bad been dUft difficult cult the mile down was perilous When Hamlin reached the 42 4 per cent grade he slid its entire length with locked brakes brak I dont want to come down that way again he said in telling of his bla capon experience experience ence but I am ready to go up again No other motor car has ever made the ascent but if an attempt is J made to send one to the top Mr Hamlin is pre prepared prepared prepared pared to put the Greyhound II in competition with it The railway company com company company pany has decided that while white it does not object to the ascent it will not give gin permission for r any more automobiles to tobe tobe tobe be driven down the mountainside over its I ta roadbed |
