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Show MOTOR MOTIONS. It is said that one of the foremost fiends, who has owned a new car every season, has purchased a Renault and will bring it here for the astonishment aston-ishment of the natives this season. t$ 1$ t$ The interest in automobiles that has taken possession of everyone who can afford to spend from five hundred dollars to five thousand in a G machine is something remarkable. A willingness to ride, but a timidity at the thought of purchasing a car kept many a prospective pros-pective buyer at a distance last season and the season before, but interest is so thoroughly aroused that many a man will spend the summer trying to outdo his neighbor in a chug-chug on the highway. It is a good sign of the times, except to those who must still remain pedestrians. 8 Mayor Thompson, it is said, is contemplating the purchase of a car. It is vouched' for by someone some-one in authority, and when such a lover of horse flesh yields to the temptation to buy an auto, the doom of the equine is surely sealed. & & & Packards seem to be scarce this year. The premium on March deliveries is now up to $700, and one was sold with this amount added during the week. A Detroit man made the purchase. i$ A long trip without trouble was that taken by J. W. Haynes of the Haynes Automobile company. com-pany. Motor Age says that "he arrived in Chicago Chi-cago on the night of Jan. 31, having driven a 50-horse 50-horse power Haynes from New York, a distance of 1,100 miles, the way Mr. Haynes came. He n I . was accompanied by his mechanic, J. C. Elikoff. They left New York the Sunday after the show, taking ten arid a half days to make the journey. They met with no mishaps, though they were forced to use tire chains the entire distance. A day was lost in Philadelphia securing a Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania license." Mr. E. D. Miller is now in Chicago, where he will purchase a new machine. He has sold the White he used a year ago, but could not decide just what to replace it with until seeing the assortment as-sortment in the Windy City. Mr. Alfred Cutler has purchased a Rambler, which will be among the early deliveries to the Consolidated Wagon & Machine company. This company seems to be getting very busy early in the season. & It is said that Mr. Frank McGurrin will purchase pur-chase a large car this spring, but doesn't know just what make it will be. He is rather inclined to favor the Thomas. Mrs. Thomas Davis, who is visiting her parents par-ents here, has the motor fever, and will own a Packard as soon as it can be delivered, which will be about April or May. |