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a mu un immhtAn Automobile Purchasedby S. Burd.WILL BE HERE MARCH 1.I -The Vehicle that Needs no Horse and Which Passes the Street Cars on the Steepest Hills Soon to Have a Place in the Every-day Traffic of Mass 1-lon's Streets.Massillon’s first automobile will arrive in the city on March 1. It has been ordered bv Sylvester Burd, the real estate dealer, and is now receiving the finishing touches at the works of the Winton Motor Carriage Company, of Cleveland. Mr. Hurd is selling off his horses and carriages. He intends the automobile to take the place of all. The riding Mr. Hurd now does, and in his business it is several trips a day, will hereafter ie done in the luxurious vehicle which has no visible means of locomotion. The automobile will cost $1,000. For three months Mr. Burd has had the purchase lt;f a motor carriage in mind. He visited the headquarters of the manufacturing company three times before placing his order. Mr. Hurd has been fully instructed in the art of managing the machine, and he will be at the helm fromthe first.“After the ride I had in Cleveland with a representative of the company manufacturing the automobile,” saiu Mr. Hurd today, ”1 felt that 1 never wanted to see a horse again. We did not know how fast we were going untilwe met and passed spirited horses and easy running carriages on the road. The automobile I have ordered will have one seat, large enough Jfor three people. It has three-inch pneumatic tires, which are practically puncture proof. The motor is of the single hydro-carbon type, and gasoline is used as fuel. The ap paratus carries a sufficient quantity of tluid for a day’s run of seventy-five miles over orumary roads. The cost on an average is said to be less than one-half lt;«f a cent a mile.”
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Massillon Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Mon, Feb 12, 1900
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