Premier Will Lay Out Cross Country Tour
The Touring Club of America plans a 4000 mile cross country trip from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco to gather road data for a national auto tour. A. L. Westgard will drive the Premier car, with Gov. Horace White and Logan Waller Page observing. The route via Santa Fe will be mapped for autumn travel, lasting about sixty days.
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Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Touring Club of America
Broadway
Seventy-sixth Street
New York
A. L. Westgard
Committee On Tours
Horace White
New York State
Charles ¥. Hughes
Supreme Court
Washington
Westgard
United States
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
Page
Public
Santa Fe
California
Californian
Los Angeles
Leland Honored in England for Cadillac Standardization
H M Leland advisory manager of Cadillac returned to the United States after a visit to England where British engineers journalists and businessmen praised American engineering progress. At a London dinner he was dubbed the grand old man of the American auto industry and pressed on how Cadillac achieved world leading standardization without magic or gimmick.
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H. M. Leland
Cadillac Motor Car Company
England
Royal Automobile Club
Leland
London
Cadillac
Yate Wood Said to Boost Early Automobiles
Burton J. Westcott of Westcott Motor Car Company in Richmond Indiana notes that Yate wood from Western Australia could be a key material in car building. Tests show Yate’s strength averages 24 000 psi, making it possibly the strongest known timber for automotive use.
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Burton J. Westcott
Westcott Motor Car “Company
Richmond
Ind
Western Australia
Abbott DeTroit racing team wins second prize at Vanderbilt
The maiden effort of the Abbott De troits tying squadron racing team in the automobile arena earned a second prize at the Vanderbilt race. Assistant manager B Spitzley of the Abbott motor car company in Detroit notes the result as gratifying.
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Abbott-Detroits
Vanderbilt
B. (. Spitzley
Abbott Motor Car Company
Detroit
Mich
Commercial Vehicle Test Much Favored
New York on October 28 and 29 will host a commercial motor vehicle contest promoted by the New York American. Manufacturers nationwide show strong interest, praising the event as a demonstration of efficiency and economy in truck use. Alfred Reeves endorses the rules as fair, aiming to prove benefits in economy time saving convenience and sanitary conditions with quality construction and materials.
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New York
New York American
Alfred Reeves
Tthe ‘Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
Unruly Crowd Marks Early Vanderbilt Cup Start
The Vanderbilt Cup race on the Long Island course drew a disorderly crowd, with poor police protection cited by National Motor Company GM Dickson. Drivers and officials faced unsafe conditions as intoxicated spectators hurled missiles and a police officer clashed with a car, forcing the Grand Prize start to be called off to protect drivers and crowds.
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Long Island
Dickson
National Motor Company
New York
Tad
New York City
Riverside Drive
Indianapolis
Aitken
Speedway
Ed Covington
Johnny Aitken
Covington
Aitken N
Benz
Savannah
Motor Car Advice on Tire Care and Inflation
Practical guidance on tire inflation and care from older automotive advice. Emphasizes keeping tires round under load, vulcanizing large cuts, testing inner tubes, avoiding heat and oil, proper storage of spare tubes, rotating tires on four equal wheels, pumping up hard if in good shape, not braking hard, keeping valve stems tight, and never running on a flat tire to prevent damage.
Grant Urges Auto Transport for Troops in War
Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, in his annual War Department report, proposes a national law to allow commandeering private four or more passenger automobiles for troop transport in war. He notes road improvements and car speed will enable long distance moves, with owners reimbursed.
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Washington
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
War Department
Grant
Indianapolis Automobile Directory listing brands and garages
A fragmentary page from the Indianapolis Automobile Directory lists auto brands and dealers such as E M F, Studebaker, Hupmobile, Overland, and National Refining associated with Indianapolis addresses and storefronts. The listing mentions gasoline brands Greases and White Rose, along with various street locations and dealer names.
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National Refining Co
Oliver A
Overland
Shiver
Bear Parry Auto Co
Standard and Division
Foreign designers eye two cycle motor revolution
Foreign and domestic observers discuss the rapidly evolving two cycle automobile engine led by the Elmore 1911 model. The valveless design gains attention for efficiency and controllable power, with gas engineers abroad rethinking timing and intake to optimize output. The Elmore remains a pioneer, its unique timed gas intake setting it apart.
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Elmore
Atlantic
New Auto School Consolidates With Washington Firm
The National auto school has merged with the Washington auto school forming the Washington auto school located at the Washington company's garage formerly the Washington skating rink. F. J. Wallace is manager of the new firm.
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NEW Auto School
National Auto School
Washington Auto School
New Concern
Washington Company
Washington Skating Rink
F. J. Wallace
Rising Rural Car Use Cited by Jackson Auto Firm
General Manager F. Holmes of the Jackson automobile company in Jackson, Michigan, reports a clear rise in country demand for auto supplies compared with city demand, noting growing use of automobiles in rural areas.
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Jackson Automobile Company of
Jackson, Mich
Grant plans Grand 2 g return in same Alco car
Harry F Grant, the urbane driver of the winning Alco, remains in New York and says he will compete in the Grand 2 g race with the same car but will not start in Saturday's Fairmount Park race. He defends the course clarity, credits steady driving and timing for the win, and notes a signaling error cost him a bigger margin.
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Harry F. Grant
Alco
New York
Fairmount Park
Grant
Lee
Wade
George Babcock
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