Muffler Cut-out Crackdown Spreads From New York City
New York City bans muffler cut-outs with July 1 enforcement. Police will arrest violators as the ordinance, drafted by the Touring Club of America, spreads to Massachusetts New Haven Albany and cities like Philadelphia. Authorities cite safety and noise concerns and urge motorists to comply or face fines and jail time.
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New York City
New York
Waldo
America
Board of Aldermen
Iit
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Porter
Hlinkenburg
Highway Commission of
Massachusetts
New Haven
Cowtes
Secord
Albany
Everything on this car new R C H will create sensation
Detroit firm introduces 193 equipment for touring car including five electric lights non skid tires Warner gatometer top with Jiffy curtains top slip cover rear vision mirror robe rail and inside curtain controls aimed at full driving convenience. The article notes demand for comprehensive equipment by motorists and praises the Warner ammeter and speedometer. A second item reports Plainfield basebal l team beating New York Fire Department 7 to 1 with a postgame Fire Department dinner.
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Detroit Corporation
Carr
Warner
Fairfield
Metropolitan Motor Speedway Planned Near Newark Jersey Meadows
A new Metropolitan Motor Speedway and stadium are planned on 200 acres at the Jersey meadows near Newark. The Metropolitan Motor Speedway Association, authorized with $1,590,000, will break ground next month and complete within a year. An inaugural 100 mile race is set for July 4, 193, with A. R. Pardington as vice president and general manager and Fred J. Wagner as a director and financier. The project includes long grandstands for 200,000, infield aviation and other facilities, with extensive rail, road, and ferry access from New York and New Jersey communities within a 200 mile radius.
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Metropolitan Motor Speedway
Metropolittan Motor Speedway Association
Jersey Meadows
Newark
Ordway
A. R. Pardington
Tong Island Motor Parkway
New Corporation
Fred J. Wagner
H. E. Hoyt
American Potash Company
Appendore F. Keer
Newark Trust Company
W. H. Osborne
Speedway
Feld
Ent
Thenna
Aragon
Indianapolis
New York
Hudson Tubes
Erie
Jersey City
Hoboken
Weehawken
New Jersey
10Th Street
Red Street
224 Street
Christopher
Dew Brokses
Cortlandt
Barclay Streets
Philadelphia
Trento
The
Oranges
Overland Company Expands and Plans Doubling Output
Willys-Overland of Toledo announces capital increase from 3 to 14 million dollars, construction of four large buildings and several smaller ones, and 3000 new hires to reach 9000 employees. Plant capacity will double, targeting 200 finished cars daily. demand has outpaced supply, with 23340 cars produced in past eleven months and thousands of orders cancelled.
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John XS. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Overland Motor Car
Overland
Willys
New York Stock Exchange
Overland Automobiler
Durie
Orde
Juni
Tix
Kinsey
The
Kinses
Pany
Overland Automobile
Testing Electric Trucks Under Varied Road Conditions
Gordon commer redal work testement details a General Motors Truck Company division test program. After assembly a preliminary road test checks stability and range with diverse roads such as hills and mountain grades. The engineers quantify power output and torque, aiming to prove performance under harsh everyday use.
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Gordon
Rasa J. M. Laneden
Fer Tele
General Metors Track Company
Enek
Varioun Road
Startling tire figures for 1912 output and costs
An early 20th century projection estimates 1990000 tires sold in the United States in 1912 with six hundred thousand cars needing six tires each. At $90 per tire, total consumer spending would reach about 1990000 dollars. Goodyear, citing 40000 tires produced by mid year, aims for a total annual output near one million tires, about a quarter of national production.
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Goodyeas Company
Uitehfield
Monager
Goodyear Company
Novel truck loading device praised by Yonkers operators
Motor truck operators show interest in a new automatic loading device tested in Yonkers. The system loads a cable yard of sand or gravel per minute and unloads in one minute via an incline. It works with a Velte truck and uses a series of buckets over Angeline. The device aims to cut labor from four men to one operator and may be adopted soon. A postponement of a motor carriage show was decided for September due to July vacation lull and few 1913 models in stock. Sunday’s New York Tribune priced at 250 a year.
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Une
Yonkers
Velte
Davies
Thane
Motor Tr
Angeline
Reiss Retains Interest Amid Motor Car Company Tie
Reiss maintains stake in Marton Motor Car Company with plans for next year and beyond. Charles Be hints a contract closure, while Helsen supports agency continuation for American and Marion interests. The report suggests a large financial stake, prompting scrutiny of the arrangement.
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Charles BE
Helsen
Marion Catafy
Reise
Marton Motor Car Company
Reins Rays
Alco Truck Arrives Chicago After Steady Transcontinental Run
The Alco truck tours into Chicago today guided by a escort band and a large welcome. From Philadelphia on June 2 it has completed about 1.1 percent of its coast to coast route averaging over one hundred miles daily with a three ton soap cargo en route to Petaluma California. Road repairs and detours slowed progress but the vehicle maintained its twelve mile per gallon performance under tough conditions from Cleveland to Toledo.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
EF. I. Ferguson
Glidden Tours
Cleveland
Toledo
Ttown
Middle West
Petaluma
Cal
No Grave for Old Cars in Detroit Inquiry Finds No Junk Pile
A Detroit auto authority traced old cars and found none scrapped. Many remain in service as farm vehicles, delivery wagons, or power plants. Hudsons, including the first Coffin design, still run in several states. Some cars changed owners multiple times yet continue driving, while few were destroyed by accidents or fires.
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Detroit Automobile Authority
Hudson
Thenquiry
Howard XE
Coffin
Hudson Motor Car Company
Joseph P. Davis
Pough- Keepsie
N.Y
New York City
Davis
Augusta
Pacifi Coast
Davia
Sacramento
el Paso
Tex
Pan
Coffin Butit
Hudson Company
Detroi
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Savannah
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Switzerland
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Spencer Wishart
Overland Company
General Motors
Marvel
NEW York Tribune
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REISS
Kite Company
White Kuit Company
Broadway
ALCO
Detroit
Poughkeepsie
DAHL
Tire Core Company OF America
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Columbus
Renault
H. P
Stearns USA
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Rambleh
Rankin Bock
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Chalmers
FIAT
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Hike Automobile Co
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New Frontier
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