Entry Fees Dropped as Auto Racing Faces Decline
The Savannah Automobile Association reports only one entry for the Vanderbilt and announces the fourth international sweepstakes at Indianapolis will reduce entry fees from 500 to 200 with a 60 percent refund for starters. Opened by decades of rising costs, manufacturers quit racing and promoters may shift to driver-stable setups with smaller entry sums and bigger purses.
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United States
Savannah Automobile Association
Indianapolis
Ford Columbus Branch Plant Plans Revealed
Plans for the Columbus branch plant of the Ford Motor Company prepared in Detroit will be completed in about two weeks when bids will be asked. The building will be six stories high and is estimated to cost $110,000. It is expected to be of fireproof construction throughout.
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Ford Columbus
Columbus
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Great Britain and America Lead Trade in Australian Auto Imports
Australia imported 4.16 million dollars of automobiles and parts in the first half of 1918, down from 4.62 million the prior year. The United Kingdom supplied about one third, the United States about a quarter, with Canada Italy France Germany Belgium and others also contributing. Canada shows a surprising gain likely due to Ford demand, while Italy remains small and Australia’s market overall shows a slight decline.
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Australia
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Warner father of instrument founders hurt in Beloit accident
Co. O. Warner, father of the Warners who started the Warner Instrument Company now merged as Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation, is in serious condition after being struck by a motor car while riding his bicycle on a Beloit street. He was an expert mechanic who contributed to the Warner speed recorder.
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Co. O. Warner
Warners
Warner Instrument Company
Stewart Company
Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation
Warner
Beloit
Falk Company Raises Capital in Milwaukee Engine Venture
The Falk Company of Milwaukee manganese steel founder and manufacturer of kerosene gas engines has increased its capital stock from 100000 to 250000. After two years of extensive experimentation in kerosene engine design the firm hopes to perfect a compact kerosene power plant for motor trucks and possibly pleasure vehicles.
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Falk Company
Milwaukee
Manganese Steel
Experimental Ohio road tests convict labor in construction
A 6500 foot experimental road south of Columbus tests wear, cost and maintenance of diverse materials including brick, concrete, asphalt and slag. Convicts from Ohio penitentiary carried most labor while supervisors arranged traffic, layout and testing across 381 sections with varied bases and binders.
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Ohio
United States
Columbus
Ohio Highway Commission
Motor Age
James R. Marker
Buckeye Capital
Seagraves Mfg. Co
South High Street
Circleville
Chillicothe
Waverly
Portsmouth
Seagraves Company
Buckeye
Hassan
State Highway Department
Marion
Ohio Marble Company
Delaware Stone
Hinkle
Hennessey
Makers to Enlarge Canton Truck Plant
The Lord Baltimore Motor Truck Company plans a large new truck plant at Canton Ohio. The facility will be two stories high and measure 600 by 126 feet.
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Lord Baltimore Motor Truck Company
Canton
Army Adopts Quadruple-Drive Jeffery Trucks
The United States Army has adopted Jeffery quadruple-drive trucks for the quartermaster corps after a 101.2 mile test under muddy rolling terrain. The vehicle completed the run in 9 hours 10 minutes with an 11.8 mph average, using 19.5 gallons of gasoline, and required no hood adjustments. The design promises to carry full loads and travel anywhere a four-mule team can go.
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Thomas J. Jeffery Company
Jeffery
United States Army
Quartermaster Corps
Atlanta Motor Show To Debut 1914 Models With Sousa Band
Atlanta hosts its fourth annual motor show November 8 to 15 featuring 1914 models ahead of northern peers. Sousa’s Fifty two piece band will perform twice daily, with a $7000 contract. Show week includes extended motor tours from around Atlanta as a major entertainment feature.
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Atlanta
New York
Chicago
America
Sousa
Atlanta Show Committee
New York Pair Begin 80,000-Mile European Motor Tour
Mr and Mrs T Frederick Lee of New York travel with a Russian linguist friend on a Buick journey across Europe starting August 1. The 80,000 mile tour aims toward the Panama Pacific exhibition in 1916 with plans to reach India and the Far East after Europe. Lee drives without a chauffeur and will handle the car himself throughout the trip.
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T. Frederick Lee
New York
Europe
London
India
Far East
Lee
Jack Rabbit Bridge Stunt Tops Chicago Upgrade Tale
An Italian undertaker Michael Iarussi drove onto Halsted street bridge in Chicago as it rose sharply. The car climbed the nearly vertical incline before the front wheels dropped and a fly wheel saved the vehicle from plunging into the river. Eyewitnesses compared the ascent to a hill climb. Iarussi's car is undergoing repair at the Apperson branch.
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Chicago
Halstead Street
Michael Iarussi
Karussi
Tarussi
Iarussi
Apperson
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Baker Motor Vehicle Company
Hudson CO
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