The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 15

NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and The Nashville American, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1912. 43 Cars Registered in Nkshville in the Past 30 Days. 20 of Them Marathons. An Official Confirmation in Eloquent Figures of Marathon Popularity at Home. automobiles 5-PASSENGER 1912 HAYNES TOIJR'G CAR I Others Declare Sport is Neo essary for Development of Machines.

Nashville Is Buying Marathons INTEREST WANING For Past Three Years Attendance Has Steadily Decreased Savannah Race Wot Success. Stllz Graessle, local agemta for the Hay ties car, will receive a shipment of this model Monday. The two letters reproduced below tell the story of Marathon Popularity in Nashville A story based on sound common sense. Nashville buys Marathons because they are built in Nashville and every step in the manufacture of the car can be seen. Because there is no need of depending upon well worded advertisements or well printed catalogues.

Because repairs can be made or broken parts replaced without endless delay. WHEN YOU BUY A MARATHON YOU NOT ONLY BUY A BETTER CAR FOR LESS YOU SAVE THE FREIGHT. Title Inquiry never be permitted to remain in suoh a condition that the latches, are required to carry any material load, as. they must do when the effect of engaging them la to close up the opening between the door and the lintel. Cleaning and Adjusting Plugs Most "motorine novines learn hnw to esTAeusweo oi manv of tho makers who exhibit in these shows will make displays also in Chicago.

Four of the olictric car companies will exhibit passenger cars dur-Intr the first week, and commercial vehicles second week, both in New York pul Chicago. Tho appended llat shows where eacn company will exhibit Its product and the class of vehicles that will be displayed. Several makes 'that are new to the public will be seen this year. These are the Argo pasenger and com-, mercial cars, the Bronx commercial vehicles, tho Flanders electric Ker cars, the General Motors electric trucks, the Standard electric passen-ger ''cars, and the Ward delivery, wagons. Silent transmission and direct drive by shaft and enclosed gear are notable developments in electric cars which contribute to quiet operation, cleanline and reduction of wear.

In bodies the Colonial coupe with Insldo control is one of the striking Innovations of the season. In the commercial cars the carrying capacity ranges from S00 pounds to five tons. Bv the reduction of weigh: and friction and the use of Improved batteries, tho speed and mileage capacity have been greatly Business vehicles are now well suite for usd-in -suburban service for trips-' forty to 'sixty miles, while passenger cars can be used over good country roads. In fact, nearly all of the country models on the lines of gasoline cars that have sn'eeds'of thirty -miles an hour and mileage capacity of 100 miles or more. clean, and adjust spark plugs properly without much difficulty, but frequently are surprised to discover that their efforts are of small avail.

One reason for this is that not Infrequently, whan endeavoring to Insert -a plug in -a hot motor, the nervous driver knocks the sparkling end against the cylinder openings In trying to locate the thread. The usual result is that the points which ihave been so carefully adjusted are forced together onco more And consequently tho expctd forcful spark falls to materialize. A further source of difficulty in the same connection arises from the Inbred conviction that, once attendee to, the plugs require no further Inspection, so that when thiB happens tho trouble hunter wanders off vaguely and needlessly into the Intricacies of con adjustment. Jam TfflmTrnmii KANSAS WOMAN IS E-M-F AGENT Is automobile racing on the toboggan? An army of motor cur manufacturers answer in tho afilrmatlvc, while a second and equally as largo a body of automobile makers Insist that racing la Imperative to the development of the Industry. Alfred Reeves, former member of the Vanderbllt Cup Commission, and wh6 was a member of the contest-board of the American Automobile Association for a number of years.

Is among the latest recruits to the ranks of the opponents to tho speed contest. public Interest, tho uselesaness of demonstrating how fast cars can travel, and the needless waste of 'human life are, in fact, putting automobile rac-Jiiir In tho discard," declares Reeves. "If or three years," he continued, "at-'tendance at the big races has steadily decreased. Tho recent running of tho Vunderbilt Cup race at Savannah, despite the fact that phenomenal speed was attained by tho cars, was not an tmqualitleu success, and the prediction Is made Unit about one more running will end that classic. "It is not to be denied that the Vanderbllt trophy did a lot' for the autorho-bilo industry.

It has nccompllshed a. that William K. VaiiilerblR, set biit to do when he offered the trophy, proving that America can -produce the best cars and nerviest drivers of the world. "When the running of this race began-thOi foreign drivers, notublv those of France, were leading the earth. in speed.

For tho last four years American cars and American drivers have been in front and it Is just this that Mr. Vanderbllt wanted to prove. This accomplished, the usefulness of the race is past, and convinced that there will not. bo more than one more' running of it although I know of no official attempt to end it. -'When companies like the Locomobile end Alco, which have been contenders, in the Vanderbllt tho former being the first American maker to win the event, land the latter having built the car that won it two times In succession get sick of the game there must be something wrone with it.

No -one thinks of- races between locomotives. Races between automobiles are Just as Illogical, for wo all know now that you can manufacture automobiles that will go as fast as anyone can drive them. tho buyers of automobiles to whom races are supposed to appeal are not looking for speed. What theV want is reliability, and it is a fact that SO per cent of all cars are of moderate speed." ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT NATIONAL SHOWS Among tho hundreds of contraots recently renewed by the Studebaker Corporation for tho season of 1912, was that of. Clough King, of Burllngame, Kansas; This firm has been handling E.

M. F. "30" and Flandoro "30" cars for two years, and has been selling JVhshviule, Tekn. Jan. 4th, I9J.2.

an the cars it could cet. The remark able part of the situation la the fact 6O0 I I.IOM fit av m.v0.o.i me sie. 00 saot that the King in the nrm is a woman-probably the only bonafide woman dealer in thn oountrv. Mrs. King took up motoring for her health.

She drove an IS. M. F. 15,000 mileB In a year and raised -her weight from 115 to 175. She continued motorlmr as a matte i of business.

dOCS her own demonstrating and Is respected an over nor part or. me oxaic as a and darimr nilot. Burllngame Is a live town and most of the established line of cars handled there. Rival dealers have, how- Hon. Hallum W.

Goodloe, Seo'y of State, Nashville, Tenn. Dear Sirs-Will you kindly furnish us with a list of Automobiles registered by Nashville purchasers for the past thirty days. Also names of oars registered and greatly oblige, Very truly yours, MARATHON MOTOR WORKS ever. a nartlcularlv hard row tn hoe, with a cultured, business woman as a competitor. THE CHALMERS LOOKING AFTER CUSTOMERS In the early daya of ther automobile industry many factories followed the policy of "get the money" for their product and then letting the buyer lookout, for himself.

This led to the common belief, that tho first cost of the -automobile waB small in comparison to the expense of keeping it up. That day Is past and most of the reliable automobile makers of high grate motor cars today, maintain a department which takes care of the machines after they are turned over to the purchaser. taking care of customers is now generally admitted to be the correct policy. A satisfied), customer la the best advertisement and the direct causo of repeat orders. Many of the so-called troubles with automobiles are to-dav Insignificant yet to the customor they are mountains.

By keeping in close touch with customers-the dealer will -find it easy to keep everybody satisfied and after all the expense is comparatively small. Sagging of hte Body When a body that has been In uso for time begins to -show signs -or aaggins that door- latchos turned forcibly in' order to up the rear, of tho tonneau and close a vcrv appreciable crack it is high tlmo the Ironing should be looked after and strengthened. In uome instances where wooden frames are used it is sufficient to reset the screws which hold the Irons to tho framo or. to replace them with larer ones. In others it will be found necessary to install an extra bracket or two at tho point which shows signs of the greatest- amount of wprk- Ing.

any. case the structure should "I was recently demonstrating the Chalmers self-starter, which is regular equipment on the new Chalmers 'Thirty-six to a railway said Mr. Howard, of DefdH local representatives of, tho Chalmers Motor wompany. "inis man naa invusuguieu a number or starting devices now on the' market, but he nicked the 'self-starter the. superior of anything ne naa seen.

"Jtallwav mhn all favor tho com Manager Retail Sales pressed air starter. Compressed air is not an experiment In starting gasoline motors, and is the starting power generally used with the high-powered WPAR Bighiteen different make electric vehicles, -will bo exhibited 'the Ww. Tork and Chicago automobile shows this winter. Eight -of "UieucT will 'be displayed at the Madison Square. Garden flhow from January 6 to 20, others at the Grand Central.

Palaco show from January 10 to 17, and thirteen- makes at tho Chicago show In the coliseum and.Finrt Regiment, armory from January to February 15. Thftre will be no duplication of ox-hlblto In tho two Now York shows, which will be open concurrently, but motora employed railway "In the west nnarlv all branch rall- lines employ high-powered gasoline engines for driving their cars. These motora aro ail too large to be started by cranking processes, and compressed aid is the unlvoreal method of starting. 'The railway men- have tried nearly -else and all of them adhere to comoressed air. and nronounca all Trie Reply other types of self-starters merely experiments.

"Tho Chalmers company was the -first to introduce tne seir-starter in a medium priced car. Before offering this Innovation to the public, the Chalmers comDahv conducted exhaustive tests. We Have Taken the Agency for the HAYNES GAR Before you buy you should ne thia' $3,100 oar, 'made by the oldest automobile company In America, -with the neweBt ond most modern factory. A. close Inspection of the 1M2 line, will convince you of the Hayncs' superiority.

Either phone' or write for demotutrmtloa. nearly every starting device on the market was tried, but none came up to NASHVILLE MALLUM W. JOHN SHElTON.CniKC.r. uio standard or me seit-starter men course of construction the Chalmers shops. When tho Chalmers starter was perfected it was tested-out In over miles of, service on one car.

It come fully up to the -expectations of Ita designers, who Immediately equipped two other cars and started them on the road. In these thousands of tests the Chalmers AGlffltartAr nvftr failed tn work. It has STILZ GRAESSLE 'been inspected by many of the -leading Rlv ".111.117 THIRD PHOTO M. 1996 engineer or tno automoDiie maustry, and all of them have marveled at Its simplicity and efficiency. If you would know What real value in' a mo 1 tor car.

consists of--come in and inspect the DORRIS. It is built with infinite care. 'It is not sacrificed in one detail yet it is sold at a price pre-eminently Nashville Motor Car Co. NINTH AND CHURCH STROTSTS AYIf 1M7K January 5, 1912. Marathon Motor Works, Nashville, Tenn.

Gentlemen: I am in reoeipt of your letter of the 4th, requesting a list Nashville purchasers of automobiles for the past thirty days, and in reply I beg. to say, that there has been registered in this office for Nashville and Davidson County 43 automobiles from Pecember the 4th, 1911, to January 5th, 1912, as, follows: 1 Marathon Motor 20 Briscoe Co 1 Overland Co 1 Peerless Co 2 International Harvester 3 Chalmers Co. i Velie Motor Vehicle Co 4 The General Motor Co i. 2 Hupp Motor Car Co 1 r. Co, 1 Haynes Auto Co' 1 Packard Motor Co 2- Hudson Motor Car Oo.

1 Bui ok Motor Co. i E.M.P. Co 1 Elmore Automobile Co. I i Total "43 Yours very truly, EAfter You Have Satisfied Yourself That the Stoddard -Dayton GOOD ROADS WORK In admitting unqualifiedly that the Federal government has the power to build national President Taft In his -'recent speech to motorists settled the question of, tho constitutional right of congress to appropriate Federal funds in aid of a national system of Improved highways. This declaration by President Taft, coupled with the fact that President Thomas Jefferson, whose -political principles are said to actuate tho party which is opposing Mr.

Taft, also believed. In the power of the Federal government to build roads across the Htates, will be brought forward at tho Federal aid good roads convention of 'the American- Automobile AssoclatiLon in Washington, January 16 and 17. This convention has been called particularly to discuss the subject of Federal alu, In an 'effort to arrive at some definite program behind which all users of tho roads can put their Influence. The necessity for getting together on this Important question is indicated by, the -fact that some 35 different bills dealing with the subject pfi Federal participation in highway Improvement are now pending In congress. Some ot these provide tor commissions to investigate the subject; others call tor Immediate appropriations for extensive schemes of highway improvement; stlW others provide for tho construction of particular roads, suoh as the proposed Lincoln Memorial highway from Fredericksburg.

to the national capital and various other specific stretches of turnpike These bills havo been Introduced by senators and representatives from every part of the country, and reflect tho sentiment which is growing rapidly for. good roads -work. Runs Auto With out Gasoline Paul of Nyack. N. made a -discovery that Is of 'interest to every motorist who has been "up against after he has exhausted his gasoline supply miles from a Mr.

Log-get has found tho acetylene gas, while not nearly as powerful as gasoline la equally efficient In operating a car. The discovery saved him from being stalled miles from a garage and constitutes a good tip to tho country's He was driving-from Nyack, N. to Chatham, N. a distance, of -126 miles. While between Kingston and Catskill, on the west bank of the Hudson river ho ran out of gasoline several mller from' the nearest place where any could be secured.

As there were no telephone any, nearer than the gasoline, he started the car with the self-starter and left the gas from the acetylene tank on the: dashboard of the car, turned on about one-thirds the way around- Then ho ran several miles up and down bill usine only acetylene as ftattoued on Ntact Paf Has No Superior in Any Feature, Consider the Price $1,450 to uJR. L. FLETCHER, 901 Church Street Secretary of State. pecia! Announcements The New 1912 Mete Runabout- With complete- equipment, including top. zitf-zaff wind ahield.

Cars, designed right, built right, of right materials and priced right are the cars that the people will eventually buy. For demonstration phone Retail Sales Department, W. F. Anderson, Manager. generator, tfu and oil lamps full act of tools and pump.

SSaO NASHVILLE TBRMSt 1200 cash; balance $50 per month. DEEDS A HIRSIG MFG 150-154 Second North 12th Clinton MARATHON MOTOR WORKS Phone M. 1419.