MINOR MENTION
W.C. Jaynes, of Buffalo, will handle the Pope-Toledo during the coming year.
Fred P. Brand, formerly of the Locomobile Company, is now with the Electric Vehicle Company.
The Marion Motor Car Company will be represented in Buffalo by J. A. Cramer this year.
The New York agency for Matheson cars has been secured by Shepard Brothers, of 500 Fifth avenue.
The automobile repair shop of Estes Ruggles & Son, of Ware, Mass., was damaged by fire recently.
Roy A. Fay has been appointed business manager of the Harvard Automobile Company, of Cambridge, Mass.
The Reed-Underhill Company, of Boston, Mass., will have the agency for the Stearns car for the coming season.
Harrington's Auto Station No. 1, Worcester, Mass., has taken the agency for Thomas cars in that county for 1905.
The Briscoe Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., are negotiating for a factory in the neighborhood of New York city.
There is a rumor afloat that the Baldwin Automobile Company, of Connellsville, Pa., are about to resume the manufacture of cars.
The Fischer Special Manufacturing Company, of Cincinnati, makers of spark coils, etc., have moved into a new factory at 2076 Reading road.
The Overland Rubber Company, of Denver, Col., have been appointed representatives of the tire department of the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio.
Henry M. Leland, vice president of the Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, has been appointed general manager of the Cadillac Automobile Company.
The Reo Motor Car Company, of Philadelphia, has been organized to sell Reo cars. F. W. Stockbridge has been appointed manager, and quarters have been secured in the Mink Arcade in Penn square.
The Apperson Brothers Automobile Company, of Kokomo, Ind., have opened a branch office at 66 West Forty-third street, under the management of L. A. Hopkins, formerly treasurer of the Brooklyn Automobile Company.
A large touring car belonging to H. O. Stone, of Chicago, was struck by a Milwaukee avenue cable train last week, and the chauffeur, D. E. Tobin, and two friends were hurled into the street and severely injured, Tobin fatally.
The Michigan Automobile Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., have moved to new quarters in the Thum Block on Ottawa street, where increased facilities are offered. They will have the agency for the Pope-Toledo, Cadillac, White and Buick cars during 1905. The Standard Engine and Automobile Company has entered into an agreement with citizens of Greenwood, Ind., by which a factory is secured for the manufacture of automobiles.
W. H. Webster writes that he is now with the Maxwell-Briscoe Company, 317 West Fifty-ninth street, New York city, having severed his connection with the automobile department of John Wanamaker.
A new building is being built on the corner of Fourth and Ripley streets, Davenport, Ia., the first floor of which will be occupied by the Burck Auto Carriage and Implement Company as a salesroom and garage.
The Merkel Motor Company, of Milwaukee, by F. P. Rugee, president, and W. I. Merkel, secretary, have filed an amendment to their charter decreasing the capital stock from $200,000 to $100,000 and changing the board of directors from three to five members.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of New York city, on January 5, Albert R. Shattuck addressed the members on the subject of good roads, and asked them to indorse a resolution urging the expenditure of $50,000,000 on the highways of the State.
The Randliff Motor Car Company, recently organized, have secured the premises formerly occupied by the Suto Car Company, at 24 and 26 Columbus avenue, Boston. They are the Eastern representatives of the Panhard & Levassor and the Maxwell, Briscoe Company.
The Moline Automobile Company, East Moline, Ill., have appointed the Buck Auto, Carriage and Implement Company, of Davenport, Ia., agents for Davenport, Rock Island, and a number of neighboring counties on both sides of the Mississippi, and the Mead Cycle Company agents for Chicago and vicinity.
Upon the recommendation of the Bureau of Combustibles, Fire Commissioner Hayes, of New York, has revoked the license granted to Tadini F. Gerome, proprietor of an automobile garage and repair shop at 71 South Washington square, on the ground that the conditions there are in violation of the rules of the department.
The Matheson Motor Car Company, of Holyoke, Mass., have purchased a plot of land on the Grand boulevard, Detroit, Mich., and expect to build a factory on it in the spring. A Detroit office has been opened at 910 Hammond Building, in charge of F, A. Hinchman. He has recently been elected treasurer, and F. F. Matheson secretary.
The capital stock of the New York Sporting Goods Company has been increased to $100,000, and they have received permission to amend their charter to cover the manufacture and sale of motor cars and supplies. They have secured the building at 17 Warren street, New York city, which will be used for sales purposes. Roger F. Murray has been added to their board of directors.
On January 2 a 100 mile track race was held at Dallas, Tex., and was won by Ollie Savin, driving E. H. R. Green's Pope-Toledo, in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 42 3.5 seconds. There were five starters.
The Evans Automobile Company, of Columbus, Ohio, recently organized, have elected the following officers: J. Cyrus Morrison, president; Smiley Caldwell, vice president; George W. Smith, secretary; Charles E. Leist, treasurer, and William E. Evans general manager. Quarters have been secured at 63 Fay street, and the company propose to do a general automobile business, including a livery service.
An application for a charter of incorporation under the laws of Pennsylvania has been made by Joseph S. Mack, William E. Butler, Willis A. Heath, John M. Mack, W. C. Mack, A. F. Mack, Leo E. Schimpff and Louis Meyer, for an intended corporation to be called the Mack Brothers Motor Car Company, for the manufacture of motors, cars, vehicles, boats, locomotives, automobiles and machine and hardware specialties. The Weaver-Hirst foundry plant, of Allentown, Pa., has been acquired by the company, whose present factory is in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Spaces at the Detroit Automobile Show, which opens on February 13, have been allotted to Cadillac Automobile Company, Packard Motor Car Company, Stirling Auto Company, Northern Manufacturing Company, Waverley, Pope-Toledo Company, Maxwell-Briscoe Company, I. P. Schneider, Welch Motor Car Company, E. R. Thomas Motor Car Company, Pungs-Finch Motor and Gas Engine Company, Reid Manufacturing Company, C. H. Blomstrom Motor Company, Olds Motor Company, Wayne Automobile Company, W. H. Weber, White Sewing Machine Company, Ford Motor Company, Young & Miller, Reliance Motor Car Company, Humber Motor Company, C. F. Splitdori. Standard Oil Company, Briscoe Manufacturing Company, American Lubricator Company, Gray & Davis, Hartford Rubber Company, B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Veeder Manufacturing Company, Morgan & Wright, Schug Manufacturing Company, Firestone Rubber Company, Badger Brass Manufacturing Company, Rose Manufacturing Company, Diamond Rubber Company, Concentrated Acetylene Company, Twentieth Century Manufacturing Company, Monnier Cycle Supply Company, Fawkes Rubber Company, Warner Gear Company, Fisk Rubber Company, G & J Tire Company, Automobile Equipment Company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, McDonald, Wessels & Ames Company, Matchless Metal Polish Company, Armstrong & Co., S. F. Bowser & Co., Detroit Steel Products Company.
