Paige Sales Show 61 Per
Cent Increase This Year
Sixty-one per cent, is the substantial
sain in the sale, manufacture and de
livery of cars the Paige-Detroit Motor
Car Company shown for the months
of January and February, 1913, over
the corresponding months of last year.
This Is the period during which,
Paige executives believe, the Paige
Company established new records for
i ars sold at automobile shows. Dur
ing a period of two weeks—at. the
New York and Chicago shows alone—
one million dollars worth of Paige
(ars were purchased. At New York
:i record was marie by the sale of 51
'Paiges and at Chicago one dealer
alone sold 2.63 Paige <-ars. At other
shows In different parts of the country
similar results were attained.
While record sales at shows, such as
those Indicated above, were an impor
tant fatcor in reaching a gain of 61
per cent, over last year, this advance
in volume of business was not due
alone to large increase in special sec
tions of the country. The middle
West, with the sale of Its large crops
and consequent abundance of money
lias, naturally, been especially active
in its demand for cars, yet sales rec
ords made at such wolnts as New
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The Big
Sensation
OF THE
Auto Show
Union Self=Sealing
Inner Tubas
MOTORISTS
Are astonished and dumb
founded by the wonderful
demonstrations.
At the Arena
You Cannot Afford
To Miss Them
Union Sales Co., Inc.
Second and Nor.h Sts.
Harrisburg
HERFF-BROOKS
The Six-Kiity . ... ■
The Four-Forty #llOO
The Four-Twenty-five
AI,I, pnicics r. o. n. FACTOUV
AT THE AUTO SHOW IN KELKER STREET HALL
JAMES K. KIPP
Garage—l7l7 N. Fourth St. Residence—22o3 N. Fourth St.
Thg Monroe, $460
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Beautiful, comfortable, complete, and built to give satis
factory service from the best materials money can buy. The
final achievement of men with years of experience in auto
mobile engineering and are built under their personal super
vision.
lias streamline body, left-hand drive, center control, roomy, deep,
upholstered seat; mohair top with curtains and cover, wind shield,
electric lights, etc. Ifileetrli: starter - only $35 extra. Specifications
and Illustrations sent on request. Demonstrator now here.
Hottenstein and Zech
Auto Show, Kelkcr Street Hall. Address, City Garage.
jjjjf America's Greatest Light Six
The Big Attraction at the Auto Show
In Kelker Street Hall
ROBERTS & HOIN
Central Garage 334 Chestnut Street
THURSDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 18, 1915.
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston I
and i-ios Angeles, indicate that the in- ]
creased demand is wide-spread—u
condition that is significant not merely 1
because it indicates success of the
Paigo in building and marketing a car
whose value is appreciated—but In a
broader sense because it i* proof of
natural prosperity and v.iOe-spread
business activity. N
The Paige record of JMI'OS Increase
f or the first two month* of th'.'year is
I likely to be broken as the rush is con
j tinning. The factory has been operat
ing. and will continue to operate,
night and day. but th» production Is
j still considerably behind the orders
» for cars.
Metz Cars Hold Enviable
Hill Climbing Records
The winning of endurar.ee and hill
climbing contests is among the strong
j points of Met'/ cars.
To the impressive collection of cups
J and trophies which the Metz "22" al
ready holds, and successfully defends,
jit recently added other brilliant testi
-1 monials to its prowess,
i Among them was t;io capturing of
I the Utica Automobile Cii'.b trophy,
1 which was the prize contented for in
, the Second Annual Hill Climb, con
ducted under the auspices of this
| Club at Richfield Sprinsts, N. Y.
it not only captured it, but it won it
I in a manner to dcligh. lovers of the
j sensational.
| In Class "A" of this contest Metz
cars won tirst, second, third and fourth
j places. The hill is seven-eighths of
a mile long, and in the steepest section
lit presents a grade that is the despair
I of many automobillsts.
! The otflcial record of the Class "A"
| event is cs follows:
! Order Driver Car Time
jl—Carl Roeder Metz "22" 1:05
2—John Guiney Metz "22" 1:07 Vi
3—C. Walter Met/. Metz "::2" 1:09\~
(4 —Luke Sherwood Metz "22" l.lOVi
As a sensational climax to the
events of the day. the Metz "22" also
Won the l-'ree-for-All in one-two-three
order, three of the Metz cars finishing
ahead of the entire field in the follow
ing remarkable time:
Order Driver Car Time
I—John Guiney Metz "22" 0:55' 2
2—C. Walter Metz Metz "22" 0:»«»,»
3—James Connelly Metz "22" o:s7'i
During the running .of the contest
Metz cars were driven at times at the
I rate of 58 miles per hour, which sets
ja new record for this hill.
I Aside from the fact that the Metz
"22" won the last Glidden Tour, which
was an eighty days' contest, and also
the three-mile hill-climb at Union
town, Pa., this latest victory seems
sufficient in itself to justify the policy
of the Metz Companj in equipping its
cars with an engine powerful enough
to develop virtually one horso power
for every 50 pounds of weight—which
is greatly in excess of the power com
manded by the average car.
In addition to this, it cannot be dis
puted that the remarkable success of
the Metz in ordinary road work, and
in hill-climbing contests, is largely
I due to its gearless transmission, which
j enables it to take .instantaneous ad
! vantage of every , variation in road
I conditions, without putting strain on
j engine or tires, and without the loss
of a particle of headway.
Besides, many a race is lost because
!of a clutch that slips at the crucial
moment—-or all the time, for that mat
ter: and with its gearless transmis
sion the Metz has no clutch to slip.
THE 1915 JACKSON
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I*. 11. IVCIMX'II, Kustcrn Distributor. S3l Chestnut Street.
MEN WHO HEAD TWO AUTO
ASSOCIATIONS GIVING BIG SHOWS
GEORGE G. McFARLAND GEORGE A.. DECHANT,
President Harrisburg Automobile President Capital City Motor Dealers'
Dealers' Association Association
Reo Six Feature of the
Harrisburg Auto Co. Exhibit
The new Keo Six ear has demon-1
strated beyond doubt that the Reo |
Motor Car Company have embodied in j
it every good feature that can be put I
on an automobile. All the Rood quali- j
tiea of the four-cylinder Reo are em
bodied in the six with many Improve- j
ments tliat time and the most enter- |
prising; factory in the country have i
discovered. The cylinders are 3 0-16 by i
5 1-8, overhead valve action which give
the largest amount of power and are|
the most expensive. The engine looks :
like a unii power plant, it being pro-;
tected with a removable case, giving j
all the advantages of the unit/power j
plant without any disadvantages. It I
is equipped with a double exhaust I
manifold, each set of cylinders ex- j
hausting in their individual manifold. <
The multiple disc dry plate clutch |
which has proven so satisfactory for I
years in the lleo is also used. The car j
has the Reo construction of full-fioat- i
ing rear axle, spiral bevel drive, eanti- j
lever springs, speedometer anil pump I
on the shaft, one-man top, the won- I
derful Remy electric starting and i
lighting system, weight less than 3100 j
pounds, on high gear has a high speed j
of 61! miles an hour anil yet can be
throttled down to two miles an hour |
on high gear, as easy to guide and j
control as the four-cylinder Reo as
well as in every way have all the fea
tures that have made Ueo the most I
satisfactory middle-priced car in the I
universe.
| HERFF-BROOKS SIX-CYLINDER
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James K. Krpp, Distributor, 1717 North Fourth SI reef.
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| THE MITCHELL LIGHT SIX
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Ileum & Son. AKCIUB, 108 Market Street.
lIUPMOBILE FIVE PASSENGER TOURING
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| KiuMiiliiKcr Motor Co., Distributor*, I-J. C. Knsiulitucr, .Manager.
Detroiter Eight Will
Be Shown This Evening
Bettor lute than never. Is the verdict
of Connover & Mehrlng, whose eight
cylinder Detroiter was delayed in ship
ment. but will lie on exhibition at the
Kelker Street Auto Show to-night.
This popular-priced eighth was of great
interest at the. leading shows.
A greater gross business during the
first ten days of January than during
the entire 11114 season is the remark
able achievement of the Briggs—De
troiter Company, of Detroit, according
to the statement <\f Claude S. Briggs,
president, lie say*:
"Our eight-cylinder model, exhibited
for the first time at the New York
show, has brought about a stampede
011 the part of dealers to get in their
orders early, and it begins to look as
If our manufacturing facilities are
going to be taxed to tile limit to pro
duce ears enough.
"While we expected to do a large
business with an eight-cylinder car at
A low price, we were amazed at the
Interest shown.
"I consider the instant popularity of
the eight-cylinder car one of the most
remarkable developments of the auto
mobile business, when it is remembered
that it required years to tirniiy estab
lish six-cylinder cars in popular favor.
And 1 believe that if the combined fa
cilities of all manufacturers of eiglit
cylinder cars in litlu were increased
five-fold, the demand for eights would
still be in excess of the supply."
There are over live hundred differ
ent kinds of machines used in the
Studebaker s.utomobile factories, as a
SUulebaker is more completely made
by the manufacturer than any other
1 car.
IfyEtnrttErj
J —the greatest moderate priced automobile made. ;!
This car represents the first successful attempt in America to produce a real quality car !>
at a moderate price, j!
The eight-cylinder motor introduces the noiseless "steady pull at all speeds'' feature which !!
; removes the remaining kinks from motoring comfort. . ! |
! The finish, design and appointments are impressively refined, in fact, many cars of greater j|
! cost suffer by comparison. . ]!
From the standpoint of recognized achievement, the Detroiter "Eight" is the biggest thing ''
j on the automobile horizon to-day, to-morrow and for many days to come. |!
It has been christened by motoring connoisseurs, "The Aristocrat of .Moderate Priced Cars." !;
; W ill climb any hill around Harrisburg on high. ' (
f Demonstrations without obligation. Price £1295, F\ O. B. factory. j;
; Kelker Street Auto Show To-night ||
Conover & Mehring
Distributors for Dauphin, Cumberland and Adams Counties \\
f 17 17 NORTH FOURTH STREET i
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♦f 5-passenger Touring car with sedan and mohair tops
♦* 2-passenger Roadster with coupe and mohair tops Jjvl!s2f>
ft 5-passenger Touring car with mohair top only #I2OO 5
2-passenger Roadster with mohair top only SI2OO XI
ft 4-passenger Touring car or Roadster, Model "MA'' #IOSO 5
Z2
Westinghouse electric lighting and starting systems on all models
Prices F. O. 8., Detroit H
I The Lewis VI—D I
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H EXHIBITED AT KELKER STREET AUTO SHOW ||
I ENSMINGER MOTOR CO. 1
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II Sales Room, 3rd and Cumberland H
SERVICE STATION GREEN AND CUMBERLAND H
jThe New Overland Six!
5 It Holds the Center of Stage at Arena j
l A big forty-five horsepower Six-cylinder, Seven-passenger C
' car that sells for $1475 F. O. B. factory. It has a Continental /
i motor, 3^2x5^4; 125-inch wheelbase; large oversized tires, #
1 i and non-skid on rear wheels. Fully equipped. r
i At the Arena Auto Show j j
I Andrew Redmond j
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