A Foremost American Car.

Progress, Volume I, Issue II, 1 September 1906, Page 310

A Foremost American Car.

The Haynes Automobile Co. write us, under date 3rd July, 1906, as follows :—: — Some idea may be gamed of the great advancement and mechanical perfection which has been made in automobiles by referring to the particulars of the creations of the Haynes Automobile Co., of Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.A. The president, Mr. Elwood Haynes, a pioneer manufacturer, built one of the first practical automobiles made in America. This machine was finished 111 1893. The Smithsonian institution of Washington, D.C. recognised its originality by requesting that it be placed there as a monument to the invention of the maker, who since that time has continuously improved the Haynes machines until the present model R was ready for the severe tests and trials each year's production is subjected to, before placing them on the market for public use. The models O and R were born in July of last year. Mr. Haynes, with a party of friends drove one of the machines, leaving Kokomo and starting for Boston via Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and New York. After arriving at his destination, and spending some time touring through New England, the return trip was begun, this time going through Philadelphia, Reading, Harnsburg, Hagerstown, Cumberland, over the mountains through Wheeling, W. Va., and the State of Ohio, back to Kokomo. During this trip of 3,700 miles, which included many demonstrations to the Haynes agents in each of the large towns visited, the machine never faltered and ran as true to schedule time as any limited railroad tram. Nor was there a dollar of expense for repairs spent, or the slightest assistance from the factory necessary. The marvellous speed shown by the model R induced Mr. Haynes to enter a duplicate of this machine in the Vanderbilt Road Races, which resulted in a splendid victory for a regular stock model, which came m fourth m the Elimination Race, competing against many specially built racers of twice the cylinder capacity, and averaging over 50 miles per hour for the entire distance. Not content with this demonstration of power with a stock car, Mr. Haynes insisted on proving to the public that it was equally substantial for use in touring over country roads at all seasons of the year. Immediately after the automobile show held at New York last January he announced that the model R would be driven to Chicago through the ice, snow and mud. The newspapers throughout the country have fully told the story of this very successful trip without a delay of any kind, adding another meritorious and unequalled performance to the long list of Haynes' s proof of superiority. The secret of the success of any car is due to

the use of the right material for each part, properly designed and proportioned, using sufficient metal to take care of every strain, the knowledge of which can only be acquired by long experience. Workmanship is also an important equipment. The Haynes Company has installed every tool and device known to modern mechanics for the correct construction of the best automobile possible to produce, and should they decide as is now under consideration, to enter a racer in the coming Vanderbilt events, it can be expected that this car will give a very good account of itself.