GENERAL INDEX
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Abbott Corporation, 96-221
Accessories; importance in the automobile industry, 120
Advertising; influence in popularizing automobiles, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 97
Aid by dealers in promoting automobile industry, 143, 144
Ajax Rubber Tire Co., 178, 179, 182, 188, 190
Alliance Rubber Tire Co., 182, 188
Allison, Robert, purchaser of first American gasoline car, 76
Allen Motor Car Co., 96, 221
Aluminum, extent of use in automobiles, 44
American Automobile Association, 35, 133, 135
American Motors Corporation, 95, 182, 188, 221
America’s part in inventing fundamentals of the automobile, 77
America’s part in the first commercialization of the automobile, 78
Apperson Brothers, 115, 194, 221
Appreciation in value of automobile stocks, 201, 202
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 37, 38, 39, 109, 112, 135
Attitude of people toward the automobile in 1893-8, 75
Auburn Automobile Co., 95, 221
Auto Body Co., 193
Automobile, accessories and tire securities traded in on New York Curb 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 187-191
Automobile market for 1917, estimated, 215, 216, 217, 218
Automobiles, commercial—names, capacity, maker, price, 231-242
Automobile securities traded in on New York Stock Exchange, 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 178-183
Automobiles, passenger—names, cylinders, maker, price, 221- 229
Average price all motor vehicles, 1916, 100, 139, 174, 175
Average price of automobile and tire stocks traded in on New York Stock Exchange 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 185
Average price of automobile tire and accessories stocks traded in on New York Curb 1906, 1909, 1912 and 1916, 192
Benefits of the automobile in affording first hand knowledge—social and economic value, 155-166
Ben-Hur Motor Co., 96, 221
Benz, builder of first internal combustion road vehicle, 69, 74, 77
Blanchard, Thomas, early American auto builder, 62
Bollee, Frenchman who attained highest efficiency in early automobile construction, 64, 65, 67
Bouton, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78
Brady, A. F., early automobile capitalist, 108
Brush Automobile Co., 201
Buick Motor Co., 95, 221
Cadillac Motor Co., 93, 95, 115, 222
Capital invested in automobiles, 141
Case, J. I., T. M. Co., 95, 222
Chalmers Motor Car Co., 96, 115, 118, 181, 187, 193, 196, 222
Chandler Motor Co., 96, 178, 179, 182, 188, 190, 222
Character of American people largely responsible for automobile’s commercial success, 89, 90
Chevrolet Motor Co., 96, 181, 187, 193, 205, 222
Chromium—value in automobile construction, 129
Cole Motor Car Co., 96, 222
Columbia Motor Co., 201, 222
Columbia Automobile Co. of New Jersey, 108
Companies whose securities are not generally traded in, 184, 185
Consolidated Car Co., 194
Continental Motors, 193
Consolidated Rubber Tire Co., 182, 188
Co-operation in automobile industry, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137
Crow-Elkhart Motor Car Co., 96, 221
Cugnot, Nicholas Joseph, inventor of first automobile, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 77, 78
Cunningham, Jas. Son & Co., 96, 222
Daimler, Gottlieb, inventor of hot tube ignition, 69, 70, 77
Decrease in average price of automobiles, 28, 100, 175
De Dion, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78
Depreciation in automobile stocks, 201, 202
Detroit Automobile Co., 93
Difficulty in getting capital, 142
Distribution of leading motor cars by states, 213
Doble, builder of steam cars, 118, 223
Dodge Brothers, 96, 194, 223
Dorris Motor Car Co., 95, 223
Dort Motor Car Co., 96, 223
Drexel Motor Car Corporation, 96, 223
Duryea, Charles E., builder of first gasoline automobile in America that ran (frontispiece), 72, 74, 76, 92, 93
Economy of factory operation, 43, 130, 131, 132
Edmunds & Jones Corporation, 197
Electric automobiles; when first sold in commercial quantities in the United States, 78
Electric Vehicle Co., 182, 188
Electric Vehicle Co. of New Jersey, 69, 114
Elgin Motor Car Co., 96, 223
Emerson Motors Co., 181, 187, 201, 223
Enger Motor Car Co., 182, 188, 223
Enthusiasm part in industry’s success, 92
Essex Motor Co., 183, 189
Evans, Oliver, first known American experimenter with steam automobile, 57, 58, 59, 60, 72
Falls Motor Co., 181, 187
Federal Motor Truck Co., 194, 234
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 193, 199
First automobile ever made, 50, 51, 52, 53
First auto race in America, 73
First auto race in the world, 73
First automobile run on a road with any success, 56
First chaise propelled by other than horse power, 50
First electric automobile built and first sold in the United States, 71, 118
First automobile built in America that ran; first sold in the United States, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 118
First modern steam car built in the United States; first sold in the United States, 70, 118
First use of internal combustion to drive piston in cylinder, 50
Fisher Body Corporation, 183, 189, 197, 198
Fisk Tire Co., 183, 189, 200
Ford, Henry (frontispiece), 37, 38, 39, 74, 76, 81, 83, 92, 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115
Ford Motor Co., 94, 95, 194, 224
Ford Motor Company of Canada, 193, 195, 224
Ford Tractor Co., 201
Franklin, Benjamin Frontispiece,
Franklin, H. H. Mfg. Co., 95, 115, 195, 224
Frederick, J. George, quotation, 148, 149
Future of automobile accessories, 216, 217
Future of automotive inventions in rural districts, 124, 125
Future of commercial automobiles, 116, 117
Future of electric automobile industry, 116
Future of automobile industry as an investment, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 216, 217
Future of the tire industry and stocks, 217
Future trend of automobile securities, 206, 207, 209
General Motors Co., 29, 178, 179, 182, 183, 188, 189, 190, 193, 196, 197, 234
Glide automobile, 95, 224
Goodrich, B. F. Co., 178, 179, 182, 188, 190, 193
Good roads; aid to automobile increase, 46, 47, 133, 166
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 193
Gramm Motor Truck Co., 195, 234
Grant Motor Car Corporation, 181, 187, 224
Growth, record for rapidity held by automobile industry, 173
Gurney, Goldsworthy, early English automobile builder, 63, 77
Hancock, Walter, early English automobile builder, 63, 77
Harroun Motors Corporation 96, 201, 224
Haynes Automobile Co., 195, 224
Haynes, Elwood, builder of third successful gasoline car made in America, 74, 76, 77, 92, 93, 94, 115
High and low prices during 1916 of representative mining, steel, industrial and railroad groups of securities compared with similar groups in automobile field, 204
Horses, what each consumes and number in United States, 168
Hudson Motor Car Co., 96, 225
Hupp Motor Car Corporation 96, 225, 181, 187
Imperial Carbon Chaser Co., 181, 187
Increase in production of motor trucks, 100, 139, 140
Increase of population in United States in 16 years, 91
Increase of wealth in United States in 12 years, 91
Intercon. Rubber Co., 183, 189
Inter. Motors Co., 189
Interstate Motor Co., 96, 225
James, W. H., English inventor and auto builder, 61, 62, 77
Kelly Springfield Tire Co., 178, 179, 183, 189, 190, 202, 205
Kelsey Wheel, 183, 189
Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., 181, 187
Kissel Motor Car Co., 96, 195
Knight, inventor of motor, 77, 229
Lee Tire & Rubber Co., 178, 179, 183, 189, 190, 205
Leland, of the Cadillac Co., 115
Levassor, who solved problem of road shock, 72, 77
Lexington motor car, 96, 225
Locomobile Company of America, 95, 225
Madison Motors Co., 96, 226
Machining, part played by, 43, 44, 130
Maibohm Motors Co., 96, 226
Marmon automobile, 95, 226
Maxwell-Briscoe, 201
Maxwell Motor Co., 96, 178, 179, 190, 193, 201, 226
McDonald, J. B., purchaser first electric automobile built, 71
Mechanical imperfections of early automobiles, 61
Metropolitan Motors Co., 183, 189
Mitchell Motors Co., 95, 181, 187, 195, 226
Moline-Knight, 95, 226
Monarch Motor Car Co., 96, 226
Money-earning possibilities of automobile investments now the greatest, 174
Moon Motor Car Co., 96, 226, 237
Morrison, William, builder first electric automobile, 71
Motor Products Co., 183, 189, 197, 198
Murdock, William, builder of model of second automobile, 54, 55, 56
Mutual Motors Co., 195
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, 28, 29, 30, 38, 135
National Auto Corporation, 181, 187
National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation, 196, 227
Newer entrants into securities market, 200, 201
Non-Skid chain, 122
Non-Skid tread, 123
Number of automobile manufacturers who failed, 30, 97, 106
Number of automobiles produced in 1903, 30
Number of automobiles produced in 1907, 33
Number of automobiles produced in 1908, 34
Number of automobiles produced in 1909-10-11-12-13-14-15-16, 30, 34, 100, 139, 150
Number of commercial vehicles produced in 1915, 146
Number of commercial vehicles produced in 1916, 28, 140, 147
Number of farms in United States, 146
Number of miles of roads improved and unimproved in United States, 168
Number of passenger automobiles produced in 1916, 28
Number of people in United States with incomes over $1,800, 41
Number of people in United States with incomes over $1,200, 41
Number of “rich” people in the United States, 145
Oakland Motor Car Co., 96, 227
Ohio Electric Car Co., 96, 227
Olds, successful American auto builder, 81, 95, 115, 227
Opposition, early, to automobile “craze”, 104, 105
Otto, inventor of gas engine, 69, 113
Output of automobile makers, how planned, 41
Packard Motor Car Co., 95, 193, 227, 238
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co., 96, 193, 227
Panhard, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78
Pecqueur, discoverer of principle of “differential”, 62, 63, 77
Peerless Motor Car Co., 95, 181, 187, 227
Percentage gain automobile production 1915 over 1914, 28
Percentage gain automobile production 1916 over 1915, 28
Per cent of value added by manufacture to automobiles, 82
Period of automobile industry’s greatest development in the United States, 76
Perlman Rim Corporation, 183, 189, 197, 198
Peugeot, French maker of gasoline cars, 72, 78
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., 95, 181, 187, 195, 197, 227
Pope Manufacturing Co., 108, 182, 188
Portage Rubber Co., 193
Premier Motor Corporation, 95, 228
Present trend of automobile, accessories and tire securities, 205, 206, 228
Princess Motor Car Corporation, 183, 189, 228
Prospects when war ends for automobile industry, 47, 48
Pullman Motor Car Co., 95, 228
Quantity production of automobiles, 41, 43, 92, 98, 101
Rate of growth of automobile production and registration compared with population, 208
Ratio of voting men to each registered automobile in United States, 210, 211
“Rauch & Lang” automobile, 95, 228
Regal Motor Car Co., 96, 228
Registration of automobiles; increase since 1906, 174
Reliability contests; value of, 34, 35, 36
Reo Motor Car Co., 96, 193, 228, 239
Republic Motor Truck Co., 181, 187, 189, 195, 239
Republic Rubber Co., 193
Retail sales of motor vehicles in 1916, 28
Riker, builder of steam cars, 78, 115, 118, 239
Rims, demountable, 123
Roper, S. H., builder of first modern steam car in United States, 70
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., 178, 180, 190
Ryan, Thomas F., early automobile capitalist, 108
Sampson, 201
Saturation, point of, not imminent, 31, 145, 146, 151, 176, 209, 214
Saxon Motors Co., 96, 178, 180, 183, 189, 190, 228
Scripps-Booth Corporation, 96, 181, 187, 228
Securities, leading examples of prices, terms and promotion plans on which they were put out, 195-200
Securities, trading in, Cleveland Stock Exchange, 193
Securities, trading in, Detroit Stock Exchange, 193
Selden, Geo. B., first patentor of gasoline motor, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 77, 104, 114
Selden “patent”, 37, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114
Self-starter, the, 44, 45, 122
Serpollet, made use of dry steam possible, 73, 77
Sliding transmission, 123
Society of Automotive Engineers, 44, 135
Smith Motor Truck Co., 181, 187
Spark plug, chambered, 123
Springfield Body Co., 181, 187
Standardization of manufacture of automobiles, 82, 97, 99, 100, 135, 136
Standard Motor Co., 181, 187, 239
Stanley, builder of steam cars, 78, 118, 119, 228, 240
Stearns, B. F. Co., 95, 115, 195, 229
Stocks of automobile companies; when they became known in the legitimate market, 173
Stoddard-Dayton, 201
Stromberg Carburetor Co., 181, 187
Studebaker Corporation, 95, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 193, 202, 205, 229, 240
Stutz Motor Car Co., 96, 178, 180, 183, 189, 190, 229
Supremacy of United States in automobile industry, 79, 80, 81, 82, 102
Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., 193
Thomas, E. R., Motor Car Co., 95, 115, 229, 240
Time payment plan in buying automobiles, 40, 41
Time required to develop automobile, 49
Times Square Auto Supply Co., 183, 189
Tires, rubber; history of, 74, 120, 121, 122, 140
Tires, solid, 123
Tractors, economical value and future, 147, 148, 149
Transue & Williams Steel Forging Co., 197, 199
Trevithick, Richard, early English automobile maker, 56, 57, 58, 77
Tungsten, value in automobile construction, 129
United Alloy Steel Corporation, 197, 198, 199
United Motors Co., 182, 187, 205, 240
United States Motors Co., 182, 188, 201, 240
United States Rubber Co., 178, 180, 190, 200
Universal Motor Co., 183, 189
Value of automobiles produced 1899 to 1916, 139
Value of automobiles produced 1907 to 1909, 34
Value of motor trucks produced in 1916, 28
Value of passenger cars produced in 1916, 28
Vanadium; value in automobile construction, 129
Velie Motors Corporation, 96, 229
War orders for automobile trucks, 1913-14, 47
War orders for automobile trucks, 1914-15, 47
War use of trucks; value in warfare, 169-170
Watt, James, inventor of steam engine, 51
When early automobile had a “vogue” in England, 63
When French began selling automobiles in quantity, 78
White, inventor of generator for steam cars, 77, 78, 95, 118, 119
White Motor Co., 95, 178, 180, 183, 189, 190, 193, 229, 241
Whitney, William O., early automobile capitalist, 108
Why early English automobiles failed, 64
Why gasoline cars are preferred, 118
Widener, P. A. B., early automobile capitalist, 108
Willys-Overland Co., 42, 43, 81, 95, 115, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 196, 227, 229
Winton, Alexander, sold first American gasoline car, 76, 78, 93, 94, 95, 115
Winton Co., 195, 229
Women as auto owners and drivers, 45, 46, 123
Year automobile industry entered “billion dollar class”, 27
Year of start of automobile business as a “real” industry, 33