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(H.EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May 15 



four persons, and am uiulecideii which kind 

 to buy. 1 feel inclined toward the Stanley 

 steamer, owing to its easy riding, on account 

 of my wife's health. She underwent an op- 

 eration about a year ago, and is very tender 

 in the side. Any information you can give 

 me in reference to this car will be fully ap- 

 jireciated. 



Philadelphia, Pa., April 21. 



[There are only two steam automobiles on 

 the market that we would recommend — the 

 White and the Stanley. Both of them are 

 said to be somewhat exj^ensive to maintain. 

 Hoth use, for the same mileage, from one- 

 third to one-half more gasoline than the 

 regular internal explosion, o/ what is gen- 

 erally called a gasoline-engine. They are 

 not as satisfactory for winter use; they are 

 much more complicated, have a lot of little 

 dinky jnimps, and small pipes that are lia- 

 ble to give trouble. If one can afford a 

 chauffeur, and stand the larger cost for 

 maintenance and repairs, the machine is all 

 right. It is easier to drive than the gaso- 

 line-car, is more flexible, is slightly quieter 

 than some gasoline-cars, and can be driven 

 at a slower pace through crowded sections 

 of a city. On the other hand, the gasoline- 

 car has been so far perfected that there are 



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several machines that can be driven fully as 

 slowly as the steam, and the cost of mainte- 

 nance is much less than that of the other 

 type. 



If you want a nice little gasoline-car for 

 about $1100, that your wife can drive, that 

 is very quiet in operation, quieter than most 

 steam machines, that can be driven at any 

 speed from one mile up to thirty, w'e would 

 recommend the Cartercar friction drive. It 

 has a very simple transmission, and is 

 about the quietest gasoline-car of which we 

 have knowledge. We have one of them in 

 our family, which runs so quietly that one 

 would think it was an electric. It seats 

 four people, and has a nominal rating of 22 

 or 25 horse power. The Overland, at $1000, 

 will carry four passengers. It is a faster 

 machine, and is exceedingly well designed. 

 If you are willing to pay a little more mon- 

 ey you will find the Reo $1250 four-cylinder 

 one of the best iBachines on the market, 

 built in a large factory, and is first-class in 

 every respect. This will carry five passen- 

 gers; has ample power, and is backed by a 

 company that has been making good for 

 years. We have driven Reos for the last 

 four years, and have three of them in our 

 family. One double-cylinder car we drove 

 thousands of miles with a maintenance ex- 

 pense of only $50.00 a year 

 for repairs and tires. Talk 

 wdth any garage man and he 

 will tell you this is remarka- 

 ble, and yet the two-cylinder 

 Reo cars have been doing 

 that. You can buy these 

 two -cylinder five-i)assenger 

 cars for $1000. They are very 

 simple, and cost of mainte- 

 nance and repairs would 

 probably be less than any 

 other car you could buy; but 

 j j I njB it is not as well adapted for 

 r^' I Mi ^^*y streets, for slow driving, 

 kr* *• IM ^^ ^^^ Cartercar. The four- 

 Iv" .1^^ cylinder motor makes a more 

 flexible power, and that is 

 the reason why the Cartercar. 

 especially with its form of 

 transmission, would be bet- 

 ter suited for your purpose. 



The Ford four-cylinder and 

 the Buick four-cylinder are 

 also fine machines. The 

 former can be bought for 

 $850, and is a five-passenger 

 car. The latter costs about 

 $1000. If you have a top to 

 either it will add about $75.00 

 more to the expense. 



We ha\ e absolutely no in- 

 terest in any one of these cars; 

 do not carry any agency, nor 

 do we have any advertising 

 from any of these makes. 

 The writer has made a special 

 study of automobile con- 

 struction. Owing to the fact 

 that many of our subscrib- 

 ers^have been asking for in- 



