An Automobile Manufactory

Ann Arbor will Turn Out a New Style of Machine

FERGUSON BUGGY CO.

They Are Promoting the New Enterprise and Have Started Work on the First Vehicle

The Ferguson Buggy Co., of this city, has decided to commence the manufacture of automobiles, and is at present working on the plans for their first machine. They propose to make a light, stylish vehicle at a moderate price, about $600; one which will combine simplicity of mechanism and grace with high speed. They are planning on building a carriage which will run at a rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour under ordinary circumstances, and with a maximum speed of from 45 to 50 miles an hour when desired.

The Ferguson automobile will be propelled by a double cylinder gasoline motor of the latest and most approved type. Very few gasoline carriages have the double cylinder feature, which is of great advantage in that in case of accident to one cylinder, the other can be used, and the usual trials incident to a break-down will be avoided. Either or both cylinders may be used at once, the latter method being employed when very high speed is desired, or when the roads are hilly or heavy.

The objection to many automobiles is that they are ponderous and consequently lack style. The Ferguson people propose to build a carriage which will not have this objectionable feature, but which will have as graceful lines as the most stylish turnout. Simplicity of mechanism will be another leading feature, so that it cannot be said that an engineer will be required to run the machine and keep it in order. In short, the Ferguson automobile will have all the latest improvements and will be sold at a reasonable price.

The company will complete its first machine in about six weeks, and in ninety days the plant will be in complete working order. Agencies have already been established in the following cities: San Francisco, Memphis, Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis.