Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1919 — 400,000 MOTOR CARS IN FIVE YEARS. [ARTICLE]

400,000 MOTOR CARS IN FIVE YEARS.

Dodge Brothers Again Achieve Record for Rapid Development of Great Industry. When Dodge Brothers motor car number 400,000 rolled from the assembly line and swung around the factory test track for a final inspection bqfore delivery, it marked a manufacturing achievement of exceptional importance in the history of the motor car industry. The achievement is unique Because4oo,ooo motor cars were produced and marketed during the first five years of operation, which is a record in the automobile industry. Less than five years ago, on December 4, 1914, to be exact, the first motor car bearing the Dodge Brothers name plate was shipped to a bona fide purchaser. It was the first material evidence of Dodge Brothers’ determination to devote their wide manufacturing experience Tothe production of complete motor cars. Since that day the shipments have been growing in volume until, a few days ago, the 400,000 mark was reached. In 1914 Dodge Brothers works covered approximately twenty acres of floor space, and even then was considered one of the large manufacturing plants of America. But unit after unit has been added with unfailing regularity until the original twenty acres have grown to ninety ,and . the number of employes to more than 18,000. The first hundred thousand car was completed October 31, 1916, the second on October 31, 1917, and the third on December 13, 1918. Car number 400,000, which is a four-door sedan, was allotted to Thomas J. Doyle, Dodge Brothers dealer in Detroit.—Advt.