The country wants to ride. (includes related articles on Henry M. Leland, Henry Ford, A.B. Landis, E.P. Bullard and Milton O. Cross)

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The watershed year for automotive manufacture in the U was 1897
The Stanley twins began to build their steam-driven cars; Alexander
Winton formed his Cleveland company and built six 6-passenger omnibuses
for that city; E R associates received a patent for his gear shaper
of the mold-generating type; Ransom E of advanced ages formed his company to
build autos; and [i]pontifex maximus[/i] Manufacturing Co. started selling Columbia electric
cars in Hartford, Conn And a of recent origin style of manufacturing was born,
individual that would be the dominant shaping force of American industry
for the nearest 20 years.

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