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Gray-Bellows Garage

Mwanner — 2013-05-20 10:09:59

Renamed to "Gray-Bellows Motor Company"

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- [[Image(Gray-Bellows.jpg, 600, thumbnail, right, "Gray-Bellows Motors. The sign above the door appears to say "1915 Hudson [?] Now Here." Courtesy of James "Rudi" Snyder.")]] - [[br]] - ["Elbert E. Bellows"] operated the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["124 Main Street"] from the 1910s through at least 1948. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse. - - On May 14, 2011, in his column in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Howard Riley quoted an undated (but apparently c. 1914) booklet titled "The Adirondack Motor Guide": "The Gray-Bellows Garage at 122-126 Main St. (the NAPA Store today) was the dealer for Hudson and Franklin Motor Cars and Fisk and Republic Tires and advertising 'expert service on Delco starting and ignition systems with a machine shop, electric charging station all in a fireproof building.'" - ---- - Lake Placid News, April 13, 1923 - - '''FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN - YEARS FRANKLIN AGENTS''' - - It is little more than 25 years ago that John Wilkinson built his first automobile driven by an air-cooled engine and a few years later that the H. H. Franklin Mfg. Company undertook the manufacture of the car designed by Mr. Wilkinson. At the present time there are 45,000 Franklin owners and the Franklin car is known wherever automobiles are used. - - The Franklin Company have held to the same fundamental principles of design incorporated in the first air-cooled car and today John Wilkinson and H. H. Franklin are among the foremost figures in the automobile industry of America. - - Among the eight oldest dealers in the Franklin Sales organization are Gray-Bellows Motor Company of Saranac Lake, they having been identified with the distribution of Franklin cars for upwards of eighteen years. The Saranac Lake territory includes Lake Placid and Tupper Lake. It also includes Malone, where a service station is maintained, and several towns in that vicinity. - - The Gray-Bellows Company have not only furnished adequate and satisfactory service to their car owners, but have made steady progress in the business of selling Franklin cars. During the past few years they have consistently exceeded their quota of sales, as established by the factory. - - In addition to selling Franklin cars the Gray-Bellows Company for some years past have held the franchise in this territory for White Motor trucks and buses, and their service station on upper Main street of Saranac Lake is the headquarters of the ["Adirondack Motor Bus Co."], Inc., which renders a bus service between Saranac Lake and Plattsbuigh. - - [[Comments]]	+ #redirect Gray-Bellows Motor Company

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Mwanner — 2013-05-20 10:08:50

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- [[Image(Gray-Bellows.jpg, 600, thumbnail, right, "Gray-Bellows Motors. The sign above the door seems to say "1915 Hudson [?] Now Here." Courtesy of James "Rudi" Snyder.")]]	+ [[Image(Gray-Bellows.jpg, 600, thumbnail, right, "Gray-Bellows Motors. The sign above the door appears to say "1915 Hudson [?] Now Here." Courtesy of James "Rudi" Snyder.")]]
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- ["Elbert E. Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["124 Main Street" 151 Main Street]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.	+ ["Elbert E. Bellows"] operated the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["124 Main Street"] from the 1910s through at least 1948. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.
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	+ ---- + Lake Placid News, April 13, 1923
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- Note that the above cited addresses are not the same, but given the location on Main Street, it was probably the numbering that changed, while the business likely stayed put.	+ '''FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN + YEARS FRANKLIN AGENTS''' + + It is little more than 25 years ago that John Wilkinson built his first automobile driven by an air-cooled engine and a few years later that the H. H. Franklin Mfg. Company undertook the manufacture of the car designed by Mr. Wilkinson. At the present time there are 45,000 Franklin owners and the Franklin car is known wherever automobiles are used. + + The Franklin Company have held to the same fundamental principles of design incorporated in the first air-cooled car and today John Wilkinson and H. H. Franklin are among the foremost figures in the automobile industry of America. + + Among the eight oldest dealers in the Franklin Sales organization are Gray-Bellows Motor Company of Saranac Lake, they having been identified with the distribution of Franklin cars for upwards of eighteen years. The Saranac Lake territory includes Lake Placid and Tupper Lake. It also includes Malone, where a service station is maintained, and several towns in that vicinity. + + The Gray-Bellows Company have not only furnished adequate and satisfactory service to their car owners, but have made steady progress in the business of selling Franklin cars. During the past few years they have consistently exceeded their quota of sales, as established by the factory. + + In addition to selling Franklin cars the Gray-Bellows Company for some years past have held the franchise in this territory for White Motor trucks and buses, and their service station on upper Main street of Saranac Lake is the headquarters of the ["Adirondack Motor Bus Co."], Inc., which renders a bus service between Saranac Lake and Plattsbuigh.

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Mwanner — 2013-05-20 09:50:49

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	+ [[Image(Gray-Bellows.jpg, 600, thumbnail, right, "Gray-Bellows Motors. The sign above the door seems to say "1915 Hudson [?] Now Here." Courtesy of James "Rudi" Snyder.")]] + [[br]]

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Mwanner — 2013-05-20 09:49:50

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Mwanner — 2013-05-20 09:49:50

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Mwanner — 2013-05-20 09:47:15

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MaryHotaling — 2011-08-01 09:48:10

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- ["Elbert E. Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["151 Main Street"]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.	+ ["Elbert E. Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["124 Main Street" 151 Main Street]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.

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MaryHotaling — 2011-07-31 09:32:34

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- ["Elbert Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["Lee Gray"] at ["151 Main Street"]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.	+ ["Elbert E. Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["E. L. Gray" Lee Gray] at ["151 Main Street"]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.
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	+ On May 14, 2011, in his column in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Howard Riley quoted an undated (but apparently c. 1914) booklet titled "The Adirondack Motor Guide": "The Gray-Bellows Garage at 122-126 Main St. (the NAPA Store today) was the dealer for Hudson and Franklin Motor Cars and Fisk and Republic Tires and advertising 'expert service on Delco starting and ignition systems with a machine shop, electric charging station all in a fireproof building.'"
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	+ Note that the above cited addresses are not the same, but given the location on Main Street, it was probably the numbering that changed, while the business likely stayed put.

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MaryHotaling — 2011-07-31 09:23:08

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- Elbert Bellows started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with Lee Gray at 151 Main Street. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.	+ ["Elbert Bellows"] started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with ["Lee Gray"] at ["151 Main Street"]. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse.

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MaryHotaling — 2011-07-31 09:22:34

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	+ Elbert Bellows started the '''Gray-Bellows Motor Company''' in partnership with Lee Gray at 151 Main Street. They sold Franklin motor cars that were manufactured in Syracuse. + + + + [[Comments]]