Bartholomew Company

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Bartholomew Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1920
Seat Peoria , Illinois , USA
management JB Bartholomew
Branch Automobiles

Glide from 1908

Bartholomew Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

JB Bartholomew was a peanut manufacturer and coffee roaster from Peoria , Illinois . In 1901 he began developing automobiles. The brand name was initially Bartholomew . It wasn't until 1903 that he founded the company and changed the brand name to Glide . Production ended in 1920. A total of around 3925 vehicles were built.

vehicles

As early as 1901, Bartholomew had designed a small, gasoline-powered car with a single-cylinder engine . The small, two-seater runabout was given the model name Glidemobile in 1903 and was mass- produced. From 1904 the 8 bhp (5.9 kW) vehicle was only called Glide .

In addition to these cars, mobile, motorized peanut roasters and popcorn machines were created for use at festivals and exhibitions. In 1905, the Glide was praised in the Automobile Review as the first passenger car whose engine was suspended in the chassis so that the vibrations were not transmitted to the chassis and body. In the same year, Bartholomew built his own two-cylinder engines into his vehicles.

In the following year the first four-cylinder engine and in 1907 the first six-cylinder engine , both supplied by the Rutenber Motor Company . In 1908 production reached its peak with 200 automobiles a year. From 1916 there were only six-cylinder engines. The carburetors were supplied by Wheeler-Schebler .

In 1920 the last Glide was created, the model 40 with 45 bhp (33 kW), as a five-seat touring car or four-seat roadster .

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
Glidemobile 1903 1 6 bhp (4.4 kW) 1828 mm Runabout 2 seats
Style A 1904-1905 1 8 bhp (5.9 kW) 1828-1880 mm Runabout 2 seats, tonneau 5 seats
Style B 1904 1 8 bhp (5.9 kW) 1828 mm Runabout 3 seats
Style D 1905 2 row 14 bhp (10.3 kW) 2032 mm Touring car with side entry
C. 1906 1 10 bhp (7.4 kW) 2134 mm Runabout 2 seats
F. 1906 2 row 18 bhp (13.2 kW) 2184 mm Touring car 5 seats
E. 1906-1907 4 row 35–36 bhp (26–26.5 kW) 2616 mm Touring car 5 seats
G 1907-1909 4 row 40–45 bhp (29–33 kW) 3048 mm Touring car 5/7 seats, Pullman limousine 5 seats
H 1907-1908 6 row 60 bhp (44 kW) 3353 mm Touring car 7 seats
R. 1909 4 row 45 bhp (33 kW) 3200 mm Runabout 2 seats, tonneau 4 seats
45 1910-1913 4 row 45 bhp (33 kW) 3048-3099 mm Roadster 2/3/4 seats, Scout 2/5 seats, touring cars 5/7 seats
36 / 36-42 1912-1914 4 row 36 bhp (26.5 kW) 2896-2997 mm Roadster 2 seats, Scout 2 seats, Torpedo 4 seats, Touring car 5 seats
30th 1915 4 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 2946 mm Roadster 2 seats, touring car 5 seats
6-40 / 40 1916-1920 6 row 40–45 bhp (29–33 kW) 3023 mm Roadster 4 seats, touring car 5 seats, sedan 5 seats

Production numbers

year Production number
1903 25th
1904 50
1905 100
1906 150
1907 175
1908 200
1909 200
1910 200
1911 200
1912 200
1913 200
1914 200
1915 300
1916 500
1917 500
1918 500
1919 200
1920 25th
total 3925

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 107 and pp. 640-642 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 629-630. (English)

Web links

Commons : Bartholomew Company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 107 and pp. 640-642 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 629-630. (English)