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15-798: Funston may refer to: People [ edit ] Edmund Bailey Funston (fl. 1868–1916), American architect Edward H. Funston (1836–1911), U.S. Representative from Kansas Farrell Funston (born 1936), American-born Canadian football player Frederick Funston (1865–1917), U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars G. Keith Funston (1910–1992), American businessman and university president Grace Funston (1900–1984), Australian musician Ken Funston (1925–2005, South African cricketer Places [ edit ] Camp Funston , Kansas Funston, Georgia , United States Fort Funston , California Topics referred to by

30-549: A car of his own called the Friend in Pontiac, Michigan. A General Electric executive named D.C. Durland was appointed as the new president. In 1916 the four-cylinder Mitchell was dropped, and a V-8 was built that year, but from 1917 only six-cylinder cars were produced. The Mitchell introduced in 1920 had a sloping radiator configuration and was given the epithet of "drunken Mitchell.” This styling mistake hurt sales. In 1922

45-482: A million-mile test was done by 109 Mitchell “White Streaks” which resulted in good publicity. With the effects of styling mistakes, competition from mass producers of automobiles and the post-war depression , output had plummeted to less than 2,500 in both 1920 and 1921. Mitchell Motors Company, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in June 1923. Sales of unfinished automobiles and raw materials continued into 1924. In February 1924

60-401: A runabout at $ 950 (equivalent to $ 29,994 in 2023) to a limousine at $ 2,250 (equivalent to $ 71,038 in 2023) and Mitchell would remain in this mid-price market. French engineer Rene Petard was imported to design a new series of T-head engines which were introduced for the 1913 model year. These were called "The American built French car" in advertisements. Financial issues in 1913 caused

75-711: A telephone toll line from St. Joseph, Missouri east through Wisconsin. They acquired the control of the Missouri River Telephone Company and the Dakota Telephone & Electric Company , and Funston became president of all three. Funston married Miss Ella M. Kephart of Ravenswood, Chicago, on August 23, 1905. Their daughter Jeanette was born November 27, 1915. Funston died at his residence in Coral Gables, Florida , on May 10, 1933. Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company Mitchell

90-636: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edmund Bailey Funston Funston graduated in 1892 with a Bachelor of Science architecture degree from the University of Illinois . He taught in a manual training school in Colorado for two years before working in New Orleans and Atlanta . He worked as superintendent of construction at Jos. C. Llewellyn of Chicago for five years, including work on

105-706: The First Methodist Church (Racine, Wisconsin) , Grange Avenue Methodist Church , the First National Bank building, the Commercial & Savings Bank building, N. D. Fratt School , Elks club house (Racine, Wisconsin) , Racine Country Club building, Fire engine houses Nos. 1 and 2, and an office building for the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company . After Guilbert & Funston dissolved in 1915, Funston organized

120-608: The Mitchell Motor Car Company. The company's first models were a chain driven and water-cooled four-stroke 4 hp and two-stroke 7hp runabout , with tiller steering and a two-speed planetary transmission . The cars were designed by John W. Bates, a Chicago engineer. 1904 brought air-cooling and the addition of a four-cylinder model. By 1907 four-cylinders only were produced, improved with shaft drive on all models and all engines water-cooled. Mitchell participated in many automobile contests to show

135-675: The construction of five buildings at the University of Illinois. He also superintended the rebuilding of the Advance Threshing Machine Company 's building in Battle Creek, Michigan . Funston came to Racine and was associated with A. Arthur Guilbert as a partner from 1905 until 1915. The firm of Guilbert & Funston, Architects designed the Welsh Presbyterian church (Racine, Wisconsin) ,

150-660: The firm of Edmund B. Funston Company. P. T. Beicher was his assistant. In 1915-16 he oversaw the design and construction of the 4-story Badger office building. He also designed the manufacturing plant for the Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company, remodeled the Masonic temple, and designed an office building for David B. James S. Company. He founded the Funston Long Distance Telephone Company and constructed

165-563: The fours and five-bearing crankshafts on the six-cylinders. Mitchell built virtually all of the components for their cars, and the company enjoyed a reputation as a quality builder of medium-priced cars. Mitchell annual production was growing steadily from 82 cars in 1904 to 1,377 in 1907, 2,946 in 1909, 5,614 in 1910 and to just over 6,000 in 1912. This made them the leading car maker in Wisconsin. A small production of trucks and buses were run from 1905 to 1908. Pricing in 1912 ran from

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180-403: The power and reliability of their new four-cylinder cars. William T. Lewis retired in 1910 and William M. Lewis took over. The wagon business and automobile company were combined into Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company. The 1910 line of Mitchell's included two four-cylinder models and a new six-cylinder model was introduced. The Mitchell engines were cast in pairs with three-bearing crankshafts on

195-483: The retirement of William Mitchell Lewis from the company and with Rene Petard, he started a new company to produce a car called the Lewis. A banker, Joseph Winterbottom, Jr. became president of Mitchell-Lewis. The firm was reorganized as Mitchell Motors Company, Inc. in 1916 and Mitchell sales manager Otis Friend took over the presidency. Sales in 1917 reached a record 10,938. Otis Friend left in 1918 and subsequently built

210-465: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Funston . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funston&oldid=1111482325 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

225-611: Was a major brass-era automobile marque in Racine, Wisconsin , from 1903 to 1923. As early as 1883, Mitchell, Lewis & Company were manufacturing two-wheel and four-wheel wagons in Racine, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Wheel Works was established in the 1890s by the wagon maker Mitchell & Lewis Company, Ltd., to manufacture bicycles and the company developed a motorcycle in 1900. The firm began manufacturing automobiles in 1903 as

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