b'Arthur purchased his first Detroit Electric Brougham in 1913.With a distinctive style resembling a horseless carriage,the vehicles were considered the height of sophisticationwhen they first graced Australian roads.Arthur purchased his first Detroit Electric Brougham The notoriety of Arthurs electric cars was recorded with in 1913. With a distinctive style resembling a horselesswry amusement by Smiths Weekly in 1940, which observed, carriage, the vehicles were considered the height ofLiving in glass houses is bad enough in all conscience, but sophistication when they first graced Australian roads. driving in glass broughams has a fairy- tale flavor [sic]. But But with a top speed of only 30 kilometres per hour,there you are. Mr Arthur believes in seeing as much of the enthusiasm for the electric Broughams waned except world as possible. And quite a lot of what he sees must for Arthur and his brother Reginald, who went on tobe his.acquire several. One of Arthurs famous cars now resides in the Museum of Arthurs car caused considerable consternation in 1939Applied Arts and Sciences at Sydneys Powerhouse Museum when he left it parked on the wrong side of the road at theand another in the Motor Museum of Western Australia. Kings Cross theatre and no one could figure out how to move it. Electric cars had become a rarity by this time andArthurs exuberance belied his poor health. He suffered not one of the eight policemen in attendance could getfrom chronic asthma which was treated with an assortment it started. of pills, puffers and daily massages, though they offered him little relief. Unable to sleep, he dozed each night in a chair Arthurand Reginald drove their electric cars around theon his balcony, believing the night air helped his asthma.streets of Sydney until the late 1940s, sitting high above In 1941 when Arthur died, his passing brought to an endthe traffic like relics from a bygone era. 119 years of family ownership of the firm.71'