The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20

power in the machine was exhausted. and
which would prove fearful ordeal to any
ones nerves.
The usual end to such runaway acct
dents is a s1nash-up of the machine and an
overturning of its occupants into the road,
but 1t is worthy of note that no such cas-
ualty has yet resulted fatally"
The following communication which Will
explain itself. shows the writer's confidence
in the touring qualities of the horseless
carriage and how, In his opinion. it may be
made to further great national project.
'5C7 East Eighteenth Street,
Kansas City. Mo-. April 6. 1900.
Automobile Club of America;
'Gentlemen-Reading in the Kansas City
Journal a despatch that you were about to
begin agitation for great national high
way, it naturally attracted my attention.
for ever since | led the march to Wash
ington, d. c.. in 1894. to petition Congress
to build a great national road to put the
millions of then idle men to work, have
been travelling. speaking. and advocating
the same thing in desultory sort of way,
for there was no central idea or plan to
work on. and l hailed your action with de-
light. So. last evening, / called an open
air meeting here which was largely attend
posed work as published in the pa
pers here, and, after talking while,
submitted the preamble and resolution en-
closed as published in the Kansas City
Journal and they were unanimously
adopted. am satisfied that the proposition
will go with whirl if pushed by your
club and the l.. A. w, as it should be
and could be, so that action could be had by
the meeting of the next Congress.
Il write this to submit a proposition to
you on the line of the agitation of the
subject
If your club will fit me out with an au-
tomobile. l will. accompanied by my wife
General Coxey's daughter who rode the
white horse as the Goddess of Peace on
the historical list day of May, 1894, in
Washington. d. c.. start from New York
City for trip to San Francisco over the
proposed route Of the national road, max
ing speeches for it and having it endorsed
by resolutions and otherwise and putting
machinery in motion for obtaining sigma
lures for monster petition to Congress.
The experience l have had in this kind of
work leads me to believe that can be of
great service in this great undertaking of
yours. Besides, both myself and wife be-
ing national characters to considerable ex-
tent. among the working classes at least,
we would naturally draw out great crowds
to see and hear. as do wherever l go to
hold meeting, as witnessed here last
night
Il will ask no remuneration for my SER
vices further than the automobile and
transportation for US from here to New
York City for myself ard wife
Yours truly, CARL BROWNE
1t is estimated that there are about two
hundred and fifty horseless motor vehicles
of all descriptions in the city Of Washing
ton. 1t is remarkable that while many
of the larger cities in the country have
their automobile clubs. professions. exhi-
billions. etc. this city has not as yet, in
dulged in any general or organized recog-
milton or encouragement of the horseless
vehicle. The streets of Washington. gen
eraly speaking, are said to be the finest
in the world for automobile purposes, but
in spite of this fact the proportion of such
machines. while increasing greatly. does
not yet compare with that in other cities.