Evening star., 1900-10-20
THE FOURTH THROUGH TRIP
AUTOMOBILE JOURNEY FROM NEW
YORK TO WASHINGTON.
DR.. Stemmerman and Mr.. hampton
Passengers Arrived Yesterday
and May Depart Tomorrow.

The fourth continuous automobile trip
from New York to Washington was COM
pleted at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
when DIR. W. H. Stemmerman of Passaic,
n. j.. accompanied by Mr.. W. J. hampton,
formerly of this city. but now residing in
the metropolis. reached the east front of
the Capitol in the doctors runabout steam
carriage This trip between the two i'm
portant cities in the new style of convey
ance has attracted much interest among
automobilists throughout the east. and its
successful completion is exceptionally graft
fying to them. The journey was replete
with entertaining incidents. and was of
amusement and interest to the travellers.
DR.. Stemmerman was at the lever and
guiding bar the entire distance over and
Will direct the vehicle throughout the return
trip. which il is expected will be begun to-
morrow morning. The doctor is an expert
enced automobilist and pilots the carriage
with adeptness. His machine is driven by
steam, generated in a gasoline burning
boiler. Its weight is 75O pounds and its
load was about 400 pounds. Mr.. hampton
Is a well-known newspaper man, with an
extensive acquaintance in Washington. He
was formerly the editorial staff of The
Star and is now with the New York Sun.
The present is his first visit TO Washington
for some time, and he has been cordially
greeted by his many former associates. Mr.
l-ampton's story of the trip from New York
credits the journey with being a decidedly
pleasant one for dutomobiliStS.
Details of the Journey.
We left the Jersey side Monday morning
at 1870 o'clock" he says. and made
Princeton that afternoon. averaging ten
miles an hour, We were not out for rec
ords. but for good time. and were on the
road about five hours each day. The roads
to Princeton were very good. Tuesday we
made Philadelphia. and would have gone
further but for downpour of rain which
caught us just outside the city That was
our only unpleasant experience with the
weather. the remaining days of our jour
ney being marked by splendid sunshine and
a cool, invigorating air. From Trenton n
j.. to Torresdale Pa. the latter being six
teen miles from Philadelphia. the roads
were sandy and the going proved heavy in
consequence.
Leaving Philadelphia Wednesday morn
ing shortly after o'clock we made Elk
ton. Nd, in the afternoon and stopped there
over night. We had an interesting expert
ence with the ferry boats in Pennsylvania
there being a law against passenger vessels
carrying gasoline. Our tanks were loaded
with 1t. 50 We had to go out of our way to
fnd bridges For ten miles before reaching
Eikton the roads were bad. We left Elk
ton Thursday morning, and from there to
Perryville the roads were party sandy and
our progress was not rapid. AT Havre de
passenger train to get across the Susaue-
hanna.
About three and a half miles from
Hayre de GraS we got oil in one of the en-
g!ne pumps and We're out of commission
for little while A special delivery wa
gen, passing Swan creek. was hailed and
from II we got a tow into Aberdeen We
had not contemplated remaining there but
the only machinist in the place was a
judge at the county tournament that after
n2an and he was burned II he'd leave the
lists for auto. DIR. SJemmerman and
had no other alternative than to attend the
tournament ourselves. and we were glad
afterwards we did so. Ii was unusually in
teresting and we thoroughly enjoyed the
lay-oyer.
Getting out of Aberdeen early yesterday
morning we came right on through 10
Washington stopping for an hour and a
half In Baltimore The worst bit of road
We encountered was between Baltimore and
Laurel. where both of us were once COM
PEELED to get out and push 1t was unfav-
orable going all the way from Baltimore
here. Yesterday was our longest run, sew
enty miles.
Some observations.
I'VE made many interesting observations
from our machine as we sped along the
various roads. Horses in the country a. q