The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
GASOLINE BUBBLES


The house committee of the New jersey
Automobile and Motor Club is already
planning for a busy winter season in the
organizations club house At Broad and
Chestnut streets. Besides the annual din
ner. which is always a feature Of the win
ter automobile season, the committee is
considering holding a smoker and a ladies.
night. The former would probably be he'll
in the club house, while the latter would
have to be conducted in an outside hail,
as the home of the club is not large enough
to accommodate the crowd expected.
1t is more than possible that the Stude-
baker car, which J. A. Holmes and A. J.
Ditman will drive in the Morris Park
2A-hour race next week, will be one of the
new 45-horsepower models. Fearing, now
ever, that this ear may not arrive in time,
Holmes and Ditman are preparing the $3.50
horsepower Studebaker which won third
place in the 10O-mile, and second place IN
the 25-mile races az the Brighton Beach
meet of last August. Those who have IN
speeted the new ~ Studebaker pronounce
it a wonderful car. and should it make its
debut at Morris Park some fast records
may be expected,
W. a. Borque. of the Knox Automobile
Company. who is making a trip through
the Eastern States in one Of their 19OS
cars, spent Thursday with the local agents,
the Ellis Motor Car Company. The new
model is a low, rakish runabout of 30
and will be known as the
"Sportabout." 1t is attracting a great
deal of favorable comment wherever
shown. At the hill-elimbing contest IN
Hartford, Conn, last Saturday, over a
half-mile course, one of them came WITHIN
seconds of the fastest time Of the day,
which was made by q big six-eylinder car.
A simple method of testing tires to see
they are sufficiently inflated is to grasp
the wheel by the spokes and shake it well.
As the ear rocks it can be seen now haru
or soft Is the tire.
The law prepared by Chairman c. T.
Terry. of the Legislative committee OF the
American Automobile Association, provld-
ing for uniform automobile laws In the
States, is receiving general IN
in the various States, and the
is that a year from now 1t VIII
be In force in various parts of the coun-
try. With this accomplished the A. A. A,
will have done something which should
make every motorist feel by honor bound
to support the national body all his life.
The rating of Pierce cars has been
changed to the standard of the Association
of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers,
and hereafter the Great Arrow of the four
cylinder variety will be rated at 40-horse-
power: the Small Six, the latest model,
40 horsepower, and the Greater Six, 90
rsepow This is a slight reduction
from the horsepowers formerly given.
Each of these models was driven through
annual tour of the American Automo-
bile Association, and each came through
perfectly.
A decision lately given for $lO1, 1871
against the New York Central Railroad IN
the supreme Court before Justice O'Gor-
man for the death of Frank b.. Read, III
favor of his wife, for damages, failed 10
draw as much attention as it should have
done. Mr.. Read was killed at the railroad
at Van Cortland Park while
travelling in an automobile. The auto
mobile was struck by an engine. con-
ceaied nv the surroundings. Others in the
were given big damages. A re"
more extensive accidents of the same
nature might result in over or under
and save many a life.
From the richest soil known to the grim
NEST surroundings imaginable, within lV
mics from the Panamint Mountains
guarding Death Valley to Los Angeles, In
Land Of Sunshine and Flowers, is n
Of the recori-breaking trips lately made by
a Pierce car. The first days run on the
return trip was 64.5 miles to Randsburg,
with a stop at the borax works. This
DAVIS trip was across soda lakes and alkali
plaius. white as snow. and never covered,
before In an automobile. The second day
covered ffty-nine miles, starting at l
o'clock. with a stop at Mojave for lunch
con. The second nights stop was at VIII
low Springs, and the final days run was
120h miles in a little less than twelve hours.
The car used for the round trip was a 40
horsepower Pierce Great Arrow, and, in
spite of the arduous trip. the car gave no
trouble.
In a recent parade Of automobiles at
Breton Woods there were thirty machines
in line. OF his number six were Pierce
machines. In the report of the arrival OF
automobiles at the prominent stopping
O throughout the country the number
of Pierce arrivals has been particularly
prominent this season, and in many in
stances n large proportion of the cars
have been Pierce cars. The makers OF
these cars have for many years made a
speciality of touring contests, and from
these contests have gained such experience
that they are today securing the greatest
consideration from those who aim to tour.