Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
NEWS OF INTEREST
TO THE AUTOMOBILES

me warm weather Of the past week or so
has boded i'll to the automobile trade SO
far the sale OF machines has been con-
cerned. While a number of machines have
been disposed of by the dealers still they
| say that the trade has not been what 1t
should have averaged. Still they say while
| they do not expect much in the line OF sales
| at this especial season. they had hoped for
more.
The management of the Pope Automobile,
, Company states that during the past week
they have sold to Dr. A. ID. Butt an auto
car. Another runabout of the same line
was sold to DR.. j. Thomas Kelly. while Mr..
J. II. Crawford Of the Craford Paving
Company became the owner of handsome
Waverly electric machine.
tor Car Company. who of late has done
some remarkable motor racing in this
city. Baltimore and other places will prob
ably contest in the races to be held at
Brighton Beach August 3 and 10. In the
events in which he will contest MIR. Hood
will probably drive special high horse
power Thomas flyer runabout.
Specially constructed electric motor trucks
are being used by Wisconsin pea Gamers
for hauling their product to market. Each
truck hauls several tons of peas at time.
According to the New York law the owner
OF must register it with the secre-
| tary of state. but need not take out a
license to drive 1t If he employs licensed
chauffeur.
j. l.. Snow of Boston recently drove a
roadster to the top of Blue Hill, the highest
point of land on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. over a road unusually steep
and rough.
A semi-weekly bus line is to be inaugu
rated between Philadelphia and historic
Valley Forge where Washington prayed in
camp and where Senator Knox now has
his country home
Some of the first power driven fire en-
gnes in the world were made in New Eng
land far back in 1874 and 1915. and
thus antedated practically all automobile
invention in all countries
State Road Commissioner Hutchinson of
New Jersey, who is charged with enforcing
the speed laws. recently was held up by a
rural constable. who claimed he was speed
ing in the states
A big express company has decided to
replace all its horse-drawn vehicles in
Indianapolis with electric trucks. garage
with capacity of twenty-one cars is being
constructed to house the machines.
From New York to Cape Charles. Va, in
nineteen hours and thirty minutes was
new record established by Jerome Alex
andre of the former city. who lowered Bar
ney Oldfieid's time by about two hours.
A competition for instruments designed to
indicate the fuel consumption, together
with the sped of cars. is on in France.
valuable prize is offered. to say nothing of
the free advertising. which the winner will
get.
Roads Automobile Association of Boston
already has investigated many instances of
careless driving, with the result that the
licenses of two motorists have been sus-
pended for time.
At a cost of but $4,000 Calvin 8. Smith
and Mrs. Smith of Chicago, with chauf-
feur, recently completed a 6,O1O-mile tour of
Europe without a serious breakdown or a
clash with customs authorities. They used
an American car.
A new motor street sprinkler in in
Berlin does the work of two horse-drawn
ones. Whereas the latter sprinkle surface
of a width of from thirteen and one half
feet, the auto sprinklers can cover thirty
nine feet and sprinkle a mile of road with
one filling.
The German army now has over 100
armored war automobiles. driven by
corps of chauffeurs chosen from the most
intelligent men of the army. The machines
are kept together and frequently maneu-
vered like squadron of cavalry.
A shipment of cars that left factory in
Chicago on March 10 was not received in
San Francisco until nearly the end of June,
having been 40 days on the way. This is
believed to be a record for slow tranSporta-
ton across the continent.
In sharp contrast with the refusal of
Gov Hughes of New York to permit the
use of troops to protect spectators at the
Vanderbilt cup race, over 5000 soldiers
were used to guard the course during the
recent Grand PriX in France.
The road to Lick Observatory, on the
summit of Mount Hamilton, is seven and a
half miles long and there are 365 turns in
the ascent of 1000 feet; but j. A. Chanslor
of San Francisco recently drove a touring
car to the observatory in thirty-seven
minutes.
Booth Harrington. the novelist has been
touring Norway and Sweden where the
roads are declared to be worse than
Americas" and where gasoline has to be
ordered by telegraph in advance. 1t took
a week to cover 800 miles.
The friends of Mr.. John A. Lutz local
agent of the Oldsmoble congra tulat
ing him on the splendid race he put up in
winning the five-mile automobile race held
at the Pythian field day at the Brightwood
track Wednesday. In the event Mr.. Lutz,
drove the gray Olismoble in which he
recently completed run of 1000 miles
about the streets and avenues of this city.
During the first part Of the race Mr.. Lutz
apparently held his big machine back until
within a mile or so of the close. when he
gradually forged ahead and took the race
with ease. The trophy was handsome
silver cup which. after being suitably en-
graved, will adorn the offices of the Odds
mobile headquarters at 18th and r streets
northwest.
For the past two weeks. Mr.. Royce
Hough, manager of the Pope Automobile
Company. has been enjoying an outing
Patuxent river. in Maryland and about
companied by Mrs. Hough and several
friends. Mr.. Hough, while in the section.
became much interested in motor boating
and also found much time to travel the
roads of Charles county, which he says
are sandy and are fine for automobiing.
The party made the trip in a large locomo-
bile touring car, of which Mr. Hough is the
local agent.
New York will have practically fort