The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-01

which he retired last spring on account
Of i'll health. While there has been no
radical change in the interests involved
in the company's work. there has been
a readjustment. which will insure In
creased activity from this time forward
In the building and marketing of the
weIl-known Dragon car. The list Of Of
fcers is as follows: President. John Kane
Mills; vice president and treasurer. Henry
Rawle; second vice president and sales
manager, A. L. KulI; secretary, Francis
Rawle; general manager, J. II. O'Brien;
directors. J. F. Grimes, Pittsburg: Francis
Rawle. Philadelphia. John Kane Mills,
New York; Henry Rawle, Philadelphia;
A. L. Kull, New York
For a long time officials Of the Acme
Motor Car Company. at Reading, have
been noticing that touring cars Of their
make. equipped with their standard body.
when driven on the roads. seem to dis
tribute little dust over the occupants of
the tonneau. They had never made COM
parsons, however, with other cars. and
IT is only within the last month or two
that they have come to realize, owing to
the peculiar construction of the back, that
they have achieved, quite by accident, a
dustless touring car This is not the
first time that improvements in utility
have resulted from peculiarities Of con-
structiOn unintenti0nally, but 1t is a COM
forting fact to representatives Of the
company that the Acme car Is. as. nearly
dustless as it is possible 10 make one
Looking back over the record of sales
for a year, President Sternberch thinks
that this fact has had a great deal to do
with the steady demand for their cars.
Evidence is not wanting that at least
some of the high-priced. high-powered
cars do not demand excessive expendi-
lures for upkeep Leonard 3. Keefer,
of New Orleans, in the early part Of 1906.
was induced TO purchase a Peerless car.
He kept careful record Of maintenance
expenses. At the close of the year he
discovered that the actual total cost for
the year was $5lg5l. This gives the cost
per month as 1890, and as he Travelled
6,644 miles. it makes the actual cost per
mile but eight-tenths of a cent
ttNtAt ii4tttFol Is btilS taken III the
races for automobiles TO be held at
Baltimore tomorrow. A considerable
number Of entries have been received.
according to Edward A. Cassidy. general
manager Of the meet. For the 50-mHe
race, a standardization. Autocar. White
Steamer. Crawford. National, and Drag
on haye been entered. For the 10-mile
race for cars costing 5000 or less. there
are two Stoddard-Daytons, Autocar.
White Steamer. Crawford, and a Drag
on, while for the stock event for cars
at $500 or less, a Lambert and a Max
well viii try conclusions. There are six
motorcycles entered in the motorcycle
race, and for the smile free-for-all
there are two PUllmans. a Logan. Auto
car, and a StOddard-D Dayton The runa-
bout championship VIII call out two
Stoddard-D aytons, two Pullmans, a Lo-
gan, and an Autocar
The list Of officials to date is as fol-
lows: Referees, W. S. Bedding, NJ. Rowe.
F. ". Darling; judges, Osborne I. yell
lott, Raleigh G. Thomas, James 5. Reese:
starter and clerk Of the course. Fred ].
Wagner; assistant starter. Howard A