The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-20

to attend the Grand Central Palace Auto
Show.
The first car VIII carry W D. ArrI5On.
The driver; Ethelbert BaleT, A Gary
Carter. and ". ID. Berry. in the sec
OnG car viii 90 frank l.. Carter, the
G1ver, Thomas 5. Rice, representing
The Times, end SeIby Burch-
The route has been carefully selected,
end the time OF arrival at each point
has been worked oUt. The choice of
roads made should furnish the tourist
who goes TO Now York for the first
time with valuable suggestions. and
save him the embarrassment Of kIllins
time on some of The almost impossible
roads which lie between Washington
and Gotham.
The party viii leave the city by way
of Silver Springs, passing through
Oiney and reaching Westminster At
neon. Forty minutes is here allowed
Tor dinner This seems brief enough,
bat the author Of the program calmly
stated that the unusually long time
was given for meas so that lunch period
might be shortened 10 make up Tor
any ether delay.
at 30 the tourists should arrive at
York, Pa, which Is nineJy-nine mites
from the starting point. Leaving York
and driving through Lancaster VIII
bring them 10 Philadelphia at clock
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning the
I'D, the motorists Will pull out of Cudk-
ertown and passing Bristol TulleytOwn,
and MOTrisvilIe arrive at Trenton al
noon. After Trenton the route is more
complicated
MercerviIle is the first of the smaller
towns that affords choice OF roads,
and the Carter Itinerary directs the
stralghtahead road. At Edinburg a
turn is made 10 the right, crossing the
Pennsylvania tracks. and passing Wind
sor. Cranberry. fifty miles from Phila-
delphia, should be made by $40 o'clock
and New Brunswick reached at 2:10.
Passing through Elizabeth, they hope
10 arrive at Newark in time for dinner,
and TO reach Jersey City at $50 o'clock
From there they viii, drive to a New
York hotel and await the opening OF
the automobile exhibit, on the morning
Of October "a.
The Carter Motor Car Company, under
whose auspices the tour will be con-
Quoted, were fortunate in being able
to obtain the floor space vacated by the
Forest Motor Company on the second
floor, and two 1908 models OF the Carter
tWO-cnglne car VIII be shown.
The auto exhibit will occupy three
floors. On the lower two floors will be
stored the automobiles. and the third
floor will be devoted TO the accessory de-
partment. The Aero Club Of Americas
exhibit OF airships and balloons will
also be an attraction on the top story.
and here will be stationed the large or
ehestra and the Vitagraph Theater, an
attraction which viii be thrown omen
free TO visitors at the show.
The Washington visitors expect TO re-
main in New York city until the close
Of the exhibit, on October 81
the Cleveland firm Of Hager and Van
DeBoe. arrived in Washington on Mon
day in two Stevens-Duryeas
These tourists. with a party of .sn
have been doing the Eastern ana
New England States for two months
and had covered 400 miles when thew
arrived here. All the visitors are from
Cleveland.
The itinerary included Maine Nau
Hampshire, and an extended run through |
the White mountains. On the way south |
stops were made at Boston and New
york, and several weeks were snent
driving over Pennsylvania and New
Jersey roads The most difficult part
o. the route, according to Mr.. Hager
was found on the Southern roads. some
OF the highways IN Virginia were alrnost
impossible. and those In West Virginia |
were. If anything. worse. No troubIA
was experienced with the machines dr.
ing the entire run, nor were the tourists
compelled TO call upon outside helm over
the Southern dirt roads.
The party left Washington Friday
morning, intending to drive straigb+ |
through to Cumberland. and from there
10 Cleyeland by way of Pittsburg.
r. T. Jordan and family drove tn the
Hagerstown Fair last week in q. HAYNES
touring car. The run TO Hagerstov1n A. /
SAID TO be an easy one over good roads |
except for a few stretches of meow
p4eteu PIKE in Washington county.
The first 1908 model six-cvIin;3er P,a-,.
Arrow TO visit Washington arrives 49, |
Thursday, driven by Thomas lanes I,e l
Baltimore. The car is one Of the hand |
soonest on the market. It seats seven /
people and is equipped with an adjust |
aple Top. The driver is protected nv a /
glass partition, and the euui2ment ~ 4
compound springs Is said to make the /
machine an easy riding one. Mr.. Thorn I
as was in this city to visit relatives ana /
returned TO Baltimore the same after /
noon.
F. H. Sutherland, OF Richmond. drove /
Queen car from his home to Washing
ton last week, and stopped at the Cen
Ural Garage. After leaving this city he
viii drive directly South by another
route TO Atlanta, returning from that
place 70 Richmond about November Is.
J. A. Joss is expected to- return to-
morrow from western Maryland. where
he has been touring for a week. Mr.
Joss visited the Hagarsfor-r, fair - |