Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
NEWS OF INTEREST
TO THE AUTOMOBILES

ering the distance in two hours and
tnlIty-SeVen minutes.
An excellent example of hospitality has
been set by the requot Casino Assocla-
ton or New London, Conn, when mas
thrown open its commodious clubhouse to
members OF ms Automobile Clue OF
America.
A sutcn in time saves nine and a good
anti-treezing solution saves the radiator.
one OF the pest Is Az per cent mixture
OF wood alcohol and water, which wal
withstand temperature OF ntteen de-
Srees below zero.
Abe American Motor League maintains
= bureau with Wnlcn eacu memper may
register complete description or his car,
thereby increasing the chances of REGAIN
ing II ana appreneuuIng the thief IN case
1t oe stolen
S. f. Edge, winner of the international
plate on the Brookands track August d,
whose title to the championship OF Great
Britain IS questioned by Huntley Walker,
mas cIIaIlenseu the later To Il race tor
10000 a side.
In spite OF the fact that 114.OOO square
feet OF space will be available for the
Chicago show, Its management has
ceived so many applications for space
that there are fifteen manufacturing con-
Germs on the waiting list.
! After three days trial the special Off
GERS who were employed TO break up
speeding on the roads leading to Attain
tic CITY were discharged by the county
authorities. Motorists had been warned
and there was nothing for them TO do.
An ordinance requiring motorcycles to
be effectively muttied at all times has
been passed by Pasadena, Cal, and at
Los Angeles there IL q strenuous fight, led
by the motorcycle club of that city,
against the open muller nuisance.
Although taximeter cabs are designed to
protect patrons from the wiles of dshon-
est drivers, Parsans have discovered that
drivers of that city have invented several
ways to make the taximeters register
more distance than they should.
Spurred by the great interest shown In
the automobile races this year, the man
agement of the interstate fair at Trenton.
n. j., has decided to erect a $4,000 build
ing in which automobile shows viii be
made special feature of future fairs.
The tendency in Europe this season Is
toward cars of moderate power and re-
duced weight. The popular cars range
in power from twenty-five to forty, and
but little impression is being made by the
six-cylinder car, the -four being the
generally accepted standard.
AS proof that speed does not always
cause road disasters in which persons are
killed or manned it has been showrGehat
in England twenty-four persons were
killed in 1905 and thirty-three in 1906 by
traction engines which do not have
speed of over four miles an hour.
With a view of aiding tourists lead
ing Philadelphia hotel has provided
special registration book for motorist
guests, in which they enter remarks on
the condition OF the roads over which
they have Travelled and the time necessary
to allow between points.
syndicate has purchased about 100
acres of land near Westbury, r. l., upon
which they will build circular automo-
bile track for racing. The place is con-
veniently located for both New York
and Boston as we'll as the country be-
tween. in which there are thousands Of
motorists.
When Denver man neglected to pay
for tires which he had bought The dealer
sent a corps of men equipped with tools
to remove the tires while his car was
standing in the street, unattended. The
moorist tried to nave them arrested for
larceny, but could not find a magistrate
who would take his view of the case.
Britain's cline, where rainy and foggy
days exceed in number the sunny ones,
has resulted in the development of sight
seeing motor vehicles with side panels
and drop windows. Persons who tried
to introduce American rubber necks''
soon found that the weather made them
stand idle too great a portion of the
time.