Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-08
Automobile Briefs.

steam ambulance, capable Of a speed of
| forty-hvs miles an hour. is being tested by
| the medical department Of the army at
West Point. II satisfactory, 1t is said the
| army will adopt such cars for general use.
The success which SO far has attended the
| Picking Paris run through the great Asiatic
| deserts has demonstrated that automobiles
may easily be employed in regions hereto
| fore traversed only by camel caravans.
Judge Fowler Of the circuit court at Fond
| du Lac. Wis. has ruled that an automobile
may cross through funeral procession in
| that city. although an ordinance prohibits
vehicles drawn by horses or mules from SO
doing.
1t Is pertinently pointed out that while the
40 automobiles which composed the line on
Orphans day in New York seemed a good
| ly number. yet it represented less than one
per cent Of all machines owned In the city.
I In the recent show at st. Petersburg
practically every big firm in France was
represented. Belgium was represented by
Ave makes Of cars. the United States and
Italy by three each and Germany by one.
while Great Britain had none at all.
Although far behind the other European
nations, Portugal at last has begun to i'm
port automobiles in sufficient numbers to
| interest manufacturers in the United States
and nearer home. In 1908 there were but
twenty-six cars in the country.
Gen. e. M. Splitter. the well-known bank
er Of Cleveland. who is touring Europe, ac-
companied by Mrs. Splitter. expects to cover
5000 miles in his car, travelling through
England. Scotland. France. Belgium. Hol-
land Germany and Austria.
In retaliation for the stopping Of Sunday
base ball In Westchester county, N. Y, the
managers Of the White Plains Base Ball
Association threaten to stop golf and the
running of automobile on Sunday.
The recent arrest of John D. Rookie
Teller because his chauffeur was breaking
the speed law Is giving New York motorists
a laugh at the "oil kings" expense. Only
q 70 dQ hof0 hn ho1 NV
rural constable he gave positive orders that
his estate near Tarrytown be closed against
all automobiles because some drivers were
reckless
BY making a test case in court the Ohio
Valley Automobile Club has succeeded in
having the charges on all toll roads re-
duced to a two-and-a-half-c ent basis for
visiting Automobiles as well as local drfv
ers. Heretofore automobilists crossing the
state line from West Virginia have been
taxed five cents a mile.
Walter Stevens, a merchant, recently ran
through q flock OF chickens at Lawrence
burg Ind. with his car and an old rooster
became entangled in the steering gear The
car crashed into telegraph pole and was
sadly wrecked. while the rooster struggled
out Of the wreckage and marched away.
growing derisively.
Sheepshead Bay track. N. Y, when the
Suburban was run than ever have been
together in this country, with the possible
exception of the last Vanderbilt cup race
can construction, representing the work Of
more than fifty factories. The value of the
collection was estimated at $3.S75O0O.
Important work in the line of erecting
road signs Is now being done by the Ameri-
can Automobile Association through Its
affiliated clubs in California, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey. New York
Ohio and Wisconsin. Preparations are be-
ing made for similar work In Illinois. In
diana, Iowa. Pennsylvania, Maine, Mary
land. Minnesota, South Dakota, Vermont,
Virginia. West Virginia and Washington.