The Washington times., 1908-02-23
FAIR WEATHER STIRS UP ACTIVITY IN AUTOMOBILE WORLD
TOPICS
OF LIVE INTEREST

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Hon. Clifford Pinchot. who stores his
car at the Mitchell garage, received
closed body from the Peerless factory
on Wednesday. The body. which is OF
the landaulet type. is for his 'OS Peerless
ana is unusually attractive in design.
No one need question whether or not
there will be a Vanderbilt cup race this
year, even II those who rave the mat
ter IN charge give no statements con
corning II. 1t is known IN certain cir
cles that not only has the decision 10
hold one been made positively, but that
various steps OF preparation are being
taken Ground viii be broken for the
Long Island motor parkway as soon as
the outcropping OF frost permits. and
the work on it Will be prosecuted Wig
orousiy. If the cup race is held on
Long Island, the parkway IS expected
10 provide all or part Of the course.
When the city departments OF New
YORK first began 10 demand automobiles
for the use Of their commissioner. and
inspectors. the officials wanted the best.
and wanted 10 buy imported cars, but A
cry was raised against this as being I'M
patriotic. Now the solution has been
found IN the American Locomotive mo-
or car 0icense BerIieD, md everyone
may yet De happy. The department of
charities is the first 10 discover how TO
get the best ia foreign design and ma
terial. yet DGtrOnize a honle industry,
and t'goBeriiet touring cars OF 22-horse-
power, built by the locomotive company
at Providence, Of imported material,
nave been purchased. One is for the
use OF Commissioner Hebbard. OF Man
haitian. and the other for Deputy Com
missioner McIneTy. OF Brooklyn.
Mayor Tiedeman. Of Savannah, Ca,
has declared that March IS and l9. the
days Of the automobile races there,
will be public holidays.
An automobile show under the joint
auspices of the New Jersey Automobile
Motor Club and the New Jersey Auto
mobile Trade Association Will open ia
the Electric Park Auditorium, Newark
tomorrow night.
Announcement was made yesterday By
the Automobile Club Of America Of four
motor cycle races 10 be added 10 the
Florida beach program beginning March
2. These viii be one mile flying start
one mile record trial. ive-mile and
ten-mile races.
There is a well projected plan on foot
TO assemble the grand council Of New
York State, United Commercial Tray
siers of America, which meets this year
at Uuca, n. Y, on June II, u. and g.
by means Of automobiles instead Of by
the railroads.
Mule trails in the southern California
Sierras, over which an automobile had
never passed before, were recently ne
gouated by a 1897 16-horsepower model
c Franklin in a breal1neck trip from
Los Angeles To the mines in the east
0f San Diego county. During the last
twelve miles an ascent OF 90 feet, over
twisting trails. was made by the dim
light OF oil burners, the acetyIene lamps
having given out Mills Titus, Of Los
Angeles, accompanied by three men.
drove the machine.
If ever the New York 10 Paris racers
reach Siberia. a surprise Is in store for
car is carrying with it fianges to Mt its
wheel rims and a permit from the Rus
sian government 10 run the automobile
across the country on the tracks of the
Trans-Siberian railway.
The A. A. a. touring committee is TO
meet at Buffalo this month 10 discuss
the rules and route for the next Ghdden
tour. \ classification Of cars by price
and a fixed miles-per-hOur schedule
for each class 10 be maintained each
day, whatever be the road or weather
conditions, are favored. The most popu-
lar route named IS Buffalo, Pittsburg.
Washington. New York, and Boston,
winding up at Breton Woods in the
White mountains. with a week of hill
climbing tests and daily pleasure tours
as a wind-up.
John A. Iutz. local agent for the
Oldsmobile, last week received an or
der from w a. Copenhaver for a
Model y. 1908. Oldsmobile The ma
chine viii probably be delivered this
week.
Mr.. LUtz expresses himself as greatly
pleased with the spring outlook and
enthusiastically tells OF signs which
point to a rushing business. Never
before ut this season of the year have
/ had so many requests for demonstra-
lions and 50 many prospective buyers
who are only waiting for the coming OF
the warmer weather before investing IN
machine I think it is safe to pre-
dict a record breaking season for spring
sales.
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