Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

ciety that chauffeurs be compelled to sub
init to an eye test like locomotive engi-
neers before being granted licenses.
The chief of the Milwaukee fire depart
ment declares that in going to a fire in
motor car he not only gets there quicker,
but with far less interference from street
traffic or danger to innocent bystanders
Maj. Gen. F. D. Grant expresses him
self as much pleased with the use of two
automobiles during the army maneuvers
at Pine Plains. n. Y, where over 10000
regulars and militia have been encamped.
A motor car, finished in French gray,
to match the color of his home, is be-
ing driven by Swan j. Turnblad, a pub
Usher of a Swedish paper at Minneapolis.
The Savannah Automobile Club has ar
ranged to enlarge the grandstand on Its
course for the grand prize race. now set
for Thanksgiving. so that it will seat
fully 1000 spectators.
a company has been organized in New
York, with Delaware charter, specially
to reconstruct automobiles.
According to Joseph NJ. Snow, highway
commissioner of the state of Washington.
convict work on good roads represents a
profit of about % per cent over that OF
private contractors.
Fearing that a two-mile stretch Of bad
road leading to the Berkshires would
drive motorists off that route. the SPRING
field Automobile Club and hotel men COM
bined and raised funds for its repairs.
The Hartford Comm Automobile Club
join it in an attempt TO generally i'm
prove roads between the two cities.
Germany should be well represented in
the Florio cup contest at Boulogne. Italy.
September g. three German firms having
already entered three cars each.
Although it goes without saying that
a rubber tool would never be used to. work
stone with, yet the automobile tire has
been accused time and again OF breaking
up stone rOadWayS.
no q
cycle engine is usually three to five
pounds per square inch. but in certain
makes runs as high as eight pounds to the
square inch.
injected into a honey-comb radiator is
said to be an excellent. yet simple. tenn
porary method Of repairing small leak
The radiator should be cold when the
flour is injected.
While a storage battery constitutes a
perfectly dependable source of ignition
current and on cars having engines of
not more than two cylinders is usually
found to be much superior to dry cells.
a magnetic is better for multi-cylinder
car.
Baltimore motorists are backing a move
ment to change the Maryland law so that
visiting autoists may remain in the state
for twenty-four hours unmolested with
out taking out license. They also favor
the issuance of state licenses at county
courthouse instead of compelling motor
lists to obtain them from the state capital
Prince Edward Island motorists have
banded together to fight the recent act
of the provincial legislature prohibiting
the running of automobiles on the island
and are testing the law in court.
New Orleans motorists and dealers are
working for an automobile show for the
Crescent city in the fall
A dust layer composed of a bitumen
compound is being tested by the street
cleaning commissioners of Baltimore. The
mixture Is mixed with water in the road
sprinklers.
BY securing a court order opening the
famous Laurel Run turnpike to autOmO-
biles, the Wilkesharre, Pa, Automobile
Club recently won great victory for
motorists throughout Pennsylvania. the
judge deciding that no toll road company
has a right to keep automobiles off its
road.
The success of the Chicago Automobile
Clubs crusade against what it's journal
terms the speed dragon" is already
causing other clubs throughout the coun-
try to adopt similar crusades.
In connection with the announcement
that "A. c. of A is the proper abbrevia-
ton of the Automobile Club of America.
and not "A. c. A. it is noted that the
latter initials stand for the American
Canoeing Association. an organization
| formed a dozen years ago. and having
several thousand members
| A lively war has been begun between
the Scranton Pa. Automobile Club and
| the road supervisors of Lackawanna
county. The club notified the supervisors
tof law which provides a fine for failure
to keep, remove loose stones from road
ways. The supervisors retOrted by an
nouncing that they would fine any motor
lists passing over the roads at higher