Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05

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ing town in Texas with population of
about 5000. 1t has over $50 cars.
Connecticut boasts of azdog catcher who
| has provided himself william automobile
Wherewith to chase the festive canine.
y London garage Iocatedain the theater
district, besides quarters for. cars. pro-
vldes dressing rooms for both men and
women.
A German photographer is touring Eu-
rope with a compete outfit. intending
dark room, mounted on motor car
chassis.
The European contestants in the-New
York to Paris race will sail February =
for New York, whence the race will start
February 10.
The Nizam of Hyderabad who rules
over more than $1,000 square miles OF
India. owns 10 automobiles of seven diI
ferent European makes.
"A valuable adjunct of one of the new
cars is a device by which the lubricating
oil. after being used once, is pumped
back into the cylinders and utilized over
and over again.
That automobile license number is
not sufficient proof Of ownership of a
car on which to base a suit for damages
was the recent decision of New York
judge.
a promoter of Butte, Mont. has ordered
three touring cars. equipped with camping
customers to the various properties under
his control
William E. Corey, head OF the steel
trust, Is one of the latest victims of New
York police zeal the driver OF taxicab
in which he was riding being nabbed on
charge of speeding.
Automobile schools are conducted by
branches of the Young Mems Christian
Association in nineteen cities of the Unit.
ed States. most of them with the Coop
M mt hS
An Akron Ohio. firm, one of the lars
est rubber manufacturing concerns in the
United States, has decided to compete
with French tire-makers on their own
ground. and has opened branch office
in Paris.
Because of the shortage of gasoline in
India the Motor Union of that country
was forced to abandon its reliability trials.
which were to have been held the past
week. until the first week in February.
That autos can go wherever horse
drawn sledges can go has been proven
by the ascent of the desolate, snow-clad
peak of Mont Genevre. in the Alps. A
30 horsepower car made the summit at a
lively clip.
In an advertising contest conducted by
New York coffee importer the first prize
of 1000 was won by the advertising
mana ger of an automobile building COM
pany. who decried freak schemes and adj
vocated the persistent use of DAILY news |
papers. 4.
There is a steadily-increasing demand |
for secondhand touring cars from bust |
ness men. who remove the old bodies
and replace them with those of express |
wagons or other vehicles for which they |
want to use them.
During 1907 Kansas City oiled 375,4lJ
square yards of its boulevards twice and |
los,5O2 square yards once, at cost of
s1O67l. "A, saving s., 339ss over the usual |
cost of sprinkling with water and pro- |
ducing better results.
A removable top for motor boats, built |
on the same principle as buggy top, is
a novelty. Made of waterproof canvas |
or leather, it is mounted on a. frame
which can be folded, while curtains but |
ton on the sides. |
Delighted with the service given by an !
automobile patrol wagon. the fire COM
missioners of Baltimore have ordered a |
horseless fire engine. The patrol wagon. |
which is being operated in the center of |
the city. does the work of two teams.
1t has been only few years since glass |
wind shields were first placed on view in |
Madison Square Garden. where they were |
looked upon with mingled scorn and dis
gust. Today hardly a car is made of any |
pretensions without a wind shield.
The work of signboarding the main
touring roads is to. be prosecuted vigor-
ously during the present year by the
American Automobile Association, which
proposes to divide UP the work among |
the clubs on a geographical distribution of
territory. -. .-s
After working several years. to perfect
an invention for the use of acetylene gas
as motive power. a resident of Syracuse,
n. v, sent his papers to the patent Of
flee. only to learn that another inventor
at Milwaukee, had beaten him by about
three weeks.
Not satisfied with the fact that the
charges for registration of automobiles
now net New Jersey $4,000 annually,
Senator Frelinghuysen. for whom the
g .fa'S y-ahjrta Ia a, iS M poI
proposes increasing the fee so as to pro-
duce a revenue of 100000 a year.
Rhode Island is such small state that
motorists from other states who violate |
the border without being caught. At
present there is no law by which they |
mag be reached, but the incoming legis- |
lature will be asked to enact some such |
statute.
All present indications point to 1905 be-
ing the busiest season, SO far as formal !
contests are concerned, IN the history of |
the motor vehicle. On every side prepare
lions are being made for races. tours or
shows. and public interest in being stinnu-
lated TO u greater extent than ever be-
fore.
Almost all vehicle in Paris. even the
horse-drawu cabs and coaches, have
pneumatic tires. Steam or .gasoline-driXen
power trucks are used for all kinds of
work, ranging from carrying sixty pas
sengers. or five tons of coal, to delivering
hats and shoes, and this in spite of gaso-
line selling at about 40 cents a gallon.
Inc automobile messenger service re-
Gently established in Seattle by the
Northern Bank and Trust Company is
proving very successful. Customers de-
string money, or wishing to make de-
post. have only to telephone the bank. |
and the machine is soon at hand with |
the banks representative, who Translates
the necessary business. i-#'
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