Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

The Louisville, Ky. Automobile Clut
American Automobile Association to b,
the clubs guest during the holding Of tn,
proposed race meet this fall. at which
time the club Is to give banquet
The double transcontinental endurance
| contest from New York to San francisco
and return. originally planned for Thu
month has been postponed to start July
T., 1909. to enable additional cars to pre-
pare for the trial.
New Jersey officials got a taste of theil
own medicine last week. when the state
excise commission was unable to keep iti
| engagements In various towns because
| they were constantly held up in their
| motor car by officious constables.
Application blanks for operators H.
censes in Massachusetts are now kept or
ton1obile Club. and 1t Is planned in the
near future to have a member of the Bay
state highway commission visit the
club.
A young farmer in Connecticut by an
horsepower car for saving wood, baline
| hay. plOughing and many other stunts
Last winter he baled nearly 400 tons of
hay and sawed between $50 and 800 cords
To run away from the scene Of acct
| dent. or In any way to seek to evade the re-
| sponstbility Of an accident in which he
may have been involved. now renders the
onender liable to from six days to two
months in prison and a fine of So to 500:
under the new French vehicle law.
! The Royal Automobile Club has COM
| piled f1eures showing how ridiculous lie
GA nh 1iv,,ik e..
cars IN London. Horsedrawn omnibuses
| are allowed to canter through the streets
| at liz miles per hour, and carts from Is
| to Is miles an hour.
If the results achieved from the use of
two automobiles for mail collections in
this city prove as profitable as antfcf-
pated 1t Is probable that motor cars will
be substituted entirely for horse and
WAGON coilection service throughout the
District Of Columbia.
handy addition to the tool box of
| q car Is a ball of Irvine, or at least a
Quantity Of 1t, say fifteen to twenty
the best thickness It is useful In bind
ing steering wheel that shows a ten
dency to split. and forms a comfort able
hand grip.
The show committee of the American
Motor Car Manufacturers Association in
charge OF Arrangements for the show to
be held In Grand Central Palace, N. Y,
from December 81. has decided that a
trade ticket plan will be followed this
year as more liberal to the exhibitors
A good sight oil-feed can be regulated
| to pass anything from two or three drops
per minute up to steady stream. but 1t
| 10 generally found that a feed Of from
twelve to fifteen drops per minute is
about what Is required for the average
motor that does not show any tendency
20 run dry.
That the members of the Automobile
Club Of Maryland are sincere in their
determination to discourage speeding
has been demonstrated by their prompt
action passing q resolution condemning
| race between an automobile and an
airship
Hydrochloric acid-popularly known as
"spirits Of salts"-excellent for dissolving
normally insoIvent and troublesome lime
deposits. is easily handled. 1t is desira
bic, however. to keep 1t from coming in
contact with wood. cloth or leather, and
Of course. the fingers.
Seattle and Tacoma. Wash. motorists
are Jointly pushing the proposed automo-
bile speedway between the two cities. 1t
IL proposed to construct fine shell road.
divided into two pathways by a curb in
the middle. small toll is to be charg-
ed. and 1t is estimated the trip between
the two places could be made in a half
hour.
One hundred motor cars are now own
ed, operated and housed by the New
York city government. Their aggregate
cost was $26O,030 and repairs approx
mately $4,000 annually. Fourteen cars
are attached TO the Office of the borough
president Of Brooklyn: ten are used by
| the street cleaning department.: eight
each by the fire and police. The board
Of education uses two motor trucks.
Automobiles intended for use in Nor
way. equipped with double tires-that is,
with inner air tube and outer casing.
which latter should always be provided
with an outside metal cover for protec-
in the paving of many of the roads; 9TH
erwise punctures win occur too fire.
quently.
Plans are being made. for a race meet
en- the Brighton Beach track at Coney
Island, N. Y. Labor day. If it should
prove successful it is proposed to convert
that splendid and completely equipped
horse-racing track into an up-to-date mo-
tordrome. patterned after the famous
Brooklands track in England.
The Toledo (Ohio) Automobile Club has
appropriated money to pay for sprinkling
a one-mile section of the Maumee belt
, road with crude Oil. II the experiment
proves successful 1t is likely that the
sprinkling will be continued over the road
to Maumee and Perrysburg. at an esti-
mated cost Of 81, 800.
To tackle q valve replacement single
handed, simply interpose a piece Of pack
ing almost anything will do) between
the valve cap and valve head; refix the
valve cap. and then the packing will pre-
vent the valve rising. 1t is then COM
paratively easy to lift the spring and
take out the cotter. etc.
Bail comes high in Newport, r. l. Sey-
mour johnson of New York whose auto
mobile. used by his guest, Philip Mills
Of New York. and driven by a chauffeur.
seriously injured Mrs. Harry Amey Of
Newport, has been placed under 5000
bail in civil suit pending the result of
the woman's injuries.
Baltimore city officials have the motor.
ing mania. brought on by the use of a
big yellow automobile by Commissioner
of Street, Cleaning Wickes in inspecting
the work Of his white wings. Col. Wickes
is the only city official who can motor
when the official fancy strikes him. ex-
cept the park board.
1.-THE growing popularity of the motor
car Is adding to the health Of the general
public" says DR.. Gerhard a. Bading,
commissioner Of health of Milwaukee