The Washington times., 1908-09-20
ED MANGOLD.
Washington AutoiStS Return
To City After Summer Rms
And Tours in Many Sections

r s Bliven, OF the Cook & StOddard
Company. who left Washington on Au-
gust l in his Franklin car for the
North, returned on Friday from 1900
mile trip. which included tours through
Pennsylvania, New York and Canadian
regions, where Mr.. Bliven was greeted
as the pioneer autoist Of the season.
The car which made the run was a
1906 model, 12-hOrsepOwer, air-cooled
Franklin. Four passengers and about
200 pounds of provisions were carried
along.
Striking out through Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Hliven made a direct line 10 CEN
trail New York, and from there pro
ceeded to Niagara Falls after spending
about week in New York State. From
there he drove by way OF Hamilton,
Ontario, to Toronto, and after leaving
the Canadian metropolis plunged into
the heart Of the Muskoka region, where
a ten days stop was made at the Lake
of Bays for fishing. This region. al
though one Of great natural beauty,
is very little frequented by autoists,
and the washington party was the
first to visit the lake for over year,
according TO the natives
A run was also made to North Bay
and from that point the return trip
was made over nearly the same route
to syracuse, y. Y, where Mr.. Bliven
halted for an inspection Of the Frank
lin factory.
The 1909 output Of Franklins is great
" in excess of that in previous years.
In spite OF this the supply will not
meet the demand. Deliveries of demon
stration cars TO Cook & Stoddard. the
local agents. was promised within
three weeks. -..-..-
THE run furnished severe test for
the little Franklin" said ar Bliven
Yesterday. Although the mileage
would have done credit TO high horse
power touring car, our 12-horsepower
machine negotiated the distance with
ont any trouble. and not even an ad-
iIstment was made save those neces-
sary for supplying oil and gasolene.
.ryyhile the roads in New York are
ideaI we struck some rough going IN
Canada. Most Of the roads in the
province are gravel. One pleasant
feature in both the Empire State and IN
canada is the absence Of tolls As we
approached the Muskoka region the
going was made difficult by the rocks,
but even here we had no trouble with
the car. The weather was fine on the
whole run. We encountered but one
rainy dav. that on the run from Ham
nton to Toronto.
returning from Syracuse we made
the run BY way of Scranton to Strauss
burg and crossed Mt POcono, the
scene of recent forest fires. where the
blaze was raging while we We're on the
toughest roads in the high region. The
smoke was binding. and at times we
choked and sputtered about so that
we had little time to view the scenery.
W. d. Orrison, vice president of the
Carter Motor Car Company and J. E.
Welsh. have returned from week
trip which covered over $50 miles.
They left early last week for Balti-
more In a Carter two-engine car, and
from there drove to Belair. Havre de
Grace. Perryville. Northeast. and Elk
ton. After a stop at that point they
continued through Newark. Whining
ton and chester &c Philadelphia.
On the return rur Mrs w. D. Orrison.
Walter Orrison, and Mrs. J. w. Orri-
son wers taken aboard at Northeast
and brought from there TO Washington.
The trip was made without any
troubles of any kind, and the car ran
perfectly.
X. NJ. Dickinson returned to Wash
ington last week, after a trip through
the Northern States in his Overland
car. covering over 5000 miles.
Mr.. Dickinson left Washington early
In July, and ran by way of Frederick,
Gettysburg, York, Lancaster. and Read
ing TO Poughkeepsie. n. Y. The detour
indicated by this route was made 10
avoid the stringent Jersey auto regula-
tons.
From Poughkeepsie he forged north