Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27

contest dates, the Cleveland, ONO, rel1a-
bility run has been postponed from Oc-
tober 10 to October 14-16, with a posi-
bility that 1T may not be held until the
very early part of November.
AS result of the compromise agree
ment between the A. A. A. and the A. c.
a. the grand prize gold cup of the latter
Will be the great international trophy of
! this country. and the William X. Wander
bilt cup the trophy for a national annual
speed contest.
| Besides a cash deposit of 50, 500 to cover
| repairs to roads, the Quaker City Motor
| cub has been also required to furnish
$1,000 surety to cover damages in case
| of injury to spectators to property dur
! ing the Founders Week race in Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia
| Being in the market for automobile
tractors capable of handling eight-ton
! loads, the British army authorities an
| nounce competition for February next
| The vehicle winning the competition will
! be bought at the conclusion of the trial
! but the price of the tractor must not
| exceed 5000
PLEASE remember that your acetylene
lights are nuisance to everybody else
| but yourself, and don't use them in
! city streets, or where not absolutely
necessary Such is the advice which is
beng given to members by the Rhode
ISiahd Automobile Club on printed cards
The Dowager Queen of Spatn has been
the first motorist TO legitimately cross the
great 81 Bernard in an auto. The Italian
side OF the road IS open but the Swiss
IS, however. closed Her majesty te1e
Sraphed to the Swiss government for per-
| MISSION which was at once granted
| Detroit motorists have been deeply
| Stirred by an epidemic OF motor thievery
J hE4tn Lott
the bars the man who steals a car
! At present the thief even if caught with
the machine. can only be lightly fined and
given a short sentence In the workhouse.
Temporary road signs are being erected
| throughout Connecticut wherever i'm
| provements are being carried on by the
! Connecticut Automobile Association
! The board of public works Of Oakland
Cal. mas ordered speed signs erected in
forming autoiSts where the CITY limits
begin ard end and what the legal rates
! of speed are
Among the important questions to be
discussed at the international road CON
| ference, October II 10 IL, in Paris is the
! construction Of the ideal road for heavy
motor traffic
! The anti-speeding crusade begun by the
/ y q
grand jury of Baltimore county is bring
| ing results. number of arrests having
| been made
/ 1t is authoritatively stated in Bouloene
! that the circuit of the Ardennes will he
! run IN the month of May of next year as
d preliminary contest to the French
/ Grand Prix.
Fire Chief Horton of Baltimore has
asked the board of fire commissioners to
| furnish himself. his deputy chief and the
! district chiefs with steam automobiles 70
replace the present horse-drawn car
rldSoS
The Kansas City park board has adopt
co a new system of warning signs for
automobiles entering the parks at night
| ked gas globes are being placed at differ
| en- intersections, and will indicate Keep
| TO the right"
The next Grand Prix in France will be
heId In the AnJou district, on the border
Iand or the famous chateau country pro-
! Nlded the AngleanS can raise 10000 and
they are already hard at work on the
fund.
Different metals are used for the brake
| band or shoe from that of the drum on
| winch 1t acts, because when two pieces
of metal OF the same kind are rubbed
| together their coefficient friction is not
as high
Farms in Texas which formerly in
spite of their fertility. were practically
worthless on account of their distance
from market are now being protitably
cultivated by the help of an automobile
| The New Jersey Automobile and Motor
Club of Newark now has more than / 300
members and is striving to regain second
| place among clubs of the country by
! beating the Buffalo club which has about
! l,i0O members
1T is better 10 slow down or stop than
to depend on your skill at lodging" de-
| clares President Ira NJ Cobe of the Chi
cago Automobile Club in bulletin which
| that organization has issued
While driving along a mountain road
| near Shamokin. Pa. two motorists no.
ticed that the machine suddenly slowed
| down. Alighting, they discovered a rat
tlesnake twisted tightly about the axle
| In fitting a speedometer or mileague in
dicator TO a car It is absolutely neces-
sary TO have the driving gears which
are mounted on one OF the road wheels
| exactly centered on the latter otherwise
the gears will wear quickly and will also
be noisy.
The American Motor League. which
now has divisions in thirty four states
| will cause bills 10 be introduced in sew
eral state legislatures next winter max
ing it penal offense 10 hold speed con-
tests on the public roads in populous To-