Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

Six automobiles being used to collect
| mails in this city are clipping about the
streets daily. People every now and then
stop to glance at the swiftly running cars
attending to the business Of Uncle Sam
| in such a systematic way. And then the
statement is made that these little cars
are doing the work formerly performed
by eight men and twelve horses. At that
! rate 1t is not an impossibility that Uncle
Sam will be getting busy before long
building garages on his own account.
By unique arrangement OF the axle
trees an Italian inventor, residing in
Rome. believes he has solved the tire
problem. The device supplies the elias
ITCHY needed for solid tires and 1t is
claimed will do away with pneumatics
entirely. King Victor was so pleased
with the device that he took the car to
the palace that the queen might test 1t.
The bureau of tours Of the A. c. A..
| in commenting on touring in the Adj
rondacks, gives advice applicable to all
mountain roads: when driving in tie
Adirondacks region extreme care should
be used in meeting horses; more than
half the horses are driven by women.
| The roads are narrow and frequently diff
| fcult to turn out either for a motor car
or a hOrse-drawn vehicle.
The magnitude Of the road building
operations now under way in Los Angeles
county Cal, for which the taXpay
ers have voted So 100000, is seen when it
is stated that the county is nearly as
large as the state of Connecticut, twice
as large as Delaware and four times as
large as Rhode island. "a system Of 5O7
miles of scientifically built roads is being
constructed.
looking forward to an early fall trade.
They argue that many men who drove
1905 and 1907 cars In 1908 through econ
omy will exchange them for 1909 cars,
and they believe that this considerable
contingent of buyers, added to the nat
ural increment Of the normal growth Of
the use of the automobile, given free
rein by a return of prosperity, will bring
about the biggest business year the motor
car industry has ever had.
The automobile school of the West Side
Y. NJ c. A.. New York which was one of
the first if not the first. in the country,
has entered upon its fifth year. All told
GA chauffeurs, owners and prospective
owners took the various courses during
the past year.
If present plans carry that section of
Utah extending from Ogden to Provo
will possess one of the finest roads in the
state The Salt Lake Automobile Club
is behind the movement and men have
been placed at work on the roads through
Salt Lake City.
The bill introduced in the legislature of
Louisiana by the good roads lobby of that
state creating q state tax for automo-
biles and license for chauneurs. has met
with great favor, particularly because all
funds collected are to be turned into
good roads fund.
An important legal precedent of interest
to motorists in the cities of the country
will probably be set by the final decision
in the suit begun by the Automobile Cub
of Cincinnati against the city OF Cincln-
natl to restrain 1t from collecting fees for
automobile licenses in addition to those
demanded by the state of Ohio.
The use of all kinds of fuel. economy
in it's use and regularity of running Will
form the basis of the taxicab and light
industrial vehicle contest to be held in
and around Paris from October 1 to 10.
Fuel consumption will be the BASE of the
classification. the calculations being made
on price basis
Motorists throughout the east are COM
menting sharply upon the almost auto
cratic authority given to the New Jersey
state motor vehicle commissioner, who
has announced that his agents must not
grant licenses for machines of more than
sixty-fi horsepower. but must refer ap-
plications directly to him.
Through information collected at a
number of the most frequented resorts 1t
! is estimated that 10000 persons are tour
ing New England in motor cars. At
eleven popular stopping places 123 auto
mobiles of forty-four different makes
carrying approximately 800 persons. stop
ped during one night. The days expenses
for such a cavalcade are placed at So, 500
Milwaukee common councils committee
| on streets and alleys has reported IA
vorably on the use Of the dust-laying
preparation used with great success In
Evanston, Ill All Milwaukee streets will
now be repaired.
The Automobile Club Of Maryland is
confident that bill drawn by its counsel
| for introduction in the state legislature
will nut an end to reckless driving 1t
| provides that no person shall drive q car