The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
GASOLINE BUBBLES

familiarity with every car OF Importance,
including the Pierce. On many occasions
when rough roads were encountered the
farmers decTied their own highways ana
promised better roads another year, show
ing familiarity in every way with the
plans of the State to improve the high
Ways of their section.
The much-talked about race from New
York to Paris via Alaska. has brought
about a lot of talk about races which VIII
prove practical rather than impractical.
The proposal. for instance, has been made
that a race be run around the world by
a stated route and 1t has also been pro-
posed that a race be run around the Dor
ders of the United States. Automobiles
are at present working their way through
many stretches of supposedly impossible
territory and the confidence expressed by
some that autos sent through to Pans py
the proposed route will ultimately reach
there, is indicative OF the times. The pres
emit high state of the manu-
featuring Industry has aroused confidence
among many. Mr.. Hlwood Haynes, the
pioneer automobile maker OF the United
States, expressed confidence In the capa-
bilities of the ~present-day automobiles
when speaking of the New York to Paris
race and Mr.. Haynes believes that a con-
test around the world would be interest
ing and always practical, while a contest
around the borders Of the United States
would prove not only possible, but mighty
interesting. The Haynes, always a sue
cessful car in long distance contests and
contests proving reliability, would in AL
probability be entered in either OF the
proposed races and entered to win.
When a car loses out In one Of the
later day endurance runs few ever stop
to figure upon the reason for 1t all. The
clubs have come to that point where they
organize to bring through an endurance
run to a single winner If possible. Men
enter for contests of this character with
cars not altogether right and trust largely
to luck. The returns of the Garford car
entered in the Philadelphia endurance
run would serve to indicate the truth of
the assertion that no car should be en-
tered and driven in such a contest with
out a thorough overhauling and that every
item should be taken care of with the
utmost care. The Garford in Its initial
trip early in December was in a collision
and apparently suffered no wrong. 1t had
been driven regularly without showing
signs of trouble. In the stress of the en-
durance run a bolt broke as a result of
the previous accident and q mud guard
came off, and the experts found that the
wheels III 1FOnI were signify SpTedu, lie
loss was sixty-f1ve points. In the contest
the ear ran regularly and without engine
trouble and every control was made on
time. Yet 1t lost and II Is odds on that
Mr.. LIE Elem. the driver, will enter no
more contests without going over every
nut and bolt from the ground up. The
damage in such contests is done through
oversight and others suffered from this
cause In addition to the Garford.
AS a result OF a careful compilation OF
the sales and the amounts of the sales
made at the Importers Automobile Salon,
the lately formed Fiat Automobile Com
pany took a proud position at the head of
the list with a sale OF twelve cars of a
value of $4,000. The grand total Of sales
at the salon was $63S. 900, and this figure
proved so surprising that it excited uni
versal comment. The salon was far more
successful than the promoters had antici-
pated It would be. OF the ninety-one cars
sold the records have it that ifty-hve were
town cars of about 1~5-horsepowsr and n
great proportion of the Fiat sales were in
cluded in this column.
Uniform laws for motorists in all the
States of the Union embracing mutual
! recognition of the license tags of tourists
is the fight the American Automobile As
SOCldlluu has on It's MINUS, II seeks the
adoption Of speed limits based on broad
principle of so using ones own as not to
injure the rights OF another; In a word,
speed laws that will keep the motorist
only to a pace that will not endanger the
public, the width and traffic of the high
ways being taken into consideration. Since
weight Of number will prove the most
powerful lever in securing from legisla-
tors BILE laws, the national organi-
cation needs the cooperation OF every
motorlst through the addition Of his name
to the individual membership roll. which
can be obtained by sending 50 to Secre-
tary r. II Elliott, 437 Fifth avenue, New
York city.
The real interest in motoring is In tour
ing, and 1t was quite within the realm OF
certainties that a real touring body would
be formed in this country. New Workers
have formed the Motor Car Touring Soci.
ETY. of the City of New York, with Albert
p. Gallatin as president and Omre vii
son, jr. as secretary and treasurer. Tho
organization will map out new roads foi
touring, prepare road books, and so on,
and will accept for membership only those
who own touring cars. Tho organization
Will ultimately be extended, and it will
become some day a national body inter.
! ested only in the promotion of touring.
f. ED. SPOONER.