Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

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W n Arrison. vice president of the
Carter Motor Car Corpora ton, will depart
today with two Carter two-engine cars for
an extended demonstration trip through
eastern Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Mai Cen T. Franklin Bell. chief of staff.
Juited States Army, has just purchased a
weny-horsepower limousine White steam
or The agent who sold II to him is very
proud of the deal. and says that the war
Depa rtment contains official records COW
ering cost and upkeep and other features
of operation on several such owned and
operated by the department.
The latest figures from the bureau OF
manufactures of the Department of Com
merce and Labor in reference to automo-
hiles show the following;
The expectation of automobiles ard
parts from the United states for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1905. amounted to
sn27IS41 against sJ.02.o al the previous
twelve months An official of the Ameri-
tan Motor Car Manufacturers Associa-
ION states that $1,000 motor cars. with a
value of sos 600 600. were produced in TINS
country in the calendar year 1907, com
pared with sales of only $4,000" In 1908.
The turnout this year will be about the
same as in 1897. but next years produe-
ton will possibly reach $1,000 cars. The
same official adds that, in addition to
these vehicles. for the past five or six
wears million buggies have been made
and sold by American builders annually.
Kansas City is to have a taxicab garage
of three stories. costing $4,000
reliability trial to be held i'm July of
next year Is being organized by the Ger
man Imperial Automobile Club.
\ chauffeurs' club has been formed In
WilkeSbarrc. Pa, with twenty charter
members
It is reported that the last stagecoac oh
used III the Yellowstone Park is to give
way to an automobile.
Handsome quarters in leading hotel
have been secured by the automobile club
of Columbus. Ohio.
The Rhode Island authorities insist that
the number plate attached to the rear OF
ears shall not swing
Typhoid fever prevented Herbert Lyttle,
the we'll known driver. from driving a car
in the Savannah race.
The license number of their home state
lamps at night when using Massachusetts
roads.
The membership of the Automobile Club
Of America has passed the 1000 mark.
Of the total number more than half are
active.
Already 1900 autos are In use in
Spain and it is believed the nation Is d
good field for America made machines.
In the annual budget of the city of Mil
waukee provision is made in the estimate
for police department support for an au-
tomobile ambulance.
The Minnesota State Automobile -Asso-
citation is working to gain u total MEM
hership of Loo by spring. There are
about 500 machines in the state.
So successful has the taxicab business
proven In Washington that company is
erecting A new garage to accommodate
seventy-fve machines and sixty chauf-
feurs.
The Automobile Club of Barcelona is
organizing under the patronage of the
King of Spain an automobile exhlpluon,
which will open the 1St Of next March.
\ good old-fashioned beefsteak dinner
will replace the usual thirteen courses at
the annual banquet of the Long lslano
Automobile Club December 10.
a campaign has been started by the
Milwaukee club to gain new members SO
as 10 insure hearty response when &C
tuaI work on the proposed new club
house is begun.
+ Pierpont Morgan is upsfor member
ship I'm the Automobile Club of America.
He was proposed by Charles Steele and
seconded by George s. Perkins.
It's good rule never 10 splash muo
over the dress of lady who may be
walking near car. Dresses are expen-
sive; besides. II might be your own wife.
A 500 900 cara ge is talked of for Phtia-
delphia 1t will contain psf rooms, each
iUh
will be rented at $50 and $40 per month.
Chicago motorists are DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning the race for the j. De Mont
Thompson cup, and a twenty -twO-mile
circuit in Lake county has been sug-
gested as an excellent one for the race.
\ new motor manufacturing company
at Detroit has taken possession of a large
factory, and 500 men are engaged on 1.OOd
cars which will be turned out this season
With two shows, both of which give
promise of being successful. Detroit mo-
florists intend holding UP the reputation
gained for their city as motor manufac-
turing center.
Construction of a macadam road from
Richmond TO Norfolk. Va. has been be-
gun, largely as a result Of the campaign
for better highways waged by the Tide
water Automobile Association.
Washington motorists are greatly inter.
ested in a project to extend the famous
Shenandoah valley pike from Staunton
to Richmond, Va The valley is the
finest touring ground in that section OF
the country.
After holding an automobile show for
eleven successive years, and making II
the most attractive of all public exhibit
lions in the country French auto manu-
facturers may now abandon the annual
salon.
With 10 per cent of g1ycerine in water
the freezing point is 90 degrees Fahren-
heit. BY adding 10 per cent alcohol the
freezing point will be 1874 degrees, Civ
ing an anti-freezing mixture slightly be-
low zero
Mach curiosity has been caused by an
announcement from Wisconsin that the
son of a wealthy resident of that state
has applied for patents on new type
of motor car which he expects to mar
kct at $3.50.
Cleveland motor dealers have decided
to manage their own show through a
committee of their own number instead
of employing single manager as here
tofore IL will be held February % to
-. inclusive.
continuous, but not too powerful
stream from a hose is the best possible
method OF washing mud from a car. II
this source of supply is not available
the water should be thrown from a