Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

Baltimore is to vie with Washington
with a taxicab system which Will be In
operation shortly. The service, it is said.
will start with fifteen cabs and the oper-
ators expect to augment it from time to
time until fifty cabs are in use. The
rates will be fifty cents for the first mile
and twenty cents for each additional
mile For every ten minutes the vehicle
is kept in waiting while in hire ten cents
will be charged.
The movement started in Maryland
some time ago for the adjustment OF all
toll roads in that state is meeting with
the full appreciation OF Washington mo-
florists. J. Fred Talbot of Maryland is
prominent at the fore of the movement
and many of the motorists of Washing
ton as we'll as those OF surrounding
states believe that the legislature of
Maryland will look favorably upon the
passage of the bill when it is presented
at the next session of that body.
The roads of Rock Creek Park are
decidedly popular with the devotees of
the buzz car. Almost every afternoon
and evening countless "chug chug ma
chimes carry merry parties through the
great government preserve.
The temperature IN the PARK Is a. iea ,
city streets, and this alone makes the
travelling especially enjoyable to large
number of Washingtonians and visitors.
The Maryland roads also attract To-
advantage of the good roads in the sew
eral directions during the warm weather.
OF all the 100000 persons who saw six
cars start from New York city. on Lin
coins birthday, on their trip around the
world. barely a handful expected the cars
to reach Paris. Those who knew the
west in it's winter mood declared the
machines would not be able to cross this
country. The larger undertaking OF
crossing Alaska and northern Siberia
few thought possible. but the achieve
ment of the two cars that have COM
pleted the race-and the third which Will
complete it in the course of another
month at most-is sufficiently remarkable
to be worthy of the highest admiration.
AS an endurance contest the New York
to-Paris race takes precedence over any
event ever organized in the world. From
the instant that the cars started from
Times square until the finish interest
has been unfiagging. The eyes of the
world have followed the cars III their
struggles with billiards. and sandstorms
in the United States in the unsuccessful
attempt TO penetrate Alaska, in their
crossing OF the Pacific, and the long re-
markable contest through STA and Eu-
rope.
The course originally Planned called Tor
% 600 miles of travel. The course event
ually followed required 21.O00 miles.
More than 12.G00 miles of road have been
covered by the German and American
machines. and they have finished that
course able to make creditable time in
spite of untold hardships. In retrospect
there is scarcely a part of this entire
distance that lacks its dramatic interest.
while reviewing the whole journey in it's
entirety it seems incredible. When the
race was conceived in Paris it's hardships
were little appreciated.
The almost insurmounta bic obSt acles to
he overcome, the dangers that beset the
contestants and the elements of adven-
ture and hardy daring invested the event
with an attraCtlveneSS that appealed 10