Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

the.T oeStlnatlOn. Shortly after their ar
| rival DR.. Latimer received telegram
from home calling him back Immediately
ana, Notwithstanding a drenchinw rain
storm, they Immediately turned then
course toward Washington. Mr.. Machef
| vows that the rain was SO heavy that j,
was IMPOSSIBLE for him t. see a team te,
feet in front of the automobile; that the
roads were covered with mud and water
reaching to the running boards of hi.
car; that on many occasions in climbin@
mud Hill they despa red of ever reach
ing the top, but to their great surprise
the machine came through without 4
hitch. The people Of that section of the
country said Trey had never seen an au-
tomobile negotiate these roads even in dry
weather. and it was incredible that the
little Ford could make such progress in
drenching rain. with mud knee deep
Night overlook the travellers on their way
Ito Washington. but in five hours they
reached this city. havine covered eighty
six miles of apparently impossible roads.
and found. to their surprise, that the
little car had used less than five gallons
of gasoline. In commenting on This trip
Miller Bros, local agents for tie Ford,
state that it is not unusual for them to
receive reports of this character: that the
quantity of gasoline consumed and the
tire consumption on their cars is so small
that it is a constant source of surprise to
the various owners.
The latest purchaser OF De TambIe
roadsters Of the 1910 model is Henry Peitz
of this city
The Dupont Sales Company report sales
TO the Following Washingtonians:
Detroit coupe, Mrs. S. B. Edison: De-
troit victoria. o. w. Underwood: Detroit
coupe, Miss Susan Buford: Columbia
landaulet. Mrs. f. c. Hutchinson: Column
bia victoria. Robert Wilkins, Columbia
victoria, j. Whit Heron: Columbia
victoria. H. c. Weldon; Columbia vic
toria, Henry Clay Carr: Columbia, Mrs.
Is. Hartigan electric victoria. Maury
Herman; electric Stanhope, Mrs. II. G.
Barth: electric Stanhope. Mrs. NJ. a.
Foster: Columbia victoria, Clarence
Moore: Columbia victoria. Chandler Hale:
Stanhore electric, w. +. Andrews: cleo
trio. Mrs. Anna Thomas: Lozier Six, :
Briarcliff. Miss Mathilde Townsend, cleo
Columbia touring car. \. l.. Fullerton;
Columbia victoria. Dr.. Frank Hyatt:
LoZier Six touring car. A. \ Chaplin.
Judging from the large number of in
quiries and orders booked for nearby de-
livery, the demand for hgh-ciass auto
mobiles is increasing at a very rapid
rate.
f. J Drake. who left Washington at
noon "Wednesday in a stock Hupmobile
on an endurance trip through Virginia,
arrived at Martinsburg. w. Va, at 6
o'clock the same evening. according to
reports received. He made the run to
that point without making an adjust
ment of any sort. Winchester and the
Shenandoah valley VIII be the route
after leaving Martinshurg.
A. Gary Carter. president OF the Carter
Motor Car Corporation. has returned to
the city from a purchasing trip through
the eastern states, the object of the trip
being to rush in material for the early
delivery of Washington cars.
"A. NJ. Woodward, secretary Of the au-
tomobile board Of the District. submitted
his annual report to the Commissioners
in the past week for the fiscal year end