Evening star., 1909-04-25


a year for gasoline.
AS soon as the snow leaves the ground
a large force OF men will begin grading
on new 5O0-mile highway between VAL
| dez and Fairbanks, Alaska. 1t Is expect
! ed that the road will be cleared enough
to enable automobiles to travel between
| the two cities by this fall. and that with
In two years it will be possible to use
motor cars and heavy freight outfits the
year around.
The Indianapolis Automobile Trade As
ISOLATION is completing plans for an en-
durance run to French Lick next month.
1t will be held about May 20, and will
last two. and possibly, three days. A
similar run was made last October, about
thirty cars participating. An innovation
will be introduced this year by holding a
hili-climbing contest while the cars are at
French Lick.
May / the pathfnding trips for the
Flag to Flag contest. tour from Den
yer to the City Of Mexico will start from
the former city. Owing to the fact that
all of the route south Of FL Paso is new
and has never been travelled. the tourists
will make the journey provided for rough
work, with firearms In plenty and a
camping outfit. The contest is scheduled
to start September J..
A New Jersey woman whose husband
deserted her about four years ago To-
Gated him recently through his chauffeur S
license. For a long time she had no
clue, but recalled the fact that her miss
| ing half had wished to become motor
driver She sent a description of him to
the vehicle commissioners Of many states.
When she found him he was opera ling
under his own name and living with an
other woman.
ward Is finished (and there remains only
about one-tenth Of it to be built. there
will be an unbroken stretch Of 13O miles
/ of. sea-skirting roadway, extending from
the northeastern to the southwestern ex-
eremity of the state. The highway is al
ready built, and all that is necessary Is
| The construction of about twelve four
teen miles of connecting roads and
| bridges.
| Time was when a motor that would
start in q majority OF crankings was
something of a wonder. So far has the
| industry progressed. however, that today
| no one thinks motor really good unless
1t will start on the first turn Of the crank
nearly always. and on the spark about
cranking is now considered by many as
drudgery 80 that efficient and reliable
self-starting devices are in big demand.
At the annual general meeting of the
1
was announced that at the commence
men. Of the year the club possessed ~
| honorary, II life, 1,24O ordinary. 81 wom-
i en- and $40 extraordinary members. The
| club issued $500 triptyques for the United
| States. France. the Netherlands. Austria
| Hungary Italy and Switzerland, nearly
1000 more than in 1908, while up TO now
| 2,31S danger boards have been distributed
among the affiliated clubs.
! Ex
The rise in pressure in tires, due to fric-
ton caused by the kneading Of the walls.
Is much greater In summer than in win
ter. so that. In warm weather tires which
have been newly inflated, should be gone
over after having been run long enough
for normal conditions to become estab-
lished, and the pressures tested by means
of suitable gauge. If the pressure in
any tube is found to be higher than the
normal amount recommended by the
| maker of that particular tire. 1t may be
relieved by letting of portion of the
| air
The west will be the mecca this year
for automobi.ists, and more important
motor car contests will take place in
that section of the country this year than
during any previous period. June ! the
| International contest for the NJ. Robert
| Guggenheim trophy Is scheduled to start
| it's fixed destination. June is and 10 are
the dates fixed by the Chicago Automobile
| Club for the running OF the light car
| race and the contest for the Cobe trophy,
| while 1t has been decided that Detroit
will be the starting point for the 1908
| Glidden tour
The outside course Of the new automo-
bile speedway under construction at In
dianapolis is such that it will be possible
| for racing cars to travel at as high speed
| as los to 112 miles an hour around IT.
The track will be fifty feet wide straight