Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
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Of the War Department and the owner
enters into a contract with the military
authorities to place the trucks at the gov
ernments disposal whenever the army is
mobilized, and to keep the trucks always
in such a condition during period OF
five years that they can be utilized Tor
military purposes The cars are tested by
military experts to ascertain IT they Iui-
fill the requirements OF the specl1catlohs
and are subject to inspection by army
officials at any time.
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S. p. Thompson has placed his order for
a. Chalmers Detroit go touring car,
with pony tonneau. The car is to be fully
equipped for touring.
L. Ross has purchased the first De
Tamble roadster of the 1910 type. A ship
ment of three cars, the first ever re-
ceived in this city, was unloaded the hrst
of the past week. They are two-cyinder
cars and are considered very speedy In
their class.
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You cannot expect long tire life If YOU
constantly overload your car.
w. B. SwindeIl and a party of friends
have returned from two-thousand-
eight hundred tour in his big Peer
less touring car. They arrived about four
days ago from the west
During the past week a model Y, 1910
Stevens-Duryea touring car was delivered
to John c. Let's Of this city. 1t is five
passenger car, fully equipped
The most common cause for rim cut
ting, except abuse by the operator, is
rusty or bent rims. The best way to pre-
vent rusting is to paint the inside with
some oil paint. and that this precaution
is important is evident when one con-
siders that rusty rim Is largely respon-
sible for the rotting Of the fabric.
The Racine-Sattley Company of Ra-
cine, Wis, one of the largest carriage
builders in the west, has entered the
field for the manufacture of motor cars.
The Indianapolis track has been COM
pleted by the addition of a surface of
vitrif1ed brick. The track is said to be
SO level that the face may be laid upon
it, The eye nearest the track will carry
the sight along the surface half mile
and not one wave may be seen. Those
who have been on the track pronounce
it the finest surfaced track in the world
and predict lightning speed
Special Agent Capt. Godfrey l.. Garden
of the consular service recently made an
inspection at the Austrian Daimler works,
located at Neustadt, Austria. The in
stallation Of machine tools is one of the
best he has ever seen in Europe. This
statement applies with. special refer
ence to automobile plants In visiting
the shops he expected to find an up-to-
date plant but was not prepared to find
one of the first shops in Europe. The
works, he says. fairly bristle with high.
grade American machine tools In adj
dition to a line of automobiles, the COM
'pany is turning out number OF i'm
portant military wagons. and is also
building as speciality a type .of fire
escape vehicle. The same firm recently
completed two 9O-horsepower six-cylnder
machines for the Austrian government
designed to carry guns UP to twenty
tons weight. Thirty special gun-wagon
machines have been built All four
wheels are driven, and the machines are
built with special reference to mountain
service. These machines will negotiate
under a twenty ton-gun load an Is per
cent grade.
Victor Hemery, the winner Of the 1905
Vanderbilt cup race and Of second place
in the Automobile Club of America
grand prize race at Savannah last
Thanksgiving day, recently established
several new records for the Brooklands
course. near London, England. With a
flying start he covered one-half mile in
L. S2 seconds, or at the rate of III. 1913
miles an hour. From a standing start a
half mile was covered in 25.566 seconds,
a rate of 20 400 miles an hour. and a
mile from a standing start. In Al 26S sec
onds. The record for the latter event in
this country is held by Barney Oldtield.
his time being II 10 seconds
The platinum contact points of the
tremblers of. the coil should not be al |
lowed to become pitted and uneven |
through neglect. If not properly attend |
ed to the points will become rough and |
Jagged and the poor contact will result |
In misfiring. The points should be exam
ined OCCASIONALLY. and if uneven they |
should be trimmed fiat with a fine jewel |
ers or manicurist's file.
telegram from Barney Oidfieid to the |
local Firestone branch advises that he has |