Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
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Indianapolis is to have a complete taxi
cab service
The New Jersey Automobile and Motor
Club now has six women members.
Motor trucks of special design are now
being used in San Francisco to deliver ice.
The East Swiss Automobile Federation
is organizing q 20O-kilometer race Tor light
cars and motorcycles.
The Royal Automobile Club of London
has under considerat on the holdlng OF
light car contest In May.
Colorado motorists now have state or
ganization with headquarters in Denver.
which will look after their interests in
the state legislature.
An endurance run between Muskegon
and Detroit is being planned by the auto
mobile club of the first named Michigan
town.
According to Emerson Brooks of the
Automobile Club of America. the term
"cape top originated in South Africa
and was used to describe the tops on bull
lock carts.
French court has decided that the
war department Is liable for damage
done to motor cars owned by reserVlsts
ST the latter are doing army duty and are
wearing the reserve uniform.
Fx-Goy Hoke Smith, Gov. Joseph NJ
Brown and Robert Lee Morrell. who had
charge of the Grand Prize race, have been
elected honorary members OF the SaVdn-
nah Automobile Club.
The members of the Grand Rapids Au-
tomobile Club of Grand Rapids. Mich.
contemplate holding hill climbing con-
test some time during the summer.
Under the proposed Delaware motor
law a motorist can make .dstice's Of
fee a yeritable .pawnshop He can leave
his fur coat fixtures. pocketbook, car or
anything In default of ready money
According to ruling by Philadelphia
Judge. motorists. in driving through that
city, should either come to full stop at
street crossings Or keep the machine
under absolute control to avoid striking
pedestrians.
company has recently been organized
in Germany with the corporate title OF
Motorl Observation-Disclosures
chaft, melodious word meaning STOCK
Company for the Study OF Aerial Naviga-
Two interesting bills are before the
Michigan legislature. One makes it fel-
ony TO use an automobile without the con-
sent of the owner. The second phi pro-
vides for employment of prisoners OF the
hobo type in road improvement work
Under a decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals. motorists. on ap-
not only to stop look and listen,'' but,
If necessary, to leave the machine and
walk to the track like a street car con-
ductor.
Motorists and manufacturers of Detroit
are already making elaborate prepara-
tons to give the Giidden tourists a first
class send-off, now that their city has
been selected as the starting point.
special entert ainment will be provided
for the tourists.
Pending a final decision in the test
case instituted by motorists of Cincinnati
to determine the right of cities to impose
an automobile tax in addition to that i'm
posed by the state, municipalities of Ohio
are making little or no effort to collect
any special tax.
The sex line promises to be definitely
drawn by the American Automobile Asso-
citation for the Glidden tour. The contest
board has received request from manu-
facturers that the board adopt rule linn
fling actual contestants TO be males over
eighteen years old.
Told that a dog had been struck by
an automobile and its leg broken, in
front of her residence in New York. Mrs.
suffering animal brought into her home.
She bandaged its leg and the next day
called in a veterinary surgeon. Then she
advertised for the dogs owner.
A recent decision of the United States
courts has held that an auto of foreign
manufacture used and repaired abroad
after purchase in this country must pay
duty on its return. even though it has
been assessed the Dingiey tariff rate at
the time Of its original Importation.
The committee in charge Of the carni-
val to be held in New York during the
week OF April 90. under the auspices Of
the New York Automobile Trade Asso-
citation, has decided to offer 5000 in
prizes for the cars in parade on the last
day of the carnival.
The Good Roads Club of Georgia is
discussing a good highway. stretching in
a general direct line 100 miles from At
lanta to Washington. d. c., kept up
by the several counties in the various
states through which the roads would
pass,
Much interest is being manifested I'm
the American Automobile Association in
the south and middle west. Clubs are
being formed to become affiliated with
the A. A A. through state associations,
and there are prospects of completing
the ersaI alton in several states in the
nea. future.
Ranchers and grape-growers In the San
Joaquin valley. Cal, it is said, require
automobile dealers to subject their cars
to thorough tests on hills and roads. and
demand that the cars negotiate plowed
ground. Many Of the farmers and vine
yardists I'm Fresno and the surrounding
To put an inner tube uncovered into
q box full of loose tools. oil cans etc. is
only little better than throwing it away.
The tools will chafe and the oil will rot
1t SO that IL II holds air at all when In
Hated 1t may soon burst under the weight
OF the car.
An excellent method of keeping the
glass Of wind shield clear on a rainy
day Is to rub the outside of the glass with
rag dipped in glycerin or kerosene.
The glass will at first appear dull, but as
soon as II is rained upon II will become
as clear as though ii had been dried.
In nonstop run of 10000 miles the
rear wheels Of a car have to revolve
6.3o0,000 times. and there will be A, 400 :
OOo exp osions if four cylinders are used
Under French motoring laws the driver
OF a car, in case of an accident, need re-
main on the ground only long enough to
establish his identity.
The legislature of Indiana made a radi-
cal change in the road laws of the Hoo
sier state recently when it repealed the
three-mile road law. The change will
probably result in decrease in the build
ing of new roads throughout the state, a
work which was progressing nicely In
the new law the procedure Is changed ami