Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28

the little folks will be treated to din
| ner and given a boat ride on the lake.
/ In replacing the gland OF a water cir
culating pump use plenty of graphite
| with the packing. The spindle Is seldom
| sufficiently fabricated, and the graphite
| will go a long way toward remedying
/ this
George W. Vanderbilt is equipping his
magnificent estate. Bitmore. near
/ Asheviile. \. G.. with number Of auto
| mobiles and gasolene motors for farm
use lie is installing a powerful motor
| rlow and provision wagon.
The mayor OF Brescia. Italy. has pur-
| chased an extensive piece of ground for
| the erection of a station for the derar-
| ture and arrival of aeroplanes partici-
pating In the contest for a flight round
| BreScia.
| Connecticut motorists are cooperating
with the New London, Conn. Business
| Mems Association in pushing a bill IN
the legislature for bridge over the
] Connecticut river between old Lyme and
/ Saybrook
| The Madison Square Garden show in
| New York netted rebate of $4,000 for
| its promoters and exhibitors. This is an
| increase of nearly 40 per cent over last
years show, and OF nearly 100 per cent
/ over the show of 1907
According to the figures presented be
| fore the ways and means committee OF
| the House relative to the new tariff bill.
| a motor vehicle of any kind can be made
| in Europe for go per cent of the cost
| thereof in America.
! The author of one of the popular auto
| mobile novels of the day has invented a
| new place to carry treasure The treas
urc consisted of 10000 in bank notes and
| the hiding place selected was one of the
tires. the bills being neatly arranged be-
tween the tube and the cover.
The three-day mechanical efficiency run,
| to be held by the New York Automobile
Trade Association June Il and II, will
take in the Catskills, thence to albany
| and the Berkshires and return. The run
is the outgrowth of the highly successful
two-day run around Long Island last
September.
A peculiar precedent has been set by
Scottish court in relation to road laws.
Two motors collded at the crossing of
main and side road. The court held
that the driver on the main road had the
right of way and the drivers on side roads
must use precaution in crossing main
roads.
The magnitude of the automobile indus
try has impressed itself upon some Wis
consin lumber kings" who are contem-
plating a big factory for the manufacture
of body and hardwood specialties. They
figure that a factory close at hand to the
source of supply will have a marked add
vantage in the automobile market
The revised dates for the events of car
nival week In New York are as follows:
Monday. April %, hill climb: April 81.
straightaway races and speed trials; April
2S souvenir day and banquet for the
| trade; April %, gymkhana games; April
80 endurance run; May I, afternoon car
The Schad-
uled for Friday, April 80, is new event.
The British war Office is delighted with
the results of it's recent sending out of
flying relief column on motor cars. One
thousand men. with full war kit, including
heavy guns and horses, were transported
from London to Hastings in 500 cars. at
speed OF twenty miles an hour over rough
roads Further tests are TO be made on
even larger scale.
car which is laying out the route for
the transcontinental contest from New
York to Seattle, was a member of the
American crew that won the New York
to Paris endurance event last year, and
the car he is now driving to Seattle is
the one that captured the round-the-
world prize.
The Quaker City Motor Club of Phila-
some day during the latter part of next
month. The spring endurance contest
OF the club will be held May 10 to ~,
from Philadelphia to Ptttsburg and re-
turn. The annual Paramount Park chassis
race Will be held October Z, and the
winter endurance run December % and
80
Gov. Fernald OF Maine, having signed
the bill excluding automobiles from Bar
Harbor, the voters of Mount Desert
Island are to accept or reject the bill at
special town meeting to be held In the
early summer. AS more than half the
voters OF the island petitioned for the
passage of the bill it Is expected il will
receive majority of tie votes.
Tie Delaware Automobile Association
has decided to fight the bill which passed
the house of representatives recently tax
ing automobiles as personal property. The
new automobile bill now before the Della
ware legislature fixes a term of imprfson-
ment at the justices discretion. for
| third violation of the law regulating
| speed. equipment or operation OF the car.
The outcome OF the fight of Chicago
motorists against the imposition of
wheel tax I'm the United States Supreme
| Court Is OF importance TO Automobiles
! throughout the entire country. as there is
a likelihood of other cities following Chi
Cages example in the event that the mo-
florists lose their appeal. The sum OF S11,-
/ 600 Is being raised to conduct the fight.
| California has baby record holder.
Although only thirteen months old. the
little lady in question, appropriately
named Mercedes California Anderson,
| holds all ng-distance baby motoring rec
| ords. having travelled in her young life
| more than 10000 miles in her fathers
car. Before she was four months old she
made two strenuous round trips from San
| Francisco TO Los Angeles.
/ Figures for the whole country. recently
! published. show that within the last ten
years nearly 10000 automobiles were reg
| istered with the authorities of the various
/ states of the Union. 1t is estimated that
10000 motor cars are running in the
/ country today, the remaining 10000 hav-
ing gone out OF the country or out of use
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