Evening star., 1909-02-28

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Gardner Orme and Elliott Spence pro-
ceeded to Baltimore in a Chalmers-De-
troit roadster Thursday.
II NJ. Coale. sales manager for the
Autocar Company. visited Washington
last week.
The Baltimore automobile show is at
iracting Washingtonians. Among those
who have visited it are s. A. Luttrell F.
J.. Powers, Charles Bender. 7. B. Spence.
T.. r Hickey. L. II. Johansen Frank
Boyd. W. W. ChiswelI. II. a. Kite. John
c. Moran and r. L. Stuart
Announcements have been made that
President-elect Taft will have White
car and also a Pierce-Arrow when he
takes up his residence in the White
House. The White Company has an
nounCed that the car ii made for Mr.. Taft
was shipped TO this city several days ago.
1t is a seyen-passenger touring car, and
has but one feature-and that an i'm
portant one-tO distinguish 1t from any
other White. namely. the coat -of-arms of
The United States appears on each door.
\ contract has just been signed by
government officials for a Pierce-Arrow
car for the White House. six-cylinder
30 horsepower suburban car will be de.
1ivered as soon it can be finished. The
seal of the United States appears on the
doors. The main color of the car will be
blue.
Out in California. where farming is
said to pay high dividends, the truck
farmers are beginning 10 send their
produce to market in commercial automo-
biles
The fact that police officials of Wash
ington have considered an automobile
police patrol makes this statement from
Edward Lang of the PittsburS police
department of interest:
'Pittsburg is getting to be very big
city, and the need of a police automobile
has long been realized in this department.
1t Is not police luxury; 1t is an absO-
lutte necessity. BY the use of this auto
mobile We can save much time and
greatly facilitate the work OF the police.
In case of riot we can hurry six or
eight men to the scene with heavy guns.
If there is murder or burglary in the
outlying districts we can get there quickly
with sufficient men to handle almost any
case of violation of the law without de-
pending on street cars, which are an I'M
certain means of transportation, espe-
Cially after midnight.
If We hear of an attempted burglary
in the east end or any remote part of the
with squad of police to round up the
CRIMINALS. The present transportation
facilities for the Pittsburg police are
primitive and crude compared to what
We can accomplish with automobiles. l
have no doubt more of these machines
will be put into service when their value
has been demonstrated"
The patrol is of forty horsepower and is
htted with two dash cabinets arranged
TO carry heavy reyolverS and handouts
and holsters for three high-power rifles
In addition to these large fire extinguish-
ers will be carried on the running boards
Seven weeks in a motor car. spent in a
tour of California that was so compre-
hensive as to extend into Mexico and to
include an automobile climb up Mount
Hamilton. have just been completed by
the members of a party from Montana
Escaping the snow and cold of their
home at kalispell and Columbus Falls,
they Travelled amid the sunshine of the
southern coast.
MIR. and Mrs. Morris w. Bottorf and
Mr. and Mrs. W. Read and some Of their |
friends decided one day to make the
trip. The next day after making the !
decision they shipped their automobiles, |
without any overhauling. to San Fran |
cisco. where the start was to be made |
and whittier the party went by rail In |
telling OF their experience thereafter Mr. |
Botterf says: |
We simply put in gasoline at Frisco |
and struck out to see the improvements |
made since the earthquake The two |
cars pulled out of San Francisco for the |
south at noon one day. The other car |
was not ready, as its owner was having it |
oVerhauied, and 1t would not be ready |
until next day.
That afternoon we made an easy run |
10 San Jose, stopping on the way to visit |
the Stanford University and the other
I'VE had to lie over one day at San
Jose to wait for the other car to catch
us. So wanting to see everything we left |
about 10 O'Clock in the morning. and, Just |
a little before noon stood at the top of |
Mount Hamilton. writing our names in |
the register of the Lick observatory.
The next day the third car. the one |
mat had been left behind having arrived |
We Ieft Tor Monterey and Los Angeles
AT Passo RobleO another car Joined us |
and as this gentleman was going south
we Travelled together until evening, but |
their pace was too slow and we left the
next day and struck out alone, reaching
Los Angeles forty-eight hours ahead OF
the rest Of the party
We spent in all seven weeks in Cali
Iornia. toured 1885 miles We arrived |
back in Montana just in time to get into
the cold weather. For the past twelve
Gays the thermometer has been from
10 degrees below TO "a degrees below. I |
made fortymile trip when the tenn
perature was 70 degrees below"
Indiana state authorities are beginning
10 recognize the need of suitable guide
posts along the highways of the state
Inlladeiphlas new automobile Organi-
Zatlon the Century Automobile Club is
really the oldest one of the three motor
organizations in the city, for it was form
ed about twenty years ago as d cycling
club The club has a house worth $4O.-
UU w.
Queen Marsherita the Italian doWaeer.
who IS most ardent motorist is planning
a long automobile tour of Japan and |
emma She is said to be studying the
Chinese tongue and intends travelling to |
The tomb of Confucius.
Automobile manufacturers probably will |
use more linoeum as floor covering for !
ahelr cars this year than in any previous |
Year. coating of Iinoleum cement ap- |
pied once week or at slightly longer
intervals will insure its practical inde- |
10 ascertain the flash point of oil heat |
sample over gas stove inserting a /
thermometer SO that il does not touch |