Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31

II the new automobile bill about to be
considered by the Maryland legislature
becomes a law as It now stands, WASH
ington automobilists will be forced 10
pay a high license for the privilege or
crossing the District line. The features
of the bill are as follows:
Annual fees for automobiles, 50 a year
for every motor vehicle used only for
Transportation Of merchandise; IS year
for every automobile of 1O-horsepower or
less; So for every automobile between ~
and 20 horsepower: SIS for every automo-
bile between 20 and 30 horsepower; "a
for every automobile over 80 horsepower;
So for motorcycles.
Fees annually for operators s. to
operate motor vehicles other than motor
cycles; 81 a year to operate motorcycles.
Nonresident owners may use without
licenses the Maryland highways for two
periods each year, not exceeding seven
days each. 1t is pointed out that the
local owner of a fair-sized car would
have to pay $40 or more year to run
out beyond Chevy Chase and back.
1t is the opinion OF many or the auto
mobile owners and dea.ers in this city
that the high license features of the bill
will never become part OF the new law
Other features are the prohibiting or rae
ing on the roads and penalty tor ihtoXl-
Gated persons operating motor vehicles.
There is a provision making 1T uniaW-
full for chauffeur or operator 10 accept
any bonus, discount or consideration from
sellers Of supplies or on work done by
others on the machine. 1t Is also made
unlawful to give such discount or bonus.
The Luttrell Company is interested in
the reports that the Buick car will prob
ably take big part In the speed carnival
to be held in New Orleans in February
The windows of the Luttrell Company dis
play the new models
Lester D. Moore is looking forward to
spring days. He says he has lot OF
demonstrations booked.
The motor bus running on the old herdio
route was furnished by Cook & Stoddard
Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard Is one OF the
latest buyers of a motor car.
There Is some talk among the automo
bile folks that the President will pick Out
a car in Washington for his African triI
and for his subsequent tour OF the world
At the last meeting of the Automobile
Club of Washington 1t was announced
that the membership had grown from 6.
to 100.
A letter of deep interest to AUTOMOBILE
lists was sent to the collector of custom:
at the port of New York this week from
Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the
Treasury Department. The letter direct.
that henceforth all automobiles Of foreign
shall be assessed full rates, regardless OF
whether the owners have used them II
foreign countries or not.
The most comprehensive trip ever I'M
dertaken by an automObilist was marre(
| somewhat at the start by the sinking o.
| and Mrs. H. A. Hoover Of Spokane
Wash, had just started for Algiers. in
| tending to begin 100000 mile journey il
a motor car. Fortunately the machine
had gone forward by another steamer
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover will start again fol-
of that continent. travel through Europe
and Asia and reach America In 1914.
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Wireless telegraphy is a factor in the
sale Of automobiles at Honolulu, Hawaii
The Chalmers-Detroit Company recently
made shipment Of cars to it's Honolulu
distributors by the steamship Hilonian
While yet a thousand miles at sea the
steamer sent a wireless saying that Il
had the cars on. board. This gave the dis
tributors a chance to get In touch witt
their patrons and prospects and to ar
| range for immediate deliveries following
the arrival of the Hilonian at Honolulu.
Indicative of the great growth of the
automobile industry, Is the comparatively
small proportion of people attending the
ninth annual show at Madison Square
Garden who remember the vast difference
between this show and the exhibit OF
horseless carriages in the winter of 1900
1901, when the public had to be shown
that motor vehicle would really operate
Permission had been obtained to operate
cars in Madison Square Garden. An ova
space was left free on which vehicle:
might be operated, and it was not an in
| frequent sight to see a number Of at
| tendants adjusting and regulating, try
| ing to coax them back to life.
| Civil service examinations for two
chauffeurs for the War Department were
held this week. The places pay SIS q
month.