Evening star., 1909-07-18


Newark DeI....... 76 10l6
wilmington ................. ~ 10 .
Cnester ..--........'.. i.,.l 20 i,
lPhtladelphia .....-......... lao ~.
camden -.-.............-... 20 -.
kIrkWood .-.............-... lu-s io4.
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Hammonton ..-..--..-....... 40 - +,
ADsecon ...........- --.o ioo .
Atlantic City ................. 80 2oS7
Capt j. Hudson Poole and Mrs. Poole
have arrived at Maria gansett Pier in
| their Chalmers-Detroit touring car.
| During tile last week sales of Ford
| touring cars were made to David b. Ten
nant, j. r. Lewis. J. M. Dunn, 0. B.
| Zantzinger and Ford landaulet to II.
II. Cave.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Reigle made
weeks tour through Maryland in their
Wayne car recently. This week they will
make a trip to Baltimore, Hagerstown
and Harpers Ferry.
Il
AR and Mrs. Fl. Chadwick Hunter, who
are en- route to Denver. Col, in their
Franklin roadster, have passed Toledo,
Ohio. The third day of the trip they
were lost on the road on top of noun
| tain, after a hard climb. A native set
them right and they enjoyed a ten-mile
coast down the other side of the noun
| tain over fine road. Later they struck
| dusty roads in d section which has been
| for three weeks without rain. The dust
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was a quarter of an inch thick. Their
| arrival at Buffalo was delayed by being
| lost, but they reached here last Sunday al
| noon. They left Tuesday morning for
Erie, Pa. Mr.. Hunter writes that the
horses shy at motor cars in the vicinity
of Mount Morris and Genesco, but the
drivers manage them better than in
| Maryland and Virginia. He reports the
roads IN New York state In fine condi-
tion sor touring. the scenery ideal and
prosperous farms in every direction
Because Of the excellent condition OF
the roads and their early arrival, MIR
| and Mrs. Hunter pushed on from Erie.
Pa, to Conneaut. Ohio. arriving there at
3 o'clock Tuesday evening, covering 12l
miles in the run from Buffalo.
1.-THE drivers are courteous to autoists
to a marked degree up this way" Mr..
Hunter says, In a letter to The Star.
Cleveland, which is seventy-five miles
from Conneaut, was reached Wednesday
| noon and the tourists proceeded to Nor
walk, east of Toledo. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunter were Lost again Wednesday. but
1t was to their advantage, as the road
| taken proved a shorter route than was
scheduled.
r. III. Barringer has arrived In Wash
ington in his little ''6'' Thomas car, from
Charlotte, N. c. He completed the trip
in good shape despite the bad condition
| Of some of the southern roads. After a
short stay he will return south.
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| Col. Beekman Of Boise City. Idaho. ar
rived last week after long tour from
the west in his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Peerless touring car. After a sojourn In
| the National Capital he will head fol
the north. returning to his home later in
| the season.
The engineer department of the Dis
trict lis equipped with motor vehicles for
CARRYING on the work Of that depa rtment
A Cadillac runabout was recently pur.
chased, to which has since beenadded ar
| Autocar wagon. The surveyors Office
has the use of Buick motor delivery
truck.
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| III. B. Wilson has purchased Chal.
mers- Detroit 40 touring car. He lef
Tuesday morning in the car for Nara
gansett Pier. r. L. He was accompanied
part of the way by J. B. Sperry.
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! During the last week several OF the new
/ 1910 models of different cars arrived ant
the coming week will witness the arriva
nj other new models The various deal
ers predict an unusually prosperous sea
son. In a number Of instances order,
have been booked weeks In advance TO
tho 1910 cars. The factories Throughout
the country are working overtime {.
.atch up with their orders and max
sh,nments. Representatives of firms il
this city, as well as IN other cities, max
weekly visits TO the factories to urge th
nushing OF orders for their customers.
II T. Wills, who arrived several day
apo from Toronto. Canada. IN his ney
45-horsepower STANDARDIZATION car, ha
} returned north, via Bedford Springs, Pa
In the party were Mrs. Wills. Mr.. an.
Mrs. E. II. Childers and l.. III. Roy.
O. J. DeMoll. vice president of the Auto
! mobile Club. with party OF friends, en-