Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
LOUIS GEVEoLET

1112 Florida avenue northeast. Auburn
northwest. sc. NJ. F." touring car; R.
Arthur Hooe. the Royal, Ford roadster;
L. T. Zinkham, 10Th and c streets south
east. REQ runabout; Homer Barnett 514
Sd street northwest. Pope-Hartford tour
ing car: Thomas E Griffith, NJ. D.. 800
G street southeast. Maxwell runabout; ].
H. Bradley, 1912 18th street northwest,
Overland runabout; E. Waggaman. An
napoHs. Md, Thomas runabout; r. Doug
lass, 1868 14th street northwest, Odds
mobile runabout.
Former Representative and Mrs. Peter
A. Porter and son. Preston Porter. re-
turned few days ago from their home
in northern New York, where they mo-
tored in the early summer. They arrived
in their Chalmers-Detroit touring car,
coming via Buffalo. N. Y: Providence.
r. l.. and Greenwich. Conn. The trip
proved a most enjoyable one.
1t is seldom that state bars it's roads
to automobiles. but such was the case
in Bath county, Va, few days ago. The
order went into effect yesterday and from
now henceforth automobiles will not be
The roads in question are In the vicinity
of Hot. Warm or Healing Springs in
Bath county, and some Of the finest high
ways m the state are within the scope of
the order. The state law provides that
the supervisors shall direct for what
purpose the roads may be used. at the
same time providing penalties for viola
ton of the laws. Patrons of the various
resorts have for years been taking their
machines with them to enjoy the fine
md heo, n IT.
general and can be applied to any county
in the state move is now on foot to
test the legality of the law as no provi-
sion is made in it for restricting automo-
biles.
Sam Luttrell has been spending the
past week on the eastern shore of Mary
land as the guest of w. E. Shannon Of
this city. Mr.. Shannon motored to his
summer home during the early summer
with the members of his family.
According to English automobile iour-
mails the problem Of q dustless automobile
body has at last been solved. The rear
portion o. the car is constructed so as to
leave a clear opening or tunnel between
the underpart of the body proper and the
gearing over the rear axle This. il is
claimed, does away with the formation
of a vacuum usually existing behind the
rear seats, which has been the most DO
tent cause of dust raising.
Fred Stitt has returned in his Stude-
baker "E-M-F' touring car from an ex-
tended tour through Pennsylvania. He
covered over l,2OO miles on his tour
j. NJ. Morehead is home again after
spending the past month touring through
the north in his standardization road
ster.
Sunshine has a deterioratine effect on
rubber. fact which those who reside in
instead Of an exception. must find cor
respondingly expensive Some rubber
manufacturers will sell specially pre-
pared tires for the tropics.
j. A. Muehleisen Of the Automobile Club
OF. Washington left Thursday on a bust
ness trip to Detroit, Mich, to be gone
several days.
In Italy the rule OF the road" Is now
generally like that in the United States:
Keep to the right In Rome Milan
and Genoa, however, the ancient Roman
custom of keeping to the left is observed.
A motoring party consisting of l.. NJ
Thayer, E. Perry, George Loughrey and
Col j. William De Grange of his city
has returned from a pleasure trip
through Maryland. Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia. Gettysburg was
reached via Rockville and Washington
Grove over the new Laytonsville pike, to
Ridgevlle, Nd. Taking the National pike,
the route was continued to Frederick.
where the first nights stop was made,
continuing the journey to the battlefields
at Gettysburg the next day. From Fred
erick the road was taken via Lewistown.
Cacpctin, ThurmOnt and Emmitsburg.
where the roads were found In excellent
condition. Leaving Gettysburg. the party
took the road around the foot of the
mountain to Fountain Dale and thence to
Chairman, where a short stop was made
!, to visit friends. Resuming their journey.
the tourists motored to Waynesboro. Pa,
Leitersburg and Hagerstown, crossing
over the new bridge which has just been