Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

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| be gone about a month.
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| The new Stanley steamers, used in the
collection of the mails in the residential
sections Of the city, are rendering ex-
cellent service. according to postal Of
ficials. Three cars have been in service
since August j, and within a short time
an additional one will be put on. A fifth
car is held in reserve for breakdowns.
The cars are run in the mornings and In
] the afternoons, and cover between $50
| and 100 miles daily. They make on an
average of $50 stops in an eight-hour run,
| and often the trips are doubled. Each
steamer is doing the work of two horse
| drawn wagons and three footmen. The
| average run is about eight trips day.
One car is stationed at the main post
| office on Pennsylvania avenue. another
at Station G. and the third at Station
B. on Capitol HILL 1t is claimed that
| the steamers are better fitted for the
stopping and starting does not affect the
| mechanical parts. The contract was let
to Josephus Wells of this city for $4,000
| a year, which includes a chauffeur for
each steamer.
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j. Leslie Watson, accompanied by Mr.
Gardiner. enjoyed a moonlight trip to the
Monumental City Wednesday evening
The trip was made in Mr.. Watsons new
Jackson touring car over the Baltimore
Washington boulevard
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The agency for the Locomobile has been
secured by the Standard garage of this
city. F. v. Moriarity, an expert from
| the factory at Bridgeport, Conn.,, is in the
city looking over the cars Of the local
owners.
W. II. kerzin, w. s. Parker and H. l..
Strawn, together with Mr.. Charles F.
Rupert, left Washington this morning
in Washington tourabout, for Gettys-
burg. Pa. The route will be by way of
the 1th street pike to Frederick, Md,
thence to Gettysburg. The return trip
will be by way Of Hagerstown and Frede-
rick.
Atlantic City is to have an immense
automobile race track in the near flu
| ture If present plans are successfully
carried out. A company has been form
ed for carrying the enterprise through
motordome. The proposed course is to
be two miles in length, is to be located
at Chelsea Heights, and when COM
pleted it is said will surpass in size
and equipment the famous Olympia
grounds in London. The track itself is
to be an elliptical one, while the infield
is to be prepared for Olympian games,
horse shows, foot ball games, etc. Eight
hundred thousand dollars Is to be spent
| in filling in the ground and $4,000 for
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have a width of 125 feet at the banked
turns and $50 feet in the stretches. It
will be built on a concrete foundation
and a grandstand with a capacity Of
$4,000 people is to be erected. an i'm
menSe exhibition hall. garage for &C.
| commodating 1,5OO cars, hotel, a
club and chauffeur's quarters. It is ex-
pected to open the track next spring.
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| Within the past week model Ford
| roadsters have been delivered to Sam
uel A. Kimberly and Edward w. White,
and Ford touring car to Henry Frain.
DR.. Blair Spencer spent the weekend
| touring in his new model H Crawford
| car at Leesburg and vicinity.
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/ r. A. Klock journeyed over to Bngh-
ton Beach last Saturday and witnessed
the finish of the twenty four-hour race,
! the Briarcliffe LoZier, which was one Of
| the contesting cars in the event.
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| ]. NJ. Stoddard has departed in his
Franklin touring car for an extended
| tour to Marthas Vineyard. He will de-
| vote considerable time touring through
the New England sections.
Good roads have always been a hobby
! with William F. GUIDE. president of the
Chamber of Commerce, but he doubt
less never knew what bad roads were
until he motored to Hagerstown. Md,
| last Saturday. Everything was lovely
going, but after the two hours rain
struck the pike in the vicinity of Hy-
attstown. Md. Sunday afternoon the
scenes and conditions were entirely
changed. and every one in the party
has a different story to tell. The trip
was made in the new Cadillac OF
Thomas E. FARRELL, the other members
of the party being John Dugan. Adolph
GUIDE and William F. GUIDE. The un-
usual conditions encountered on the
| return trip, however, did not mar the
pleasure of the trip.
Moonlight parties were In style dur.
Ing the past week and a large number of
| Washingtonians took a spin over the new
boulevard to the Monumental city, where
the evening was spent. B. c. Chapman
in his Briarcliffe Lozier was host a few
evenings ago. and the sudden drop in
the temperature had its telling effect on
more than one in the party. Overcoats
| were at a premium, but all survived the
| trip Mr.. Chapman had as his guests
Irving c. Norwood, Charles J. Summers
and Alton Tisdel.
Washington cars have recently been de-
livered to Fl. E. Burgess and ]. T. Chill
dress of this city.
Automobile licenses were issued during
the past week as follows:
N. f. Mooney, 1914 LIST street southwest.
Stanley runabout.
G. B. Anderson. 81 street. Ford tour
Ing car.