Evening star., 1909-03-14

has decided to motor to Hagerstown. Nd.
and return on its two-day endurance run
in May
The Automobile Club OF Canada re-
Gently made arrangements for the holding
of an automobile show in Montreal some
time in April.
About $1,000 has been pledged by the
Oklahoma City Automobile Association
for the construction OF a twenty-fve-mile
speedway around the city.
The New York Automobile Trade AS
sociation has announced hll-climbnS
contest to be held on Fort George Hill,
In the correction of all automobile
faults. the greatest and most common
error is In not properly locating the
trouble before trying to correct 1t.
which has been consolidated with the
Harris County Automobile Club. will
make road improvement a feature of the
work of the club
The fastest time recorded as having
been made upon motorcycle is that of
a mile in A % seconds. speed of s1.Os
miles per hour, made by William Wray,
on the Florida beach.
1t is estimated that 1900 men are
employed In the manufacture of automo-
bileS In New Jersey, and that more than
1900 are employed in garages. There
are about 5000 chauffeurs in the state.
A motor chemical wagon, costing $500.
has been ordered by the Pioneer fire
company Of Jenkintown. Pa, a small but
extremely wealthy suburb Of Philadelphia.
The members are often referred to as
the millionaire f1remen"
large number of road signs have
been erected by the Colorado Automobile
Club during the past few seasons and
plans are being formulated for carrying
this work on quite extensively during the
coming season.
Two parallel roads, built of the same
material, one for the use of horse-drawn
vehicles and the other for automobiles,
may soon be built near Norristown, Pa,
to test the general effect of the two
classes of vehicles on the surface.
Herbert Lytle, the well known racing
driver. has just recovered from a four
teen-week Siege of typhoid fever. AL
though still rather weak, Lytle expects
to be in shape to participate in the Flor
ida beach races.
Encouraged by the success achieved at
their second annual show. members of
the Detroit Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton are already planning for next years
event 1t has been decided to make it
two-week affair.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
of the prominent French makers have
been declaring for some time that there
would be no 1909 Paris Salon, it is now
announced that December, this year, may
see another automobile exhibition in
Paris
There are fears that William II. Hotch
kiss, who has become state superintendent
Of insurance Of New York, may resign as
president Of the American Automobile
Association. Mr. Hotchkiss was elected
to the A. A. A. presidency in December
last for the third time.
An automobile ambulance service has
been installed at the Flower Hospital in
New York city. AS the territory COW
cred by the hospital has been increased
thereby. the trustees of Flower Hospital
have appropriated $4,000 for sixty ad-
dftiOnal beds.
A good highway stretching in gen.
orally direct line Of 700 miles-from At
lanta to Washington-kept UP by the
several counties in the various states
through which the road would pass is now
the subject Of promotion on the part of
the Good Roads Club of Georgia.
Small commercial vehicles will be put
to the test over the rough roads in the
neighborhood of Paris from April % to
30. The test is provided for the lighter
type Of delivery automobiles. taXicabs,
hotel and station Omnibuses and motor
cycles with a luggage-carrying capacity
It is estimated that the cost of the
state highway from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg. advocated by Gov. Stuart and the
motorists of Pennsylvania, will be So,
100000. Bills for its construction are
pending In the state legislature and there
is fair prospect that the project may be
begun this year.
The Automobile Club of America will
erect another addition, costing S4OO, ,OO0
to its already extensive clubhouse In
New York. A large part of the space
in the new building will be devoted to
storage purposes. as there are more than
200 names on the waiting list OF the
present garage.
Spare asbestos washers should always
be treated before being placed among the
spares on the car. A sX-hour soaking
In olive oil, followed by draining and
brief drying, and final rubbing in of fine
black lead. will give a good tight washer
that will come adrift cleanly at any time
The city of New York has bought and
now owns and operates about 100 motor
vehicles, valued, at present, at about
$500. 1000. 1t conducts model garage, and
outside of the cost Of chauffeurs, which
averages some 81 200 year. the cost of
upkeep. including tires, gasoline, lubri-
eating oil, repairs, ETC., does not average
Robert Guggenheim, donor of the tro-
ply and originator Of the proposed coast
to-coast race, has been interested in mo-
tor cars for some years. He was one of
the few private owners to enter his own
car in the Briarcliff race. and acted as
one Of the sponsors for the Elkwood Park
meet. at Long Branch, last summer.
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The new ordinance for controlling vehi-
cles on the San Francisco streets is one
Of the most important ever enacted by the
authorities of that city. No wagon or
motor car can be stopped and left stand
ing. except OH the right side of the street,
while all vehicles, going slowly, have TO
pull to the curb In order to allow the
passing of faster vehicle.
Springs too weak to hold the valves on
the cams will make the engine weak at
high speeds. and will produce Gathering
owing to belated seating of valves. On
the other hand an excessively stiff spring,
even If it does not injure the valve seat
by the constant hammering action. is con-
suming power which could be better eX-
pended in driving the car.
France possesses a total of $500 auto
mobiles in active service. Paris is re-
sponsible for 7,4O0 automobiles, and in
this respect is a long way ahead of any
other CITY in France. The rest OF the de-
partment of the Seine claims $50 auto
mobiles and Is followed by the Rhone
district. comprising the manufacturing
city of Lyons, with 1,165 autos.
The road committee of the Essex
county board Of freeholders is expert
mentine with a new method of road con-
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