Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31

to the interior of the Central garage on
New York avenue. The pillars and floor
ing in the center Of the spacious building
have been removed. thus affording ample
light and additional floor space. The
stockrooms will be located on the upper
floors. while the repair shop viii remain
in its present location. As a result OF the
improvements. 1900 feet of clear floor
space will be afforded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed B. Terry and Mrs. NJ.
p. Terry motored to Ridgeville. Nd. last
Sunday In Mr.. Terry's Buick touring car,
and after spending the day returned home
in the evening. The trip was via Rock
VILE Washington Grove, and thence over
the new Laytonsville pike.
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A. B. Dulin and a party of friends en-
loved a trip over the boulevard to the
Monumental City the past week in his
Oldsmobile touring car.
Details have practically been completed
for the National Automobile Show, which
will open in the Auditorium-ArmOr At
lanta, Ga, November 8, continuing to the
18th. The revised list Of exhibitors shows
that sixty-seven of the leading motor
Pear makers have contracted for space
a remarkable showing for the Hrst auto
mobile exposition of the south. Atlanta
can rightfully be proud Of the response
makers have made to the call from the
south for a show. With the scores Of ac-
cessory exhibitors. this is by far the larg-
est list which ever exhibited at a first
show"
Always see that the spare parts carried
on the car-especially the valves-are OF
the proper size for the engine. SO that
there NAV be no annoying delay IL they
should be suddenly called into requisition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph milford are on
their honeymoon this week in the Lozier
six-cylinder stock car that holds the
worlds record OF 1,196 miles In twenty
four hours Ralph Milford. who drove
this car at Brighton Beach, was married
the day before the race and he and his
bride are now making tour through
England. They will be accompanied by
| c. A. Emise, who Is driving the Lozier car
that finished second In the big race.
Both of these Lozier cars broke the
| worlds continuous twenty-four-honr rec.
ord. Car No. 3, driven by milford and
Patsdike. made I. 1876 miles and the other
Lozier made 1,169 miles. The former
nonstop race record, 1850 miles. was
made by a Renault on the same track
August 27-2s. The winning Lozier
| cars therefore, made, respectively. LAG
miles and 119 miles more than were ever
made by any car in continuous twenty
six-cylinder fifty-horsepower Briarcliff
| stock models. and after they have been
| equipped with new bodies they will be
placed i'm stock once more and offered
for sale at regular prices.
j. T.. Mcdonald of Philadelphia ar
rived in this city during the early part
| of the week. having driven over the road
In his Locomobile. He is making his
Headquarters at the Standard garage
where lie expects to remain for about
| tHO weeks.
The Flynn Motor Car Company ha.
| closed a contract for the handling Of the
Stearns automobile in this city.
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The adoption Of the gasoline power mo-
tor to commercial uses and the reduction
of the cost Of the engines have put them
within reach of the oyster dredgers and
fishermen along the Potomac. and now
fully half the larger boats used In oyster
ng and fishing are so equipped. The
fishermen use power-driven boats to visit
and fish their nets and to carry the
catch to the shipping point, and the