The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-22
AUTO LOCALS
w. D. Newton left early this morn
ing for Arlington with a party.


Automobiles for rent day or night
TAT Newton's Blue Book" garage. Tel
231-M.
Automobiles to rent by the hour
day or week at the Blue Book" gar
age, tel. 2S1-M.
Nearly thirty automobile parties
registered at the Putnam house dur
ing the week ending Wednesday
nignt.
Among the autoists registered al
the Putnam house Wednesday was c
party from Montreal, Canada consist
ing of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Raymond
and daughter c. Lousineau and ID. G.
HATH.
John Walsh who now owns a Ford
runabout contemplates purchasing a
larger and more powerful car next
season. AS yet. however, he is unde-
cided what make his new machine
will be.
There are three cars at the White
Crow Inn at Camp Comfort. The
Palmer-Singer machine which attract
ed so much attention in this town
while in this vicinity is now in Cot
tage City, Mass.
The Maxwell run about owned by
the Stevens boys is at the Root and
! Stevens garage undergoing repairs.
| For the present the boys are com
PEELED to accept the generosity of
thier friends when they wish to ride.
The number of motor cycle tourists
which have been in town this week
seems to have broken all records for
this mode of locomotion. Parties of
two and three are often seen and
lone tourists arrive daily without
number.
DR.. Foraker of Binghamton, n Y,
arrived here this week with his six
climber Franklin car which is being
stored at the Newton garage. Mrs
Foraker and children have been the
guests of her sister, Mrs. II. H. Healy
for several days.
Wednesday nigat the Root and
Stevens garage was filled to its ca
pacity with cars owned by touring
parties from all parts of the country
AT present the season OF touring
parties is at its height. Many pass
directly through the town while 9th
ers remain only for a short time
d. b. Keller is having his share of
enjoyment out of his Ford roadster
this season Since the beginning of
the summer he has taken many long
spins and mas so far met with no seri-
GUS mishap. Nearly every day he en-
joys a ride about the surrounding
country and appears to derive much
pleasure from his machine.
Ex-Gov. U. A. Woodbury. of Bur
lington who came acre to attend the
annual trustees meeting of the Sol
dier's home made the trip in 1909
model Premier. These cars which
are not frequently seen in this sec
ton have four cylinders and about 40
horse power. With Gov Woodbury.
were Mrs. Woodbury. and daughter.
During the week ending Wednes-
day evening thirty automobile parties
registered at the Walloomsac Inn.
Among those who were at this well
known report Wednesday were AL
fred T. Perry and Mrs. Anna M.
Perry of Marietta, Ohio and Mrs. Hor-
ace G. Young and a party of ladies
who motored acre yesterday from AL
bany for an outing.
John T. Colt OF Bennington Centre
purchased this week four cylinder
Mitchell roadster from w. ID. Newton,
the local agent 1t is the first Mitch
ell car in use in this vicinity and for
that reason is creating considerable
interest among the local autoists. The
car has four cylinders with q capaci-
ty of four people and costs in the
neignborhood of 1900.
Tne past week has been without
any accidents locally and one of quite
repose for autosts. An occasional
short drive and little shopping
seems to have occupied the time of
nearly all local owners of cars. Tour
lists from the cities pass through daily
by the hundred until one is led to re-
mark that it seems almost impossible
to imagine that there are so many
people in this section of the country
who are wealthy enough to afford lux
urious machines.
The Ford automobile company of
Detroit. Mich, have just placed on
the market their 1910 model tour
about. The new machine is designed
after their touring cars and has a
rumble seat and no top. The cars
are equipped with a four cylinder 20
horsepower engine and are capable
of making good speed The price OF
these machines at the factory is $3.50.
The demand is already SO great for
the new design, that an order sent in
now could not be filled until nearly
the first of September
Among the cars which were stored
at the Root and Stevens garage We'd
nesday night was four cylinder
Packard touring car in design similar
to A. J. Holden's new machine. Ii
was the property of A. w. Brennan
of Philadelphia who with his family
is touring in this section. Yesterday
the party came here from Cheshire
where they had been spending few
DAYS and put up last night at the |
Walloomsac Inn. This morning they |
started for Manchester to take dinner |
and expected to reach Lake George by |
this evening.
An automobile information bureau |
has been established at the Berwick |
hotel in Rutland The bureau con-
tains road maps and guide books OF
New England, New York and Canada,
together with hotel guides. There
are also folders, giving maps for the
Touring club of America tours, Auto