The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-05
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

q. e. butcher took Mr.. and Mrs. d.
f. Cronin to Rutland Tuesday in New
tons Ford touring car.
John Wiley and wife of New York
who are well known here made the
trip to and from this town in a Max
well runabout. The little car stood
the trip well.
w. d. Newton has ordered a car
load of Ford touring cars. They are
to be shipped from Detroit, Mich,
where the factory is located on Aug
ust 16, and should reach this town a
few days later
Auto tourists continue TO stop at the
Walloomsac Inn in ever increasing
numbers. One night this week nine
automobile parties were registered at
the Inn not counting the regular
guests who own automobiles.
James e. Burke has sold his Pope
Tribune roadster to Warren NJ. Mar
shall station agent at North Benning-
ton. 1t is understood that Mr.. Burke
is contemplating purchasing a larger
machine AS yet, however, ne has not
decided what make to choose.
One of the best runs recorded for an
electric commercial vehicle was made
by wagon that carried half ton
of furniture from a Boston house to
Magnolia last week covering rs miles
A stop was made for few minutes at
Salem TO secure a small charge of ell
ectricity.
A party consisting of A. n. Liecty,
W. A. Niver, John G. Greene and G.
Smith of Schenectady were registered
at the Putnam House Wednesday,
They were travelling in a 1909 model
White steamer with a seating capacity
for seven people. Experts considered
the car one of the finest seen here
tnis season.
The quarterly report of the associa-
ton of Licensed Automobile manufac-
urers for the quarter closed June 80
reflects condition i'm the industry
that borders on tne phenomenal and
that is absolutely without precedent.
For instance, one concern-the Cadil-
lac motor car company-is credited
with a larger volume of business in
the last quarter than any quarters bus
mess ever done by any member of the
association.
In the Santa Monica, Calf, road
race the trophy for the most consis-
tent performance has been awarded
to the Franklin. Running at the rate
of nearly a mile a minute the motor
car covered tae "a laps Of the S.3 mile
course with a variation of only 20 sec
onds in the time of the several laps
The fastest lap was made in SIN and
36s. and the slowest in SIN and "a POS.
The average was SIN and 45s the vari-
ating being only seconds either way.
The course was 1892 miles long and
the Franklin's time was 3h, 29m and
SIS.
A Ford roadster, No 1920, VT. 1909
owned by local man became strand
ed at the entrance to Ben Venue"
Tuesday evening The owner work
ed on his machine for nearly an hour
endeavoring to get the engine to work.
Later an accommodating man with
team came along and hitched a two
string to the auto. Under the cover
of night the party reached mere ana
whenever they came under the light
of an arc lamp produced sensation.
BY writing the secretary of state the
identity of the owner may be estab-
lished
Il. ID. Moore had a strange expert
ence one evening this week. He was
returning to the village at a fast clip
in his Ford and when opposite Clark's
woods a large object struck the steer
ing wheel of the machine. The even
ing was quite dark and Mr.. Moore was
under the impression that missile
had been thrown at him Investiga-
ton showed that large owl lay stun
ned upon the floor Of the auto. The
bird revived by the time the village
was reached and Mr.. Moore gave it to
a boy who has it in a cage.