Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12


victoria. model IS. The car is expected
to arrive this week.
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J. s. Bergman. Herbert King and A. T. |
McGuiggan, mounted on Harley-David- |
son motorcycles; Emmett Croker, on an
Excelsior. and Albert Fisher on Read
ing Standard motorcycle, took a spin to
Ridgevile. Md, and return last Sunday
via Olney, Md.
Representative j. M. Garner of Texas |
and Mrs. McCourtney have received their
1910 Cadillacs go which were recently
ordered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron L. Graham were /
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Weaver on a trip to Ridgeville, Md, last
Sunday in Mr.. Weaver's Franklin tour
ing car.
The Wilson Company has broken all
records for quick sales, having disposed
of nineteen Hupmobiles since the con-
tract was signed a month ago for han
ding this attractive little machine
Overland cars were delivered during
the past week to DR.. S. Breckenridge, |
Owen Owen, Mrs. Joseph Crawford and J.
McKenny Berry. They were 1910 models
of the roadster type, and 1910 touring
cars of the same make were delivered to
W. S. Hoge. DR.. George w. Warren and
A. D. Loffier.
In old cars it is sometimes found al |
most impossible to pack the stem of the
water pump in such a way as to make
the gland watertight. In such a case it
is probable that the stem has become
worn, usually in annular grooves. and
the only thing to do is to remove the |
spindle, true it up in lathe and have a
new bushing fitted to it. Then, If hemp |
soaked in tallow or some other good
packing is used The joint can again be |
made tight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Heaton, in
their Buick roadster motored to Ridge |
Vile, Md, and returned last Sunday, via |
Washington Grove and Rockville.
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w. A. Horner, in 1910 Hupmobile. ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Wilson
in their American Simplex touring car, to |
Baltimore this morning.
The California state board of health |
has bought a Chalmers-Detroit 40
touring car to be used over the entire |
state in campaign against the squirrel |
plague, in which both the state and fed |
eral authorities are spending great deal |
of money. The board made the purchase |
of the car after a gruel!ng demonStra- |
ton over the rough roads of the country
where most of the work will have to be |
done.
Sixteen models. including touring cars,
close-coupled cars, runabouts limousines,
a landaulet, town car and a taxicab.
constitute the line of Franklin automo-
9.es for the 1910 season These are
classified in three horsepower ratings,
namely, A. 2S and 10.
Despite the fact that the Hupp Motor
Car Company has made no effort to es-
ia blish a foreign demand, the Hupmobile's
name and reputation have found their
way into the farthest corners of the
globe. as evidenced by shipments re-
Gently made from the Detroit factory.
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Consul Ralph G. Busser of Erfurt
writes of a new compound called apo
konin.' for allaying dust and improving
the surface of roads, which has lately
been prepared and tested in Germany
with favorable results. He says:
The construction and maintenance of
streets and roads is q matter of great
public interest in Germany. From every
standpoint-military, agricultural, COM
of good roads is deemed of the utmost
Importance. Every encouragement Is
given to those experimenting along these
lines, and many improvements originating
here have been adopted In other parts of
the world. One of the matters now re-
ceiving the special attention of German
scientists. highway authorities and en-
gineers is the treatment of streets and
roads for the purpose of obviating dust
and mud.
While the modern paving of streets
and the more solid construction of roads
resulting from the use of macadam and
other hard materials have largely elimi-
mated the mud and the consequent clog
ging of traffic in periods succeeding
heavy rainfalls. the dust has still remain
ed to plague the traveller and to menace
the pubic health by the absorption and
of bacteria.
Various combinations of oil and salt |
have been used in Germany TO sprinkle
the streets and roads. but as the eff
feet was only transitory, this method was
not considered a solution OF the problem
of maintaining hard. clean and sanitary
highways. Experiments have also been
made with coal tar, and some Of these
preparations applied to the surface of
roads have kept the dust settled for long
er periods of time than by former meth
DDS. Although recognized as an improve
ment the expense connected with the EN-
ployment of these preparations has stood
as an objection to their general use and |
experiments were continued for the pur-
pose of producing more ideal and
cheaper composition for treating roads.
One Of the results of these recent eX-
periments is the preparation of the sub
stance mentioned, apokonin. which has !
servers as the best and most lasting road |
covering yet brought out. The merits of |
this process were discussed at the recent |
convention of scientists and physicians |
held in SalZburg, Germany. The proc
ess is secret, but it is known that coal |
tar oils are the main ingredients. The |
heavy, penetrating qualities OF the oils |
give great binding power to the COM |
position. This. together with the pres |
sure applied produces a formation IRON |
like in It's consistency, making the sur
face of the road. it Is claimed so smooth |
and hard that snow and rain water can
not penetrate.
Another important advantage ascribed |
to apokonin is the sanitary nature Of the |
material. 1t is claimed that the creosote |
present in the coal tarS together with |