Evening star., 1909-06-27
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! The Worcester, Mass, Automobile
| Club has increased its membership SO
rapidly that another floor of the Chase
| building has been, leased for club quar-
ters, adding several new private dining
| rooms and cardrooms to the former
quarters of the club.
! Graphite is known to the trade by
the names of blacklead, plumbago and
graphite. Blacklead usually refers to
the inferior grades of graphite, nlum-
| bago to the Ceylon product and grAohite
| to the American product.
The Automobile Club of st. Joseph.
Mo-, which now has a mem berShip of
over 100, is planning several long-dis-
/ tance club runs.
| When the corrugations on the toe pads
| of foot pedals become worn smooth from
| constant use the pedals should be removed
and placed in wise and a new set cut
| in with a round-nosed chisel. With
smooth toe pads there is always danger
of the foot slipping from the clutch or
| brake pedal at an inopportune moment.
with the possibility OF serious injury to
the car or passenger.
\ j
There are 5000 miles Of oiled earth
roads in California.
The Tampa tFla) Automobile Club is
seeking site for the five-mie automo-
bile track the club proposes constructing.
The village of Mishicott. Manitowoc
county Wis, claims the honor of having
the largest number of automobiles in
proportion to population.
/ Members OF the Denver tCol.) Motor
| Club are making preparations for 2JO-
| mile road race, to be run on July D.
| The profits accruinS from the annual
road race in Fairmount Park, Philadel-
phia, October Z. will be given to char
\
Because they are behind in delivery for
the trade and short of cars, numerous
automobile manufacturers may not be
able to enter the Glidden tour this sea-
son.
! The contest committee of the Automo-
| bile Club of New Haven is making plans
! for another club run for the organiza-
ton 1t is expected to be an all-day
affair
! If the glasses of sight-feed oilers be-
| come coated with oil on the inside, thus
preventing the flow of oil from being
observed. warm the glass with lighted
match and the oil will run down.
| Steps have been taken by the Whatcom
County Automobile Club of Bellingham.
! Wash, for a large automobile booster
! parade in Seattle July Is, "Whatcom
day at the A. Y. p. fair.
I CINCINNATI IloloTlStS are
the membership of the National Day
| light Association. Its purpose is to bring
| about the more daylight scheme that
! has been SO widely discussed in England
! during the past year.
/ A company has been organized in Lud-
| ington, Mich, to build line of cars
which will sell at from 500 to $500. A
company to build crank shafts and auto
mobile parts has been formed at Mus
kegon, Mich.
! Contracts have been let by the Kansas
City Automobile Club for the erection of
a new clubhouse Grandview road,
| twelve miles south of the city. The
building will be ready early in the fall.
| There will be no big road race in Great
Britain this year, as the officials of the
| Royal Automobile Club have decided not
| to conduct the annual tourist trophy race
on the Isle of Man this summer. About
the only racing the En2lishmen will go
| in for will be In the various meets on the
Brooklands speed track at Weybridge.
| The men interested in the automobile
race track to be built near Atlanta, Ga,
| have already raised 100000 of the esti-
mated total of S.2J,G0O which is expected
| to be required for it's construction. The
promoters expect to hold the first race
meet on the track next November
The Society of Automobile Engineers
has been formally Incorporated i'm New
York state. The objects of the OTganiZa
ton are to promote the arts and sciences
| in connection with the mechanical con-
struction of motor driven vehicles The
society will have International, life and
annual members
Prof. J. +. Draughon Of Nashville.