Evening star., 1909-06-06

Gretchen Hood returned few days ago
from trip to Benedict Md. The party
| went in a 4O-horsepower Pope-Hartford.
| Mr. Spence reports the roads in good
shape, although sandy in places.
| After they have been in use for some
time the bolts holding the sprocket rims
to the driving wheel of the chaindriven
cars are inclined to loosen in the spokes.
| Hence. when overhauling AN old car. 1t
| is well to tighten the nuts which hold
| them in place, riveted over the ends for
| the sake of security. In doing this care
should be taken not to throw the sprocket
out Of line.
Gov Hughes has signed a bill appro-
priating S5,Ooo,OOO for the construction of
good roads in New York state. The bill
provides that Sl,5O0,O 900 be available at
once.
The attention of automobilists all over
the country is being directed toward the
state of Indiana, where tvo big road
races will be held over the Crown Point
Lowell circuit, June IS and 10. The
/. course Will De SudIutu DS lllC iol
National Guard regiment. The race for
the big cars for the Cobe trophy. donated
by Ira NJ. Cobe, president of the Chi
cago Automobile Club, on the latter date
| will be over a 4O2-mtle course, while the
light car race will be for the Indiana
trophy. and the distance will be 235
miles. The circuit has been divided into
forty-one military points or stations.
| The 1909 Glidden tour will cover $3.50
miles, starting from Detroit. July II, and
finishing at Kansas City, July 20. This
makes an elapsed period Of eighteen days
for the tour and fourteen running days.
Two days each will be spent at Minneap-
oils and Denver.
| number of new automobile clubs are
| being formed in the smaller cities Of
/ Wisconsin. At Eau Claire the CONNER
cjal association is forming club to
affiliate with state and national motor
ing bodies.
An express company in New York city
which replaced tifty-three horse-orawn
wagons with forty electric trucks mas
found that the net saving on delivery
costs for the first year OF the service
amounted to S35.1I1.93.
Pennsylvania new reciprocity mo-
tor law does not take effect until January
/, 1910. In consequence visiting motorists
must still take out three-doilar license
/ Registration of the car, however, is un-
necessary.
\ motor car manufacturing company
has been incorporated at Spray. \. G.,
| with $4,000 capital. similar company at
Cleveland with $4,000 capital and COM
uercial car company at Louisville. Ky,
also with a capital Of $4,000.
The outlook is bright for the automobile
| race meeting to be held at Readville.
June L. under the auspices of the Bay
State Automobile Association. In addi-
ton to the trophy. which is beautiful
piece Of plate, the winner will receive
$500 III cash.
Data compiled at a school Of instruc-
ton in one of the big automobile plants
show that many of those who come
there to learn to drive and handle cars
are coachmen who had been deprived of
a livelihood lH the oncomng tide of au-
tomobiing.
English newspapers have been making
a hero out OF the driver of the taxicab
! which carried Charles Klein. the play
| wright, from London to Edinburgh and
return. He has been photographed and
interviewed many times.
| An active seasons campaign has been
outlined by the Automobile Club OF
Canada. One of the questions to be dealt
with is the dust nuisance, and together
with the municipalities between Mont
real and st. Annes on the lake shore
it has been arranged to oil roads most
used by motorists.
A certificate issued by the New York
Trade Association will be awarded tc
each entrant who completes the three
day tour through the Catskills and Berk-
shires June II. l3 and IA. under the
prescribed conditions. Drivers who com
pletc the tour with perfect scores will
receive souvenir medals
| The Rhode Island Motor League has
voted To reduce the yearly dues from
$40 10 ST. in order to induce the ma jor-
ity of the automobilists of the state
to come into the organization. 1t Is
hoped to thus create formidable oppo-
sition to anti-automobile lesisla ton and
better protect the interests or the own
erS of automobiles.
The Wyoming Auto Transit Company
which runs automobile stages from Rock
Springs to Yellowstone Park, is prepar-
ing to make test of the auto-freighi
truck The distance from Rock Springs
to Pinedale is 10 miles. 1t is expected
to make the distance in ten hours with
a cargo of four tons.
Adyisability of transporting mail by
Automobiles is being investigated by the
Japanese minister of communications. II
is proposed to establish a system OF
distribution and collection in the princi-
pal cities at first and to gradually ex-
tend that to distant points not reached
by railroads.
| The Touring Club Of France has OBJ
tanned subvention of $4,000 toward the
construction of what will be the highest
road in Europe open to motorists. The
road will unite Thonon and Nice and
pass over some of the most picturesque
portions of the Alps. reaching an alti-
tude of more than 5000 feet.
| The members of the Savannah Automo-
bile Club have decided to hold an en-
durance contest to Augusta, Ga, and re-