Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20


The motor car is to supersede the fire
horse in Philadelphia Director OF Pub
lie Safety Clay has completed plans to
supply eleven district Are engineers with
motor cars, bids for which havo been
asi1ed. The gradual elimination Of the
horse throughout the whole city will
| then take place. Motor chemical wagons
will replace kofse-drawn equipment and
| eventually Are engines operated by their
| own power will be installed.
Many generators work by an adjustable
water drip. ard under the influence of
| vibration the threaded rod adjusting the
| speed of the water drip is apt to work
down and curtai! the supply. This
| tendency is easily prevented by slipping
small spring between the rod and the
! top OF the generator
TollEates In Maryland are slowly but
surely being ooliterated. The last one
| to go was that at Partition, Baltimore
county, model OF which was burned by
| Gov. Crothers. The occasion was one of
| Importance to the citizens OF Park4on as
! we'll as those from other sections who
The Automobile Club OF Maryland is
rushing the work Of posting road signs
throughout the state. Just now, under
the supervision of Secretary Luzius.
signs are being posted on the way TO
Halethorpe
! A meeting of the automobile dealers
Of Washington will be held next Tuesday
evening for the purpose of deciding
whether an automobile show shall be
held durirg the coming winter. The
meeting has been called for O'Clock at
1412 New York avenue. when II Is eN-
pected that a large number will be pres
ent to discuss the question.
Wien selecting goggles move each lens
| In turn before the eye. If an object seen
through either appears distorted it Shows
that the refraction Of the lens is irregu-
lar. and such should be discarded. as
| they are injurious to the eyesight
Samuel T. Davis. jr.. president OF
large automobile concern at Bridgeport,
Conn, was visitor here last week.
Sam" Is Washinstonian, and was
one of the crack foot ball players during
his early school days in this city. He
was warmly greeted by his friends on
his recent visit Mr.. Davis was accom-
panied on his trip by 8. de Klein OF
Philadelphia.
Representative c. F. Barclay arrived
at the National Capital last Thursday,
coming over from Philadelphia in his
little six touring car
An expert on construction says that
tires made from the same batch OF rub
her, under identical conditions and used
under exactly like circumstances, do not
by any means give like results. For in
stance. two rear tires which conformed to
the conditions named were put on a car
and an observation made OF their condi-
ton. One of them lasted more than
1900 miles: the other blew up before 400
miles had been covered. The tire makers
do not pretend to explain this. They lay
it solely to the nature OF the rubber.
Never let some other pair Of eyes do
the looking for you; the other eyes might
be near-styhted.
Charles NJ. Williams, commissioner, has
| just completed section of road between
Bealsville and Poolesville, Md, at a
cost of S4.340 per mile The road was
| constructed under the direct supervision
OF William j. Williams. The stone used
is trap, put on twelve feet wide, with an
average depth OF more than seven Inches
after rolling. 2.2C0 cubic yards per mile
per cubic yard. the road is well con-
| structed with perfect drainage. and is
Of the general type Of. construction adopt
ed by the county.
There are very few autoists who are
| able to get away from the idea that tires
| may be inflated to excess by means of a
hand pump 1t is quite impossible to
initiate any set Of tires such as are used
| on automobiles to a point where the
| pressure will be greater than that which
| the fabric should be capable of retaining.
| The life Of tires is enormously reduced
! when they are fexed repeatedly under
load, as they invariably will be II the air
pressure Is insufficient. The one rule
which. II observed, will make the most
marked savings in cost of maintenance
is that involving the Imitation Of tires
to a point considerably beyond the pres
ent average practice.
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Work is on in earnest in Philadelphia
for the big automobile show at the Third
Regiment Armory, Broad and Wharton
streets, in January. For the flrst time
in the history Of the automobile trade
In that city the show will be made up
Of strictly licensed American cars-that
is, OF cars whose manufacturers have
taken out licenses under the Selden pat
ent. This was made possible through
the fact of the show being held under
the auspices of the Philadelphia Licensed
Automobile Dealers Association, which
was recently chartered by the courts OF
Philadelphia.
The show this winter will be OF two
weeks duration. IL being found impOS-