Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

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York, as provided by the new Callan Law.
Mr.. Elliotts headquarters will be in Al
bany. He will also be I'm charge Of the
New York Office of the secretary OF state.
whore examinations OF chauneurs are
conducted daily.
The LIST Regiment Armory has been
leased for the Philadelphia show in addi-
ton to the I'd Regiment ArmOry, which
had been secured earlier i'm the season.
This action has been rendered necessary
on account Of the pressure for space. The
two armories are separated quite widely,
and in order to equalize the advantage OF
both for showing the cars the manage
ment has arranged to divide the tic-.ets
for admission at one armory and the
other for the other section. A line OF
sightseeing automobiles will be run be-
tween the two shows during the exhibit
ton to accommodate the patrons
The 2.OOO-m mile mark in the journey the
pathfinding car is making from New
York to San Francisco by way Of the
the car left Hot Springs for Texarkana,
Tex. SO far the tour has been without
mishap, although nearly thousand miles
Of the journey has been made through Il
country heretofore unknown to automo-
biIists and at the season when road con-
ditions arc worst. Hot Springs automo-
bilists gave the party hearty welcome.
az they did TO the (1lidden tourists this
year. 4 reception was held at the Airing
ton Hotel and also lat the Tennessee
Club Road Commissioner John Quarles,
who accompanied the party from Helena
to Little Rock intends to interest Gov.
George II. Donaghy in q project to con-
struct a road across Arkansas. connect
ing with Hot Springs aud Little Rock,
to the Pacific coast. Through Gov.
Donaghy Commissioner Quarles will In
terest the Governors of Texas, New Mex
leo, Arizona and California. Part of this
proposed route will be that traversed by
the party on its present tour
The Hagerstown Herald edtiorially adj
vocates the purchase by the Maryland
roads commission of the road leading
from SharpsburE to the Potomac river
opposite ShepherdstoWn, and the Hagers-
town papers speak favorably OF the prof.
ect. The commission has already bought
the turnpike from Baltimore to Boons-
u,
the road from Boonsboro to the Potomac
the Maryland system would directly join
the excellent free turnpikes Of Jefferson
county and connect with the famous
Valley turnpike. The road from Boons-
boro to Sharpsburg is well macadamized
already. but has two toll gates upon 1t
that are a good deal of nuisance. At
Sharpsburg 1t connects with the splendid
government avenue leading to Antietam
station. but from the latter point there
la
road that is the bane Of autOmobilists and
travellers in wheeled vehicles. Residents
In West Virginia hope that their Mary
land neighbors will succeed in having the
it may be properly repaired. II that
twO-mile stretch were macadamized. there
would be fine turnpike from Baltimore
to Staunton. a distance Of nearly 500
every toll gate from its roads. and it
offers the free Use Of a splendid system
Of turnpikes. If this two-mile link is
made good and the two toll gates abol-
cellent route between Baltimore and
Staunton. taking in all of the Important
towns In the valley of Virginia.
The new Maryland motor car licenses
for 1911. due January 1. are now in the
possession Of Motor Vehicle Commission
er Charles Z George and are ready for
distribution. The tags have white num-
erals on black Backgrounds The owners
Will be supplied with tags from 10000 up.
while those tags numbered from I to
l,OCD Will be S1ven to the dealers. 80 that
their cars can he more easily distinguish
ed from the private cars.
Most interesting statistics as to the
feasibility Of automobile touring from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coasts have re-
suited from the trip just completed in
San Francisco by A. L. Westgard of the
Touring Club of America. In the interest
of motorists in general and of the United
States government the pathfinding party
kept an accurate record of experiences
en- route. attitudes. temperatures. mile
age, cost and accommodations. In a
table just issued a new epoch in automo-
bile pleasure touring is predicted because
OF the interest which has arisen toward
the construction Of a national highway
from New York to San Francisco,
founded upon the movements started by
Mr.. Westgard while crossing the CONT
nent. 1t is evident that every conceivable
form of road and climatic conditions were
encountered and carefully tabulated in
the minute record. AS a representative
or the bureau OF PUBIC FOaOS IN the Ieu-
eral Department Of Agriculture the Of
fetal scout has made q note of every.
thing interesting to the government with
permission to make 1t public in order
to stimulate interest and to further the
efforts Of authorities and motorists on the
way.
The extremes Of altitude were encoun-
tered in the 10, 400 feet above sea level al
Mogollon Pass in New Mexico. and the
1914 feet below sea level at the Salton
sea in California: the highest tempera'
ture was 100 degrees November Is in the
desert at Mecca. Cal. and the Lowest
was "a degrees November 1s in the noun
mileage was 4,703.5. and the elapsed time
mileage for forty-ive running days was
1914: the highest price Of gasoline was
80 cents per gallon at the Colorado river
on the desert. and the lowest was II
cents per gallon. The longest days run.
172.7 miles. was made October 20, from
Columbus, Ohio, to Indianapolis, and the
shortest was November o, A.2 miles, ap-
preaching Ration. n. NJ. Seven nights
were spent in camping with the equip.
ment which was carried upon the car
On one stretch of 100 miles the car trav-
eled only eight OF its high gear. owing to
the severe conditions Of the roads, but
no repairs of any nature were made upon
the car and only two tires were changed
before approaching Los Angeles. both
lasting until the deserts of Arizona were
reached
From, avery y;eunoinf tho iourney ;S