Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

state borders and told, In the words of
the law. that he cannot enter unless he
registers his machine and pays the IL
cense tax under the laws of that state
Not only among autonobilistS has wide
spread interest on this subject been
aroused but the subject is attracting the
attention of other large organizations and
many favorable replies have been received
from the governors of the different states
consenting to send official delegates to the
convention. Over 100 delegates have AL
ready been named. The convention will
be held in the New Willard Hotel and
headquarters will be opened there Febru-
airy TO- being in charge of Charles Thad-
deus Terry. chairman of the legislative
board OF the American Automobile Assoc
citation. and who spoke on the necessity
of automobile legislative uniformity at the
National Civic Federation convention re-
Gently: President Lewis r. Speare. A. G.
Batchelder, chairman of the executive
committee, and Secretary Frederick II.
Elliott of the American Automobile Asso-
citation.
The federal registration bill has been in
troduced in Congress by Representative
W. w. Cocks and a hearing will be asked
for during the convention.
The sloping bonnet, or, more correctly,
the dashboard location for the radiator. is
meeting with more favor than ever be
fore in France. all of the highest grade
cars being built In this way In England
the idea has been adopted broadcast, and
no less than a half dozen of Britain's best
cars will be SO built In 1910
Il
While unlimited interest is being taken
by the east and middle west, as we'll as
the coast, in the new board automobile
track in southern California, compare
lively few people have stopped to consider
that this viii be the largest single
wooden structure of any sort ever built
in America. When one pauses to think
that an order for three million feet of
prime Oregon pine planks and beams was
placed. large portion of which is now
being carried in great loads, and that to
hold it all together no less than 200, 600
pounds of nails and spikes and few tons
of bolts are also being shipped to the
grounds at Playa De Ray. it will be
noted that this mile-lap, seventy-five-foot
wide, twenty-five foot banked Los An
geles motordome is a genuine eyeopener.
The surfacing planks are "two-by
fours." sixteen feet long, while the I'M
derpinnng is Of various dimensions, and
construction work, declares it is being
built strong enough to stand the weight
OF an express train. This means that the
saucer will be vibrationless. and that no
matter how closely cars may cluster to-
gether while running, their combined
weight will not in the slightest degree
strain the track at any point.
Ralph De Palma, the famous mile-tra
champion. upon his return from New
Orleans. will tune up the Cyclone for
Los Angeles. where it will make its first
appearance since the smash-up. George
Robertson tried out his new racer re-
Gently and seems satisfied that 1T is one
of the fastest cars ever built. Ray Har-
round is having a new special racer
built for the board track: Strang will he
there with the big BrOoklands racer,
while numerous high powered stock cars
will make their 1910 debut on the great
Danked dish.