The Washington herald., 1910-11-20

Gals. She was associate editor OF the
only motor magazine on the Pacific Coast
at that tiJrs
Mrs Lin. has won every first prize Of
fered IN San Francisco and Oakland for
the finest decorated car. securing FIVE sill
yer cups. tie famous Portola silver urn.
gold medals, and various cash prizes.
d. c. Winebrenner has purchased a
fully equipped Model l6 Buick.
MIR. Krugir. the representative OF the
.Locomobfle Company. who has been visit
ing NJ. T. Pollock. left Washington last
evening.
on the opening dav of the next State
legislature. the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club Mill present d bill rem
edyIng the present derects in the motor
vehicle law. This bill is now being whip
ped into shape by the legal committee OF
the club, Of which Vice President Harry
D. Bowman is chairman
Gov.-elect Woodrow Wilson has sig
nified his approval Of the amendments
TO the present obnoxious motor vehicle
act. Placing a liberal statute on the
States books relating 20 motoring win
cause renewed activities in the manufac-
turing establishments producing Access
series to the auto mobile, which are manu-
featured In large numbers IN the State
and which employ many thousands of
high-salaried mechanics.
The automobile show in Madison Square
Garden. New York. will be held from
January to q. and will be divided into
two parts. Part one. which will be held
during the week OF January 7 10 Il. will
be devoted exclusively to passenger or
pleasure vehicles. while commercial We
hicles, electric carriages. and motorcycles
will be shown in the part two period Of
the show, lasting from January l6 to q.
Every inch of the 100000 feet has been
allotted. and Secretary Merle L. Downs
is being besieged necessarily for more.
For the forthcoming exhibitions the add
ed space which was gained by extending
the balconies, Is equal TO the area OF the
arena OF the Garden
The preparatory work for the big show
is progressing rapidly Several months
ago contracts for the stee, construction.
which will be equal to that OF goodsize
building, We're given out, together with
other contracts for decorating signmak-
ing. carpenter work. sc The skeleton
steel construction will be erected entirely
Independent OF support from the walls
OF the garden. Only the wood floors Of
the galleries and crossbeams will be con-
neCted with its walls. Tho biz steel cir
ders which will support the galleries viii
rest on forty gTillages of steel and CON
crete Each grillage viii uphold a load
OF forty tons. These grillages were laid
under the floor OF the big show building
last summer TO allow ths concrete suffi-
cient time to mature In ALL more than
200 tons Of steel viii be used. If stood on
end, one on top OF another. the steel
columns would reach an altitude of 1900
feet One hundred thousand feet OF lum-
Der will be used in the construction
throughout the building. Two monster
freight elevators will DE erected 10 hoist
the cars TO the galleries These elevators
will be Of the type similar 10 those found
in the big city garages. They Will be so
cleverly concealed that their presence will
not be noticeable to the visitor.
So seldom do women enter and drive
their own ears in reliability contests that
tho achievement OF Miss Regina Rambo,
OF Marietta. I'd, In lne recent around
Observation-Disclosures tour, places her in
the front rank OF women motorists Miss
Rambo not only completed the contest Of
,000 miles. but also finished with a per-
feet score. despite the fact that every
car in the tour was dashed by the tail Of
a hurricane and endangered by fallen
trees. AS her guest. Miss Rambo was
accompanied by the wife OF Gov. Joseph
Brown OF Georgia, and two other women.
She drove her Columbia. a car OF the
same model as used by her brother. Mar
cellus RambO. in the Atlanta-New York
good roads tour. IN that contest Mr..
Rambo won a silver loving cup as a
reward for his excellent driving and su-
perb service rendered by his car. The
Georgia tour was conceived as a result of
tho good roads movement which is sweep
ing through the South, and which has
made such marked strides toward the i'm
pFovement OF roads and automobile tour
ing conditions At a luncheon rendered TO
the tourists upon completion OF the tour.
Miss RambO was presented with a hand
some loving cup as an appreciation OF her
excellent driving, and her enthusiasm in
the movement for good roads.