Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

delphia, Pa, for the agency of the
Washington car in the state Of Penn
sylvania. Headquarters will be located
| in Philadelphia, where showrooms and
garage are now nearing completion;
The first carload shipment of cars WILL
be made July 80.
The pathfinding trip for the Munsey
historic tour was completed in Wash
ington July 6, the trail-blazing party
being out exactly three weeks in lay
ing out the route. in an EMF go"
The route will be approximately 1850
miles, and will pass through ten states
and the District Of Columbia. 1t will
embrace a section of the country that
has figured in all the valiant deeds that
marked the beginning of the republic
The average days run will be 1877
miles, although on number or days
the contestants will be called upon to
make from 1877 to 1919 miles. The short
est days run will be from Binghamton
TO Wilkesbarre. eighty-five miles, but
the road conditions are such that this
short journey is equal to any days
run in the itinerary.
The last three days of the tour will
be the hardest. Rough and rocky roads
lie between Binghamton and Washing
ton and it is between these two points
that the real hardships Of the tour will
be encountered.
Washington touring car, fitted with
dark blue body and cream-colored rum
ming gear. has just been delivered to
Louis Bush of this city The car is fully
equipped.
Mr.. and Mrs. William 8. Macdonald,
with Harvey E. Jester as their guest. had
a run in Mr.. Macdonald's Ford touring
car over the Fourth of July holiday. Mr..
Macdonald and Mr.. Jester are natives of
Phoenixville, town of some 10000 pop
ulation In Chester county, Pa. about
thirty miles from Philadelphia. The trip
was made for the especial purpose or par
ticipating in an "old home week" celeDra-
ton.
Leaving Washington at 10 O'Clock last
Sunday morning. Mr.. Macdonald, who sat
over the steering wheel the entire trip,
elected to follow the route to Ridgeville.
Md. and thence to Westminster, before
picking up the official Washington-Balti-
more York Philadelphia route outlined In
the regulation guide books.
Ridgeville, forty miles out, was reached
In season for dinner. Part OF this first
forty miles was over rough country roads.
but the major portion of 1t. including the
pike to Rockville and the level-as-a-floor
Grove. offered fine driving.
7 Making fresh start at . In the after
noon. the party landed in York shortly
after o'clock. total Of 1O3 miles for
the first day A stop was made there
for the night. and four-hour run the
morning of the Fourth brought the au-
tomobilists into Phoenixville.
Nearly all the last stage of the jour-
ney. seventy six miles. was over the
old Lancaster pike. with the exception
of a ten-mile stretch through the
gap" where the going was both hilly
and rough. The pike was in excellent
condition.
On the return trip Mrs. Sarah Mac
donald. Mr.. Macdonald's mother. made
a fourth in the car. This trip also was
split into two days. and the first stage
included run through historic Valley
Forge and past the estate of Secretary
of State Philander c. Knox. Valley
Forge farms"
The same route was followed on the
return. Eighty-one miles out of Phoe-
nixville landed the party in York in a
little over four hours. and this Penn
sylvania city was left behind at
o'clock Wednesday morning. Sixty
miles brought Ridgeville and another
dinner into view at noon. and the last
forty miles into Washington was made
in a few minutes over two hours.
A total of 3j1 miles was thus crowded
into parts Of four days actual running
time. The car made nearly one hundred
miles in addition running about Phoe-
niXVtIle and It's enVlrOnS curing the
visit.
With it all the Ford car required not
even one readjustment. The only re-
pair of the trip was to one tire. This
happened in the garage at York. when
a slow leak was discovered. incident to
a tack puncture. This particular pune
ture too. happened to be the first tire
trouble Mr.. Macdonald has experienced
in his ownership of the car and in over
3. 900 miles Of road service in 1t.
DR.. John r. Sharp has received Wash
ington touring car from the Carter
Motor Car Corporation of this city The
car is fitted with a dark-blue body and
cream-colored running gear, and is
fully equipped.
W. F. Sroufe and a party Of friends
spent the Fourth in touring over the
roads Of upper Maryland in his new E.
ME- '3O' touring car, visiting Gettys-
burg and Frederick.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Bickford left yester-
day in their Ford car for three-day
trip through Maryland and Virginia. with
Strasburg, Va, as the objective point of