Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24

| men to permit Camden motorists to drive
their cars in the Quaker city without
| showing Pennsylvania number tag, pro-
/ vided they had sent the fee for the tag
and could show receipt. This brotherly
! state of affairs was rudely shattered a
| while ago when a lot of Philadelphia po-
| .icemen an outing Jersey soil
We're arrested by local policemen and
| fined for playing poker. The result was
! that number of Camden automobilists
who had paid fees for the Pennsylvania
| were arrested in Philadelphia and fined.
Cassie c. Schroth left yesterday for
| Cleveland. Ohio. He will return in a ma
chine over the road during the coming
week.
Sudden tendency to oil seepage through
the parting line of the crank or gear
case should be followed by an immediate
inves tisatiOn While it may be due mere
ly TIC the loosening of some of the fast
ening belts, there also is possibility that
some unusual strain has so wrenched the
shaft and bearings to spring or even
crack the housing. If such happens to
be the case, of course, the internal me-
chanism must be attended to at once.
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The local branch of the National Au-
tomobile Association has the assurance
of Louis L.. Dent. secretary of the board
of road directors of Prince George coun-
ty Md. that the bad stretch of road
near ConteA Md, will be temporarily
repaired. Work will be commenced i'm
mediately Mr. Dent states that the
work would have been done sooner, but
the board has had difficulty in organizing
its work under the new system.
Lambert Reed, local secretary Of the
National Automobile Association. and
special license representative Of New
Jersey, issued the following licenses dur
ing the past week: Mrs. Julia B. Kinds,
DR.. J. H. Branson, Louis Simons, E. L.
Schmidt and Harry c. Urge.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. p. Hickman, accom-
panied by Mrs. Eckman's sisters, Mrs.
Dellamico and Miss Davis, have left for
two-week trip going to Philadelphia,
Atlantic City and New York, returning
by way of Asbury Park, Trenton, Phila-
delphia and Gettysburg.
Charlie Bender and Claude E. Miller
are busily engaged these days in securing
new members for the Automobile Club
of Washington, At recent meeting of
the board of governors they were appoint
ed captains, with the privilege of select
Ing their own team to secure additional
members. The winning team will be the
guest of the losers at q banquet at the
club when the contest is concluded, which
VIII be October 10.
Frank Boyd returned a few days ago
from an extended trip through the south
He says the southerners have the auto
fever all right, but the poor condition of
the reads prevents many Of them from
buying machines.
1t is announced that arrangements have
been completed for holding a road car
nival over the Merrimac Valley course
at Lowell. Mass, September Is, 16 and
II. According to the present plans, light
car race will be held September 10. On
the following day time trials will be held
cars will be staged. The Lowell course
is popular one, and Septembers meet is
expected to be capable preliminary to
the Vanderbilt cup race on Long Island
in October. 1t is announced that the
manufacturers were canvassed several
months ago, and that many entries were
promised.
One section of New England that has
been to some extent deserted by automo-
bilists is Cape Cod. Although its quaint
ness and magnificent ocean beaches have
long been we'll known to thousands of
summer visitors, the automobilist retains
the idea that this great hooked peninsula
is little less than a mass of sand little
suited to pleasure tour This view is
gradually passing away, as scores of mo-
florists from Boston and the vicinity have
done a great deal in the last few years
to make the Cape Cod resorts popular for
touring.
The main route through the Cape Cod
region leads by the Connecticut shore
through Narragansett Newport and Fall
River to New Bedford. which may be
considered the gateway to Cape Cod.
Beyond New Bedford excellent macadam
reads are found to Wareham and Onset.
then, swinging south around the head of
Buzzard's Bay to Falmouth. Four miles
beyond Falmouth the first uncomfortable
stretch of road is found, which luckily
is only one mile long On this stretch
crude oil has been poured on top Of deep
sand and the result is not at all salts
factory.
Emerging from this oil and sand combi-
nation. good travelling will be found to
Santuit, then come several miles of fine
macadam road. which continues, with q
few breaks, all the way to Chatham, at
which point one turns northward on the
final run to Provincetown. In this last
stretch along the narrowest part of the
cape there are two sections of sandy road.
each less than mile long. but with these
exceptions the entire route to Province
, town consists of fine macadam roads.
On the return trip the same route is
followed as far as Orleans. where, by the
way, is an excellent inn, and at this point
the tourist will turn to the right and fol-
low the shore of Cape Cod bay along
good macadam roads through Brewster
Dennis, Barnstable and Sandwich Just
beyond the latter place, at Sycamore a
sharp turn toward the north is made as
| one leaves the Cape Cod district. and
after several miles run through thickly
wooded country over fairly good roads
| the motorist will arrive at the historic
| little town of Plymouth, where. after
/ viewing the Plymouth rock and other
| memorials OF the pilgrim fathers, he may
| continue comfortably along the shore
| through Marshfield and Cohasset to Bos-
! ton.
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