The Washington herald., 1910-01-29

critically examined. During the whole OF
that Loco hours the engine was pulling
not less than % horsepower. and they
considered It about as strenuous as II IS
possible for test.
II must be considered in this particular
that. even though the test was not made
on the road, Il IS equal TO a road test
wherein the road had an upward grade
Of 10 OF z per cent Ordinarily, the per-
centage Of hills met with in a 100
hour run would be but small compared
with the level ground, and when on the
latter the engine being Tested would, OF
course, pull very much less than its nom
lnal rated power.
A F. Britton. Of Motor, and H. D.
Armstrong. Of the Horseless Age, are en-
gagged in a merry fight, Both claim the
largest number OF subscriptions
W. B. Wilson. sales manager OF the
Roman Automobile Company, Of Phila-
delphia, was a visitor yesterday.
Jack Eversole, Cliff Long, ''BankroII'
Johnson. and Charley Bender are not
bothered by the fight against the beef
trust.
Tommy Ridgate. Of the Ridgate Com
pany, is one Of the youngsters at the big
show. Tom has something new in the
way OF electric bulbs for kerosene lamps.
George Won Tassie, publisher OF Motor
and Cosmopolitan. who came from New
York for the Publishers banquet. will
pay a visit to the show this afternoon.
Rudolph & West Company have taken
the agency for the why Not?'' hand
cleaner.
The motor boat accessories displayed
IN connection with the c. D. Davis ex-
hibit is being handled by Barber & Ross.
Manager Wilmer, OF the Patuxent
Lumber Company, Of Baltimore, which Is
showing one OF its portable garages, in
tends to establish agencies throughout
Maryland and Virginia.
Clarence 1dNLS 4lc-7 OH interesting NAS-
play. which IS attracting the crowds.
More than 500 persons inspected the big
cruiser on exhibition last night
H. c. Handlee, the well-known patent
attorney. will receive his thirty-six-foot
boat about April /
Charles Bender says the only reason
President Taft hasn't attended the show
is because he's Jealous OF Ben Johnson's
bulk
The Luttrell Company is probably one
Of the most successful dealers at the
show. G. H. johnson has just purchased
one OF the Packard 80" phaetOns.
"old man Grump" who sells ice cream
cones for Chaplin & Sacks closed up early
Thursday night, and when he got around
yesterday morning all the cold stuff was
gone. Every one in the south end of the
hall had a bite.
Harry Ward expects q message from
home. That's why he jumps when the
telephone rings.
Young blood-You could bake beans on
that, couldn't you?
Lady alternatives, and we give
Westinghouse air brakes with them, too.
No, the boiling point OF Bender's new
J anti-freezer is not below the freezing
period of water. Far be II from such
and some.
Near-inventors, alleged geniuses. and
mostly fanatics swarm around the motor
boats and the army balloon and pulled
/ the foolish inquiries so fast that RUDE
Goldberg would die with disgust.
| Parvenu Johannsen gets the crowds
when he plays Annie Laurie" and other
up-to-date rags on the horns and head
ache destroyers at the National Electric's
/ collection of auto accessories.
| One woman wanted to know II the
small dory was an airship. Some one
J told her II was a wheelbarrow TO haul fish
| from the Eleventh street wharf.
| One Of the attractive features OF the show
in the exhibit Of auto tops made by r. Mil
ton Norris. Of Baltimore, who is exhibiting