The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-15
Cars Will Start at I O'clock
Tomorrow Morning From
Philadelphia.
WEST POINT OBJECT
OF FIRST DAYS RUN
Important Conference Is Held.
Tourists Will Have Feast
Tonight
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and the second unit from AIorristovn to
West Point distance OF . miles
Ecr me nrSt days running time the
referee has arranged schedule OF 20
miles an hour for cars in divisions T.
o and s. which are respectively those
which sell for S1.GI 10 5000, S2,Ol1 to
$500 and from 5000 to 5000
Divisions and 3 the first Of which
Is for ears selling at SS1 % 81 25) and
Ine second Tor cars selling at S1.Z1 10
$3.50 viii run at IS miles an hour. d.
vision 1 which includes all cars OF $50
and under viii run at is miles an hour.
There IS minimum running schedule
OF "A miles an hour which the referee
may take advantage of # the weather is
bad This would apply 10 the lowest
class and would reduce the cars which
run at % miles an hour 10 IS miles an
hour and reduce those which run al IS
miles an hour TO IS miles an hour.
Under this schedule the cars running
al p miles an hour VIII make Morris
town IN four hours and fifteen minutes
those running at Is miles an hour would
arrive IN four hours and forty-five min
hour would reach the noon checking
station IN i've hours and twenty min
Utes.
The run from ATorristou-n To West
Point VIII be made by the higher priced
cars IN three hours and foTJy-fiVe min
uteS- by those which run on a schedule
OF eighteen miles an hour in four hours
and ten minutes ana BY those which
run on schedule Of sixteen miles an
hour in four hours and forty minutes
Important Meeting Held
The important meeting Of drivers and
observers was held last night In The
assembly room Of the Hotel Walton
Referee Ferguson was in charge, and
he gave a thorough exposition of the
rules going over then one by one to see
that they were thoroughly understood
His wide experience IN reliability con-
test matters and his thorough familiar
ity with the rules was evident as soon
as he began his talk on the platform
Questions relating to the Interpretation
OF the rules which were not quite clear
were asked and answered 10 the salts
faction Of everyone, and the meeting
was declared 10 have been a satiSfac-
tory one
There viii be another meeting Of OBJ
servers this evening - this meeting
only observers Uil be admitted, and
their duties viii be some Into thorough
" so that there viii not be the posi- Z
bility OF any one uninstructed in the
vital matters or the contest going II
any car as an observer
Dinner Tonight.
The drivers. observers. passengers. |
and officials wiz be given a dinner to- /
night in the Hotel Walton by the Nun (
sey newspapers This IS preparatory 10 Z
the starting Of the men in the great 4
contest tomorrow, and at thar function 4
It is expected that all the men VIII be- 4
come acquainted, and the good fellow
ship which was such marked char 4
aCteriStiC Of the 0TGnSey Reliability Con /
test last year viii begin again this year I
10 be one Of the important features OF 4
the historic tour.
fetal notices OF the referee telling the /
men Of the time of starting where 10 4
report. and an the other official ousi-
are anxious 10 know about viii be I
placed on the bulletin board
Mayors Autograph Car.
Besides acting as pilot car, the SeIden
viii be known as the mayors autograph
car, because J D Murphy, who is Of
6ciaIly in charge of II. viii have the
mayors Of AL the cities through which
the tour passes write their names on
the hood and rear Of the machine
Mayor ReybUrn, Of Philadelphia. has
already LfiXed his signature He met
Mr. Murphy by appointment at noon at
the CITY hall Saturday and wrote his
name IN the first place. which was re-
served for the name OF the mayor in the
starting town The hood is printed in
unfinished lead and makes a fne- smooth
surface for the signatures.
Murphy has the famous mayor pen
Gil which was especially built for this
the pencil with the AIuusey COlcrs and 1
the cOlOrs Of Philadelphia, and viii add
the COlOTs Of each city visited At the
end Of the tour The pencil VIII be pre-
scented 10 the management ofthe 2Iunssy
Tour as souvenir
Ohio Forces Arrive
c F. Pratt, president Of the Ohio Mo
tor Car Company. the concern which
has a COntesting car in the Munsey
Historic Tour and which has also given
20 the management Of the tour the
speedy Ohio roadster for the starters
car is at the Hotel walton and was
present at the meeting OF the drivers and
observers last night He was Joined
yesterday by F. E NOTLhWay, the me-
chanical' engineer and designer Of the
Ohio factory
Ar NoTthway was head Of the North
way Motor Co, which is now the Cen
eral Motor Car Company, of Detroit
Harry Matthews. the driver of the
Ohio roadster, Joined the Ohio forces at
headquarters yesterday and the starters
car cane IN By express in the after
noon
The rest Of the Ohio forces fnclude
Ross Ienwood- who viii drive in his
third big tour this year when he pilots /
the Ohio car in the NTuDSey tour He
was at the wheel Of an Ohio car in the
recent Gllduen tour and again ni7otad /
the machine through the Wisconsin run
A f MCLane Is his mechanic
The CinO car, which went through / /
the Glidden and other tours this vas~ !
was delivered into the hands OF The
technlcal committee YESTERDAY Walter (
Donnelly. the driver who is widely T
known throughout the West for his
he has been entered was at head
quarters He was accompanied by Will [
lam F. Meyer