The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-15

the Gldden tour and won perfect score.
Last year, IN the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
run, II did likewise. but except for few
brilliant performances in hill-climbing. the
car has been seen but little IN actual COM
petition. It has. however. made truly
wonderful touring records while being
driven by private owners. and it was due
as much 70 these records as 70 anything
else that the committee IN charge Of the
Munsey tour selected It as pilot Of the
1910 tour.
The selection is rather appropriate. in
that the car IS built by George Il. SeIden
inventor OF the gasoline automobile.
/ father Of them ALL" and the fact that
this car will lead the way when the tour
starts this year will make the event an
the more interesting
Mr.. ". L. Brice has placed an order
with Miller Brothers for a Ford touring
car
Mr. Raphael Semmes is now manager
Of the Congressional Garage.
The new model Washington type CO..
4o-horsepower, fitted with Hess-Bright
/ =. ". r. bearings and vanadium steel IS
attracting considerable attention. Already
quite number OF these cars have been
sold' among those buying being several
first purchasers OF Washington cars who
have placed orders for early delivery OF
the new model. The motor IS OF the
'Lancia' type. with automatic water
! jacketed carburetor. Ignition is by means
! Of the Simms magnetic guaranteed for
ten years. with self starter on dash. A
new automatic clutch brake enables the
nOiseless changing Of speeds The cylin-
ders have a bore Of as inches and a
stroke OF 81 inches. The clutch Is of the
/ disk type The transmission Is Of the
well-known Brown-Lipe type. with
chrome nickel steel gears and Thinker
bearings. Mr.. i. S. Kann is among the
recent purchasers OF one Of these cars.
1t is fitted with touring car body. fin
ished in wine color, striped in gold. the
leather being Of the same shade as body
color, and the car fully equipped
Mr.. David Rothschllds and Mr., Ben
Schwartz are among the recent pur-
chasers Of Washington cars.
The residents Of Fifteenth street. north
Of Florida avenue. have been greatly in
! terested recently in the number OF auto
mobiles climbing the steep hill at that
point. The grade affords an excellent
opportunity for demonstration. and was
used las, week for this purpose by Mr..
VIII J. Wells, Of the Warren De
troit automobile agency.
| With the shipment Of three new model
/ stx-cylinder Mitchell cars from the Mitch
| ell-Lewis Motor Companys plant at Ra-
/ cine Wis. 10 Los Angeles. Cal. the other
/ day, there was a significant sign on the
| car: "U. S. NJ"
Guess that ought to put this con-
| signment through to the Pacific coast on
| fast freight schedule time" remarked
Sales Manager James W. ellison. Last
| year a Mitchell Ranger, bearing war dis
patches from Mai Gen. Leonard Wood,
/ L. S. A, to Maj. Gen. John Weston,
/ L. S. A. on the transcontinental run
/ from New York to San Francisco. found
! Old Glory trailing from the hagstam at
| the rear Of the tonneau an open sesame
In many localities where traffic was i'm
peded by weather conditions. Everybody
was eager to make way for the army
car. Later. when a Mitchell Ranger bore
the colors over the 1910 Glldden tour route
on task of logging the roads, the peo-
pie showed the army car every possible
courtesy. The Mitchell Is going to carry
the United States mails in several cities.
/ especially in San Francisco and Los An
geles."
The Davis Construction Company and
the w B. Wright Company have pur-
chased Maxwell cars
! The Zell Motor Company report the fol-
| lowing sales for the week: Congressman
J. Nj. Moore. Chalmers 30; Walter E
Schneider, Chalmers 30; W. o. Burton
and j. C. Tribby, Hudson roadsters.
Mr.. l. p. Dorset journeyed with Mr.
w. 3. Hibbs to Leesburg last week and
had a most enjoyable trip. Mr.. Dorset.
by the way. has engaged the assistance