The Washington herald., 1911-04-30
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| Frederick Elliott secretary Of the
lefty yesterday arranging for the openine
Of the Warrington branch. which Is te
be in charge of Leroy Mark. predicts that
this organization win do much to pro,
mote the good roads movement He had
q long talk with Logan Page. director OF
1.-THE Bureau Of Good Roads Of the Depart
lment Of Agriculture. They went into the
good roads question very thoroughly and
agreed they would keep one another In
formed As to road conditions In every
section Of the country. The Touring
lClub has four machines on the road DUR
ling the touring season studying road con-
ditions.
Fred Harveycutter has accepted the
position Of local manager Of the George
Meeley Firestone agency.
The Carter Motor Car Corporation has
delivered q seven-passenger Washington
touring car to Mr.. A. Herman.
| F. p. Steele, sales manager Of the In
ter-state, is in the city as guest Of D. F..
Hendrtck, local representative Of the car.
B. F. Pilsen has purchased a seven-pas-
senger STANDARDIZATION 80" from the
Barnard Motor Company.
Miller Bros have delivered model T
Ford touring cars to Leo F. Zwissler.
Miss N. Gundy. c. H. Peterson. Joseph
A. Hayden, L. p. Smith, ]. s. Gruver,
J. C. Snyder, and DIR. Wunders; a Ford
torpedo roadster to D. r. L. Cook, and
q fore door Velie to g. D. di Zerga.
A. B. Rawlings has purchased q War
ren-Detroit torpedo roadster from Nor
man 8. Bowles. while l. w. Strayer has
purchased a Warren-Detroit tourabout.
Il notice a great deal in the trade pa
pers about the automobile boom that
has struck the West. but II is nothing
to what It will be in the.South next Year."
said Willis Cronkhite wholesale man for
the Buick Motor Company. They are
now building good roads in that part OF
the country, and in another year they
will have them pretty well finished, at
pleasant ride. The question of deliv-
cries will then be the only reason why
there will be a dearth Of machines in
that section" -...-.- ...-.
The local branch which the Touring
Club OF America has opened in this city
will be in charge Of Leroy Mark. He
will have on hand maps Of all the roads
and their routings for this section Of
the country.
H. B. Leary, jr.. has been informed
by the Hudson factory that H. T. Dodge.
the representative Of this car in Calcutta.
India, has just returned from 5000
mile trip into the interior, made in a
Hudson go His travels took him over
the mountainous sections and he has
averaged between eighteen and twenty
miles on a gallon Of gasoline. an impor-
tant consideration in that remote place.
Fifty per cent Of all pneumatic tires
that go to pieces do SO. not because they
are worn out, but because they receive
careless handling" says George Meeley,
the Firestone man. Every time a driver
applies his brakes with violent force,
causing his wheels to scrape along the
pavement or roadway, he infiicts an in
jury to the tread that cannot help but
materially reduce the tire mileage
Rounding corners at q high rate Of speed
is an expensive way Of showing skillfui
driving"
Two Cadillacs are being fitted out by
the Northwestern Military Academy with
the idea Of demonstrating their use in
the signal division of an army. They
will have telescope masts. bearing an
tennae wires, whereby wireless messages
can be transmitted fifty or sixty miles.
Shortly after o'clock this morning
S. A Luttrell and a party Of friends
started for New York in a Packard 80"
Outside Of making the trip for pleasure
through a new country. the route be-
tween the Capital and the metropolis
will be mapped out. The trip will be via
Baltimore and York. Pa, thence over the
York Pike to Philadelphia, and on to
New York by one of the well-known
routes. Returning. the route will be the
same to Philadelphia, and from there
back to Baltimore via Wilmington and
Havre de Grace and Baltimore, thence
home over the pike.
After q fight extending for the better
part Of two years, Bar Harbor, Me-.
finally will be rendered accessible to au-
tomobiles. The inhabitants Of the Maine
city, who were opposed to automobile
traffic, had successfully prevented the
passing of motor cars over Bar Harbor
roads until this month. when a bill was
passed by the legislature permitting the
voters of the town of Eden to construct
under certain restrictions road for
automobiles leading from the Trenton
bridge into Bar Harbor.
These restrictions specify that the pro-
posed highway shall be at least twenty
four feet wide; that it shall not follow
any now-existing road, except as specifi-
cally mentioned In the bill; that speed
regulations are to be passed by the town
of Eden, and that same road must be
fully paid for or its cost Of $4,000 guar
anteed by the township before any au-
tomobiles are to be permitted to travel
upon it. The bill further provides that
the people OF Eden must begin action
within one year Of the date Of the bill
or forfeit the privileges granted In II.
According to a decision Of the German
courts, the extra seats which may be
placed in touring cars cannot be consider
ed as fixed seats and do not subject the
THE HUPP.YEI