The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

morrow morning for q visit to the fac
tory. at Flint, Mich.
Ralph Gait left yesterday in his stude-
baker ''4G' for Colonial Beach. to be gone
over the holiday.
The Selby Company, representatives of
the Paige-Detroit, has moved from Four
teenth and r streets to 1913 street
northwest.
John c. Rau will leave this morning in
his EMF touring car on a trip through
Maryland.
B. K. McCIoskey started yesterday
morning in his Buick for Atlantic City.
Harpers Ferry is to be the objective
point Of the trip which w. w. Briggs.
behind the wheel of his EMF, started
on yesterday afternoon.
Frank Stewart leaves this morning in
) a REQ for Atlantic City. where he will
} spend all Of next week.
John Thomas and Harry williams will
start out this morning in a Columbia for
three days trip into Pennsylvania.
A three days trip through Maryland
and West Virginia has been planned by
c. H. Harding, who started out yester-
day morning behind the wheel Of his
Buicf.
NJ. N Rich in his EMF started for
Atlantic City yesterday morning He will
stop over tomorrow in Philadelphia and
go to the seashore for the holiday.
Joseph Trimble and Mrs. TrimbIe will
leave this morning in their Cole roadster
} on a trip through Pennsylvania.
Claude z. Miller and Mrs. Miller left
yesterday in a model T Ford touring car
for New York. They will be gone over
the holiday.
Like Ralph De Palma and other star
drivers, Louis Disbrow has decided TO
pursue a free lance career, and not tie
himself down to any one company. There
are few companies which enter all Of the
big motor speed events scheduled. and
at present Disbrow is considering sew
eral offers to pilot cars In the Elgin road
race.
One important subject which will be
1 BlNcH 81 gen
eral meeting of the Manufacturers Con-
test Association in August will be the
question Of racing upon circular dirt
tracks. The popularity Of motor car COM
petition has promoted county and State
fair organizations to feature automobile
races. Whether racing of this kind upon
a mile dirt track should be legislated
against, or granted only after an entire
reconstruction of the track surface and
surroundings, and some adequate pro
vision other than water has been made
for laying the dust, are open questions.
Col. T. c. Du Pont, the multi-million-
aire powder manufacturer Of Delaware,
who recently gave that State $1,000,9OO
with which to build an automobile high
way, has purchased Speedwell seven-
passenger car for the use Of his engi-
neers in the construction Of the road.
Service is as much factor in selling
automobiles as in having a car that will
live up to the predictions Of the sales
man." says Tied" Johnston, of tue Buick
Motor Company. by this term service
is understood not only the men to make
any adjustments or repairs that may
be necessary, but the parts to replace
used or broken ones. In our stock room,
which has recently been completed. we
have on hand at all times every part
Of each model the Buick company builds,
and II necessary we could assemble en-
entire car from our stock room
s. A. Luttrell and Mrs. Luttrell leave
this morning for a trip In their Packard
, "SO' for q trip through Maryland, Vir-I
! ginia, and Pennsylvania that will last
!. over the holiday. ....-.
David s. Hendrick. local representative
of the Thomas, returned yesterday from
Buffalo, where he has been for the last
week attending a convention of Thomas
dealers.
r. A. Clarke is planning to start the
first part of this week in his Regal road
ster on trip to Montreal
} I'VE have no standard body model for
our trucks says w. B. McBurney, rep
resentative of the Mack line. I'VE aim
to build a body suitable for whatever
J kind of work the truck is to be used
for The needs of each purchase are
4 different so it would be impracticable to-
build only standard types Of bodies
From S4-pound wagons to 22Oo-poundI
automobiles is the jump made by CHS
holm Phillips. Cleveland agent of the
!, Hudson Motor Car Company. Ten years
ago Mr.. Philips was famed for building
the lightest wagons in the world. He
had gotten the weight down from 14s
pounds to thIrty~four pounds, the last be-
!. ing the weight of the wagon with which
the famous Lou Dillon made her sensa-
tional speeds Of o:5s 1-2 for the half mile
and 2:o2 for the mile
The Carter Motor Car Corporation has
sold sevsn-passenger Washington tour
. ing car to Louis Bush. hve-passenger
cars to DR.. A. " Parsons. L. cabell
Williamson. Louis Kann. s. J. yenabls.
and Louis Oailisher. They have also
sold two washington roadzters 10 the ftre
department OF tho DlstriJt.
Correspondence received BY the service
bureau Of the United stetes Tire COM
pany shows that rsany autcmobilists who
make q study OK their tires are able to