Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

| applying the tar one-half OF the road
surface Is coated at once and given time
/ to dry before the other half Is coated.
| In this way there is rot any necessity
for motorists getting their car bodies
| coated and ruined with the tar. Where
road surfaces have to be improved 1t is
customary to apply a thin coating OF
| crushed rock and to roll this into place
with heavy steam roller. The tar can
l be mixed with a finer coating OF crushed
/ stone. thus giving a good surface, capa-
BILE of wfthstanding a seasons wear AT
the present the oiing. tarring or build
ing of special roads Is looked upon as
valuable because cleaner and more SAM
| tary, but in addition 1t is more econom-
ical In other words, Ii you have a good
stone road surface 1t is cheaper to oil or
| tar that road and SO save the surface
| than 1t is not to tar it.
Eight events on each day have been
scheduled for the race meet at Brighton
Beach Motordrome July 3 and 4, One of
the chief events will be a free-for-all,
best two out of three heats. in which
Burunan will drive his Benz and some
other noted American will drive the Jenatzy
Mercedes. The first event will be driven
! July and the two other heats July 4.
Two other events will be the hour race
| July and the fifty mile race July 4. Both
of these events will be for cars of GOO
inches displacement and less with a min
! imum weight of 2,10O pounds, which is
| the class of cars which took part in the
recent indianapolis motor speedway con-
| test.
| Keep a sharp watch for breaks In the
surface OF your tires. A couple Of min
| utes spent in examining the tires every
time you bring your car In will prove
about the most profitable investment of
your time you ever made.
| Pennsylvania has undertaken the great
| est road building contract in history. The
state legislature which recently ad-
| iourned arranged for the spending of
$50 600, 600 as an initial start on a scheme
of state highways which will cost when
completed S176O0O.OOO. Furthermore the
state authorities have appointed Edward
| NJ. Bigelow of Pittsburg as chief engineer
to look after. the job, His salary will
when the system Is in full operation
| about 2S.OoO men, including 100 assist
ant engineers and superintendents, at sal
aries ranging from 81 800 to $1,000 per
year. Work on this immense undertaking
will be started as soon as the necessary
details can be arranged. Most OF the
roads built will be macadam and brick
and the state motor federation is going
| to work hard directly in line with Mr.
| BigeIow toward getting the roads best
| located for the motoring interests and see
| that sufficient road and danger signs are
erected in all counties. Within 5 years
| 1t will be possible to go from one end of
Pennsylvania to the other without the
danger or Inconvenience OF being stuck
In two feet of mud some five or six
months Of the year.
Treat your automobile as you would
your watch or ~ horse. Remem-
Der that an al lobile stands more
wear and tear than any mechanical thing.
A locomotive is driven 100 miles or so
and Is laid aside, groaning, painting
nf met al
automobile plugs on hour after hour. day
after day, without proper care and at
tention. and owners wonder. why 1t should
require adjustments and repairs.
Learn the construction OF your car,
study its mechanism. acquaint yourse1
with the duties of its parts and know the
'whyfor'' of everything about It. Then
your auto troubles will cease.
! X
J. X Bishop. r. l.. Barber and Percy
NJ. Moore left Friday afternoon for At
lantc City in the Washington car OF Ed
B. Terry. who piloted the party TO the
| seashore. They went via the short
route" to Philadelphia. thence over the
| White Horse pike TO Atlantic City. The
return trip will be made tomorrow morn
| ing early.
A Hudson fore-door touring car, with
! full equipment was delivered last week
| to Theodore d. Sloat OF this city.
| 4 X
A good system OF lodging the rings
| into the cylinder barrels Is to place the
| cranks up and down SO that one piston
| is at It's highest point while the other
/ is at its lowest. By this means the pair
| Of cylinders can be dropped straight over
| the pistons, the rings OF the upper pis-
ton being guided into the cylinder be-
| fore those of the lower piston have to
| be thought about
| AS rejecting the growth Of the automo-
| bile industry. besides indicating increased
| use OF gasoline for other purposes Of an
| industrial nature 1t Is explained that
| from 1903 to 1909 the output Of this COM
| modify was exactly doubled, while the
| output for the year 1910 is expected to
1 show considerable increase over that Of
/ last year
The total production of 1900 is given on
4 good authority as $780, 600 barrels Of fifty
/ gallons each, including the product of all
| refineries In this country, which. consider
4 ing that only a few years ago gasoline
| was a by-prodmct OF Illuminating oil
| manufacture and considered almost worth
/ less. indicates the basis for the rumors
| OF its supremacy in the field.
At q conservative average figure, the
| first-hand value Of the total production
/ of gasoline and naphtha is given at $4S,-
1 100000 for last year, based on an esti-
i mate OF 10 cents per gallon.
i That the demand for gasoline does not
Il eycapd for tho baa fYpi :,