Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-22
BY HOWARD FISK.

BY HOWARD FISK.
| ~VHE office of public roads. De-
partment Of Agriculture, of
which Logan Waller Page is
| direstor, may render aid in the
| construction of two important
| highways, which when completed will
furnish the National Capital with two
modern terminals One OF these is the
proposed road from Richmond to Wash
ington and the other is the new macadam
| highway which is now in the course OF
construction between Fairfax Courthouse
and Washington. The projectors of both
| Of these roads have discussed the matter
| with the office of public roads and
it is expected that the survey over the
Richmond route will be made by the de-
partment. The distance is approximately
16O miles.
The preliminary survey of the Fairfax
Courthouse road will also be made by the
Department of Agriculture public roads
Office. and in addition it may lend steam
roller to the projectors and give expert
assistance over the design and specifica-
tons for the proposed highway. The
Chamber of Commerce of this city has
dISO COIlc W TIC dlu VI lHC ICSiuShAo ~
the Old Dominion by appropriatihg $3.50
in the construction Of this thoroughfare,
which it is predicted will benefit the
merchants Of Washington, who have oc-
casion to use the roads in that section Of
Virginia in the delivery Of merchandise
and products.
The money will be spent on that part
of the highway between Langley, Va,
and the Chain bridge, in order that 1t
will insure good terminal in this city.
The merchants and business men OF
profit by the construction of a fine
macadam roadway. as planned, Will
be invited to donate funds to aid in
the work already under way.
Owing to the absence from the city last
Saturday evening of members Of the
Automobile Club of Washington, the
annual meeting was postponed until
Tuesday evening. January q. The meet
ing will be held at the Hotel Grafton,
Connecticut avenue and De Sales street
northwest. at which time the election
of officers for the ensuing year will take
place. President William s. Duvall an
nounces that number of important mat
tiers will be discussed at this meeting,
and in view of the fact that the AUTO
mobile shows are over now in New York
it is expected that a large attendance
will be on hand Tuesday evening.
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The non-free delivery of Maryland au-
tomobile license tags is q matter which
the motorists of Hagerstown, Md, have
| raised objection to. and ere long 1t is ex-
pected that the courts will be resorted to
with a view to defining the law on this
point. Members OF the Hagerstown Au-
tomobile Club contend that these license
tags should be delivered by the state OF
Maryland with the delivery charges paid
! and not compel the motorist to pay this
additional charge after having paid for
his annual license to operate his car.
Section 1853 Of the act of 1910 says, in
part with reference to the registration
of motor vehicles: said commissioner
shall also, without expense to the appli-
cant, issue and deliver to such owner two
duplicate metal plates bearing the letters
Md and the number or mark assigned
to such motor vehicle aforesaid.
There are at the present time number
of these tags at the express offices at
HagerStOwn. but SO far the persons to
whom the tags have been sent have re-
fused to receive them, because they were
not sent prepaid. The motorists are con-
templat!ng an arrest In order to test the
law.
Insufficient fabrication is liable to cause
| white metal bearing to melt, and when
this occurs the knock Is SO pronounced
that it will give immediate notice. Cen
orally such a melt-out occurs very sud.
denly and completely, but sometimes it
is only partial. and then 1t is possible
to reach home by overdosing the engine
with oil and driving very slowly.
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bile Club of London, England, which will
be thrown open next month. Is consid-
cred the handsomest and most expensive
building for motorists in the world. The
new building cost $1,2oo.O0O to construct
and over 100000 Is being spent in the
decorations. The club has membership
Of 6,O0O 1t is located OH the site OF
the old war Office in Pail Mall ard is
considered veritable palace.
The building is an imposing example
Of the French renaissance style OF archi-
lecture. The noble facade prepares one
for the note OF dignity and spaciousness
within. The general scheme of the in
terror. indeed is Openness OF design Prob
ably the handsOmest chamber Ia the lee
ture hall. the ceiling of which is painted
I'm the inanr:r OF one Of the state apart
ments at Versailles. The restaurant,
which will be able to boast of Nj. Men,
ager, for tWenty-three years chef to the
late King Edward. as head OF the cuisine.
is commodious hail. The restaurant
and the reception room, which will be the
only two apartments Ill the building to
which women will be admitted, are deco
rated in Louis XIV style.
The main club:oom is of similar dimen-
sions to the restaurant. and In 1t the
original Georgian ceiling at the old war
Office. which was carefully removed by
the decorators. has been cleverly restored.
a feature Of the spacious lounge gallery
from the famous Galerie des Glaces at
| Versailles From the members dining
room on the first floor fine vistas OF the
house of parliament and Westminste. Alb
hey are obtained. In the summer time;
when st. James Park is at its best, the
| view from the second floor over Carlton
| terrace should be a great delight.
The latest invention in the automobile
world is the wayside telephone. which
attracted widespread attention last week
| at the Detroit automobile show The
new innovation has been taken up by a
telephone company in Detroit. and thus
far it has made decided hit, especially
| among motorists who happen to stray by
| the wayside or get stalled in the snow
on the outskirts of the city
The wayside service consists of a pock-
| ct combination of receiver and trans
mtter with a short insulated wire and
plug attached. The user who wants to