The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

The annual meeting of the Society of
Automobile Engineers will be held in
New York on January IS, 19, and 20. This
Is during the week of the commercial
vehicle division of the automobile show
at Madison Square Garden. The sessions
of the society will take place in the as
sembly hall of Madison Square Garden.
The Society of Automobile Engineers will
close the year of 1911 with nearly 200
members.
Now that the Abbott-Detrolt Bull
dog has so practically demonstrated the
fact that an automobile can be run sue
Cessfully north of the arctic circle, there
is every possibility that horses and dogs
will be replaced by automobiles next
winter between White Horse and Daw-
son." said DR. Charles G. Percival.
editor of Health Magazine. of New York
city. who has just emerged from the
klondke region after successfully driv-
ing the globe travelling Abbott Detroit
Bulldog north Of 64 degrees.
We were the first automobile in Jun
eau, and many of the younger and some
of the older habitants saw for the first
time q real gasoline vehicle Of which
they had seen pictures and read Of There
is not much chance to drive around
Juneau, and ten miles about completes
the total roads of the city At Skagway
they have seen three motor cars, one be-
longing ito the manager of the Guggen-
helm interests, while Stanley Scarce. now
of Seattle, brought one in a year or two
ago, and took ii to White Horse by rail-
road. and then down to Dawson on the
boat, where he used it in the livery
business about town. Joe Boyle of the
Bear Creek Mining Company. also
brought in one. and used to drive up and
down the creek tn visit his claim; so
the Abbott is the third automobile to
reach the KlOndike region and the first
one to make the entire country from
Skagway on under its own power"
With the leasing of the new Grand
Central Palace for the exhibition of au-
tomObiles and commercial motor We
hiCles, January 10 to Il. the MANAGEMENT
Of the show secured quarters that in
beauty. area of floor space. convenience,
and safety are an improvement upon
any exhibition building heretofore exist
ing in New York City. As a matter of
sentiment for its associa tions everybody
will regret the passing of Madison
Square Garden next February, when the
work of its demolition will begin. but as
a matter of fact the annual automobile
SiO" ONNSlt" Tie DullulHS SeNBTdl years
ago, so that the holding of two shows
in New York became necessary.
The new palace~will be in itself a
strong attraction at show time because
of its beauty and novelty Located
only few blocks north of the New
York Central station. II fronts on Lex
ington avenue between Forty-sixth and
Forty-seventh streets, and rises to
height of thirteen stories. 1t occupies a
block 200 by 215 feet, and is of gray
stone and brick construction, with a steel
skeleton. The cost of the building was
nearly H,15O,OOO. and of the ground on
which II stands almost as much.
The Carter Motor Car Corporation re-
ports the following sales of 1912 wash
ington" cars during the past week: To
James w. Bean, a five-passenger; to A.
II. COrdes. a five-passenger, and to c.
j. Cole, a five-passenger. The Carter
Motor Car Corporation has just closed
with the Frank II. Dexter Exporting
Company. of New York, for 100000
worth of 1912 washington" cars for
foreign countries.
An old tire man who has followed the
development of the automobile from it's
inception, has the following to say re-
garding valves:
1T is a remarkable fact that the
valve insides to-day are the same that
were used twenty years ago on bicycle
tires. In fact, the valve is about the
only individual part of automobile con-
struction that has not been greatly inn
proved.
My observation IS that a great deal
Of tire trouble is due to leaky valves,
and this is particularly annoying because
frequently the real cause is not discov-
cred until after the shoe has been taken
off. In any event, the only remedy is
re placing the valve inside, and this ne
cessitates pumping an empty tube. Fur
thermore, If the inside sticks, II is more
than likely that the little prongs at the
top will be twisted OF so that the inside
cannot be removed at ALL"