Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-12

The 1912 line of White gasoline cars
is so complete in sizes and styles of
models. and covers so extensive i
range of prices. that the automobile
market does not afford a line more
complete.
Jacob Dawson, one of the popular
and genial Maxwell representatives in
Newark, has just returned from a long
tour through the Cape Cod territory
He reports the roads beyond West
London to be in excellent condition as
far as Provlncetown
A sanction has been granted by the
contest board of the American Auto
mobile Association for a track meet to
be held at Charter a Part, Hartford,
Conn. on September 3. Ralph De
Palma has been signed to drive his
Simplex at the meet.
With an average Of 10000 miles 10 its
credit the Abbott-D Detroit Bulldog is
now ~journeying along the Pacific coast
bound for Alaska.
Hughie Hughes, whose racing record
includes victories in France and Eng
land as well as In this country, is now
experimenting at the factory in Tren-
ton the assembling of a six-cyllnder
Mercer racing car which he claims will
be the fastest thing on -four wheels
that ever performed in a track race.
There are twenty-three cars entered
SO far for the Elgin races. They are
Lozier, Pope-Hartford, Corbin, Abbott
Detroit. two Simplex, two Coles, two
Velies, three Falcars, three Staver-
Chicagos. four Nationals and three
Alcos.
Manager .O'Neil, of the o'Neil Motor
Car Company. gents for the Paterson
car, has about settled in his handsome
new quarters IN Halsey street, near
William, and has been receiving the
congratulations of his numerous friends
all week. He expects to receive his
1912 line of cars In the near future.
Manager Nicol of the Nicol- Winckl-
hofer Company, has been busy lately
demonstrating the new Jackson line.
He has made numerous salees of his
popular car during the last two weeks.
To the accompaniment of the music
of several brass bands and the honk-
Ing of hundreds of automobile horns
the transcontinental caravan of ten
Premier touring cars, the prairie
schooner baggage car and the pilot
machine. driven by Ray Mcnamara,
arrived in Los Angeles from San Fran
cisco. The occasion was made a holi-
day by Los Angeles motorists, hun
dreds of whom met the tourists at the
city limits and several miles out.
Although American automobiles are
becoming quite popular in France, the
French engineers and manufacturers
are not slow to state that the regular
stock cars built in the United States
have too much power. They maintain
that putting racing power in a family
touring car is ridiculous, wasteful and
inc~onvenient, and In consequence is
not good engineering. They predict
that In future years the average tour
ing car seen on American roads will
| seldom have more than 80 horsepower
and In the seven-passenger class never
over 40
That traf1c conditions in New York
city are becoming SO congested that II
is only a question of time when the
horse-drawn vehicle will literally be
legislated off certain streets is the
opinion of A. f. Barker, general a
ager of the Universal Motor Truck
Company.
A. L. Westgard, who for some time
has been connected with the Touring
Club of America, has Joined forces
with the American Automobile Asso-
citation, and will travel for the new
bureau of tours of that organization.
The new tour book of the Sunday
Call is promised for distributor about
October /.
The board of trustees of the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor Gu will
hold a meeting next week for the cleo
ton of members.
The Automobile Club of America
made public recently an offer to give
81. 900 to any person who shall give in
formation leading to the arrest n
conviction of any robber who has held
up and robbed an automobile traveller
on the public highway. This is done
to stimulate local officials in the small
towns and villages.
The overland Sales Company of New