The Washington herald., 1911-07-23

testing ground.
R c. Smith, president OF the Overland
Washington Company, who has been on
visit to the factory at Toledo, Ohio.
for the past week, returned yesterday.
J. B. Kimberly and family have left on
a two-weeks' trip through Maryland and
Pennsylvania in their Thomas so tour
ing car.
H. L. Turner has returned from a trip
in his Pope-Hartford which took him as
far West as Chicago. He went via
Wheeling. W. Va. and Indianapolis.
The return journey was made by way
of Cleveland. Buffalo, and New York
City.
Hagerstown, Nd, will be the objective
point Of a trip that Fred Geyer and a
party Of friends will make to-day in his
Apperson go touring car.
Tire chains should be used only when
absolutely necessary. Care should be
taken to see they are properly adjusted
Applying them too tightly tends to cut
the tire in one place, whereas II applied
loosely they will move about over the
whole surface of the casing and what
ever cutting results will be distributed
over a greater surface.
Louis Smoot and Charles Orme left
yesterday in two Apperson cars for a trip
through Southern Maryland to Mr..
Smoot's summer home.
Motorists who use the Conduit road
should avoid the stretch between FoxhaII
road and the lower reservoir, as this
stretch has been recently oiled.
Ridgeville Nd, with the return trip
via Baltimore, will be the route fol-
lowed to-day by r. H. Martin. of the
Buick Motor Company, who will drive a
model 80 Buick.
g. II. Bell has started on trip which
will carry him as far North rs Maine
in his Regal underslung roadster.
Tomorrow the second Of the demon
stration tests for the water department
Of the District will be held The course
Is a forty-mile one, and on the FIRST day
the two remaining cars to make the test.
the White and the wilcox. win travel
It one way, the next day reversing their
route. Two Of the cars which are COM
peting. tho Mack and Auto car. made
the trip last week.
Washington Is rapidly becoming pop
ular point for Northern motorists. Hardly
a day goes by but what one or more
touring parties from Northern States ar
rive in the city. After few days lay
over here they start on their return trip.
few of them caring to venture South,
owing to the reputation Virginia roads
have In the North. They are not as bad
as pictured. however. One of the pret-
test trips to be found anywhere lies
down through the Shenandoah Valley and
the road Is fiEe macadam pike. No doubt
when the project now on foot to build
highway between this city and
Leesburg. Va. goes through the trip |
down the valley will become more pop
ular.
Edgar orme and his big Apperson have
made a unique tire record. The car has
been driven almost 1000 miles. and the
tires stu carry their original air.
Fridays storm played havoc with the
parties that started from
to the celebration at Bull
Run. Out Of the eight machines In the |
Presidential party but one car got |
and that model II Buick. car
rying q number Of Newspaper men. From
accounts OF the trip tho road conditions |
we're worse than were ever encountered /
IN an endurance run out Of this city. not |
barring the one OF last fall when Il rained /
Tor week before the start and during |
Lhe TIN.