Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17

| CONTINUED From Eleventh Page.)
cars, and that in the Sd Regiment Armory
to gasoline pleasure cars and accessories.
| For the second week there will be
shown electrics exclusively in the LIST
Regiment Armory, along with general
exhibition Of such electrical devices as
apply to the automobile. such as lighting
and self-starting appliances. batteries.
rectifiers. etc. For the second week at
the Sd Regiment Armory commercial cars
OF all classes. both gasoline and electric,
To fill the gap between the four-pas-
senger touring car or toy tOnneau. as
they are more Familiarity known. and the
two-passenger roadster. new model seat
ing three passengers side by side is now
on the market. There has been need of
such body for a long time, in which
the third passenger need not be relegated
to the uncomfortable, II not dangerous,
rumble seat.
majority of the sixty American auto
mobile engineers who participated in the
first official European visit of the Society
OF Automobile Engineers arrived in New
| York last week. The party consisted of
the designing and producing engineers, as
well as manufacturers representing most
of the leading automobile factories, and
Of several industries allied with motor
car production in the United States. One
of the ideas of the trip was that these
men should see at first-hand the con-
ditions Of the manufacture, maintenance
and use Of European pleasure and COM
mercial motor cars. They inspected prac-
tically all of the big typical automobile
factories in England. and the plants of
the most important firms in France. Dr.
viding into groups, visits were also made
| by them to leading firms concerned in
l motor nTOdnCttOn
and Belgium.
| Coker F. Garrison. general manager of
the society, In speaking Of the comparative
merit Of European and American automo-
bile design and construction, said that
there was much to be learned both at
home and abroad. but that. on the whole,
considering extended efficient use of full
automatic machine tools, quantity pro-
duction, modern factory methods and de-
| sign to meet severe read conditions UNI
known in Europe, the American automo-
bile engineer can show greater develop
| ment and more efficient means to the
desired end of highly practicable mechan-
zeal road locomotion. Almost any general
statement in this connection is likely to
be misleading.
II That the scheduled annual series of an
American factory exceeds the total annual
output of any entire European country
Is beyond the understanding of many
Europeans. In accordance with the
ideas of one English speaker, cars
glorified perambulators. The English
technical press, however, has lately
been commenting upon the fact that
4 these same perambulators not only
1 run. but continue to run. America, not
| Europe. has developed the lOw-priced
| automobile, which certainly meets an
insistent demand no less than any
other. Low-priced cars of American
in quantity and are there doing salts
| factory, efficient service. and will, as
we'll as other American cars of all
| prices. be sold in Europe in increasing
/ quantity.
| Some motorists who have tried the
introduction of graphite into lubricat-
| ing oil find that it works satisfactorily.
| II this is tried the proportions should
be teaspoonful to a pint of oil. Those
| who have tried 1t say that 1t builds up
irregularities on bearing and wearing
ders. resulting in better cylinder lu-
| bricatiOn.
| It is rumored that there is strong
probability Of the discontinuance Of the
| annual auto races at Savannah. strong
protest was made by the clergymen Of
Savannah against Transforming Thanks
| giving day and week into carnival OF
| racing. 1t is frankly admitted that the
races have been held during the. past
| TOUR years CnlcHy 10 aQVoIIlSc 0dVdHudus
rather than to make money. and now that
| this object has been accomplished, there
| is q strong feeling that the present Is q
good time to cry halt
The organization and conduct OF the
| race has constituted an arduouS task and
been attended with great responsibility
| and no small anxiety. The demands on
| the time of the city and state officials, the
officers Of the Savannah Automobile Club
| and especially on the militia, whose work
|, 1t has been to guard the course. have
| been very great and there will be q
very decided feeling of relief II 1t Is de-
! cided to withdraw from the race-pro-
1 noting game.
| 1T is already plain that with Savannah
out of the field there will be a spirited
contest for the honor Of holding these
speed contests in 1912. Atlanta has hopes
Of getting them. or one of them for her
speedway; while there is little doubt that
| California and Illinois will put In bids.
| the former on behalf Of the Santa Monica
course, and the latter for the Elgin
course.
| A nut that resists every attempt at get
after 1t has been heated for several min
utes. This can be done with torch or by
holding a hot piece of iron against 1t for
a while. This will cause the nut to ex-
of.
Semi-ofiicial announcement has been
made that the provincial government OF
| Canada will do everything In Its power to
bring about the construction of road
500 miles long between Rouses Point
IN Y, and Montreal, Quebec. The news
was given out by J. c.. Kaine. minister In
the Borden cabinet. who said:
/ '.The government of Quebec has learned
the ADVANTAGES which exist in the con- con.
| struction Of good roads, but these ROADS
ought not to serve to merely bring auto
mobsts to one or two cities ;h but :, on the
the entire province. Thus, while the
Montreal to Rouses Point road nads will be
| II win then be continued to Rimoushi and
farther Il possible III. / is rd Necessary ssr
| the municipalities cooperate. the govern
ment. for example. paying half the cost
/ and the towns the rest.
l. Washington motorists are interested in
this announcement by reason OF tn, the fact
| which is eventually to extend from Nom
treal. Canada, to Miami. Fla, =. and passes
ficials OF the American Automobile Assoc