The Washington times., 1911-04-25
State Commission to Build
Two Hundred Miles
of Highway. -
IMPROVEMENTS TO
BE ON VAST SCALE
All Old Toll Gates to Be Removed
Before End of Year.
1t Is Hoped.
BY HARRY WARD.

Washington motorists are delighted
that spring work on the Maryland high
ways has been started by the road COM
mission of that State.
The commission, 1t Is learned, plans
to construct 200 miles of improved high
ways during the year, and nearly
100000 will be expended in the con-
struction of new roads and the i'm
provement Of others. Negotiations are
more w estminster turnpike, and by the
close of the year the commission hopes
to rid the State of all the toll gates.
These relics of bygOne days are the
bane of motorists who use the Maryland
roads, and their abandonment will be
hailed with delight by every person who
owns an automobile. II the State road
commission will order all the thank
you-mams" ironed out the motorists will
rise and call the members blessed.
The placing of two windshields on
an automobile is a feature which has
been introduced by the Franklin Auto
mobile Company, said David s. Hen
drick, the Franklin agent.
THE first windshield is placed in reg
ular position in front of the driver,
while the other is bracketed upon the
back of the front seat. The turning Of
small clamps permits a forward. back
ward, or vertical position for this sec
ond shield The advantage of this type
of construction is said to be exclusive
ness for the occupants of the rear seat.
While they are in an open car and en-
joy all the advantages of that form
of vehicle, the second windshield sep
arates them from the front seat occu-
pants. 1t also acts as break for the
wind which the first shield often does
not keep from the rear seat"
Mount Hotham, Australia, has been
conquered by an automobile after
years of efforts to reach its snow-cap-
ped peaks, $500 feet above sea level,
said Manager John Thomas, Of the
United Motor Washington Company.
Two Americans in Maxwell auto
mobile climbed to the highest point In
the old coach road UP the mountain
after driving several miles through
gum tree forests and crossing a vast
son and Thomas NJ. Orr were the sue
cessful parties. They produced pho
tographs substantiating their claim 1t
is said that fully one hundred cars have
attempted to climb this mountain put
failed. The grades are so sharp that
1t is difficult in a long pull to lubri-
cate the front cylinders of motors"
The Stoddard-Dayton car that piloted
the Glidden tour pathfinder from Wash
!ngton to Baltimore attracted much at
tention throughout the entire trip
Driven by Clarence Barnard, the car
made the trip in fast time, and the Gid
den scouts were loud in their praises of
the fine work of the car that laid out
the route for the Four Leaf Glover run.
Harlow Hyde, of the Stevens-Duryea
Company, was in Washington yesterday
to witness the start of the Glidden path
finding party.
The Rambler Automobile Company re-
ports the sale and delivery of a Ram
bier touring car to DR.. Cornelius De-
Weese.
Recent sales of EMF cars made bv
the Commercial Automobile and Supply
Company include the following: Tour
ing car, H. H. Miller; roadster, John
Tyssowski: foredoor touring car, Alex
ander S. Chaper.