The Washington times., 1911-11-08
GOVERNOR MANN|S |
ACTION PLEASING
TO AUTOMOB|L|STS
Proclamation Issued by the
Executive Of Vir-
ginia.
By HARRY WARD.

Motorists are delighted with the ac-
ton OF Governor Mann OF Virginia, In
issuing proclamation calling atten.
ticn to the national good roads congress
to be held in Richmond. November 20-a3.
designating the week Immediately pre-
ceding 1t az good roads week. The
governors of every State In the Union
will be asked to do likewise 1t is be-
lieved this will stimulate greater in
tcrest in the subject of highways,
matter that is OF compelling interest
10 every man who owns an automobile.
President Taft will deliver the
principal address on the opening day OF
the congress. which will be known as
national day" Other distinguished
speakers OH this day who will cheer the
motorists with their strong views favor
ing better highways will be Governor
! Martin. of Virginia: President W w.
Finley, of the Southern railway;
Congressman J. Hampton Moore. and
Senator Bankhead of Georgia.
The seconI day OF the congress will
bc known as highway. engineers and
contractors day. The third day will he
raftd uscrs day, and the exercises will
bt under the auspices Of the Touring
CAB CT America. 1t is expected quite
Il delegation of motorists from this city
will attend the congress.
With the passengers on one of the
limited trains running into Denver a.
his excited audience, and the pcwerf,tF
mogul hauling the train In the role
of competitor, Barney Kane, an anna
teur driver, plotting a Lozier six-cylin--
der car, furnishd real contest over a
twelve-mile stretch of prairie land near
Denver during the recent reliability
run of the Denver Motor Club. The de-
| tails Of the race have Just been re-
ceived by w. NJ. Giesey, manager. Of
the lIozier Sales Company, of this city.
Kane's car had been designated as the
: pilot in the $50 mile endurance run and
carried party of newspaper men.
The members of the press had faith
fully ohronicled the story of the five
! day run, in phrases and pictures, and
as a reward requested little burst Of
speed just before reaching Denver. A
stretch of road running parallel to the
railroad tracks was selected. and Kane
! had the satisfaction of overhauling the
train and beating 1t into Denver by
more than four hundred yards. Tho
rate of speed attained was seventy,
miles an hour.
After mach haro Nork Manager
| Ted Johnston and his assistants have
| finally got the Buick service depart
! ment installed in temporary quarters at
1929 L street. The fire in the Buick
4 warehouse last Friday crippled the serv-
! Ice and made necessary a temporary
| location until the old quarters on Seven
| teenth street could be repaired. The
insurance adjusters are completing their
| work Of adjusting the loss caused by
| the garage fire and the work Of re-
building the warehouse will proceed
! rapidly.
The year 1912 is expected to see
ocean-toocean touring extremely popu-
lar. More transcontinental tours for
next year have already been planned.
1t is said. than have been made in the
past altogether. The glowing reports
| of the pleasures of transcontinentai |
| touring brought back East by the forty
wealthy motorists in the recent ocean
! to-ocean tour have stimulated the in
terest in touring to an unprecedented
degree. and transccntinental partias
next year promise to be so common as
to attract little or 10 attention