Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

Continued from Nineteenth Page)

branch of the Buick Motor Company
was the recipient OF cong ratulations dur
ing the past>week, the occasion being the
opening Of the new quarters on COnnectf-
cut avenue. The interior of the spacious
salesroom is handsomely finished in Flem-
ish oak. with the panels of red burlap,
with the plate-rail effect, a heavy panel
ceiling, with drop electric lights COM
plotting the interior fittings.
While a Flanders 800 was mapping
out the route of the Glidden tour a sister
car was doing similar pathfinding on the
Pacific coast. laying out a Pacific high
way from Seattle to San Francisco. Like
the car that finished the run from New
York to Jacksonville. the coast car made
its "trip without mechanical difficulty of
any kind. and in such dashing style as
to attract general admiration all along
the route.
Alvin G. Belt Lee O'Brien, Ed ]. Muir
ply and \. c. Wiley left yesterday after
noon at ; o'clock for Philadelphia. where
they VII witness the second game OF the
worlds series. They are making the trip
in Mr.. Belts Cadillac, going via Havre
de Grace and Eikton.
Is ::
W. r. Martin. a prominent motorist OF
the Windy city,, who passed through
this city recently with party of friends
in his Stevens-Duryea touring car. has
arrived at his destination. The itinerary
of the trip after leaving Chicago included
Detroit, Windsor. Montreal. Canada;
ton, VT, to Breton Woods. \. H.: Bos-
ton; thence along the Atlantic to New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and WASH
ington. From here the route was via
winchester, Va: Cumberland, Md; Wash
ington, Pa; Wheeling, w. Va: Zanes-
vile. Columbus and Indianapolis. The
party covered 1900 miles In this car,
which is model Y. 1910 type. without an
~f he mil Cfn rC
being made for gasoline and Oil. Every
member in the party thoroughly enjoyed
the trip, and were delighted with the
sights at the National Capital
= = = !:
An order which recently went into eff
feet at the Studebaker CORPORATE tons E.
M-F factories in Detroit illustrates the
growing attention which American manu-
facturers are giving to the export trade.
The order required the location OF tall
lights on the right instead of the left side
of twenty-five EMF 80 and Flanders
20 cars in every days run of produc-
ton. These are the cars which the firm
daily ships to it's dealers IN foreign coun-
tries The order is concession to the
rules of the road in force in foreign
lands where meeting cars turn to the
left and passing cars go by on the right
the converse of the American system.
Aside from this change and the fact that
the tires for the cars must be selected on
the metric systems instead OF by inches,
the same types of cars as those which
form the regular run of the American
trade.
Latest estimates Of the number of mo-
tor cars which will be built in the United
States during the next twelve months put
the figure at 22S0 900 including pleasure
cars and commercial vehicles.
x x < =
1t is noticeable that an increasing num-
Der of persons are now reading newspa-
pers as they ride in automobiles. AT frs,
no motorist ever did this They were al
engrossed in the, novelty of the machine
x
The agency for the Motorette passen-
ger and delivery cars has been secured by
A. lehman. who has located his display
rooms at 405-40I 1312 street northwest.
In deciding to give Delaware a 11O-mile
trunk line highway, Gen. T. Coleman du
Pont recognized that such a road would
be of some benefit TO every inhabitant
of the state: A hospital. college and
manual training school were considered,
but rejected in favor of the road, and so
Gen. du Pont proposed to present to his
home state the most finished road ever
proyiso. and that decidedly essential. for
II related to the guarantee of state main
tenance forever.
While in New York city recently, Gen.
du Pont visited national headquarters
of the American Automobile Association
on 9Th avenue for he is one Of the oldest
members of the Delaware Automobile
Association. which is part of>the ma
IN organized effort to secure the things
that are worth while. Commenting upon
tho project. which now absorbs the
greater part of his attention. the general
said:
II want to build a road that will be
lasting one, and ! am gradually collect