Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
MODERN irT0MOBnE STREET. >WEErEH.
Copyright by ln.erwot sl & Underwood New York.


the plant where the Detroit electric We
hices are built.
II frequently happens that car runs
finely for time and then the motorist
suddenly aWakes to the fact that It's
action is becoming less and less lively.
and upon looking back. in the light OF
this Illuminating realization. sees this
failure has been coming on for a long
while. but so slowly to have missed
attention till now. With such symptoms
as these it should be noted whether the
exhaust is smoky and smelly and renem-
bered whether or not it is habitually so.
remedy Is in the muffler. the small holes
of which are clogged and may he almost
entirely closed. Exhaust back pressure
works this way.
F. W. Powers. manager of the local
branch of the Goodyear Tire Company.
left Friday for the hearquarters of the
company at Akron. Ohio
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Indications are that the coming
show season of 191. VIII be the great :
est yet witnessed in the United States
Already the following exhibitions are
scheduled and preparations for them
are under way:
January 10. 131a-New York CITY
Grand Central Palace, annual show. Au
tomobile Manufacturers Association of
America
January 6-13-New York city. Madi-
son Square Garden. twelfth annual
show. pleasure car division. automobile
board of trade.
January 1o-17-New York city. Madi-
son Square Garden, annual show. motor
and accessories manufacturers
January 10-17-NeW York city.
Grand Central Palace. twelfth annual
show. National Association of Automo-
bile Manufacturers.
January 15-20-New York city. Madi-
son Square, Garden. twelfth annual
show. commercial division. automobile
board of trade.
January 27-February 1o-ChicaGo
Coliseum. eleventh annual automobile
tional Association of Automobile Manu-
iacturers.
Model T. Ford touring ears. were de-
livered last week to Dr.. NJ. +. Miller
and. H. G. Machen and a roadster to
Dr. w. II. Gibbons. The latter won the
Star cup in the -Four Leaf Clover run
last May. on which occasion he drove q
Ford roadster. He also captured the
sweepstakes cup in large field OF con-
testing cars
For the first time in daylight the
new gasoline propelled street cleaners
80 ''N''N
4 tN- From the Very first they proved
Il success and unless all signs fail they
will soon be used in all parts OF the
''itN. The automobile sweeps are "A
comhina ton of vacuum cleaners. scrub
ling brushes and svccnsrs. Besid as
'ooscninS up the dirt in the streets as
,fc%- go aiong. they nick it up and
sore II in great tanks with a capacity
Of from SIX to eleven cubic yards.
which. when ilied are driven to the
dumps and automatically emptied into
the waiting scow.
Lieut.. surles. [. S, y. who has been
assigned to Fort Myer arrived in Wash
, in2ton Thursday. having come over the
road from New York city in his
Chalmers 20 touring car.
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Any carbureter will balk if il is
ciosged with foreign matter or if it
is not regulated so that the best car
buretion ma he mad at the greatest
range of speeds. but when an mex
per!enced motorist---or perhaps an eN-
perienced motorist and an ineXperienc-
ed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO work with a
| BANNER and sere,s driver the result
is very sure 10 be not only a balk. but
a permanent Discrimination on the part
! of the carbureter to work at all.
The Ohio Motor Sales Company in adj
dition To handling the Ohio line. has
taken on the De Tamble ears for the
| coming season The building now occu-
pied by the company at :sns-5-1 9Th street
northwest, has been remodeled and will
| be used as garage and salesroom
Motor trucks play a prominent part
| in the travelling theatrical enterprises
| in EUROPE Several modern managers
| of small shows have replaced the time
f! honored horse drawn vehicles with
| motor driven trucks in which they
In, L-sao,
prfetor of large travelling cinemato-
graph theater makes exclusive use of
motor trucks. in transporting its para
phernalia. The two theatcrs which he