The Washington herald., 1911-03-26

w. S. DuvalI, president of the Automo-
lbfle Club, is to be the Washington repre-
sentative of the contest board of the
American Automobile Club of America,
he having been named in place of R c.
Caverly, the former member who is no
longer a resident of Washington.
John Fister, one of the oldest and
best known automobile men of Washing
ton, yesterday signed a long term lease
for the old National Automobile Com
Ipanys garage at I711-13 Fourteenth street
the premises April l. The building is
two stories in height, each floor 50 by $50
feet, affording room for the housing Of
200 cars. Workmen will start Monday
renovating the building. In addition to
running this garage he will still keep his
present place in U street, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
The Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany has delivered an EMF touring car
to Senator Hepburn, OF Idaho, and an
EMF demi-tonneau to G. w Struble.
! J. H. Ebersole, local representative of
the Marion. leaves this morning for a
visit to the factory at Indianapolis, Ind
He expects to return about the middle of
i the week.
Theo. Barnes has delivered Pullman
go toy tonneau cars to John P. Smith
| and William E Newman
I'VE shall enter at least one Washing
| ton car in the Ghdden tour, which starts
from this city June 70 and, perhaps,
| two" said A. Gary Carter, president of
| the Carter Motor Car Corporation, yes
! terday. Il expect that the entries will
/ be in the roadster division"
A Marion SO fore-door roadster has
! been delivered to George O'Donnell and
! a Marion 40 touring car to Wilton J.
Lambert by J. H. EbersoIe, local agent
| for the car.
! Excelsior motor cycles have been de-
| livered by Miller Brothers to l. Gill,
William Quinter, p. H Galbraith, the
Washington Gaslight Company, and the
: Department OF Agriculture.
The United Motor Washington Com
! pany has sold model ABB Maxwells to
! DR.. w. S Grafton, DR.. G. c. Olier,
Dr. Yates, A. H. Someman, and ]. E
Kelchner; a Maxwell runabout to a. K.
Guilford; model l touring cars to S. a.
Cannon. e. L. Myers, ]. II. johnson, and
Mrs Castle, and a model q touring car
to DR.. L H. Jarnison.
The police regulations of the District
regarding the use of automobile license
changed that dealer will be permitted
to use any tag he may have purchased
on any one of his demonstrating cars.
The law as il now stands requires that
in making application for a license the
dealer must give the motor number of
the car and use it only on the particular
machine for which it has been applied.
This has worked a great hardship on
them, owing to the fact that they are
constantly selling machines, sometimes
not keeping them more than day or
two and as soon as the car was disposed
Of the license number was of no value,
being nontransferable. This change in
the law has been made at the suggestion
CT W. S. Duval, counsel for the Automo-
bile Club of Washington, who some time
ago took the matter up with the corpo-
ration counsel Under the new regula-
ton. which will soon go into effect, all
that a dealer will be required to do is to
make application for his numbers without
having to give the motor number of the
machine, and it can be used on any ma
chine which he is handling.
T S. Johnston, captain Of the Automo-
bile Club of Washington, accompanied by
his wife and a party of friends, leaves
this morning in a model q Buick for
trip to Gettysburg. Pa, and return.
. Howard Fisk well known to the local
automobile trade, who has been i'll for
some time past with an attack Of typhoid
fever. has so far recovered that he is
able to sit up for few hours each day.
An order for 5000 tires has just been
placed by the United States Motor Com
pany with the United States Tire Com
pany. This is the largest single order
ever given for tires" says John Thomas,
manager of the United Motor Washing
ton Company. The line we will have to
select from is most complete and treads
and types adaptable for any section of
the country can be supplied"
The Imperial Motor Company, agents
for the Ranch & Lang electrics and the
White gas and steam cars, are the latest
tn open a showroom. They have fitted
up the premises at 1112 Connecticut ave-
nue.. where they display cars of both
lines which they represent IN Washing
ton.
The automobile laws Of several States |
the Callan law in New York State. for |
instance. which requires the driver to be |
eighteen years old and pass an examina- |
ton as to fitness to operate-have given
many people the impression that 1t takes |
an expert to drive an automobile The |
average owner" says Lee Cuson, who |
drove the Regal Plugger over the roads |
% fifteen States under m sorts of wealth.