Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-22


haps the one who appreciates the service
most, but there are hundred other uses
for it, Among others, it is beginning to
be popular among doctors who have a
widely scattered practice, for 1t enables
them to keep in almost constant COM
municatiOn with their offices or their pa
tients. no matter in what part OF the city
they may be or at what time of the day
or night.
After midnight. for instance. it is not
an easy thing to find telephone in any
part of the city that is available for the
use Of the public, but the man with one
of these devices in his pocket can call
UP his home, his Office or any oher place
he may want by travelling less than three
blocks from almost any spot he may find
himself in within the city limits.
If pre-igntion is troublesome it will
pay to fit a dust screen underneath the
engine, since whatever dust touches the
piston head will be held there by the
lubricating oil. and will be fully as eff
fective in causing ignition as the same
amount of carbon.
Several interesting bills are to be pre-
scented by the Delaware Automobile AS
ISOLATION to the Delaware legislature.
Among the number will be one exempting
from taxation motor vehicles of city de-
partments and fire companies; another
requiring all vehicles to carry and use
lights at night: another increasing the
speed limit on rural roads from twenty
to twenty-fOur miles an hour. which will
conform to the Pennsylvania law. At
present 1t is hardship for Pennsylvania
motorists, when coming into Delaware,
to have to rtduce their speed four miles
an hour.
The association also will ask the legis-
lature to authorize bond issue for the
improvement OF the state road, which ex-
tends from the northern end Of the state
to the southern end 1t is hoped to ac-
complish this and also to encourage road
building by the three counties which COM
prise the state territory. It will be pro-
vided that the interest and principal of
the bonds will be paid out Of the revenue
derived from motor car licenses.
good roads convention has been called
to meet in Williamsburg, Va, January
q. at which time plans will be laid for
lettering the road conditions in that sec
ton OF Virginia. 1t lis the hope of the
people of Newport News, Williamsburg
and the several towns along the James
river, between Richmond and Newport
News. to build road connecting the two
cities, which will make a direct route
from Richmond to the coast, connecting
with the proposed government military
road between Yorktown and Jamestown
The Southern Hotel Mems Association,
In session in Richmond Va, put Itself
on record to forward the good roads
movement. A committee was appointed
which will hear all local complaints as
to the conditions of roads and will make
every effort to adjust the conditions The
Virginia section entered protest against
the toll system still in vogue on many
roads, and bound itself to abolish as far
as possible the system on such roads as
use 1t in the state and to prevent the es-
tablishment Of any others.
The Chicago Motor Club is undertaking
the promotion of the. most strenuous re-
liability run for commercial motor We
hicles that ever has been attempted in
this country-a trip from Chicago to
New York, In which an effort will be
made not only to demonstrate the road
efficiency of both trucks and light de-
livery wagons, but also to show conclu-
sively the cost of operation. AS yet the
plans are in an embryonic state. but
within a week or SO the technical COM
inittee OF the club will compile the rules
that will govern what might be called
the national commercial motor vehicle
test
The contest committee OF the Chicago
Motor Club settled upon this big event
at its meeting. when it outlined it's
plans for the coming season. 1t was set
tied that the truck run should be held in
July, probably the latter part Of the
month. when the roads arc the best, and
that the affair should be spread over ten
days, with the business machines being
called upon to run at least 100 miles
day. The pace will be easy. approx
mately ten miles an hour. which, it is
figured, will be easy for all Of the con-
testants in the run.
The great Mardi Gras speed carnival,
which will be held in conjunction with
the automobile and motor boat show
February "a, %, 26 and %. is attracting
O list of entrants which will make it the
biggest mile-track meet OF the year. Dur
ing the past week many drivers have
either entered the meet or signified their
intention of doing SD and are arranging
to make the trip to the sunny land. Six
races as an added feature.
Harry EndicOtt, the brilliant young
driver. has entered two machines, and
will come from Indianapolis a week in
advance OF the meet. The day his entry
was received entries were made by Wal
ter Donnely, driver, and S. l.. Speer, the
southern champion. Walter Donnelly is
the Cincinnati champion. He has raced
with much success and has likewise been
prominent as an endurance driver. He
has all the nerve requisite, and with his
car showing the speed 1t has shown in
practice Donnelly counts on winning
races. Speer has won seven out of nine
races this winter. never finishing worse
than second. and he expects to set an
even better record with his cars there.
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In the past the carburetor has often
been improperly blamed for the irregular
running of gasoline motors, when the
fault lay elsewhere. 1t is no use attempt
ing to tune up motor by making
changes and variations in the carburetor
until the other parts have been carefully
gone over. The piston rings must be
compression tight the valves free in their
guides and ground in their seats, the
timing correct. the ignition generally in
proper condition. the plugs good and their
points the right distance apart.
These conditions are necessary, particu-
larly for ease Of starting and slow run
ming. Very often mishring when picking
up Is attributed to an excess or a lack
Of gasoline when. In reality, the ignition
is at fault. II the engine has been run
ming slowly and the throttle is suddenly
opened, the feeble spark from a magnetic
adjustment encounters the full compress
sion, which, by opposing the passage of