Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

one hour after arriving In Colorado
Springs he set out on the return trip,
forty minutes and thirty seconds reduc-
ing his own time two and one-half min
utes. and thus breaking the record twice
in one day. Halls achievement created
great excitement in Denver automobile
circles.
OF 4.574 cars shipped from an American
automobile factory during the month OF
March. $50 were sent abroad. Among the
foreign points shipped to were: London
Norway; Stockholm. Sweden Hamburg
and Munich, Germany; Budapest. Hun,
gary; Vienna. Austria: Valencia and
Madrid, Spain; St. Petersburg, Russia;
Oran. Algeria: Monterey. Mexico; Manila,
Aires. Santo Domingo, Palermo, Sicily,
and Sac Paulo. Brazil.
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"The south is daily becoming a more
suitable touring territory for the winter
contest driver. 1.-The roads during the
last two months we were In the south
were free from mud. and throughout the
southern country there is noticeable i'm
states can be plainly seen the effort the
south Is making to improve its roads and
industrial standing.
I'VE drove our auto 1900 miles in all
and saw many Of the busiest cities. The
good roads Improvement is especially
marked for thirty or forty miles around
Atlanta The highways there are good
macadam. Georgia Is the most progress
sive OF all southern states in highway
improvement.
I'm Florida they have q great deal Of
trouble with roads on account Of tho fine.
dry sand It Will not pack under the
wheels, and the cars sink into 1t to the
axles. In parts of Florida they take long
ff1n Inl Nlv1A rtN md
spread them over the sand. making a
road over which travel is very good. We
got through the sand all right but on
low gear. In this state they have had no
rain since December H.
HIS route was through Atlanta, Ga;
Birmingham, Ala: Memphis, Tenn; New
Orleans, La: Jacksonville, Sanford, Or
lando and Tampa, Fla
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Commercial motor vehicles Will play an
important part in the affairs of the Ameri
can northwest, according to q statement
turer, he having just completed a tour
through that part of the United States.
He spent three weeks visiting all the prin-
cipal cities and became enthusiastic over
trade conditions. The commercial We
hicle." said he. will be q factor in this
years business in the northwest. All
classes Of merchants and farmers, espe-
cially in Washington and Oregon, are
looking on the truck and delivery wagon
with high favor.
good this year in this territory. The air
cooled motor for commercial cars is be-
coming popular with users Of trucks, Just
as it has with the makers"
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From running a hay-cutting machine
to furnishing power to the crippled fac
tory, from moving the household goods
tn oil Ynh Anl,n
has been bent to all possible uses" says
George D. Wilcox. q Detroit manufac-
turer. "All these uses are but indications
of the great place the automobile has
come to take in the life Of every COM
munity. / have just been considering how
the automobile has been accepted as a
ready instrument Of government and the
figures are rather interesting.
You will find auto fire apparatus in
200 cities Of the country. THESE cities
have one or more steamer or ladder
trucks. and some Of these cities are about
to increase the equipment. The eastern
cities have taken kindlier to the auto fire
apparatus than the west. Thirty-eight
paratus; eighteen in California: fifteen in
New York; fourteen in Connecticut: four
teen in New Jersey: twelve In Pennsyl-
vania; eight in Ohio. and eight in Texas
The rest Is scattered: Many Of these cities
have bought auto police patrol wagons.
The latest wrinkle In automobiles for
city use is the street cleaning truck.
About fourteen cities are now expert
menting, and incidentally the labor
use Of IN the these S1tss are The
purposes Is becoming general.
''The federal government has taken up
the automobile for the delivery and col
lection Of mail The post Offices in Mil
Racine, Aurora, ILL.,; Joliet. Losansport
and Cedar Rapids now use the automo-
bile for that purpose. Buffalo tried the
experiment a year or 80 ago. but went
ern states there Is an agitation to apply
the auto to the rural free delivery sys-
tenn. one OF the assistant postmasters
general pointed out In a recent report
governments mistake in making con-
tracts but for one year. This has mill
tate0 against the more general use Of the
auto as an adjunct Of the Post Office De-
partment.
1T is rather notable that the central
states haven't fallen to the automobile
for municipal use. This is rather hard
to explain In view Of the fact that ono
OF the big oenters Of the automobile in
The following letter from John c. Wet
more. an auto enthusiast, gives a de-
scription of the famous Corniche Dor
road:
am writing this in the American
consulate, whose location at Port
Marchand. overlooking the beautiful
harDor or Toulon. one of Frances i'm
portant Mediterranean ports. Is ideal
Consul Mansfeld's little runabout land
ed him and me here yesterday after
noon, after memorable ride Of 143
kilometers, from Cannes. At La Napoule.
almost on the outskirts OF Cannes, we
struck the famous Corniche dor road,
which Frenchmen claim--and with good
reason, SO far as my experience and
knowledge go-to be the most sensa-
tiOnal and spectacular automobile road
In the world. It is we'll named
"corniche" meaning a cornice and "or"
referring to the golden sunshine OF the
Mediterranean coast
1T has an interesting history, having
been built at the instigation Of the
Touring Club of France, which con-
tributed 100000 francs toward it's con-
p. L. NJ. (Paris-Lyons-Ma rseille) rail-
road and the local department The
road extends from La Napouls to San
Raphael for forty kilometers through
the Esterel mountain district, skirting
the shore and following it's constant in
dentatiOns all the way, being actually
carved from the rock for most Of the
distance. Imagine mountains skirting
| the north shore Of Long Island to the
| waters edge. and multiply it's number
| Of bays and tiny harbors by ten and
you have the Corniche road. 'Hairpin
| turns abound in great numbers. and, OF
bilt course .hairpin' seem as easy as the
1T requires good and cautious
Hriver To nenOfiat0 il. As n fQol.killer