Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

February 2O-25Annual show.
9TH Regiment Armory, Baltimore,
Md.
February 1925 Show of Omaha
Automobile Association at Omaha,
Neb.
February 20 to March 4-show at
Toronto, Ont.
March 4-11-Annual Boston show.
March 6-11-Second annual show
Of Des Moines Automobile Dealers
Association, Des M0ines, Iowa.
March 15-1s-Show Of Louisville
| Automobile Dealers Association,
Louisville. Ky.
the carbureter or by warming It either
by the circulating water or from the
gases of the exhaust pipe.
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To President William H. Taft belongs
the blue ribbon for making the highest
automobile travelling record ever held by
a President Of the United States. Most of
his record of considerably more than ten
thousand miles was made during his last
| summers vacation, which began June 2S
and lasted until the middle of October.
The automobile equipment of the Presi-
dents family included two touring cars
of different makes, q landaulette and an
electric runabout. the latter used only by
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft.
In addition there were two cars used by
the secret service men accompanying the
President for his protection. Since his re-
occasionally ridden horseback, but not
| often. The President is SO heavy that
those close to him do not urge him to
ride. fearing he may be thrown.
A misplaced float in the carbureter is
the cause Of the loss of much gasoline in
many automobiles. It is also easier to put
a carbureter out Of adjustment than 1t is
to readjust it.
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Plans are under way for extensive high
way Improvement In New York state next
year. According to q recent report from
Albany contracts will be awarded by the
state highway commission shortly for the
construction OF 1919 miles of county roads
and So miles of state roads, including q
portion Of the new state road across the
state. The proposed improved highways
will be located in various sections Of the
state, and 1t is estimated will cost about
$3,OOO.OOO Since the state highway COM
mission was created $50 miles Of state
and county highways have been COM
pleted.
Practically all the floor space has been
taken for the first week of the automobile
| shows to be held simultaneously in the
LIST and Sd Regiment armories under the
auspices Of the Philadelphia Licensed Au-
tomobile Dealers Association.
Rather than ignore road conditions
which would prove troublesome to auto
mobilists in the future, the pathfinders
now en- route from New York to San
Francisco have decided to remain for the
| next two or three days in the vicinity of
Deming, in order to thoroughly explore
| the highways leading from Ell Paso Tex.
to Tucson and Phoenix, AriZ. This course
was decided upon by f. L. Ferguson, the
| American Automobile Associations rep
resentative with the car, because of the
| deep sand encountered on the main high
way from Ell Paso to Phoenix, which has
heretofore proved q serious obstacle to
| automobiles bound for Los Angeles from
| the east. To adopt any other plans, ne
explains, would not only be resented by
| Automobiles who may travel this route
/ in the future, but would be violating the
principle OF the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION to accept only the most desira.
| Bile roads in connection with it's Official
| routes.
/! A similar course was followed by the
pathfinders between Birmingham. Ala
| and Memphis. Tenn, when three days
| were sacrificed in their schedules while
exploring the roads between these cities
1t was along a stretch of this same Ten
| nessee road between Nashville and Mem
| phis that several of this years Glidder
tour cars were forced to abandon the con.
| test because OF damage resulting from
road conditions. AS soon as the hes,
highway between Deming, N. NJ, ant
| Phoenix is explored and logged the Ohio
pathfinders will proceed to Los Angeles.
| 1t Is believed that new high-watel
mark in the intelligent manufacture OF
| the modern American automobile will be
reached in the annual meeting OF the
Society of Automobile Engineers, to be
held at the Automobile Club Of America
January IL and 12. More than 300 mem
oers. many coming from great distances
will attend the gathering. The society viii
enter the New. Year with a membership
roll of over 600 names, comprising the
ablest engineers and scientific experts
connected with the automobile industry
The society, under the presidency Of How
! ard r. Comm. famous as an engineer ant
designer OF automobiles. has nearly tire
l OtcO 4t6 AuctiDcESHlp III less IMAM year
time, and will probably reach the thou
| sand mark within a very few months.
The society has set for itself as q CHIEF
/ work the Standardization of the technical
and constructive work of the domestic
motor car field. a movement found to bs
vitality necessary in a trade of such ire
mendously rapid growth. holding, as Il
/ does. the fifth, perhaps the fourth. place
in the scale OF industries. The same ne
cessity was found In the railroad field
and in every other commercial endeavol
i of similar size and nature, involving
more or less infallible understanding Of
the use OF materials. Since the automo
bile industry is still relatively In q
pioneer stage, this necessity il still NOR,
imperative, and upon the intelligent han
ding OF the problems rests largely til,
most successful future OF the trade.