Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
MOTORING


| weaker spring causing a miss in this
cylinder.
| Chapel Point. Md. seemed to be a rem
dezyous for Washington motorists last
| Sunday, judging from the large NUMBER
who took advantage of the weather and
spent the day on the lower Potomac
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The wholesale arrest OF motorists last
Sunday in the National Capital will I'M
doubtedly have telling effect on those
who have heretofore found much amuse-
ment in speeding about the city with the
| muff1er cut-outs on their machines wide
open, especially after nightfall.
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Since the advent of the motor car an
other business has been given quite a
boom-the insurance business. Nearly
every motor car owner as soon as he pur-
chases a car insures it against fire and
accident.
Among those who motored to Chapel
Point, Nd, last Sunday. spending the
day and returning home in the evening,
We're Oscar Dietz. Charles Fisher. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Stein and son Carl. and
Miss Lille Ferger. who made the trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dietz. jr., and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank McCathran in MT
Charles Dietz's Parry car.
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1.-THE latest and most up-to-date auto
mobile magnetic. which furnishes cleo
trical ignition for the 1911 car at no mat
ter what rate of speed has changed but
very little in it's fundamental construc--
ton from the first crude affair invented
and built by Seamen. the English IN
ventor, in 1S45 said Emil Grossman
few days ago. by this 1 mean that Sea-
men, who was the father of the mag
neto. evolved the shuttle-wound armature,
which is the same principle used today,
and which really is the Fundamental
foundation o. all magnetos.'
Irving J. Henderson and p. +. Rowe
have formed the Hendcrson-Rowe Auto
Company, and in the future will handle
the Pullman motor car in the Nationai
Capital. Mr.. Henderson is president ana
general manager of the company, Mr.
Rowe secretary and William bray snam
treasurer. The firm will occupy quarters
at 1922 II street northwest. where the
Pullman has been located for the past
year. arrangements are being mace 1oI
a new salesroom on promlhen.
thoroueihfare Mr.. Henderson has been
handling the Pullman car for the past
year. and is thoroughly familiar with
its makeup. Prior to that time ne was
connected with the rland-Wash1ngton
Motor Company. He is well known IN
local motoring circles, and with Mr..
Rowe, who will also take an active IN
terest in the selling end, hopes to nave
big season in the sale of 1913 cars
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From recent tests made by automobile
manufacturing concerns looking LOT suit
able timber to be used in automoDlie COIL
struction. it has been found that austria
liza furnishes many valuable haroWooos'
and among the prominent WOODS from
this country is 'yate,' and from the tests
referred to it has been found tnat yate 10
the strongest timber yet known to civil
ization and that it may turn out TO De
an important factor in automoplie con-
struction. Its average tensile strenstn 10
"a 600 pounds to the square 1nch, eQuaAhs
that of good cast iron. Many specimens
are much stronger and one was tested
I'D to seventeen and a half tons TO the
square inch, which is equal to the tensile
strength of wrought iron. me saWn UNI
Der of yate is probably the strongest IN
the world. The tree grows to maximum
height of 100 feet and has sometimes
diameter of two and half or even three
feet.
Both the incoming and the outgoing
presidents of the American Bar Assocla-
ton have enthusiastically Endorsed the
American Road Congress, which is to
meet in Atlantic City September 3O-Octo-
Der ), and whose legislative section Is 10
be conducted under the auspices or the
over the country the proposal to treat
the whole road subject in sc1entihc
manner, having experts in charge Of each
branch, has appealed favorably.
They are, of course, partlcularly inter
ested in the legislative section. and on his
retirement as president S. S. Gregory
wired Director Logan Waller Page OF
the United States Office of public roads,
who is the president of the American
Road Congress, as follows:
II think it highly desirable that road
legislation in the various states should
be simplified and correlated. and, so far
as practicable, made uniform. so that
there may be expert supervision in the
construction and maintenance Of public
roads in all the states in the Union.
| In retiring Mr.. Gregory asked his sue
| cessor Frank B. Kellogg, to keep in
| touch with the proceedings Of the con-
to Director Page saying that he will at
tend the sessions of the congress.
| A Detroit electric extension brougham
| was delivered last week to NJ. ]. Laur-
| ence of this city. The car Is finished IN
blue. with the upholstering of blue
| leather
F. r. French, head of the service de-
! partment of the Flanders Motor Car
Company of Detroit, is spending a few
days in the National Capital, as the guest
of w. p Barnhart & Co., local Everitt
| agents.
Frank C. Tickling. formerly manager
| Of the automobile accessory and supply
| department of the Bowles Motor Sales
| Company, has formed the National Auto
| Supply Company, located at 1880 18th
| street northwest, where he will occupy
| the same position.
| Many business men are deferred from
buying motor trucks by the fear that their
wagon drivers cannot learn to be chauf-
feurs. This is a mistake, as horse driv-
ers are easily taught to run motor trucks.
| according to authorities on the subject.
| The p ii. Sheehy Company has pur-
chased one-and-a- half-ton Federal
| truck, and it is now in service. The car
| is finished in red. and has the express
| body. 1t is the first of it's type deliv-
| cred in the National Capital.
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| The sales managers convention will be
held at it's headquarters in New York
Monday and Tuesday, September 30 and
October l.
One of the cleverest feats of the taxi
driver Is to cut his steering efforts In
half by running ON car tracks. Un1or-
tunately street car rails are spaced
i'm many cities as to provide ready
track for automobiles of standard tread
and with the wheels once on the rails
very little work on the part of the
chauffeur is required to keep them there