The Washington times., 1912-03-24
MOTORISTS ASKFOR
ROADIMP PROVEMENTS
THROUGH ELKR|DGE
Bills Are in Legislature Ask
ing for Relocation of
Boulevard.
By HARRY WARD.

That the section of the Washington
Baltimore boulevard running through
Elkridge should be improved at the
earliest possible moment is the earnest
desire of the motorists of this city.
Two bills, with this object in view, are
now before the Maryland Legislature,
and the Automobile Club of Maryland
is bringing strong pressure to bear in
securing the enactment of one or the
other.
The Hammond bill provides that the
section of the road at and near Elk
ridge shall be permanently located upon
the bed of the existing turnpike, while
the Benson bill provides that the loca-
tion of the said section shall be left to
the judgment and discretion of the good
roads commission. At present this sec
tion is in an unsafe condition, and, in
the Judgment of the board of governors
of the Maryland motoring organization,
il should not be allowed to continue.
It is believed early action will be taken
by the Legislature to correct this con-
dition, thus affording the motorists of
Washington and Baltimore an ideal
road between the two cities. II
w. P. Barnhart, of William P. Barn
returned yesterday from a three weeks
trip through Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. During this trip he took con
tracts providing for the sale of l26
agencies in the territory that had not
already been closed. The agencies were
established as follows: Shenandoah
Motor Company, Richmond: Lenz Motor
ton Garage, Hampton, va; Greenbrier
Motor Company, Lewisburg, w. va;
Peters Motor Company, Fairmont, w,
Va; Everitt Auto Company, Weston,
~ Va PsrkSTsoTrg Auto Ssriff G9mPsny; sa1s:
Company, Grafton, w. Va; Clarksburg
Auto Company, Clarksburg, w. Va;
Spee6well Motor Company, Moundsville,
w. Va; Loves Garage, Huntington, w.
Va; Z. E. Mckinley, Ravenswood, w.
Va.
The fleet of EMF go cars in the
service of the United States Govern
ment has been still further enlarged by
the purchase of a number of these ma
chimes for use in the Canal Zone. They
will be used to carry mall, police, and
engineers along the new system of roads
recently built on the bank of the canal
Efficiency of the battery has increas-
ed with the rapid growth of the electric
automobile industry. An interesting in
cident which showed to a marked de.
gree the dependability of the battery OF
an electric automobile occurred at Saw.
annah, Ga, during the week of the big
race carnival, when victoria mode
was called upon to supply lighting
power for a fleet of Pullman coaches
The railroad company ran number OF
special trains to Savannah from -vari-
Gus parts of the country, these trains
being sidetracked adjacent to the race
course. Because of some trouble with
the electric generating device on the
Pullmans, one Of the trains was In
automobile, equipped with type eleven
Exide batteries, manufactured by the
Electric Storage Battery Company, oi
Philadelphia, was connected up with thC
train and furnished enough current to
hight the entire train.
The Marion Motor Car Company re-
ports the sale OF Marion cars to s. w
Augenstein, w. J. Peters, H. B. Fuller,
d. Walton, and American Scout" cars
to Miss Margie Schneider and Harold
Knerr.
DR.. L. d. Wilson is the latest pur-
chaser of an Overland touring car.
Emerson & Orme report the sale of an
Apperson "Jack Rabbit" touring car to
Charles A. Kolb.
Sales Of EVeritt cars made during the
past week by William p. Barnhart &
Company include six-cylinder cars sold
to z. E. Dawley, w. d. Slaven, Frank
c. Lenz, c. E. Miller. and four-cylinder
cars sold to DIR. II. 8. Barr, L. l.. Loar,
Thomas Williams, N. c. Hall, and A. A.
Holt.