Evening star., 1912-09-08

speediest Of any road course in America.
| Z. G. Williams, an expert road builder
who was sent to Milwaukee to inspect the
construction of the work for William II.
Vanderbilt jr.. chairman Of the contest
committee Of the Automobile Club OF
America and donor of the Vanderbilt cup.
when asked his opinion OF the course
said: New records are almost certain
to be made on it. The course is both
speedy and safe, with long straightaways
and just enough roll to provide a thrilling
| tinge. Wide curves will permit great
speed without adding to the danger ma
| terially'
Teddy Tetzlaff, the best known Of west
ern drivers, who averaged 1S5 miles per
hour in the Santa Monica road race, had
| this to say Of the course. Race en-
| thusiasts who visit the Milwaukee events
will see the greatest speed events ever
run. The long straightaways with wide.
fast turns permit of record breaking
| speed. l will make some new records my
| self or provide the spectators with some
| thrillers in the attempt
The course has been built with the ut
most regard for safety and spectators
will not be permitted to be within 800
| feet of the course. The course will be
ready for practice the early part of this
week. when the drivers will begin work
in earnest Bruce-Brown, Tetzlaff.
Hughes. Bragg, milford, Wishart and
other drivers who competed at the Elg1n
races. will locate their camps along the
course and begin tuning UP their cars
for the big events.
Every car has some speed at which 1t
operates most economically. In most
cases this is very close to twenty-five
miles an hour. The reason for this fact
Is that each unit in the car has some
speed at which it reaches its maximum
efficiency. The speed of the car which
comedies closest to the speed at which
a. majority of these units are acting at
their best efficiency Is the most econom-
ical speed. The carbureter, for instance,
furnishes the motor an ideal mixture at
one particular piston speed. When the
motor Is running rapidly this condition
exists in most carbureters because the
suction of the motor is better and the
velocity Of flow of the gasoline tends to-
ward breaking 1t up in very fine spray
| which materially aids vaporzation. A
limit to the speed is found in practice,
however, owing to the small amount of
time allowed for the charge to fully va
porize. although it is working under great
advantages at high motor speed.
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Mr. and Mrs. 7. p Hickman and Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Dellamico have returned
| from a motor trip to Atlantic City. As
bury Park, New York, Boston and the
New England states. The trip also in
cluded a visit to Albany and the Adiron-
dack mountains. No trouble was ex-
perienced on the run. outside of several
punCtuTCS. lNelT odkldHQ car CONeTeu
], ,766 miles and when 1t returned it was
decorated with pennants secured in the
| various cities through which the motor
lists passed on the seventeen-day outing.
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| Realizing the need for the most modern
methods of financing the construction and
maintenance of public roads in the United
| States, Lee McClung, treasurer of the
| United States, has accepted an invitation
| to preside over the finance section Of the
! in session in Atlantic City from Septem-
her 80 to October .. Mr.. McClung is also
acting as the treasurer of the American
| Road Congress
In an interview just made public Mr.
McClung calls attention to the urgent
need for the introduction OF reforms in
| the management of road finances.
MY observations. said Treasurer Nc
| Chung, lead me TO believe that in com
paratively few instances is the same
| care taken of funds for road improvement
as Is taken by financial institutions fol
| private enterprises. The same care anC
| jud dgment displayed by bankers in making
| investments should be shown by state
| and local highway departments in the
| expenditure of public moneys for the i'm
| provement and maintenance of roads
| Legislation and regulation should be
urged in each state to provide fol
| the levying of road revenues on care
| fully prepared estimates. for the intro
| ducton of simple yet thorough systems
I of accounting and cost keeping for d
| system of regulating bond issues which
| would insure economy and wise bust
ness management.
LAS one of the possibilities worth