Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12

into the state. associations. which arr
finally united IN a national form. These
thousands are people of means, who pay
their fair share OF the state taxes. Be
sides, such roads benefit the people OF
the cities as we'll as those of the. coun.
try through which they pass, and it Is
but just that the people of the cities pay
their share of the cost.
"A highway is no longer of purely Local
interest Every citizen Of state is In
| terested in the roads Of that state under
present traffic conditions. and, especially
in those roads which connect Centers OF
population.
A new automobile company was
Launched in Indianapolis yesterday after
noon under the name of the Henderson
Motor Car Company, with paid-up cap
ital stock of 100000. The company,
which will manufacture pleasure motor
cars, will produce a thoroughly up-to-
the-minute hgh-class' car to sell in the
lneighborhood of 1895 Their factory
will in all probability be located in In
dianapolis, or SO near to indianapolis
that the executive offices can be located
there.
The officers of the new company are:
/. Carter of Jessup. Ga. president: r. r.
Henderson, vice president; L. S. French,
secretary and advertising director; c. X.
Share, treasurer. The directors are: l..
Carter, C. p. Henderson, r. P. Hender-
son, Chester Kicker and E. E. Rogers.
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Among the most recent orders received
by the Baker Motor Vehicle Company.
| Cleveland, was one from the American
| two ton electric trucks for city express
| service. At the present time seventy
eight Baker trucks are In the service OF
the express companies. These seventy
eight have all been ordered in the past
six months. Several of the trucks includ-
ed in this order will be put into service
in Washington on completion
William P. Barnhart returned yester-
day from a trip to Richmond. Va, where
he visited the Everitt agency.
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1912 Mitchell cars were delivered last
| week to H. c. Borden and Mrs. Faro
Hill of this city. The formers car is
four-cylinder. five-passenger. touring car
senger touring car. Both cars are fin
ished in black. with brass trimmings and
are the first Of the new models to be de-
livered in Washington.
| Capt. A. F. Lucas has received his new
| Michigan no. touring car delivery being
made last Thursday The car is fin
/ ished in French gray, with nickel trim
mings. 1t is a model X, five-passenger
| car, equipped with self-starter and cleo
| trio lights, the power being furnished by
a generator The car has all of the latest
| improvements and is the first touring car
of its type to be delivered here.
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| Uri B. Grannis, sales manager of the
Borland-Grannis Company. makers of the
Borland electric brougham, spent several
days in the National Capital last week
visiting the local automobile dealers.
| c. E. Boyer, president of the Mitchell
Motor Company of Philadelphia, was the
| guest of II. B. Leary, jr.. during his
| brief stay in Washington last week.
| The fact that the express companies of
| the country are SO widely known for
| their caution and thoroughness in making
| sure of the merits of any product before
| they adopt it fer themselves is resulting
| in the reaping of wonderful harvest by
| the manufacturers of electric commercial
| cars among concerns having types of de-
| livery service more or less akin to those
| of the express companies. There are
many lines of trade in the country who
| watch the moves made in the direction
| of economical and efficient delivery by
the express companies very closely; they
| find ii profitable sort of initiating.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kamm of Newark,
/ n j., passed through Washington Thurs
new Chalmers 49, touring car They left
their home Monday morning, arriving in
the National Capital Wednesday night.
| They reported the stretch between Elk
ton and Perryville in horrible condition.
| They saw two large touring cars hope
| lessly mired. but. while their car got
| stuck in the mud once and had to be
| pulled out, they managed to finish the
| trip without further difficulty. small
1 touring car with a party of tourists,
/ which was en- route over the same road,
| followed in their wake and came through
successfully. Mr.. and Mrs. Kamm were
| delighted with their visit about the cap
| ital, and left yesterday for Hot Springs,
via Frederick. Harpers Ferry, Charles
Town, Berryville, Winchester and through
| the Shenandoah valley to Staunton. where
they left the pike for their destination
/ With the approach of springlike
/ weather and the temperance OF thou
| sands of cars on the public highways
/ renewed activity is evidenced in auto
mobile touring. made more popular
i than ever by the wonderful progress
in road Improvement throughout the
! country, as well as the adoption by
nearly all the states of uniform laws
and regulations, and the grantc> of
reciprocal privileges to nonresident
/ tourists.
Coincident with the opening of the
touring season this year comes the
announcement from the Touring Club
of America that in addition to the
eighteen departments and Ibranches
established by the club in the eastern
and middle western states last year.
seven new touring bureaus will be
formally opened May 10. their locations
being as follows: Utica. N. Y; Coop
erstown. N Y: Newburgh. N. Y; New
Haven. Conn; Delaware Water Gap
Pa: Louisville. KY. and eastern Ca
madam headquarters at Montreal. Can.
The club has ordered several hun
dred direction and detour signs. which
will be distributed among the twenty
five branches and placed along high
ways for the benefit of automobile
tourists. These signs are of an en-
tirely' new design. easily read at a
distance. with a large arrow showing
the direction and mileage to the near
with the address and telephone number
so that in the event of an accident OF
breakdown the touring bureaus can
be reached for any needed assistance
The following telegram addressed to
the chairman of the contest board of the
American Automobile Association has
been sent by the Flanders Manufacturing
Company:
1T is a late season and weather liable
| to be bad. therefore We offer to Law out
this years Glidden tour route from Chi
cago, Detroit or whatever point is Sc
lected to New Orleans, with a Flanders
colonial electric. Besides being a novelty
it will indicate to the general public the
degree of perfection and utility to which
electric vehicles have been brought I'D to
this time. The official pathfinding crew
will be working under more favorable
conditions. and will travel luxuriousIy'
At this time no definite decision has
been made by the chaidman of the con-
test board but electric vehicle manu-