The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

| ly discussed object IN the automobile
world. The manufacturers have been
called upon to supply information. work
| ing diagrams, &C., to technical schools
and universities all over the country.
"A subject that. appeals to automobile
owners 10 the establishment of . system
Of national highways. connecting every
large city and place Of national interest
from coast to coast" recently said M. J.
Hammers. general manager Of the Abb
bott Motor Company.
1T Is astonishing when one thinks OF
,, the attention given the subject of road
building during the days Of establishment
of our government. that after awhile en-
thusiasm should dwindle down to such
a degree as to be incomparably outstrip-
ped by progress made along other lines.
But I believe the country is now very
much awake. Nearly everybody from the
President down 10 talking good roads. 1t
is not an unweighed statement to say
that the matter IL one of universal i'm
portance. Few subjects relating to ma
teriaI interests are 50 broad in their
scope. II touches the interests of the
millionaire. the farmer. and the mechanic
alike. A uniform system, Of good roads
Will be a great step in the solution OF
the problem Of high cost of living"
For seventy miles between Laramie
and Medicine Bow. wyo., the Transcon-
tinentaI Alec truck was forced to cut its
own track across unbeaten plains, when
La cloudburst turned the roads into sea
Of mud. According TO advices received
from the crew, the truck also had to re-
sort to a wide detour that brought the
total distance covered to 2645 miles In
thirty-three days Of actual running time.
An automobile was figuratively shot to
pieces last week by infantrymen and the
guns OF several batteries of artillery.
Brig. Gen. Marion P. Maus. chief UNI
pire Of the Northwestern district sum-
mer military maneuvers about Centralia-
Wash, used a big american Traveller"
in his dashes between the lines Of the
Blues" and Reds" the latter being an
invading force attacking Seattle.
While motor trucks have often been
used in army maneuvers by the United
States Army Commissary Department,
this is one OF the first occasions when
automobiles have been taken by the
fighting men into the fighting zone.
Woodward w. Duke. son of the tobac-
CO king. and four school chums OF his
own age are pounding across the Amer
lean continent in a six-cylinder motor
car say Los Angeles dispatches, TO at
tend Princeton University with the open
ing of the new fall term.
The party left Los Angeles early in
July. and although the deserts Of Arr
IONA and New Mexico are at their worst
during the summer months, the boys
elected to follow this route. ... 60.
Young Duke and his party plan to visit
the larger cities. including Kansas City.
Chicago. and Detroit. completing the trip
at New York They are making the trip
on a slow schedule of about forty days
and intend TO tour through the East, af
ter seeing the sights Of Manhattan. Be
| sides the five boys, the machine in which
the party is travelling carries over ]. 400
pounds Of baggage and provisions.
That Presidential uncertainties are not
affecting general prosperity to any great
extent is shown by the remarkable de-
mand for the best grade of motor car
riages and also for commercial trucks.
The Packard Motor Car Company in
the two weeks ended July 81. shipped
255 cars whose total value was 8, 2.5. 600.
cars leaving the factory at the rate of
twenty a day. Fifty-six trucks were
sent out in the same time. their value
being 1886 900.
Because OF this urgent demand for We
hicles, officers Of the Packard Motor Car
Company are convinced that the gen.
eral situation is sound and are providing
for an increased output IN the early fall.
An outfit for automobile tourists, which
includes twelve pieces of luggage. has
been designed by C. ]. Moore, Of the
Packard Motor Car Company. There
are seven suit cases, a hat box, a
lunch kit, two trunks and an ice box
in the set. which is SO constructed and
arranged that It does not interfere with
the normal passenger carrying capacity
Of a standard touring car. Mr.. Moore,
who has toured most Of Europe and the
United States, devoted much time to de-
vising a luggage equipment that would
answer every requirement.