The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-24
Motoring Notes,
Good Road News.
and rade Matters

The attention OF Chairman Nelson.
Of the executive committee. Presi,
dent Palmatary. Chairman Kaufman.
Of the good roads committee; Vice
President Pelouze. Secretary II. Grim
Peck and Assistant Secretary Robert
r. Airport, Of the Richmond Automo-
bile club. To- directey 10 this.
The Royal Automobile club Of Lon
don has announced a new scheme
which certainly adds to the attractive
ness Of membership In that orga MIA
ton. Any club member holding a Ger
tain brass disc. to be issued 10 him
on application will he able to obtain
assistance when broken down from
the nearest X. A. e or other re-
pairer. That is. II members car
Is stranded. that member may send
his disc TO the nearest garage man
by an r. A. G. guide or some other
messenger, whereupon the repalrer
will send a car to the stranded party
and convey the member home or to
the nearest station. The limit Of such
service for each repairer is fixed at
twenty miles
This move on the part OF the X.
y. c. is 10 offset perhaps the latest
plan of the Automobile association
and Motorists union. This scheme Is:
Patrol sentry boxes are In course of
erection at inters ais Of about ten
miles along most OF the main roads
and In eatA box a telephone COM
mu,nIcating with the nearest exchange
Will be installed. patrol will be on
duty at each box.
The telephone will be at the service
Of members for all purposes free Of
VIA r. In. Il
wide, as the phones can be used In
case Of breakdowns. fer private or
business purposes, ror ordering meals
and rooms at hotels and the like.
1t Is hoped to establish this service
presently on all the main roads o.
the country.
Rides Range ON Motor Gar.
The Virginia farmer might take a
gentle little tip from this naive little
statement.
G. II, owen. Of Lodi, Cal. who has
just finished a transcoutinental trip
in his Studebaker EMF 30" says
that the sheep herder Of today rides
the range In a motor car
"On the plains of Idaho I saw pc
culiar sight" says Mr. owen "At
first II looked like n prairie schooner
IL drew near I recognized that car
az a Studebaker like my own. except
for the body. which WAS of the de-
tachable tonneau type The schooner
effect was caused by the load an i'm
irlsnss pile Of sampse wool that the
owner Of the car was taking into
Lara ME. The Studebaker was one OF
a pair in daily use about the ranch
The car | saw was used for hauling
all sorts Of supplies to tho outlying
parts of the ranch and to town Its
longest trip had been 10 Denver, and
it brought back a nine hundred pound
gaSolene engine on its return. The
other Studebaker car Is of the touring
type and IL used TO whisk shearers and
other help about the ranch.
The owner OF the place told me
that these two cars sad enabled him
to dispense with the services OF forty
six horses. as well as greatly lengthen-
ing the working day of his help, who
lose but little time In their trips from
one part of the farm to another"
New Rotary Valve SIX.
Among the new model cars now
/ being tried out is the new six cylinder
Cunningham. which is being develop
ed by James Cunningham & Son. OF
Rochester, ". Y. Particular Interest
attaches to IL by reason Of the de.
velopment OF rotary valve me-
chanism.
Promotion For G. w. Nash.
l. NJ. Foster and Nixon Ball have
just learned that c. ". Nash. for
the past two years vice. president and
general manager of the Buick Motor
company. OF Flint. has been appoint
ed vice. president of the General Mo.
tors company. The Buick is one 81
the subsidiaries OF the G. III. c. II il
said that under Mr.. Nash's guidance
the Buick company is now entirely
sold out Of 1912 cars. which numbered
10000. and is well along with the
1913 product Mr.. Nash succeeds &c
the place held by W. j, Mead. who
is head Of the Amplex,