The Washington herald., 1912-09-20

Gasoline Gossip

With the openig OF the automobile sea-
son, from the dealers standpoint, there
is always a certain amount OF conjecture
as to what new cars will be placed in the
now we'll represented field. as to what
agencies will change hands and as to
where different cars will be displayed
In every city of prominence in an auto
mobile way there has come to be recog-
nlzed q distinct and separate vicinity In
which the salesrooms of the various au-
tomobile agencies are located. together
with all those accessory houses that deal
in automobile supplies A peculiar thing
is to be found here in the Nations Capt.
tal however. in that there are two auto
mobile rows, one situated along a street
OF heavy traffic and the other along an
avenue that is In reality a boulevard. in
asmuch as IL is one OF the best kept
streets of. the city and one that scarcely
ever sees heavy traffic It Is ques-
ton that can only be answered by the
Greek oracle, as to which one Of these
thoroughfares will eventually become
auto row OF Washington. In way the
type of cars displayed in the one row Is
different from that to be seen In the
salesrooms on the other. Naturally the
motor trucks and delivery wakon sales
rooms are located along the busy street
or quite near to II. while the pleasure
cars tend TO the avenue. OF course this
is only true in very general way. as all
types of gasoline propelled vehicles may
be found on both rows.
The next few days will see several
new salesrooms open their doors on both
the street OF heavy traffic and on the
avenue of beautiful homes. Practically
all OF these new additions to the row
will be the homes for cars never before
represented in Washington One thing
though that proves the loyalty of the
dealers to the particular row along
which they made their initial effort in
the automobile industry is that regard
less OF the moves they make they stay
on the row which saw them start and
which tended to turn that start into
lasting success.
c. VI. Babbott. the Eastern sales man
ager for the Hudson Motor Car Company
Of Detroit, has been the guest of the
Storm Motor Car Company for the last
few days. Mr.. Babbott is in the city
to talk over with the Hudson agents the
salient points OF the new 1913 Hudson,
which. he says. surpasses any car on
the market to-day in its class.
J.. E. Callum, salesman for the David
Hendricks agency. left to-day for New
York and the New England States. Mr..
Callum carried with him in a big Thomas
Flyer a party of seven They Will re-
turn in about two weeks
Washington will soon have their laun-
dry delivered via the motor truck. The
Star Laundry has decided to replace
eight Of its hOrse-drawn wagons with
Little Giants" the one-ton truck that
is meeting with such universal favor.
The trucks will be on the streets about
the last of next month. The Franklin
Laundry has also ordered a Little
Giant" which, II successful in the work
OF rapid laundry delivery, will be the
first OF chain to be put upon the streets
by them The Motor Truck Corporation
is the local agent for the Little Giant
Jack Higgins. accompanied by Walter
Talcott. has returned from Atlantic City
in his new Hudson speed roadster. The
car is one of the 1913 models.
Francis Blair, of the Brown-Blair Gar
age, has returned from his motoring trip
TO Boston. Mr.. Blair drives a big Mer-
GER.
F. Arias. of the Panama Legation. is
in the city attending 10 the shipping OF
his 1913 Hudson to the Canal Zone.