The Washington times., 1912-07-20
ELECTRIC MACHINE
CHOSEN TO BLAZE
RELIABILITY PATH
viii Be an Innovation in
History of the Famous
.. Tour.
BY HARRY WARD.

For the first time in the history of
automobiling an electric machine Will
be used to blaze the route for an i'm
portant reliability contest
The committee in charge of ths path
finding for the National Reliability Tour
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion, formerly known as the Glidden
tour, met in Detroit this week and
awarded the privilege of blazing this
years route to the Flanders Manufac-
turing Company makers OF the Fland-
ers Colonial electric. The car Will
probably start on its trip within
week and special arrangements are be-
ing made for recharging the battery
along the entire route.
The greatest interest will attend the
performance of the pathfinder through
out the journey from Detroit to New
Orleans, and the Flanders Company has
displayed great enterprise In its eff
forts to secure the pathfinding privi-
lege, which will undoubtedly prove OF
enormous value to the Flanders
The details of the route will not be
known until the return of the path
finding car, which probably will be on
OF the intermediates portions between
the starting and finishing points have
not been definitely decided upon and are
now the subject OF considerable cor
respondence and discussion. After all
reports have been most thoroughly con-
sidered by the pathfinding committee,
the tentative route will be adopted
throughout
The news that a Flanders electric had
secured the coveted honor Of being the
pathfinding car for this years tour of
the three AS was received with delight
Auto 9y W. and saSpy COMPANY fas %aShins
ton agents for the Flanders. ''Devotees
of the electric machine will watch the
progress of the trail-blazing car with
H. a.A- - ,ntI H. :.
fact that the committee chose an cleo
trio is proof positive that the electric
machine has reached such a point in
it's development that it can be used for
cross-country touring
T. Lamar jackson, agent for the stew
ens-Duryea, accompanied by Mrs. jack
son and Mr., and Mrs. B: I. Jackson,
Duryea touring car for Piney Point.
Md, where the party will spend sew
eral days.
Ffrestone tires, Is spending a few days
at the Firestone factory in Akron. Ohio.
The Storm Motor Car Company this
tional touring car to J. D. Winter. The
latter left Thursday on an extended
automobile tour through New England.
chaser Of a STANDARDIZATION Saybrook
touring car The machine was deliv-
cred to him by the Barnard Motor Car
Company, which also reports the sale
of a STANDARDIZATION Savoy touring
car to Ben B. Bradford.
Carl Chandler and Theodore Dean,
of the sales department of the Cadillac
Motor Car Company, were in the city
during the week visiting j.. NJ. Stod'
dard, Of the Cook & Stoddard Co.
Emerson g. Orme have delivered to
the Palais Royal a Detroit electric fur
niture van said to be the largest vehicle
of the kind in Washington. A Detroit
electric delivery wagon Of 1,0O0-pound
capacity has also been delivered to the
Washington Tobacco Company.
The Empire Automobile Repair Com
pany has been formed by Detlow Mar
thinson and J. Perry Kinyoun: Head
quarters have been established at 1521
Fourteenth street. and in addition tc
doing motor car repair work of all kinds
the company will also handle Federal
trucks and a full line Of automobile sup
plies and accessories. 1t is likely the
company will also add pleasure car
to its line.
Considerable interest attaches to the
announcement that the Bowles Motor
Car Company has made application to
the court to change its name to the
Warren Motor Sales Company. The
newcompany, which will be direct fac
tory branch of the Warren Motor Car
Company, makers Of the Warren-De.
troit car, has leased the building at 161f
Fourteenth street, formerly occupied by
w. p. Barnhart 8. Co., and after i'm
provements will merge II with the pres
ent quarters at 1908 Fourteenth street.
Charles Kloppmeyer has been appoint
ed general manager of the new COM
pany. I'VE intend to make the new
company a strong factor in the auto
mobile trade of Washington" said Mr.
Kloppmeyer, "and to this end will
spare no expense in fitting UP the new
salesrooms and service department ir
order to furnish Warren-Detroit owners
with prompt and efficient service"