Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
MOTORING

MO l. JOKING
(contdnued from fourteenth Pase.)
Dr.. James A. Potter and Dr.. Fred Re-
petit; Dr.. W. A. Thomas, touring car.
| and delivery wagon to- Mrs. Il McCal-
ferty.
II. r Henry. electrical enganser, Co.
lumbus Buggy Company. was the guess
Witt, manager Of the Pope Automobile
Company local distributors for tho Co
lumbus electric lines.
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Joseph n. P1lling, formerly with the
EMF distributing branch. has Joined
tho sales STAFF Of the Commercial Auto
and Supply Company.
The Bowles Motor Sales Company, In
corporated. has been appointed Washing
ton representative Of Lauth Juergens
trucks The 1912 line consists Of various
styles Of trucks from ono to ten tons
capacity. Two Of tho features this year
are the model F. cne-ton. and tho model
l. three-ton trucks.
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The affairs Of tho Central garage. at
1915 New York avenue, were closed yes
terday. and W. Elkins Reed. former man
ager, with his staff, Is now located at
Reeds motor supply shop. 1918 Connect
cut avenue.
A model 1 Maxwell touring car. fully
equipped. was delivered last week to Dr.
Merton E. Twogood.
Motorists Of Baltimore are endeavoring
to arrange for q fifty or ono hundred mile
road race this spring over the roads In
the vicinity Of that city. The matter has
been taken up by several OF the members
there is q strong possibility that classic
Of this character will take place. Volun-
teers have come forward with donations,
and the fact that New York, Savannah.
Philadelphia, Egin. Indianapolis. Chfca-
go. Atlanta and several other cities hold
races which attract the star road pilots
Of the country is advanced as an argu-
ment that Baltimore could do the
same thing and make q SUCCESS OF 1T.
Road racing, it is believed by many, leads
to the development OF automobiles. not
to mention the good derived from an adj
vertising standpoint. At the next meet
ing Of the club the matter will be decided
upon.
A 1912 hve-passenger Washington tour
ing car was sold and delivered Friday to
Leo C. May. The car is finished In black,
with running gear Of the same color.
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The Carter Motor Car Corporation is
now engaged in building motor trucks
ranging from half-ton to fve tons ca
pacity. This branch Of the business has
been placed In charge Of Howard o. Car
ter, who has spent several years In the
industry at Detroit.
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Believing that high-speed motor car
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besides bringing discredit upon motoring
and the motor car trade, Benjamin Bris-
coe, president Of the United States Motor
Company has prepared q letter to the
ing that It abandon the control Of speed
contests and devote its time to the pro-
motion and encouragement OF touring and
reliability contests, and particularly fur
thering its work for good roads. work
which the national organization has done
years.
'sMore than q year ago We decided that
our company would not support speed
contests with the perils that are always
present at such Affairs. both to the public
and to the drivers and mechanicians." said
Mr.. Briscoe yesterday. There has been
every evidence that the stand OF the United
States Motor Company received general
Endorsement, Tor since that time there
has been q further decrease In racing Inv
q general sentiment that. much a. We
owe to racing for what It taught US six
or eight years ago. It IL no longer needed
by the industry or the public.
that the American Automobile Associa-
ton, which has done 50 much for the mo-
tor car industry and motor car owners,
should spend any OF its time, its money or
its prestige in an endeavor to regulate or
govern high-speed contests, when there
are SO few meetings and such meager
support. to say nothing OF the little that
motor car makers can learn from such
affairs at this advanced stage Of the in
dustry.'
II the assertions Of leaders in both he
Senate and the House are to be taken ct
their face value. there should be little
delay in the passage Of the bill for the
creation Of tho national highways COM
mission, which was drafted and agreed
roads convention of the American Auto
mobile Association held in Washington re-
Gently.
MOTORISTS and others interested in good
eminent lend it's financial aid for high
way construction, now realize, with prac-
tically no difference Of opinion on the
question, that II is impossible to obtain
preparation until some comprehensive plan
on which the money is to Be spent has
The principal criticism OF the rivers and
harbors appropriations In recent years
has been not as to the value OF money
50 expended, nor has 1t been based upon
any serious question Of the necessity for
such expenditure. It has. however. arisen
from the fact that there has been no
comprehensive. unified plan for rivers
and harbors Improvement. so that there
was no guarantee that work begun on
any particular river would ever be COM
pleted In order to avoid any such hap
hazard program Of appropriations. the
others who joined it in the federal aid con-
vention agreed that q renewal Of fed
eral appropriation for good roads should
be carried out along the Same plan a.
that which was adopted when the fret
great national highway was begun, more
than a hundred years ago. At that time
Congress. in March. 1905. passed Q law
for the appointment OF . commission to
determine where and how the national
road should be built. President Thomas
Jefferson appointed the commissioners,
who made Q report nearly q year later,
upon which report Ill tho appropriations
for the next thirty yeaU were based.
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II the Connecticut authorities are in
clined to take advantage OF an oversight
they may arrest every automobile owner
In the state for not having license Feb
| ruary %. All lioanses In Connecticut ex-
pire February q. leap year having been
overlooked when the law was enacted. As
| there are several thousand automobiles
money and men than the state Ii disposed
to spend In tho cause.
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