The Washington herald., 1912-09-24

Gasoline Gossip

mere Is nOtlceaDle oecllnc IN tne
number Of automobile tourists this year.
as compared with last year, In Europe,
writes Mr.. william D. West. promi-
nent Washington tourist, who, with his
wife and daughter. has been touring Eu-
rope for the past summer. That this
decline was particularly true of Ameri-
can cars. which were to be seen in large
numbers last year. was emphasized by
Mr.. West in his letter. He sends the
usual glowing reports of the smooth
roads. Mr.. West was formerly presi-
dent OF the Automobile Club OF Wash
ington. and is still an enthusiastic
motor!st.
Back home in Chicago after a visit
to ''aunty.'' way down in Lovettsville.
Va. and an inspection of points of in
terest en- route, Paul and Olmstead Filler
can well claim distinction as cross
country motorists. Paul is eighteen years
old. and O!mstead is his Junior by two
years. but both know how to drive their
4c-horsepower Kissel Kar as well as
father. Lovettsville is go miles from
Chicago. and to get there necessitates
crossing the Allegheny. Mountains. The
boys report a perfectly smooth and
pleasant journey, during which they
thoroughly inspected the battlefield at
Antietam and other interesting sights.
They made the round trip in nine days.
Many business men make the mistake
OF not displacins their horse-drawn We
hicles for motor trucks because they
are afraid that their wagon drivers can
not learn to drive the trucks. Accord
ing to authorities on the subject motor
trucks are very easily handled and
wagon drivers experience little difficulty
in learning how to properly manage
truck.
Harry Taylor. of this city, received an
Auburn IS five passenger touring car
the other day. This is the first 1913 de-
livery that the Auburn people have made
here.
The first Federal truck to be delivered
in Washington Of the express type was
received by the p. II. Sheehy Company
The truck is one and half ton affair
and is finished in red.
The first thought of the new automobile
owner upon receipt OF his first car is
to cover the same with sufficient auto
mobile insurance to protect It from every
| exigency. This business has received
quite a boom since the advent of the
motor car.
Those motorists who have heretofore
enjoyed speeding about the city with
mufiier cut-outs on their machines wide
open. especially after nightfalI. are stay
J ing under cover these days. The whole
sale arrests that have been made in the
] last ten days for such dissertation of the
night hours has served as a warning.
| A White truck. one toner. finished in
royal blue with panel sides and equipped
with self-starter has been purchased for
use in the United States navy yard in
this city. The machine is OF thirty-horse
power and. will be equipped with Motz
tires.
| Charles II. Ward has Joined the sales
force of the National Auto Supply Com
pany. Mr.. Ward was formerly associated
with Tickling & Co.
Lieut.. Gardner P. Orme. of the Auto
mobile Club of Washington, is motoring
over the smooth roads of the New Eng
land States in his Apperson roadster. Mr..
Orme. who left Washington in the early
summer. has been accompanied on his
trip by Wallace c. Hood. former Wash
!ngtOn mOtorist.
A severe attack of the grip is confning
Capt Jose. of the Automobile Club OF
Washington ana OF LOOK * SlOuudTu
to his home.
| Arrangements are gradually being COM
pleted by the trade committee OF the
Automobile Board OF Trade for the sales
managers convention. to be held at the
headquarters of the Automobile Board
OF Trade. in New York. on Monday. Sep
TENDER 30. and Tuesday, october l. The
committee has just announced that the
following subjects will he discussed
Freight. shipment, motor car equipment
inClosed bodies. selling and advertising
territory and discount. annual models.
Miller Bros. have retained the service!
of y. A Bayles as the manager OF theil
garage and service station in Church
Street Northwest.
No class OF people have been so great
" benefited by the automobile as th'
farmer II has not only facilitated hi
: business. but 1t has made the city 81
accessible that he and his family car
enjoy its advantages at william obviou:
impos sibility in the days of DOhbin.