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city was reached in good shape. and
after all repairs had been made the
journey was continued northward.
On Long Motor Trip.
Abner c. p Shoemaker and Charles III.
Orme left Wednesday noon in the for
mer's Cadillac roadster for a several thou
sand mile motor trip through the New
England states and Canada. They ex-
pect to spend the greater portion of their
time fishing in Canadian streams, when
not in the motor car. They will return
to Washington about October i.
Rock Point Popular.
A number of local motorists enjoyed a
trip last Sunday to Rock Point, Nd,
which is rapidly becoming a popular re-
sort for motorists from the National Cap
ital Among those who participated in
the run last Sunday were Ed b. Terry
and family in his Michigan car. Harry
Tharp and party of friends In his Chai-
mers. ]. Ed Lewis, 1. Behrend. Thomas ii
Banes. Louis r. Peak and Walter NJ
Brown in a Sampson touring car. and
Mr.. and Mrs Chris Gliem and daughter
in a Stevens-Duryea roadster.
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Made Flying Visit.
Gardner P. Orme, who is summering at
Newport, R. l.. spent few days in
Washington last week. He motored
from Newport to New York city and then
took the train to this city. He will join
Chnv boz
on his return north and spend some time
touring with them In the New England
states.
Silvex Representative Here.
v. S. Fry, representative Of the Silvex
Company Of New York, arrived in Wash
ington last week and will remain several
days From here he expects to go to
Richmond. Va, New Orleans and thence
up the Pacific coast
Joins Lozier Company.
Renewing. an association of years
standing, Frank H. Smith, formerly OF
the Studebaker and Maxwell companies,
has Joined the sales staff of the Lozler
Motor Company under Sales Manager
Paul Smith Frank Smith was formerly
assistant to Paul Smith when the latter
was sales manager OF the StuoeoaheI
CORPORATION and although the two men
are not related in any way they are con-
stantly being introduced as brothers.
Frank Smith is one of the most widely
acquainted travelling statesmen IN the au-
tomobile business and is Thoroughly con-
yersant with dealers conditions all over
the country He also numbers many
newspaper men among his friends OWING
to his connection with many automoOiie
publicity stunts in the past nVe years
Mr.. Smith will act as special travel
ing representative for the comp any.
workib.g out of Detroit. His services VIII
be largely in the nature OF a connecting
link between dealers and the home omce.
Enlarging Firestone Plant.
Work is now progressing on the new
additions to the F1restone Tire and Rub
Der Company's plant at Akron. Ohio,
with assurance that they will be ready
by the fall. at which time the daily out
put will be doubled. The company only
recently took possession of a new add
ton. but scarcely had the machinery
been installed and the wheels put in
operation when 1t was decided that more
manufacturing space was needed
The Ffrestone plant covers hfteen acres
and gives employment to over 5000 per-
sons 1t was designed and constructed
with the idea of providing light and
sanitation as well as safety against IRE.
The first plant erected Is now used ex-
cIusively for the manufacture or rims.
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A Noticeable Improvement.
4 most noticeable tendency in the
automobile practice of the past few
years has been the constant effort d.
rected toward improving the appearance
of the car as a whole. The automobile
of today presents a much more pleasing
effect than its predecessors OF only
year or two ago Perhaps the chief con-
tributory cause for this Improvement has
been the attention paid to continuous
lines In the design Of the body. and In
addition the elimination or conceainent
as far as possible of external parts, such
as gear change levers
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Standard Electric Deliveries.
Standard electrics were delivered Last
week TO Mrs. II. A.. Winter and Mrs. L
NJ Anderson.
Pullman Cars Delivered.
1914 Pullman touring cars have been