The Washington herald., 1916-10-04
Motor Gossip
By "SI'' GRoGAN.

The following auto licenses were issued yesterday
4S7-NIyrou NJ Parker. jr. lHs F st.; Cole 1917.
F2SlS-P. T. Dessez. Navy Yard D. c; Cadillac
.9H
42aa-Kathlesn NJ. ChAnbetl,in. 25o3 Hsmlin st.
special
I2s3O-Msrchants Tr,nssr Storage Co.. 90 L
st.. Ford 1915.
f2sH-Merchants Transfer & Storage Co. go b
st. Ford 1876
42s2- Merchants Transfer & stOrAso o.. 30
st.; Republic 1916.
42s25-P. H Tamplst, Home Life Bldg; Oakland
1916
4ss24-Or-ine Cott. So R / ar. ne: Paige 1915.
f2s5-ThomaS A Robyns, r.. 1857 Butnore St
Chevrolet 1875
i2as-Gsorgo K. B,tsr. 81 st NV; REQ lns
t1sT-B. Udof. so Sherman ave-; Ford 1916.
FuSsell Ice Cream Co, LA 18th ST.. Wilcox
4gsD-w. c. White. Ths Northumberland; stnde-
baker 1916.
4283O-C. E McClury. us Thomas st. NV; Ford
1911
fE5l-J. c. Clark, 4as Ga ave; Page 1918
'3822-Charlss H. JaTins Sons. Center Market;
Ford 1913.
42a2-J D. c. Hardne. The westmoreland;
l2s3l-Abe Jacoby. lyI st. NV; demonstrates
E2S6-M Thompson. lI8 Jefferson st. Ford 1876
4gs6-Adeaids def. Larnsr. 1851 o St Baker.
t2sT-Mr. W. F. Kelley, The Brighton; Oldsmo-
bile 1917.
42ssS-w. J. Huston. rs Shepherd st; Ford 1916.
i2Soe-J. NJ. Tteomb. 81 Quincy st. NV; Pack
ard 1913
E8N-C. H Hoyl 8Os Wyoming ave-; Stevens 1916.
E2SH-Lee V. Moore, llu3 18th St NV; Ford lsl6
E2Si2-Hushss Market Co. Inc. 1913 10Th ST.
Vim T 1915.
Esss-J. ]. NJ. Campbell 0eH Munsey Bldg
Dodge 1876.
48i-E. NJ. vsnNsss. zgl3 st, NV; Ford 1876
48H-E P. Thompson. A6 18th St NV; winton
1915
42ss-GeOrEe Berger 81 st ne; Ford 1913
42SE-Paul E Lesh, 1872 H st. NV; Maxwell 1916.
Motorists have for too long a time been
taking for granted that what they bought
for gasoline really was gasoline. 1t is
but a step in the right direction that the
Bureau Of Standards should once and for
all determine just what is and what Is
not gasoline. Every car owner does not
carry around with him a hydrometer to
test out the gas that he buys, and there
seems to be no reason why he should.
Gasoline dealers themselves do not in
many instances take the trouble to test
the product that they have poured into
their tanks. They buy 1t as gasoline and
let it go at that. The reason has been
that there has been no method by which
a dealer could purchase a good grade OF
gasoline. It was all gasoline and he had
nothing to do but take II. AS soon as
the Bureau of Standards determine what
Is and what Is not gasoline the dealer will
nave 10 give the car owner something
more than 50 gasoline.
People are awakening to the fact that
speed is not the supreme test of the
motor car. Speed Is an essential feature
Of q good motor car, OF course; If it were
not farm tractors, built with the lavish
body OF q railroad Pullman, would be
far more comfortable. II is the day-by-
day test that the motor car enthusiast
is becoming more interested in than any
thing ulse. What will this car do 36;
days in the coming year? That is what ]
want to know, rather than that the Bug
Zer' was driven from New York to a
nameless Ohio town in record time" This
Is what automobile salesmen are hearing
from prospects as never before.
The national automobile shows Of 1911
are to be held in Grand Central Palace,
New York, January to IS, and In the
Coliseum and First Regiment Armory,
Chicago, January q to February