The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
Motor Gossip
By "sI" GRoGAN.

The following automobile licenses we're
issued yesterday:
4965-W. E. Locklin. H4s'P st. NV; Chalmers 1911
-mm- W. Mathewson, 1865 NV. Dodge 1915
1876 81 NV O'elIAna
4ce8-wm. H. Heron. lcD 9Th st.; studebaksr 1915
496s-A E. Beck. 1l39 Chicago St Sc. Mitchell
42To-A c. Gorback, GOT 12th st, NV: Ford 1914
48Il-EVerett F. Rea. 53T 18th St NV, Paige 1911
t2H2-HarTy c. Allen, 81 Colorado B,dg; Ford
73-Roy Stake 1873 St. REQ 1918
icT4-Imogen Young the Portland: KisseI 1917
42g75-C. V. Lamuels. 1881 10th St Paige 1916
42s5-Merodith R. sautmyers. Is1 Jackson ne. :;
Warren 1911
42g7-Jas. H. Taylor. oo45 18th st.; Dodge 1915
f2TS-JOhn W. Bishop. ~ n Cap. St; Pullman
1878.
s2a7e-wm; y: BerE, Sle c St sw.; Ford.
426o-H. E. Rawlett, 1908 llth NV : Oakland 1915
1916
429s2-wm. H Sergeant 44l4 Sheriff I'd. Ford 1918
i2983-Henry E. Lang, ALB 7th St; Oldsmode 1876
i2E4-Mabel /. JarbOe. 93i y. Y ave; Ford 1916
4Es6-W. R. Sherwood, 33ri and Q SITS Ford 1916
49s6-Russian Embassy; White 1916.
42s7-Martin Deany. Washington Post Maxwell
1911.
42s8-J. A. Furer. 2sl2 Conn. ave; Ford 1917.
42989-LuHe Williamson. 17OI st. Ford 1913
1916.
4299-Juliau H. GrIbb, 9o2 Pa. ave; Davis 1915.
The E. ]. Quinn Motor Car Company
has taken the agency for the Sun Light
Six They will handle this car in addI-
ton to the WesCott line which they are
now representing.
SO far as Washington and the automo-
bile situation is concerned, a peculiar
state of affairs exists. This city Is in a
way a national center for motor cars in
so much as during a portion Of the year
people from all over the country gather
here during the season OF Congress.
Perhaps they buy while In town and
perhaps they do not. but ncvertheIesa
they get their impressions Of the car that
they ultimately purchase while here.
Manufacturers, at least some Of them.
consider this fact to a certain extent, but
they overlook the point that in 80 far az
this is, according to their own calcuIa-
tions, a national center, they do not pro-
vide enough cars to supply the demand
Rather, they consider the town az ono OF
twelve months good weather and that
cars shipped here in the dead Of winter
should prove as easy sales as those that
are sent through at this season. Per.
sonaI investigation is the only thing that
will convince them otherwise.
With the development OF trunkIIns
highways the need for the toll road bas
passed out of existence, and In due sea
son even the toll gate itself, last relic of
highway undervaluation, also will dIsap-
pear. True, many stretches Of toll road
still exist, but almost invariably their
condition plainly indicates that as n dI-
rect commercial enterprise the highway
is a failure, whereas in the guIse or n
public undertaking, fostered in a public
spirited way, it is bound to be a success,
Originally the idea was that highway
companies, through returning better
service than the public could afford, ius-
titled their existence. And under certain
conditions of pioneer development they
doubtless did. Liberal charters, however.
placed the toll-road companies in no.
sition where, figuratively speaking thew
didn't have to work. Ultimately the pub
lie road, built and maintained by the
people it serves. has come to he the
stamp of community ENTERPRISE and
agricultural prosperity.