The Washington herald., 1916-08-30
t1otor Gossip
BY "SI" GROGAN.

Tie following auto licenses were issued Yesterday
4966-Johu L. Edward. lil5 & st. nv; Chalmers
le167 b. Caspsrl 1881 Valley St. Sc; studcbaker
1876
i2es-stephsn l. sheeby. 900 Mt Pleasant; Buick
1916
42O6e- Harry W RcdheId. 42 Kenyon st. nv;
Ford 1916.
42O7O-S Kann Son. & Co 9Th and Pa ave
Overland 1912
4arl-C. f. Burch 9ie Va ave sw.; Auburn 1sI6.
E072-Frank 5 Cisna Md. ave. and End St nc
Buick 1913
42O3- Archie Savoy, Dcanvood. D. c; Crawford
1910
EMF P wenze. 1924 y st. Sc: Jeffrey 1876
4a76-B r. EArnshaw & Bro. ,IO5 Ilth st. Sc
Mack 1876.
isrs-Elsie Hsvencr. Conduit I'd; Ford 1916
t3T7-Charles Some, O37 18th st NV; demon
strator
4oNs-CharIes n Droyton sll Col. Bldg: Allen
1916
i2T9- W. G. RucdiGcr 2ses 9th ct: bort 1876
2osp-Cranford Paving Co. 2ncD E st. NV; Ford
1916.
F21sl-Report later
42Os2-William Breasley, il2 10th It, ne King 1914
i2s3-Elizabeth L. Lewis 1869 3lst St: Buick 10 6
1904 George w. Ranch, 2l3 II. Of r.; Mitchell
1917
William P. Barnhardt 6 Co. distribu-
ters for the Pullman in this section, have
opened a branch IN Baltimore. A. NJ.
Schneider, at one time a salesman for one
of the local motor car firms and who is
well knowp to the Washington motoring
fraternity. has been appointed manager.
If the railroad strike materializes. as
seems to be the case at the present time,
it will seriously affect the motor car
situation. Factories in most instances
are far enough behind on orders now
without being handicapped on delivery
by outside influence. It will mean that
dealers, if they hope to fulfill their agree
ments on delivery dates on machines al
ready sold, will have no recourse but to
get to the factories the best way that thev
can, motoring there seems to be about
the only manner in which they can reach
their destination, and drive the cars back.
So far as the machines themselves are
concerned, a trip from any automobile
factory in the Middle West to Washing
ton would simply be a good workout for
the car. There are some customers
though, who perhaps would object to ac-
cepting delivery on a machine that had
been driven the thousand and odd miles
which lies between here and Detroit. the
home of the motor car This class are
not motor-wise and insist on breaking the
car in themselves, in some instances to
their sorrow.
There is talk among some of the garage
men of the city of forming a garage deal
ers' association. 1t seems that there are
some few people numbered among the
owners of motor cars in Washington who
are negligent about paying their hills
They remain at one garage until the nro.
prietor asks that they settle I'D. They
then take French leave" and 90 sone-
where else and repeat the performance
1t seems that there is no way in which
they can be prosecuted except by civil suit
and as rule their financial standing is
such that 1t is not worth while TO adont
this means of trying to collect the bill
Some of the larger garage owners have
had informal talks about forming an as
sociation. one of the objects of which
would be to eliminate this class of trade
and TO correct other abuses of the busI-
ness. 1t is to be hoped that the idea
will finally resolve itself into sometime
definite.