The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
CASE AUTO CHIEFS
ENTERTAIN PARTY
ON MERRY JOURNEY
Happy Group Makes Six
Hour Journey to Mary
- land Metropolis.
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VARIETY OF SIGHTS
Mile Race with Train Enlivens
Interesting Tour to Neigh
- boring State.
VARIETY OF SIGHTS
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lands of Maryland will lie open 10 |
the city dweller. So, past vine-clad
front doors, historic scenes of rev.
olutionary remembrances. olden |
relics of days even farther beyond. |
with modern touches bringing COM |
fortabIeness, the Case moved on.
Hamlets such as typify Americas
towns giving a snatch of the atmos- |
phere in which they thrive, dot the |
road.
Pass Through Hyattsville.
The first is Hyattsville. and the
road strings through it in wigwag
fashion. A half mile beyond this
sOmber little village the brakes
brought the car an an abrupt stop,
and the occupants strained to see
the cause
A common sight. but an unusual
setting greeted their curiosity. For
they beheld a three-ton truck, splin
tered and torn, surrounded by a
Gordon of curious men. One sat in
the midst of the wreckage. binding
as best he could a lacerated hand
A second, who had been catapulted
over an eight-foot fence in the
crash, was trying to mend a bleed
ing limb.
See wreckage of Truck.
Down the road a huge fve-ton
truck, representing the Baltimore
Bed Spring Manufacturing Com
pany, was stalled, iwth its right
side buckIed. The group learned
that coming down a steep slope, he
latter machine started to skid and
truck, owned by the Chesapeake
and Potomac Power Company. the
employees of whom were working
on the wires strung on the tele-
graph poles. had been parked along
the highway. Three suffered dam
ages by the accident.
Up the hill Case went without cf-
fort, and farm lands furnished the
atmosphere: the high country
stif and wholesome breeze. Mile
after mile lay behind the purring
wheels, and the motor sang the
song most welcome to the travellers
ears
Beltsvflle and Ammendale were
specks upon the earth, anu the
conversation by this time had be-
come loosened to such an extent
that q weighty discussion on the
merits, values, and usefulness of
motor muf1ers and cUtouts beamed
forth
Whether IL is permitted a ma
chine to wear its cutout in the
country was the subject, and two
khaki-garbed motorcycle riders,
their smoked glasses rejecting evil
intentions, formed the disturbing
elements to change to conversation
and discourage the trial
The next mile or two were taken
very calmly, with due propriety,
and without noise. 1t was we'll
established fact, by the time this
stretch had been traversed, that the
traffic cops were well in the rear
and therefore harmless.
Race with steam Engine.
So, swinging jauntly along side
the tracks Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, past Mulkirk Sta-
tion. came a train whistle. Up the
track came an engine. bound, sup
posedly, for Baltimore.
Gilmore is a speed demon. and
a momentarily smile froze as he
saw the cars speed by. But his
warm heart thawed it shortly, for
Beard touched the gas, and the
Case, splitting 1or moment, set
out on its race.
Up hill and down. with lone
some road to travel, for fully a
mile, the car raced the train, and
only smelled its dust when steep
hove IN view.
But on, past Laurel. with its
stately stables, its private and pub
lie tracks where the speed horses
of the world met, and the road be-
comes a silver ribbon, threading
through a fabric of hill and valley,
rich-hued green.
Corn fields are in abundance:
wheat. rye and oats, with their
miles of Strengthening tan swing
In q breeze that touches farther be-
yond in the heavier and rougher
woodlands. So, the party speeds,
amid the prettiest, the most desir-
able, the cleanest romance of all
20 that the world owns-the open
country.
Baltimore Looms I'm Sight.
Baltimore was soon in the distant
horizon. then gradually grew until
II became a mass of material struc-
lures. pricking the sky. The part.
swept into the city, across its mar
row and its wide streets.
Every street in this busy city,
one so contrasted to our dignified
and staid Washington, has row af-
ter row Of white stone and wooden
steps. Simplicity and regularity
were gained as the e-result of econ
omy. The effect to the strange
tourist is one of wonderment but
not particularly admiration.
Then. through its streets to the
Baltimore agency of the Case car,
situated in the outskirts, near Old
York road. in Guilford. ]. walter
Woods, president of the Woods
Company, Inc, is the agent. He is
forced to await his arrival. The n
en- to the Old York road, down Null
berry street to Hanover street, and
thence to the Baltimore harbor.
Few ships of ocean going routes
were tied up. The harbor is mag
nificent and its waters are sprinkled
with small pleasure and coastwise
vessels. One particularly unique
was a submarine house boat,
rounded like a blimp, with windows
the most part of II.
start Homeward Journey.
Case travelled over Hanover
bridge. struck the Annapolis pike.
and on to the seat of the State gov
ernment.
This is one of the best roads of
the State. il was said. and it was
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