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THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY JULY 21 1907 e q-
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AUTOI BUSY
Motor Touristsiof National Capital Enjoying Them-
selves Big Automobile Show to Be Held inOctober
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There Is going to new associa-tion formed it said wlth tbe purpose of depiqring war on the Automobile Dealers Association of Districtof Columbia B F Washington whowas assistant secretary of tho old olubIt is alleged Is at the head of the
to project the now organizationAs yet full details aro not known
John Wright of 1337 Tenth streetnorthwest loft Washington last
In his now Wayne 35heraopoweroar for a trip to Boston and return Thejaunt Is for pleasure alone and MrWright and MB guests said that rtheywould atop at Baltimore Havwe doGrape Wilmington and Philadelphiaspending anywhere tOm an hour to aday In eaoh place
Havre de Grace br the way saemBttocater to autpjcts The trip whit MrWright Is taking necessitates his ship-ping his car aprons tho Susquehwnnariver The ebargq for the shipment Isonly Tho accommodations atHavro do Grace are so meager thatoften travelers who want to theriver have good Waiting spills asIt h9 beers the custom to telephone theengineer and fireman and get them outof bed before the trip can bo made atnight Auto tourists nowcver haypproven BO JlbBral that R call from themusually results lna hurried arrival ofthe train
Hugh Wallls loft Washington onThursday morning on a trip NewEngland from Washington Mr Walliswent tq Fredericksburg thence to Gettyaburg Philadelphia Atlantic City toAsbury Park which ho reached yester-day yrom the Now Jerseyresort the tourist will make a run toBoston passing through and possiblyBtapplng off at New York city
and Springfield
Wallace C Hood manager of thoCar Company who broke tho
wprlds record for at the Ban-ning race tracto on DecorationIs ppntomplatlng A trjp to HagerstownMd Mr Hood wlH be accompanied layhis wife and E Hi Johanson and Her-bert Horne The Mrty will leave Intime to meet the GUSden tourists atHagerstown and will drive them toBaltimore the thatthe contestants reach
Gill on a TripH W GUI president of the Motor Car
Company Is on a pleasure trip throughVirginia Mr Gill departed from theNational Capital on Friday His objec-tive point Is the Jamestown ExpositionHe will make a stoppingoff at Fraderlcksburg and Blchmoivionly to get life meals oar he Isutilizing for the run is aThomas runabout
Thomas B FprffVspn of Stt Fifteenthstreet northwest s one of the mostrecent pyrohasers ofFerguson from the Motor CarCompany o 2
Duryea car and decided to give hismachine A test I ast Supday he started-on a run tg Buffalo Mr Ferguson willtake the towns 1n Maryland and west-ern Pennsylvania stopping In Plttsburgfor several days From there he willresume his trip to tho Bison City whereho will put In tho remainder pf thesummer
Two travelers have returned Theyare Dr D P Balloy and J WBilly Fry This pair of heroes ofthe auto game ht tine pike for
week before last and bock lastMonday The trip was a howling suc-cess and not a single accident Inter-fered with the schedule Stops weromode In Baltimore Philadelphia andNew Tprk and they didnt
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How Fry got the nerve to go with thetf outer Is somewhat of a mystery Lastyear they started for Baltimore to-gether In tha doctors machine on arainy night On the way over Fryoffered so much advice that the physlclan became weary of hearing It andjust to show he could cut a tow tanOYeaperp taeucd side of the bubblebuggy Into mud bole In the lasttwenty mites of the Journey The dirthad to be sorap d f him with a crowbar when they retched the MonumentalCl y and Fry pwore he would never goautolngvagain
manager of the Bulak Car Company otWeb who was In Washington
for a week the city last Mo-nday going to Richmond where he ar-rived late the same night Mr Coddington boforo ho loft stated that heexpected to be backln town by Sundaye enlng and would stop here for sev
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oral days registering at the RaleighHotel
Dikes Good JauntA 30horsepower Mitchell runabout
given a good tryout last week whenit was driven to Philadelphia and re-
turn by Tame J Flynn entiretrip 26S miles was made at on averagerate of thirteen and onehalf miles perhour twentysix gallons of gasolenewere used the machine making anage of fourteen and onesixth miles pergallon There was Ofijy one delay enroute spark plug blew out nearLancaster Tho wear in the Brakes wasalso taken up but otherwise the carwas untouched during the trip
Infant Industry originally the polltlolan votecatching QUctlon cry andin a measure sally indicative of
tangible has bocomo u householdphrase throughout from oast to coastTile various infants of the severalcarefully nurtured Industries have nowbecome well advanced In years yot weare compelled to pause In our mad hastefor wealth and again stand by theoradle of another Infant a youngsterendowed with the promise of a long and
IJfe the automobile industryAs great oaks from acorns grow HO
from an Jpflnlteslmally beginning hardlyten yoara xaso the menufacturc of theautomobile has grown to proportionsthat have dumfounded the Industrialworld And yet In Its Infancy tho fu-
ture Fcomc destined to eclipse the mostsanguine anticipations of the few whotimidly out their lot with the vicissi-
tudes of motorcar constructionSince the taking x the last census the
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Cylinder Sliding Gear Transmission Shaft Driva
In selecting a car select one with a reputation The SHOWME MITCHELL in the Glidden Tour and recently on a run fromWashington to Philadelphia fully demonstrated its value
The Rambler a known quantity has simply answered ev
cry call made upon itLet us show you a Show Me car
High Power Touring Cars for Hire
Improved Planetary Chain Drive
The Car of Steady Service
Capitol Hili GarageTELEPHONE LINCOLN 336
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the Increase thta ia4 try Mcent VT ll laidai growth of
autmoWU n n ifa twrfl wa nitrtured inforeign lands upon a various assortment-of patented inventions tHe industryquickly took root upon American abarea
r pldl grew today Am rioleads the world as tobut in r lUbi and wipwterter f the machine Yankee
has surpawMd OM foreign prodOver MWOX w p W inby ten iMuiiag Am rle H on-
crns Just and ever uaj9M9 hoefound its way lute the t anto-moWIe U kMM ni in than tenyears
The Home consumption of th autawhile far aMHty of tb fimii
to net preventeda heavy Toalone th mother country at the
auto where for months the product-of the Renault Brothers eoneern heldundisputed sway was a shipmentof nearly KJ cars during last April A
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The growth In ch actar of rutsconstruction has kept withflnaacial Increase From the small twonyitnder cobs of Paris w-
And su cea ve adva MnM t t foursix clgttt and eves twatve yln4l r-
ears With step forward in Utemttr af power makerskept puce in tHe bulMtHff of heaviercad mere compact maU r and size ofears This growth has of equalproportion upon both sides of At-lantic from the fact of securinggreater speed from a multiple of eylindots It been clearly demonstratedthat sinailet ngn s with small strokesad hors are greatly superior to thelarger motors of lo e cylinders
And aside from speed equippedwith motors of the multiplecylindertype have by tar the longer life andare oai er to operate as well as morepleasant 4r the tourist In the recentauto at Detroit the s4xeyjln4
oontpleteiy walked away fromthose of only cylinders clearlydemont rating their superiority In linewith this theory the higher grade ofPreach ers are new equipped withtwelve cylinders and have resultedlargely In placing those makes so favor-ably Before the nubile Another recentillustration of the prowess of the mul
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New Car flf Carter Company Which
Arrived Yesterday Howard 0 Carterat Wheel and G Garry Carter
Him in Front Seat In BackSeat From Left to Right Are Frank L
Carter W E Berry and F IrvingEngler
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Mpleeylinder ear Js the results shownin thfc Encliak rftcoa a atxejHn-dere4 car averaged sixty to seventytwomliea per hourDetroit Greatest Center
The greateot automobile manufactur-ing onr in this oouniry is unques-tionably Detroit with Chicago and Mil-waukee closely following In Detroitatone there are twentynine faoterlM
various asesrnWtnar shops Invhich are m nttfaeturod some of thfinest of Americas auto products Theadvantages frosts a goograpNtoal as wellas shipping point of view hed by De-
troit for the Middle West are no greater than those with which the city ofWMfclngton Is endowed from an Easternstandpoint Owing to the severe en-
croachments upon the passenger trafficof the railroads the automobile Is cou-
sidored by them to be a competitor andby reason of this fact shipment of oarsfrom faotories in the Middle West U
the markets of the Atlantic seaboard te-
a heaVY tax to bola shipper and BuyerThese conditions need not exist Theiramelioration Is the grasp of theseintoroetod In a Greater Washington TheEastern ftoid together with thatritory south of and Dixon s lineis well nigh Inexhaustible
Still Far From LimitThe field of auto construotloa is un-
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People Who Own Elmore Cars Spend Little for RepairsWe Make Repairs Free of Charge for One Year from Date of Purchase
The highest notch of perfection and simplicity has been attained the valveless TwocycleElmore For beauty r plicity and endurance it stands without a peer Owners of Elmore cars canoperate them I of a mechanical engineer
Free L monstratioa for Persons Interested in Autos
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when we include fire and chemical caFines tracUen engines amfruianoMpolice patrols mail vans artillery
drays and truoksf reapers plowsand threshing machines In the dtyof Paris they have suoaeesfutty un0dthe auto lire apparatus for a numberof years as welt as in a numbersuburban localities In this eauntry Itis only a nwttar f time their usewin be universal Eva town mowershave been equipped ad fiveeosefttttvused as Js evidenced by UM BM htooperated the lawns of tiNt UflltMlStates Capital It is t erident that the touring oar is Wt a emtMfactor in th great fiend fptructien Aoeer41 g to M torleading publication for the awtemebtteIndustry there are now Wta-gencios throughout the Unitedrepresenting the a tto awmtCftttoting one rnsManufacturers Make Money
The great automobile Industry is setalone beneficial to the zuaauf aeturers-pf machines or they awnthem The vast army of employee prentthrough high wages the stockholdersreap enormous and our oemtry brethren are brought lAte closertouch with their city oousfaw Awlfurther than thl the expansion ofautomobile that has resulted In thepast and will In the future to even agreater extent In the fsuperior country reads and pikes be-sides greatly advancing the value of
That tho acme of motor car perfectlon been actually attained isevident If the handsome new 19flSmodel of the Carter twoengine tourJj 5 now In this city Is any cri-terion Tide new creation reachedWashington yesterday end will nextweek start for the Jataestawn Bxposttlen where It will be as anexhibit in the machinery and trans-portation building
The car Is finished In bright redblack striped with canopy and Isequipped with two 246t Carrico gaso-line engines capable f maintsinlHg aspeed of seventyfive miles aa hourThe car Is actually the highest powered nirce fod touring stock car In theworld and slides along with theleaeneos of an electric machine Thegeneral construction of the car Jssomewhat different from the 1807
The hood is weal ladesign and while one muffler waspreviously used am two uponthe new war placed Jn an elevatedrear position The entire mechanism ofthe machine is neatly raised withoutheightening the the car which
increases its general attrac-tiveness
Another new and prominent featureIs the unique theacetylene headlights fnaxle As the wheels toright or left in a circle tlights act automatically withthe wheels thus throwing the powerful rays directly upon the teftteadof oft the side of the course traversedaa is now the usual cas OB oarssuch lightsNext Automobile Show
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November J800 by the Automobile Club
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f America with the object of supporting and encouraging the then newsport and industry of motoring In Amerlea S4 e tot time nutirmoMlo
year toeroased to importance sad msgnttude
The oxfcibkJon ontMttta title year into a at a tiMe when
all MtemeMt httapMts we W b eecin Now Yer
October te n fcteh sap
A6dtt and the Rotorry 2 ftmCa turars I c
its eighth anavMa show ta the Grand
M to Thursday OetefcerGeed Central steiated aten v f F rtytMr4 street and
Lexington aveiMte and soCTipirteg the
most aeoeeelWe boteg easily rearmed byrailway subway and surface hoes Allmaaufaotarers are Invited wltBout-OualMeatien or restriction of member-ship la any organization to czMMt theirproduets-
AH Interesting baUeoa exhibit will fcemade by the Aero Club of America asin previous years
By special arransaweat with theGrand Central Pakee Company theclub has secured some M ftW feetsnore apace for exhibition purposes thanwas avattaWe year whist will enable exhlbit Ts t a better showlag of their produets thorn heretofore
During the last part of the weekMarkle assistant sales manager
for the Corbln tcr Vefcicfe Corpora-tion arrtvod In Washington over theroad in a Type H Cerbin car Inwhich be covered over iAX miles with-out E Mr Markle white hereplaced tko Corbln agency with Dapent garage
On Wednesday last A A Cohen with-a party of friends drove to HarpersPerry W Va in his 24hers power Coteunbis He is sUM touring the untry-aJtfotalag Harpers
test Sunday Frank P Hall drove aparty jn Hnitog Wright and abrother to Judge Wright frvai Cincin-nati Ohio OB a and interest-Ing excursion to Laesburg battlegroundsin his Cohunbia macMio Heavywere eacpwicnead but trip was without accident
On July 2 L M aa amateurleft
and through New York Theare stilt touring York State andto ate have covered more than l
reportstrip with no untoward incidents
THIRTYFIVE CENT THEFTCOSTS WOMAN 5 FINE
Per stealing four head of cabbage endtttreo onions Irma the truck garden atthe Soldiers Home Annie Rose ofFomtrov street was Sled ff in thePoHoe Court yesterday nenttag Thevegetables were worth Si seats
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