Evening star. [volume], July 27, 1913, Page 4, Image 18

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Mileage Record Broken
Detroit Electric Brougham
Negotiates Round Trip From Washing
ton to Baltimore and Return, a Distance
of 82 Miles, on Single Battery Charge.
Run was made Friday. July _'5. starting from sales
room. 1407 H street northwest, to center of Baltimore.
Running time. 7 hours. This record run was over jo
miles of freshly oiled road: one mile of deep sand; newly
crushed stone and hilly country, under the observation of
Howard S. Fisk. Auto Editor. The Star, and Harry Ward,
Auto Editor, the Times. The car was a model 35 clear
vision brougham, weighing 3.300 lbs. and was driven by
R. Bruce Kmerson. This machine was six months old and
had already been run 6.213 nrles up to time of start of
thi> remarkable trip. The original set of batteries were
used.
Detroit Electric Record - - - 82 Miles
Former Record 72 Miles
SUMMARY
GOING
Left Washington. D. C. - = 7:40 A.M.
Arrived Baltimore - - - 11:45 A.M.
Distance Covered - - - - - 41 Miles
Running Time - - - * 3 hrs. 10 min.
RETURNING
Left Baltimore ------ 2:00 P.M.
Arrivei Washington, D. C., 7:07 P.M.
Distance Covered - - - - - 41 Miles
RunningTime = - - - 3 hrs. 50 min.
Total Miles Covered
Total Running Time
82 Miles
7 Hours
Car was still running after new record had been es
tablished with batteries good for at least 10 miles more,
thus proving that over too miles could be covered on a
single charge on concrete streets.
On June 6. 1911, a one-ton Detroit lileetric Delivery
Truck, with 1.200 lb. load, made the run of 79 miles'on a
single charge to Baltimore and return.
Let Us Give You a Demonstration
EMERSON & 0RME
1407 H St. N.W. m Main 7695
Don't Be Deceived
The six-cylinder car has taken the place of tlit* "four"
in-t as the "four" took the place of the two. Another
vear prove it when you find your "four" out-of-date. Be
up-to-date. ;^et a "six."
Six"
Is the lowest-priced "six on the market. Absolutely
up-to-date in every detail. Think of it. a six-cylinder car
with electric starter, electric lights, electric horn, etc.,
and all the other latest features for
$1,410 (F. O. B. thp Factory)
Don't listen to this talk about a "six" using more
gasoline than a four. This roomy five-passenger car
will positively average over 18 miles to the gallon.
LET US PROVE IT
W e have two cars of this type left on which we can
make immediate delivery.
Little "Six" deliveries last week: W111. \Y. Kline
and John C. O'Laughlin.
The Henderson-Rowe Auto Co.,
Phone Nortn 4521
1127 Fourteenth Street N.W.
Ford Cars Delivered.
Anions thos** who received Ford ears
during the week ending yesterday were
W. K. Fouler, Dr. O. H. Wright. G. M.
Peate, Paul C. Erwin, J. B. Gould, Clar
t<nre Hickerson, W. P. Wilson and George
F. JSamich A Co. (three> touring can, and
It. S. KiljJur, J. W. Hensley and R. K.
? ase, torr^oes.
Studebaker Deliveries.
Studebaker cars were delivered during
the past week to Theodore Michael. "3.V
touring car; Mrs. Hannah Campbell, "35"
touring car; Typewriter and 8uppljr Com
pany. "W roadster; William Jose, "HO"
touring ca? and E. H. Johansen, "25"
touring ca^'
MOTORING
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BY HOWAED S. FISK.
Disregarding the many opin
ions from various sources as
to" the probability of motoring
from Washington to Piney
Point. Md.. without great dif
ficulties, because of the road conditions,
Lew Thayer, accompanied by the writer,
wholly undaunted, negotiated the trip
last week in the former's Buick road
ster. It was somewhat more stren
uous than the run a few weeks pre
vious to Rock Point, Md.. by reason of
the narrowness of the roads and com
plex situations which arose from time
to time after leaving Leonard town, Md.
Leaving The Star building at 4:10
o'clock last Saturday afternoon, we
headed for Good Hope, just beyond
Anacostia. Turning to the right, we
proceeded a short distance and at 4.8
miles turned left into Walker road.
This section of the road, which for
some time past has been In a sandy
and bumpy condition, has been im
proved within the past few weeks, and
a new gravel road has taken its place.
The road has been widened and the
underbrush alongside of the road
cleared away. Fences have been con
structed and within a short time it is
expected that the oiling machine will
be put into service in this section, and
when it is the road will be all that can
be desired. The steep grade on the
other side of the snrtl! bridge was be
ing swept last week preparatory to
oiling it. and just after entering the
Walker road we passed the oiling ma
chine which was to do the work up in
the vicinity of Silver Hill.
Turning to the right at Silver Hill, we
continued southward to T B.. passing
crossed the railroad and a few minutes
later entered Hughesville. _ ]
The next town beyond Hughesville Is
t'harlotte Hall. The distance is four
miles, and In those few miles it is neces
sary to cross the railroad tracks four dif
ferent times. The road, sandy nearly the
entire distance, winds back and forth over
the tracks and in addition to this, we
found a couple of detours where a new i
road is under construction. Kill* are be- i
ing made in the road between these two I
towns and the road widened by the re
moval of trees and underbrush along the
roadside. A new ruad is under construc
tion from Horse Head, which eventually
will connect up with the tliin ntaradain
lzed-oiled road which runs from Me
chanicsville to Loonardtown
* * + *
New Cement Road,
Keeping straight ahead ihruogtt Char
lotte Hall we continued over noine more
sandy stretches and followed the tele
graph wires At the cross-roads, ftt?H
miles from Washlngtqii. we Wept straight
ahead and continued to follow the wire*.
At 30 miles we crossed the rallrosd tracks
and hearing to the left at this point cross
ed the tracks once more at miles,
this time bearing to the rltfht After pro
ceeding a short distance we made a allgiit
detour, where the new cement road now
in course of construction commences.
About a mile of this new roadway has
been completed anil the time Is not far
distant when l.eonardtown and Washing
ton will be connected up with a highway
that will be a credit to the state of Mary
land. Even New Jersey w ill not have any
thing on Maryland when this tifty-llve
mile stretch Is completed. As it I:* now
the only bad stretch of road is from
Bryantown to Mechanlcsvllle, a distance
of eleven miles, and there is every indica
tion that this sandy stretch will soon be
eliminated from the map by the new road
under construction.
After making fairly good progress
stretch**, InlermlnKled hero and there
with a small ntrram, we pulled Into
Valley I-.ee at 9:45 o'clock. Valley Lee
Is 67.7 miles from Washington and quite
a typical southern village. Turning: to
the left;. we passed through nnother
small stream and ascended light
grade, still following the ti ..jraph
wires. This place is .also c.illtd Val
ley Lee, although the post otUce Is
located at the first village referred to
a hove. Here we found a larpe gen
eral merchandise t>tore, while just
acroMa the road w.is a. large mill and
a few private residences. Thi3 vlliape
was only O.fi of mile from the post
office of Valley. Lee Passing the
right In front of the store, con
tinued our pathlinding trip oik more,
taking llie rlKht fork just on the out
okiitb ?it the village and ler.ving the
wired The road to the ;eft goes to
Porto Hello, on the west side of St.
M&rya nver, and while it is a far
superior road than the one to Piney
I'olnl, the motorist should be careful
and gel on the right road. We nat
urally started over the good road and
had none but several yards when we
figured ihat we were going in the
wrong direction.
Ho taking the light fork we ptowed
through a stretch of sand and once more
picked our way through the woodlands to
our destination. (>n nearlng Piney Point
we came across two frame houses, and
turning over the main road to the left,
were confronted a short time thereafter
with a fork in the road, while a rural
free delivery mail box loomed up in
front of the machine. After studying
conditions for a few moments, we de
cided that the road to the right led to a
private place, and that the letter box
was for th<* purpose of saving a trip tc
the house by the rural letter carriers.
At 72.5 miles we turned to the right,
this road leading directly to Pln^y Point,
while the other road continues to
Swann's, just around the bend from
So we selected the route through Clem
ents. Chaptlco, Budds Creek. Wicomico.
Newport, Aliens Fresh, T^othalr and Coxs
Station, returning over the l^a Plata road
to this city. And of all the roads this
was the worst on the entire trip between
Leonardtown and La Plata. The country
was hilly, rough and sandy, and for mile*
anil miles it was a case of using low
speed, which had never been found nec
essary on the trip down. In pla-.-es the
sand was hub deep, while all thought of
comfort had been discarded to the winds
when the rocky conditions were encoun
tered. After we had reached La Plata
without a single mishap we said never
again, or until there is a noticeable Im
provement in the roads.
Motorists are advised not to return over
this route, and therefore no attempt will
be made to describe this portion of the
trip. The run from I.,a Plata to Wash
ington is familiar to nearly every motor
ist, being a continuation of the route from
Waldorf, where we turned off for Bryan
town the night previous. The return trip
from Piney Point to Washington con
sumed 5 hours and IH> minutes, and had
we returned over the same route which
we went there is little doubt in our minds
that we could have negotiated the return
trip in about four hours' time. Further
more. instead of the distance being short
er, we discovered that it was ten miles
longer. The total distance covered on the
run was 156 miles. We arrived at our
destination Sunday evening at 7:40 o'clock
without having stopped a second for tire
or mechanical troubles while on the road
for the two days.
The towns passed through en route and
the distances are as follows:
GOING.
Town*. Miles.
Washington to Aiwoostia 3.4
<J?od Hope 4.8
Silver Hill <>.9
('mnips Springs ltl.4
Clinton P. O 12.9
T. B 18.0
Mattawoman : 21.5
SCENES ON PATHFJNDING TRIP IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
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through Camp Springs at lo.l miles and
on through Clinton Post Office at 12.'.<
miles. From Silver Hill a freshly oiled
highway was covered until we reached
the rough stretch, which is being re
paired just outside of T. R, where it
ended. Arriving at T. B. at .">:1<? o'clock,
we continued to the right, past the
post office, and headed over another
rough stretch of roadway. The roads
about T. B. have been filled in at some
points and as st>on as the grading has
been completed it will be rounded into
shape and will not be so uncomfort
able for motoring as it is in its present
rough condition.
* * * *
Met President Wilson Again.
It was just after leaving T. B-, which
is eighteen miles from Washington, that
we encountered President Wilson return
ing from La Plata, where he attended a
base ball game there last Saturday after
noon.
The rough road extends for about two
miles and then we took up with another
fine stretch of oiled road, which was
covered in good time and brought us
into Waldorf, twenty-four miles from the
starting point. Turning sharply to the
left, we left the oiled road and passed
through Waldorf. Here we found a
splendid gravel road, which is just near
ing completion. It extends to Bryantown.
The road has been constructed along the
right lines, broad at all points, trees
and underbrush cleared away and sup
ported with cement culverts at, various
points along the highway. We tested the
road out and found the roadbed was
solid and the surface level. There were
no waves in the road. The worKmen
were still engaged in the construction
work, which, up to last week, had
reached the edge of Bryantown. Through
Bryantown the route was hilly and rough
and from this point to Hughesvllle we
found the roads heavy with sand. About
"three miles 'out from Bryantown w?
through the heavy section from Char
lotte Hall we pulled into Mechanicsville,
41.0 miles from Washington, at 0:4->
o'clock and after a brief stop headed for
Leonardtown. The distance between the
two towns is fourteen miles and the road
all that could be desired. It is macada
mized and oiled th?- entire distance and
without any effort we negotiated the dis
tance in twenty-nine minutes. En route
we passed through Helen P. O., a small
settlement, where we turned slightly to
the left, the road to the right leading to
Chaptico and later through Morganta
and Lovoville.
L<aying over an hour in Leonardtown,
we made preparations for the most
strenuous part of our journey. We
pulled away from the hotel at 8:10
o'clock.
Turning in a southerly direction from
the center of the town, we proceeded to
pierce the darkm-ss of the night and
pick our way through the almost com
pletely hidden sid.> roads and by-paths.
The night was clear and cool, and with
only the stars to j?uide us. we prepared
for the final dash of our pathfinding
trip. With the odometer reading 56-7
miles, we descended a steep grade out
of Leonardtown, and at 56.8 miles
picked up with the telegraph wires,
which we followed for about a mile.
At #7.7 miles we kept straight ahead
and at 5>7.? took the left fork again,
taking up with the telegraph wires at
59.1. on the right side of the road.
Krom this time on to Valley Lee we
followed the wires and had no trouble
whatever. Bearing to the left at 59.7
we gradually picked our way along in
yrood shape, taking the right fork at
65.4 miles and again following the
wires. Our lead for the greater por
tion of the distance was to follow the
wires.
* * * ?*
Arrival at Valley Lee.
After traveling ov? a fairly good
road. ' sometimes rising into sand
H Tup. gT-RAIQHT! AtP HftKRQW JjKTH.
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Piney Point and across from St. <Seorge:*j
Island. After a delightful drive along)
the shore we pulled into Piney Point at
10:80 o'clock Saturday night, with tin
total mileage on our odom titer registering
73.7 miles from Washington. While many
motorists have imagined that the road
between Leonardtown and Piney Point
was impassable, such is not the case.
We found evidences where the highway
engineers are at work down over this
stretch of road, and were informed that
It is the intention to improve this road
from lyeonardtown to Piney Point. In
this event it will do much to encourage j
motoring in that section of Maryland, as
the scenery is inviting and conditions
generally favorable to Washington auto
ists. One of the principal things to re
member on the run from I.eonardtown
to Piney Point is to follow the telegraph
wires, with two exceptions, once where
they are left two .miles out from L#eon
ardtown and are again picked up after
motoring about a mile and where the
right fork is taken just beyond Valley
I^ee at the junction with the Porto Bello
road.
* * ? *
The Return Trip.
A^ter an enjoyable day's outing, at 2:10
I o'clock Sunday afternoon we started for
Washington on our homeward-bound trip.
Returning over the same route to Leon
ardtown, we were enabled to cut down
our running time from Leonardtown to
Piney Point, made at night, from 2 hours
20 minutes to- 1 hour 30 minutes, includ
ing all stops. Owing to the narrowness
of some of the stretches of road between
these towns and the numerous curves, it
Is advisable to make frequent signal
warnings. The roads are heavily shaded
in places and make touring at this sea
son of the year delightful.
On our arrival at Leonardtown we de
cided to return over another route, being
told that the distance would be much
shorter and road conditions fairly good.
Walilorf
Bryantown
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Ililgliewvllle ..
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24.0
80.7
38.2
34.4
41.tt
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48.1
40.
Leonardtown R5.7
Valley If 67.7
piney Point 73.7
RETURNING.
Piney Point t<? Valley Lee 6.0
Letmardtovvu 18.0
Clement* I'. " ? .... 23.6
PuJiis < 'reek 33.1
Wicoinieo 3B.t?
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Aliens Fresh.
l.ot liair
C<ix> Station..
La Plata
Waldorf
Mattawonian
CO.O
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T. 1
Clinton P. O ggjo
Camp Springs ]
Silver Hill 7$[o
Gottl Ho|>e jj Z
Atiaeoiitia
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* * * *
Returned to Piney Point.
Lew Thayer, accompanied by his sister.
Mrs. Frank P. McDermott and son
Thayer, motored to Piney Point.
Md., Tuesday morning In his Bulck road
ster. following his pathflnding trip of the
previous week end. He returned to
Washington yesterday afternoon. A
slight delay was caused on the return
trip when a nail pierced one of the
tires of his machine. Ilia running time
was ft hours.
# $ ? *
Discontinues Branch Houses.
Believing that its business interests
and customers are better served by ca
pable agents than by branch house*, the
,'? (Continued on Fifth Page.)'*'
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Little Cars Delivered.
Little "Six" touring cars were delivered
during the past week to John C. O'Laugh
H" ?nd William W. Kline.
. "Four" roadsters were delivered
R ^Min. JimLler ?f Mlddleburg, Va.. and
ti. Mills Silby of this city.
Marion Deliveries.
Marion cars were delivered within the
past few days to the following: "38" A
touring oar. to R. M. Pettit; "48" A_
roadster, to the R. H. Pavi? Motor Com
Kiy of Bristol, Va.. and a "ST" A tour
car to John A. La Oorce