Show I AUTOMOBILE P V BY A. A B. B TUCKER The fourth annual tour of the Ani Am Ameri American rl- rl can Automobile association came to an end with a parade through the streets of New York Tork after a In check-In of the cars carsIn carsIn carsin In Jersey City The finish was aas at the Park circle where here the cars were were backed up to the curb pictures were taken and the tired dusty oil begrimed drivers and passengers were cheered by thousands thou thou- sands bands of New Yorkers The trip had been a more taxing one than any previous ous tour both by reason of the fact that poor roads and bad running conditions had been experienced and also because the running was more continuous than during previous years For six days the tourists averaged miles mUes a day or miles for the week The total distance of the tour was 1589 miles or an average of or 1344 miles a da day for the twelve running running run run- ning days It was started July 10 from Cleveland and ran through Toledo and andul South Bend to Chicago i to South Bend ul r thc to Indianapolis dl i gOlI to Columbus o in s Ot to Canton to PI Pittsburg Pittsburg- to Bedford Springs to Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- to Philadelphia to New York A Aery very ery noticeable drift toward the automobile has been evident for the past few years In lu the carriage Industry The firm of J. J B. B Brewster Co of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Is the latest house to Join the auto circle This company was established In 1810 and has always been famous for the thet high workmanship t quality gp perfect on the style carriages and which superior It I turned out For some time past the firm has been seeking to secure the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York agency for some automobile which would correspond with the high standard maintained by their own output and finally finally finally fin fin- ally decided on the Acme An agreement has been signed with the Acme Motor MotorCar MotorCar MotorCar Car company of Reading Pa by which J. J B. B Brewster Co become the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York agents A number of changes have taken place recently In the Dragon Automobile com corn pany John Kane Mills on account of poor health has retired from the presidency presidency dency ency his place being taken by A. A L. L Kull H. H B. B Rawle is now vice-president vice and manager Nicholas Roosevelt has re resigned resigned re re- signed as treasurer as has T. T F. F Randolph Randolph Ran Ran- dolph as superintendent nd and designer Charles Aes L L. Kenen has b been a appointed designer for the Dragon company and is isnow now flow in charge of t the plant at Philadel Philadel- l ngia phia InAc A Ac number ebe of other changes in have haxe geen been made Satisfactory progress on the 1908 product Is r reported po t The remarkable record made by the therl peerless rl cars driven by y Charles Burman r and W. W C C- rs S Straub i In the Glidden d dhas tour has been commented on throughout the trade as a wonderful exhibition of ot en endurance endurance endurance en- en durance and reliability The two cars clean each fn score fresh fresi without from fr ul the the te factory slightest l made trouble a adlean being delayed by nothing except the re replacement replacement re re- placement of ot tires They traveled over good and bad roads alike aUke and at the finIsh finish fin fin- ish lab In New York were as fresh and strong as when they left Ien Cleveland E. E H. H Parkhurst the vice president of ot the Peerless Motor Car company was in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York at the time of the finish and he had the cars examined by several we well well- known engineers who were amazed at atthe atthe atthe the exe excellent condition In which the cars were found after atter their mile 1600 journey |