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Gasoline Gossip

The automobile having been traced

back to the early Egyptian and Chinese,

and internal combustion engines to the

fifth century before Christ, some one

(.nines forth with the information that

rubber was In use In Haiti when Chris

topher Columbus made his first trans

Atlantlc trip In a volume written In

lil. one Antonio de Herrara y Tordesll

las relates how the Haitians in H32 played

a ball game with gum balls the gum hav

ing been collwt-d Irom a tree" of the

caoutchous family.

Motorists who have occasion to com

plain of the loss of accessories, tools,

personal belongings, and even parts of

th car while their machines were in

storage In garages, doubtless would view

with extreme complacency the involved

checking sjstem employed by certain

manufacturers In protecting customers'

cars sent to the factory for overhauling

Regular form sheets are used for the

purpose and a complete Inventory of the

car and Its equipment Is taken the mo

nent the machine arrives Furthermore,

the car is not allowed to leave until the

list has been gone over and rechecked.

In order to make sure that absolutely

ncthlns Is missing

Due to the efforts of the civic organ

izations of Milwaukee, which are now

co-operating with the Milwaukee Auto

mobile Dealers' Association In the man

agement of the Vanderbltt Cup Grand

Prize race meet the course has been

put Into excellent shape for high speed

Official practice will begin on Saturday

of this week, although many of the

drivers have been tuning up their cars

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington herald. (1912). Washington, D.C., 1912-09-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045433/1912-09-30/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington herald, 1912-09-30.