The herald., 1897-03-07

auto-car will be fitted up in luxurious
manner and will be of sufficient size to
accommodate six persons, or at a pinch,
seven, though the former number is the
one which the constructor of this auto
car calculated upon.
There was a quiet experiment made
last year with one of these vehicles, al
though the invention had not been per-
fected to the extent 1t is at present. ana
the result was surprising. 1t was almos.
like having your house along with you
a step could be made at any time. and
no one had to stay in the car to hold the
forse. Supposing the party reached an
inn where there were poor accommoda-
tions for horses. they found the usual
oiiawback entirely absent. A tarpaulin,
which is carried in the bottom OF the car
could be thrown over the vehicle, and
that was all the shelter it needed
1t was demonstrated on the trial trip
of the machine last year that the grea
fear Of both the inventor and the bdil1-
er was in no danger of realization. 1t
was believed by both of the gentlemen
mentioned that while the car would
move iriskly along on roads thai were
fairly decent, when 1t came to 3anUins
ly rough travel, such as tourists who
traverse the continent must of necessity
often experience, the greatest difficulty
would he found in making progress. So
lIG Cal was ldkGI 10 u, am
from there to France through the passes
ard over the rough roads with which
the country lying on the border.dnd Of
the two nations abounds.
What was the surprise of the four
persons occupying the vehicle, all of
whom had made the trip before by other
cor veyances, to find that locomotion was
easier and attended with much less dan
ger than when they had traversed the
n he ~ he
These things were kept quiet until this
season, but now those who experimental
are relating their experiences to all
VINO care to listen, and the result has
been that DR.. Seelig, after making a
series of experiments. has reached The
conclusion that he will devote his at
tertion to the auto-car, because con-
WINGED that by means of it the tourist
can really see the country to better ad-
vantage and with infinitely more en-
.oJment than by any other means yet
devised
The first of these tours, according to
present plans is to be made in June, and
will embrace England and Wales.
Among the mountains of the latter Sec
tions OF Britain the auto-car will receive
as severe test as ii did last season. Dr.
Seelig has induced six young ladies' to
take the trip, and he will accompany the
car on horseback. One of the young
ladies Will be taught how 10 manage the
vehicle, for that part of it is simplicity
itself and so it viii, be, in a way, an ex-
cursion of new women although under
the protective eye of man. The accom-
panyirg illustration shows how the ex-
cursionists will appear when seated In
their queer vehicle and spinning along
the roads of the tight little isle.
The second tour which DR.. Seelig has
announced will be up among the burns
and braes of Scotland where the killed
shepherd and the Edinburgh scholar
will alike be astorihed by view OF the
remarkable method which the tourist
has adopted to see the sights On this
occasion there will be three auto-cars,
containing a total of eighteen persons.
1t is possible, the inventor Of the auto
car holds to form regular train, cou-
pied together, providing the leading one
be equipped with sufficient motor power
to pull along the cars that are behind it.
AS matter of fact, the carrying out of
some such project as this is under seri-
Gus consideration, for it is believed that
there will be an entire freedom from ao-
cidents. In other words. 1t Is not impos-
sible that the future Will see trains
travelling about the highways just as
they do now on glistening roads of steel.
The one question which threatened
heretofore to prevent the auto-car from
becoming popular as a vehicle for per-
sons of ordinary means Is that OF ex-
pense. 1t has been believed and openly
stated heretofore that the invention
would cost q large sum of money and
that 1t was impossible to make 1t less
expensive. Now, however, there has
been a revolution the opinion Of the