The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

a water sprinkler behind The new ma
chine will run over the street sprnkling
it thoroughly. and then. returning will
sweep up the dirt m piles to be collected
later by new variety of electric carts.
1t is understood that a similar contriv-
ance is in course of manufacture In one
Of the great American shops
A,,erfoon N5,cbiues SuDerior
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CuIlously enough "HilS 'He lV'iIi II. W.
the nrst to take up the aulonlopHe Sc
No9sl1 ther nahuldrlu gl' nav ~
succeeded IN produe'H5 eIOuel as - 49,
caI Ee4lcle or as .a'lusoile d oli' a.
most OF the Athef4i'H manu- w - . W,
Eercy Maxim re.a'iNe oil me famous
inventor OF me Maxim -uH vas - ~
so.IS i .r iolls as' W, ,,, ,,',,,f,,,ITeys
10 get hints for Tie development of the
American vehicle He was astonished 10
find that in almost everything except
speed the American vehicle was already
superior to most of those of the French
make. In a broad way. ne says that the
deyelopment of motor carriages in Euro
pean countries is considered an evolu-
ton of the locomotiy,. whereas in this
country il is REGARDED as a DEVELOPMENT
of the wagon. The Frenchman loves his
machinery. As he speeds along the boule-
ward he likes TO have plenty of wheels
and levers MAINLY ia sight He likes
to sit like a god i'm his machine, for it
gives him a pleasant sense Of superiority
20 feel that he is guiding such a compli-
Gated mechanism. II does not matter to
him If his machine smokes and rattles and
lars. so long as it will 20 and 90 rapidly
In this country the very fact of visible
mechanism makes an automobile unsala-
BILE. one manufacturer carries for his
trade line "a child can run it" He en-
phasizes the simplicity of operation and
enlarges on how little the operator is
compelled to do instead of how much The
American also likes to have his automo-
bile as beautiful as possible. so the man
ufacturer covers M all the machinery
with a polished carriage box and makes
the vehicle look as much lake an aristo-
cratic carriage as he possibly can.
A Racine Vehicles
but III the pureN racing autohoDlle the
rehchlueh are iar ahedu Oh me Ame1-
cans althoush theIe are HiuIcatlons ina
Inns supremacy VIII soon De cnaIiehSeu-
nc iiiio.i H'S 70 MS Cleult We
hIcle Wnlch VIII actualy run at the rate
OF hnlle minute. ihueed' recent
auloihooHe race IN fafiS mas awakened
tle interest OF the entire cVlHzea word
IIeVlous 70 ms race ooth NJ. Rene de
hhyh ana count Chasseloup LauDat or
ans Hdu hia'le SiAty HlIeS an nouI on an
ORDINARY road track. Just thlnk OF It!
aster IMAM the EMPIRE Slate express, ana
thdt win no anN duldse Oh sleel ran nor
leVel ROAD oed. but even the RECORDS OF
tlese Two famous racers nave beeh peaten
ny Nj, Jenatzy with MS Hghthng carriage
Id Jdhlals OoIieu'e me never Con
tent }. rms WONDERFUL venice is putt OF
sheet IRON IN the form OF long cigar or
torpedo SO that Il plunges through the air
IKE Dart. Inc wheels are very small
and OIL course, htted with rubber tires.
There Is manhole in the top of the We
nee Where the dilVer Sis JUST IN front
OF II there Is little steering wheel and
electrical meters 10 show the voltage and
empereage OF the current To see La
Jamais Contente' one would think that no
driver ever would dare to risk his life upon
1t. And, indeed. after the current is turn
ed on the wheels begin to revOlve, il IS
ether fly or burn-sO tremendous is the
power of the batteries.
At the famous record trial la Jamais