Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
MOTOR CAR CRAZE
Demand for Horseess Carriages in !: land
Far Exceeds the Supply,
MANUF ACTURERS SWAMPED W.T. RIDERS
Cycle Makers Are Devoting T. Energies
to Building Automol
PETROLEUM IS USED FOR MOTIVE POWER
Exhaustive Tests Are About to Be Made of
American Locomotives,
TO BE USED ON GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
VIII he Given Thorough Trial Along
side Engiish-Built Engines-Inter-
esting Experiments with new
Kind of Armor Plate.

Kind of Armor Plate.
Copyright. 1929, by Press Publishing Coz
! LONDON, Sept. 9.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. )-The craze
for motor car riding is distinctly on the in
crease in this country. manufacturers
either here or in France. cannot turn them
out fast enough and leading English firms
are overwhelmed with orders. 1t will be as
great craze next season in England
as 1t Is In France now and most OF the cycle
makers at Coventry and Birmingham are
experimenting on motors. Petroleum is the
motive power used in every case. Elec-
trlcity Is rejected owing to the necessity for
charging stations. The duke of Westmin-
ster's new motor wagonette made its maiden
/ trip this week from Northampton to Lou
! dom
A test OF absorbing interest to American
and British railway locomotive builders is
about to be tried on the Midland railway
! The test arises out of complaint against
! the directors of the Midland and Great
/ Northern railways for sending to America
orders for goods and engines which British
| firms are unable to turn out within a given
time. rs as all the American engines
are erected they will be placed on regular
! duty in comparison with like number Of
British built engines of approximately equal
power and after heightened period OF test
the results will be fairly and impartially
compared
H A. Ivatt, locomotive superintendent OF
the Great Northern railway, has been ex-
amining American engines and says he can
not find any important part that ought not
to last as long or nearly as long as those Of
the British engines. Charles Rousmarten,
writing on the subject in the Engineering
Magazine, says 1t proved that American
builders can supply locomotives much more
! quickly and somewhat more cheaply than
British makers hitherto have done. II ex-
perience should further prove that the
American built locomotives are for all prac-
/ tical purposes as good as the British built
engines it is certainly to be expected that the
! British railway companies will prefer the
makers who supply an equally useful engine
and do so more speedily and cheaply."
New Armor Plate.
Interesting experiments on new armor
plate for war ships have Just been con-
cluded at Shoeburyness, at the mouth OF the
Thames. The outer plate Is six inches thick
made OF the best steel, the backing consist
ing of a special composition, the nature OF
which is being kept a secret. The new plates
were fred at with a 350-pound projectile at
distance of 200 yards. When black pow
der was used the armor plate was after sew
eral shots found to be practically uninjured
the shot being in some instances reduced to
powder by the force Of the impact With
cordte 1t was found that the outer plate
could be penetrated three inches, and under
certain circumstances the shot went right
through, but the severest tests failed to
crack the plate In naval warfare hole
made by shot below the water line can
always be plugged up, but cracked and
split armor plates necessitate dry docking.
In the case of the new plates, when two
shots were fired simultaneously, hitting the
plate two feet apart, there were still no
signs OF fracture.
The postmaster general the duke OF Nor
folk, has shown profit OF nearly s1S 900 coo
on the working of the British postoffice for
the year ending March last. The number
OF postal packets OF every kind delivered
during the year was 8, 1876 ,Oo0,000 Lon on re-
ceived 2S pei cent OF the total of letters
posted. The welfare OF the working classes
| is shown in the increase OF postofice savings
bank deposits, which now stand at s615, ,000,-
900. There was an increase OF per cent
In kilograms. The staff OF the postoffice was
increased by 10000 employees during the
year and now stands at 100000, OF whom
$4,000 are females
EngInnd's Trade Increases.
Englands foreign trade continues to ex-
pand. Returns to the Board OF Trade for
August show imports OF nearly SIS, 900 900
higher than during the same month last
year and exports up more than $4,000 OOO.
Exports of yarns and textile fabrics are S.
100000 higher and raw materials $4,000 900
higher. Taking eight months, the volume OF
trade In imports is up SAL 100000 and exports
s85, 100000.
Ambassador Choate will return to London
from Scotland toward the end OF September.
He has greatly enjoyed his Scotch visit
General Sumner United States military at
tache. left London Monday 10 attend the
German military maneuvers at Carlsruhe.
where he will be on the emperor's staff
The prince OF Monaco has raised a laugh
against himself at Monte Carlo by the sup
preston OF pictorial post cards printed in
Germany as dangerous to the state. The
prince is credited with a very limited sense
of the ridiculous A German, so the story
goes, stopped at the Monte Carlo hotel and
showed one Of these souvenirs in conf
Dental moment to the landlord. The lat
ter requested him to secure for him 100 such.
This was done by the obliging Teuton. The
affair got abroad and the state was imme.
diately down upon would-be interferers with
the princes legitimate business The sec
ond offending card showed the prince riding
upon black ass saddled with bags OF gold
over bodies OF countless Casino victims.
Underneath are the lines, la Supreme
Loicest la Bourse du Roi Loicest."
Howard GouId's Cruise.
Howard Gould had a very enjoyable cruise
in Norwegian waters In his steam yacht
Niagara with large party OF friends on
board. The Niagara has returned TO South
ampton and been dry -docked for cleaning.
1t is being coaled and got ready TO return
across the Atlantic for the Americas cup
contests. Since leaving Southampton, May
12, the Niagara covered 12 900 miles. Hugh
C. Kelley, secretary OF the Royal Ulster club,
viii sail In It to New York for the cup
races.
Sidney Grundy has replied to the critics who
condemned the unreality and sordid char
acters IN his new play, THE Degenerates, ("
in which Mrs. Langtry Is now appearing at
the Haymarket theater. Writing to the
Daily Telegraph. Grundy says:
You have done me the honor to take a