New-York tribune., 1902-01-31
THE AUTOMOBILE IN FRANCE.
REPORT ON THE INDUSTRY FROM THE
UNITED STATES CONSUL AT RoUEN.
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tBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Washington, Jan. 2a-Thornwel Haynes United
States Consul at Rouen France, made in
teresting report the state Department the
condition and progress OF the French automobile
industry. He says, among other things:
At the opening OF 1902 France still claims the
the French manufacturer has realized that he has
consensus OF opinion among automobile manufact-
eS o rs. IN nas aPse Is tho at the the 5g & Is hn
in al countries; The demand is growing for
Speed for ge5erai Wse Thie is sfias,sd nor 6niy
by the manufacturers. but is shown by the de
growth in IN the the adasg A1o5Ref ten
aehGy Is she peFcep9,e @ gnte91g OF frames & S15
a decided inclination toward wheels Of equal size.
Industries. it is estimated that automobiles. di-
EeetIy or indirectly, maintain more people in
have tripled their output during the last three
now produce automobiles, At first Paris was the
only city where autos were made, but now Lyons,
and Rouen have factories to supply local demands
held at Paris o % % "a one @
the greatest of ali automobile expeditions, There
Among the interesting features Of this exposition
were new T models mo els wherein the regulation OF the
control placed next the brass ratchet. which. In
model the control was by a small button on the
dashboard ard An An . .sTTaassHiegt cement by which the hot
about the carburetter which, in cold weather es-
flow OF gas. the feature in another machine.
Another feature was valve covering which could
showed differentisl shaft, SO constructed with
9HeS 1S TO pFeyent a m 3ne
ton to the accumulator box At the right of the op
horsepower, four cylinders, aluminium water Jacket
complete water circulation. admission and ape
regulator, backward movement and device for
change OF speed by means of single side lever,
motor, two cylinders eleven to twelve horsepower
with special regulator having expansion gear and
Ing gear and chain controlled driving wheels.
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tenn; the connecting rod being fitted with
Railway automobiles are beginning to be consid-
trains on branch lines, and others. where passen-
gers are few. trunk lines where it is often diff
Industrial centres and city suburbs. Furthermore
a certain distance TO an express and detacbed 81
the station where the road branches. There is an
pense OF traction. in material, capital and main
increased 1nn %ber be o 1s9bs a Of the
iaellity rae OF stopping and starting Up 10 the pres
eecro ht i%s the carriages constructed are steam and
- The The Bsegian state Railway has constructed car
a capacity of hfty-three passengers. They can go
or at maximum of thirty-four miles an hour hour
Two men are generally in control; sometimes three
Antwerp They have fortyse bscas III the suburbs OF
charged four thousand pounds and have speSd ar
thirty-one miles, The boiler is vertical. With in
lines OF the Paris Omnibus comPany Tbe qsg R9ssiae 9g ihe
state state Railway Nichoas linel employs two steam
coaches. These are constructed with two stories
having twenty places for first class. twenty for
second class and forty for third class passe gers
The management makes three necessary and
the maximum speed is fourteen miles an hour
They burn naphthe and the boilers have horizontai
tubes The Northern Railway of France has put
on Its lines a postal steam automobile with roon,
for twelve persons in the back part of the coach
The Following trials have recently been made in
europe with the electric automobile The Italian
Mediterranean Railway has placed automobiIes on
rne rnen me fr ir9 nns Milan to Mona Each carriage has
be seated. 1t goes at rate of twenty-seven miles
and is recharged after each fifty miles The
French Northern Railway Company al the same
time when the steam automobile mentioned above
was constructed. built an electric automohila
weighing twenty tons, having roof for twelve peo-
pie, a speed OF thirty miles, and being cansbls az
going seyenty-four miles without recharging The
Belgian state Railway has put In service FIVE car-
riages for tram service without baggage Each ~
these has seventy-eisht places, weighs fiftv-one
tons. ana can make from sixty-two 10 three
miles, with stoppaees every three milas a. y
speed of nineteen miles hour "