Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13

In the state in Mr.. Brandeis' machine last
wednesday. The automobile is making
quite favorable impression on those who
wish 10 get out any distance on short
notice. Mr.. Jardine was delighted with his
trip. the convenience easy riding and speed
of the machine.
Charles A Marien, manager Of the Auto
mobile Repairing and Machine company,
St Louis, spent a few days in Omaha the
last week, the guest Of the Powell Bacon
company. He was very enthusiastic in his
praise Of the local garage and stated their
facilities were fully equal TO any in St.
Louis
A slight alteration in the course for the
details of IL were first announced. whereby
several turns are eliminated and the dis
lance made just about twenty nine miles.
/ The supervisors of Nassau county, Long
Island. In which the course is located, have
ridden over all of It with Chaigman Nor
rell of the American Automobile associa-
| ton racing board and arranged for many
! changes and improvements looking toward
saf cty.
Too slowly to create the connection Of q
revolutionary movement yet very steadily,
| the automobile is being introduced for de-
partmental service In various municipall-
ties, An interesting new move In this
direction las been made by the introduce
ton Of an electric street sprinkler This
type Of vehicle made It's first appearance
at Hartford, Conn, and just yet II is made
only to order, but the manufacturers OF IL
have been shoWered with inquiries about IL
from all parts Of the country.
This summer witnessed the last climb
to the clouds that will be held IN Mount
Washington. The autOmobilists have re-
| belled irrevoCaby against the eNorbitant
tolls demanded by the owners Of the
the best time possible within reason was
made 10 this famous summit when w. II.
billiard made the climb in 20 minutes,
bS2S seconds, ana that any attempt to
further lower the record would be 10 in
yite disaster. The possibilities Of the
White mountains as a field for the winning
through
hausted however. Mount Willard, not far
from Mount Washington, never has been
climbed by an automobile. An investiga-
ton is soon to be made 10 see II this road
is at all practicable for contest next year
Although, through hard luck. Eddie Bald
failed TO make record trip up Mount
some interesting observations. Bald had
climbed seven OF the eight miles on
trial trip I'm his touring car, and was going
at a record, breaking pace, when ne was
put out Of business by the breaking Of a
bearing in a connecting rod, which. through
corning the climb Bald said: 1T Is a great
| experience n you drive your car fast
| you are off the seat half the Time hanging
| onto the steering wheel You never know
/ what Is coming next. The turns are often
| hidden bv the thick mists Of clouds and a
| general sense Of uncertainty prevails as 70
Everything. With sharp turns and a 800
| foot prccipice on the side, one hnds a field
| for action which I think It dlflcult 20
| duplicate on any other travelled road in
! the world"
II is well known In manufacturing cir
| cles a matter Of statistics, In fact that
very few OF the producing concerns hnade
any very substantial profit last year rho
industry Is not the gold mine that II IS
popularity supposed 20 be. one reason Is
! that the styles IN cars have been changing
too rapidly. Settled patterns and large
outputs are necessary to big profits In all
manufactures. The talk Of a touring car
! for 800 next year. which was started for a
purpose IL not therefore. taken seriously
by the manufacturers az large. The an
] a made. referred
Germ whose Identity rs well known, though
n was not named and was qualified by
"if'' orders for certain large numbers
Of cars Of the same type could be Sc
cured they could he produced for 800 each.
Last year there was respOrt circulated
horse power car for 400 this year. but
when II appeared the price was S20O. Au-
tomObiles will yet be- cheaper. but the sta
tlstics in the archives Of the manufacturers
organizations indicate that there will be
no material reduction In price very soon.