Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
NeWsy Gossip for Owners of Automobiles

second for noted motorist and the third
for an automobile manufacturer.
From January l to November l. 1904 auto
mobiles OF forty-four different makes.
worth $Sl5O,OOO, were imported into the
United States. 292 more than during the
corresponding period last year.
One Of the best antl-freezing solutions
for use in water-cooled cars consists of
wood alcohol, IS per cent; glycerine, 10 per
cent, and water, 70 per cent. II withstands
freezing at degrees below zero.
Although prevented by illness from per-
sonally opening the Berlin show, Emperor
William attended It as often as his time
and health would permit examining the
exhibits with the eye Of an expert
The ST. Louis Automobile club is prepar-
ing TO press vigorously a bill permitting
a speed of twenty-five miles an hour in
congcsted streets in cities and towns.
Not only are the motor ambulances in
use in Glasgow, Scotland, smooth running
and soft, hut the exhaust from the engine
warming the patient in cold weather.
Although drastic, New Jerseys automo-
bile law, II is claimed by the farmers, fails
to stop the evils for which 1t was intended,
and the incoming legislature will be asked
TO make its provisions still more severe.
State Senator Frelinghuysen, author of
New Jersey anti-speeding law, Is bending
every efort to apprehend the parties who
deliberately drove a big red touring car
into his auto near Princeton, Wrecking Il.
An automobile scnooi is 10 be estab-
Hshed by the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation of TauytoWn, n. Y. Lectures and
other details of interest, including shop
work and practical road training, Will COLI
stitute the course.
When the joint between the halves OF
the crank case OF the motor is found 10 be
leaking oil 4 usually can be checked by
setting up the bolts which hold them TO-
gerner. II this fails the parts should be
CismOunted and inspected tor grit.
The new officers of the Automobile Club
Of America are planning campalg 81
against emitting clouds Of smoke from eX-
haust pipes, the unnecessary use Of aCty.
lene lamps IN cities, excessive footing OF
horns ana reckless turning of corners.
Automobiles going 10 New York or Chs
CagO 10 attend either OF the big automobile
shows may secure the benent Of reduced
railway rates through the American Motor
league, whose meetings are 10 be held On
these cities during the entire weeks when
the shows are held.
Decorative automobile horns are the lat.
est. one looks like big frog the voice
Of which It's note initiates another re-
semblcs a serpent, with tiny electric lamps
for eyes while third, shaped like a
dwarf, has monograph attachment which
eMits hOarse Look out"
Walter Christie is working on a new
frOnt-driVe racing car which he will run
In the Florida tournament, The car will
have a shorter wheel base, narrower tread
and considerably more power than the one
In which Christie did a mile in 50 seconds
at Atlantic city last spring.
In machines In which plain bearings arr
used which are loaded only on one side a.
Is the case with the WTistpln bearings
counter shaft brackets on double chain
stances, IL is possible TO save the expense
of renewal by simply turning them around
10 bring a new side Into play, thereby az
most doubling the length Of use.