Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-28
Automobile Sparks.


true; rust is destructive; paint preserves.
Automobile Sparks.
President Elliott c. Lee of the American
Automobile association has for fad the
collection of watches, old and modern, so
long as they are odd.
The testimony in the test suits is now
completed and the case in the hands of
the courts. Only one appeal is possible
and neither side counts much on appeal.
Charles G. Wridgway of New York says
spring with the 1906 Peerless and is conf
dent of beating out the record Of any for
eign car.
An authentic denial of the auicksand
story comes from ormond in letter.
Downey, in the dark, simply ran up above
the tide mark into the dry, soft sand near
the dunes.
1t is now made plain bS the completed
the statement recently made in this col
umn that William X. Vanderbilt, jr., is
done with racing, was true.
With the authority of the American Au-
tomobile association behind him, William
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., proposes to find out. in
Paris, within a fortnight, what the French
club proposes to do with the Vanderbilt
cup.
Some OF the American makers are taking
exception to the Ormond beach races be-
cause of the way the foreigners have been
catered to and allowed to fill the entry list
OF seventeen cars entered only six are of
the American make.
from I1o Scdnt dttenIlOn IL received at
the New York shows It seemed almost as
II the runabout was a back number. Prob
ably it was, because light touring cars are
being made too cheaply for one who can
AFFORD any sort of car to consider runabouts
Don't start your car until you are in
it, would seem to be superfluous bit of
otherwise. He had small car and threw
in the clutch, intending to step in at the
same time: IN HIS foot mi s,iu and he
on and broke its back trying to climb a
tree.
! Generally speaking. the women visitors
to the New York shows this year revealed
a much greater intelligence than heretofore
with regard to engines and all the working
smary ne with The intricate nsrts 'Re
remarkable. One woman, however, asked
the question with charming naivette; do
the air-cooled motors, too, have muffiers
on them in the winter timer
At the show in Madison Square Garden
one of the exhibitors was catalogued by
the name of the firm and the word ''muf-
fiers." This led a great many visitors,
especially women, to visit the stand to see
that mysterious part of the motor which
makes the noise when 1t is not used" All
that the curious ones found however. was
display of fur neck pieces for personal
wear.
positive that a handsome profit was netted
from the Vanderbilt cup race by the Amer
lean Automobile association. This will be
used for the benefit of members in gather
ing touring information, establishing Off
eial hotels and garages, etc. Several hun
dred new members were gained by the
American Automobile association through
its policy Of Offering reduced rate to the
shows.
1t is a striking commentary on the growth
of automobiling that there should have
been more foreign cars than ever imported
during 1906, while the sales of domestic
machines was greater by little more than
Is per cent There were exactly 1895 cars
imported, and the most reliable estimate
on the American sales places the figures
of New York 947 gasoline cars were brought
in and OF these 7A7 We're of the makes that
are licensed.
Never before has the American Automo-
bile association been In sSch prosperous
condition The healthy balance in its
| treasury is being constantly increased 10y
new individual memberships, and this
spring Il Will embark in many new enter
prises for the benefit of its members. The
tinued during 1906 Applications and IN
quiries should be sent to Secretary A. u.
Batchelder, az 81 West Forty-second street,
New York City.
one thing achieved by the division of the
manufacturers into two shows in New
York was that of giving the general public
the Selden patent. They learned who
supporting IL, and who are the outsiders.
while the unlicensed cars sold WELL
tive cannyness iHpeied many 10 buy cars
with license tag rather than take chances.
This seemed to be the only way in which
| the independents suffered, but IL showed
that the general understanding is greater.
That the two-cycle engine is something
about which Automobiles at large are
| thinking seriously was made very plain
at the German snow. The new Odds two
j cycle of two cylinders and the new four
cylinder. two-cycle Elmere were great at
fractions The Elmore had the advantage
/ over all of being the product OF firm
] that has been building twO-cycle engines
4 for five years instead of new venture,
/ hut everyone did not know this and the
| interest was we'll divided The actual
economy i'm the number. of parts. as well
as in the action of this style of motor.
seemed to be pretty well understood.
| A great deal OF talk about nickel steel and
| chrome nickel steel was made during The
/ the fact that they were stupidity using a
| catch phrase was exposed. rs when a man
| demanded why frames were not made Of
! nickel steel. They are not. because I'm a
| structure like a frame the nickel does not
| lux evenly with the steel under he rolling
| process, but segregates. Nickel steel is all
| right for certain parts and is being used 10y
! il high-priced and very expensive to work
! Hiram Percy Maxim, the well known engi~
| neer of the Electric Vehicle company. IL a
/ prominent advocate of chrome nickel and II
/ Is being used In this years Columbias
4 Henry Souther. the expert metallurgtst Is
| nov working out tests for the mechanical
| branch OF the a. l.. \. NJ. TO determine
]. There was an automobile.
! And Il Was wond rous wise:
/ Il jumped Into a tool shed
/ And broke its plate glass eyes
| But when Il found its eyes were out
| u did a wOnd rous thing
n SIMPLY turned itself about
4 And the chauffeur put them in.