The Washington times., 1906-12-29

much to as it does to Florida, and it
would mean that the state would each
winter become a great driving ground
for automobilists aud the drivers OF
horses. Gov Napoleon b. BroWaTd, OF
Florida, writes W. j. Morgan that legts !
lation for good roads viii receive his
approval
Tho detachable wheel rim or '.Ielloe, % I
which was used for the first time in this
country IN the Long Island race, has
been used with success in two or three
bis foreign road contests
4 good deal has been said about the |
havshuess of the &cw Jersey automO- !
bile law, but the fact remains that
there have been more arrests IN New /
York city the past few months than
there has been In the entire State of
New Jersey since last July.
Reasonable automobilists do not find
much fault with the Jersey law. with
the exception of the number require
ment part OF the law, which does not /
recognize the numbers of other states. /
That part of the law may be amended
during the next session of the New Jer-
sey Legislature.
1t is thought false New Jersey num-
Ders are being used IN New York and |
other States all the year round. which
saves the individual using them q few
dollars and deprlyes the State of some
revenue, not saving anything about it
being untair 10 those who pay ana obey
the law.
There viii he no excuse for jhe manu-
factuTers not having their Vanderbilt
Cup racers ready early this year, as
they are generally more advanced Ia
their work, and they VIII have abundant
ODOrtunity To try out their new cars
on the actual course There Is every
reason 10 believe that the new Long
Island Motor Parkway VIII be ready
early in the fall. and on II there viii be
of practice a dav. as was the case over
the Nassau county course.
What sex is a motor carr Should it
be spoken of ~ he, she, or itt For in
stance, a man was overheard In hotel
dining room saying To his companion, a
woman. Yes, she a forty horsepower
Walter car The woman at once pro
tested against his speaking Of the Wal
ter as she" Then he told her that IL
had bonnet worth $50, and she quit ar
suins-
Ia the stores of the dealers are now
20 be seen color prints OF the color
scheme and interior decorations. "a plan
ned by the artist-decoratcr Of the Madi-
son Square Garden Show. The richness
and elabOTateness OF the whole suggests
I that even more than the $4,000 appro-
priated may be spent on it, and that r.
viii be well worthy of a visit from the
President and the foreign ambassadors,
4 waterproof hood 10 cover the high
I tension magnetic IS good investment
for those VINO have this form of Ignition
on their cars
In many, if not in most. of the cars of
comparatively new concerns. there -
much talk about improvements which
upon investigation prove 10 be only
the taUdy adoption of some good method
/ leading make Of car.
| Cylinder castings in cooling are apt
I TO draw out OF true. the more apt n the
quantity of metal ia them is uueVeuly
distributed. In seeking to obvate this
/ and have well balanced cylinders, many
/ OF the foreign ears cast their valves
I on the opposite sides OF the cylinder
More Of the American makers are now
{ doing This than ever. though in some
oF the standard makes il has been done
I ON the beginning. The new models
I I at have been shown. appear TO be
CbOut equally divided in this matter
1 'lut il Is expected that at the Madison
] square Garden show The engines with
valves cast on opposite sides will be in
the majority.
Steam cars certainly are holding their
own IN .hts country. Some contend that
the air-cooled car is losing ground, but
this seems premature when car of this
/ type has crossed the continent and one
| or two new firms are butting into the
industry TO build air coolers,
"
The cranking OF a motor car. While
/ il is vet the subject of doubtful wit in
! papers and on the stage, IS by no means
as frequently necessary as two or three
seasons ago. In fact many OF the high
/ class cars now hOld their charge for
an indefinite period. SO we'll nIted are
/ the cylinder and piston parts and thus
I IL IS generally possible to start them
[ by switching on the electric current An
/ illustration of the unexpected duration
OF this holding Of an unrred charge
/ IN the cylinder was made a few days
/ ago in New York. a new car was
| shipped by a Detroit company TO its
/ New York branch. The respective tanks
/ were filled with water and gasolene and
/ oil, and the car driven to the express
depot. There the gasolene was drained
from the tank. When IL reached New,
York the tank was filled that the car
/ might be driven 10 the store on Broad
way From force Of habit the driver
switched on the current and retarded
/ the spark. Much 20 his surprise the en-
I glne started. The charge remaining i'm
one of the cylinders at the time the
car was shipped from Detroit had been
| retained, and the engine had started
/ from the spark as though il had been
/ stopped but a few minutes previously,
] -N
The Automobile Club, of Maryland.
/ has decided 20 hold the automobile
/ show in Baltimore from January - to
| -. The officers of the organization hope
/ to secure the Fifth Regiment aFmory
/ for the show as i has more space thar
any other building of the kind in the
CitV.
| The governor Of New Mexico praises
/ automobiles in his annual report to the
/ Secretary of The Interior a very sue
/ cesSfui motor car line has been eStab-
| iiShed between Roswell, ChaVcs county.
ana Torrance, on the line of the El
| Paso and Northeastern railroad, putting
the constantly growing sections of the
| PeCOS valley in much closer cOmmunicq-
| ton than ever before with the rest OF
| the territOTy- These new lines of COM
muniCatiOn and others which are in
| prospect have caused a large influx
of settlers, and q far greater amount
| OF government land has been entered
| by the prospective settlers than ever
before in a single year in the Terri
| Lory's history"
| The use of closed or town cars, such
as limousines and landauiets, has never
/ been more pronounced than during the
present season. Business men use them