The sun., 1906-06-24
AMONG HHU AUTOMODlLIS1S.
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bAb has ihds M fesultri ln = method thirh
IN hleetT " Ihlehi scfiaiHlv nus ~ sham"
ANYTHING ~ no sifi rsi conceived ms
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eeilts IN rttrhpa me nfltiah offender ru".
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NJ miletHats NN the same fuii tntI lto uu'
mie, may hr ton miles Hp1tt win sinhdHfd
Vlfnebiptn and q iuNulnird rIti I uuu the
latter sach io'a down lhr nun'rt md un"
NJ passage " ovefy rif ohith 'H"s hv. marx
Inc its direction ~ lhn aaw" tiwn N f"gulaf
tn,sfvale n puttulw1u mounted ur hi,trl"
visits each pusi aud r'llr,.s the oRrl1. which
are then rnmrafod and ih" iuur tntcu NV each
driver la passins over tho guarded stretch
figured ou from tho data M hand From
these trt ul's aunmuuscH are prepared which
In dua season are ufrsruiri 10 tho frHprr'iNn
offenders, who thus are tuned without their
khowledec and without ppsahl" trrpufsc -
the usual complaint uf The lrarrutorr " tho
method Of clockiug
According 10 aItomobllr tourists who ara
observing. the nual argument to tho farmer
on the suh oct Of his pre- udiCc against moi or
cars Ia nov bcing mad" and tho uOiorrhohin
OF tho ru.tiCS us poto"ptihly l"ssonIng This
Ia becaus" M" Inst argument IL ono that ap-
What tho aitomObilists have done for road
Improvement and IN tho way Of contributing
TO town treasures through fines. has not
counted much. but now in various localities
the farmers are finding II prohta able TO con-
vert their barns, or portion Of them. or sofne
outhouse into n garage and furnish tourists
with shelter. gasolenc and oil. Those that are
making money through this move are natu-
rally friendly to motorists and they are spread
ing the gospel among their follows that auto
mobilsts are human. after all.
= Dry batteries can sometimes be induced 10
give up a few more sparks when apparently
exhausted by soaking them for fifteen or
twenty minutes in hot water. allowing the
water to pass through holes punched in the
layer OF asphaltum AT the top.
Because his share OF the estate consl sted
principally OF only an automobile Lewis
Grover Vogel has brought an act ion in Surro-
gate Hsrts Court in Buffalo to break the will
Of the late AddIe b, Vogel. wife OF the CON
testant. Mrs. NoGel's will bequcathed an
automobile to her husband and the greater
portion Of her estate of SIS 600 to her sister,
Mrs. Alice Scheu
Case lene Is thinner" than water and VIII
pass through a crevice so small that water
will not leak through 1t. Advantage can be
taken.of this in testing valves for leaks. TAX
the valve, in place in ts cage, turn IL upside
down and pour gasolene into the little cup
formed by the valve and the cage. II the
o cai'e WI" io,u e"solene ~ " III NOT ieak gas.
oasoiehe or kerosene may also be used TO
Garry ltbricatng oil into crevices where the
oil alone cannot penetrate. For wasning
out the engine and similar work use kerosene
and not gasolene. Gasolene will goEright
down to the bare metal and leaves a surface
that is rather harsh and difcult TO ubricate
at first Nhile keroeena will t,Ea OF forai,,r
-. - t' ~ on" "'' '",.!Sh
matter ana ieaVe the metal IN hne condition
IA useful in extreme cases, but frictional
narts should he carefully mbricated af,or IL
ba. hoan ,,sad e''"' ''''o"''' "''e'
According TO A. b. tucker superintendent
OF the Glidden tour, the donor of the trophy.
was ia III. na,,trr ,ho, Ne idna in d.i .,,,,t e
.ha ,'.a 80 nc '"a IL uon".tne
could prove himself the most consistent toursA
and not a prize for the best car. This is in
direct conflict with what seems to be the gem
eral understanding Of the contest which is
that 1t Is competition of cars, with the
tiar .s iooi,arsdo in hnrsaraons rhi. t,,m'
sn.nars al ori,,ois"s o thn sbo,.r,o" s.hs Ky
an M Grt,e'sns tb s on .ne sor'hess oi ,he
to day schedule. real test of touring merits
~ hiob nowered oars wom,d ro",iro a r,,9
OF several thousahd nles, win schedhie
eallihg i0r c9nsdeTably more nan one nun
ared miles daliy similarly 10 the circuit
European, which has been postponed. The
provisions LOT mat contest called FOR tour
OF 5.O0o miles, with dally average OF nearly
zoo niles a,
4, Ihls explanation coming from Mr.. Gndden,
through an authentic source. puts some
what different face or, the whole affair. 1t
1ustlfies the rule providing for 6, penalization
OF cars that arrive at controls ahead Of time,
as well as for those that are late. The idea
In this is that IN driving contest the COM
petitors must show themselves TO be good
Judges OF pace and be able to regulate their
journey TO an arbitrary schedule when re-
CURED. Yet, even under such a conception OF
the tour, II must be to n considerable extent
q contest, Of cars. for drivers cannot live up
to any schedule unless their cars are depend
able. The tour seems to be growing In favor
on the whole, and SuDt. Tucker says he
expects more than 100 entreis.
The highway committees OF the automobile
clubs and associations that are wording in
the cause of good roads can find abundant
ENCOURAGEMENT in the history of the high
way development in France, whore model
roads, now run everywhere. Some excep-
tlonally interesting data concerning the
French roads and the history Of them has
been furnished in report by Consul Brun-
not, of st. Etiennr, who calls attention to
the fact that France had such wretched roads
In former times that highway mishaps were