Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

club rooms in the new Hotel Pontchar~
train.
TO keep polished surfaces Of iron and
steel from rusting prepare a mixture Of
five parts Of turpentine twenty-five parts
OF tallow, twenty-five parts OF rogue or
crolIus and twenty-five parts OF animal
cohol and stirred until 1t Is perfectly homo
geneOus. II is then applied with brush
and after the alcohol has eyaporated the
ty-tive parts Of Crokus and forty-five parts
of animal charcoal.
The season OF anti-freezing solutions to
be used in the water-cOOling systems of
automobiles has commenced. One OF the
best solutions, according to tests by engi-
neeTs, is easily made, as follows: Wood
alcohol, IS per cent; gycerine, is per cent;
water, 20 per cent. This withstands freez-
ing at 5 degrees below zero. For colder
weather greater percentage OF Sleohol
planning the constituents and qualities of
all of the different anti-freezing solutions
has been issued by the Packard Motor Car
company of Detroit Mich, for compli-
mentary distribution among automobilists.
The ordinary method Of testing the brake
horsepower OF an automobile meteor is by
means of a prony brake This, briefly, is
a clamp with a scale beam ana scales. The
clamp is frightened upon the ny wheel OF
the motor being tested, and with the en-
CINE running at certain speeds, a reading
Is taken on the scales Mathen1a ticaiiV
from this reading the actual brake horse
power Is determined. On account OF the
wooden brake blocks considerable heat is
developed, and II Is, of course, impractical
TO run the engine for long periods Of time
against this braking resistance. In order
TO not only test its engines under their own
power by running them on the block for
two or three days, then testing them for
developed horsepower by the usual prony
brake method but to be able TO run each
engine for day or more under a full and
constant load equal 20 its brake horse
power, the Packard Motor Car company OF
Detroit is installing hydraulic brakes. The
resistance in these is water under greater
or less pressure, as regulated. To these
machines an engine may be coupled by It's
SHAFT and run continually for as long time
as desired at all speeds and under any
horsepower developed by each engine Tor
period OF a whole day Of steady running
may be determined. II Is thought that
eventually this system Will entirely super
sede the testing OF Packard motors by the
prony brake.
A compilation showing the standing Of
the foreign cars in this country for the
last year has been made by the Association
The total number OF cars brought into the
country from January ] to November J.
aioeCc me Total for ~ Ts5Ss 81
period of 1903 shows the total number Of
cars 20 be 9l2, costing S3l50.O00 the increase
Of 81. $4,000 Forty-four different makes
were represented In the l,204 cars imported
this year OF these forty-four twenty were
this country FOR the first time. They ag-
gregated sixty cars az an average Of three
cars TO each rev maker. OF the forty
four importers eight were licensees OF the
Selden patent, an importation OF ass cars
or an average of siXty-twO cars TO an inn
porter, which left thirty-siX other i'm
porters who sold 400 cars or an
average Of eleven cars TO an inn
porter. Direct importation by individuals
Importation OF secondhand cars and pre-
VtOusly imported cars numbered 2ib, 90 per
cent Of which were brought into the coun-
try under the Selden patent license. Six
teen electric and fOrty-seven trucks aud
cabs IN bond make up their total OF l. 2Ol
cars for the year During the month Of
October l6 cars were imported, with a
total value % $4,000. The same period IN
1876 shows the total number OF cars 10 be
I'D, with q value Of ti1,0o0