The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-14
AMONG The AUTOMODILTSTS,.
vOTOR WIGONS FOR BRITISH
POSTAL WORK.
Government ArranEes for the Purchase
of a Number o. Automobiles Auto
Ruscs successfully EstabIished at Bar
cclona--New Dust Laying Idea.

,h,t automobiles may he OF service 10 It's
at once department AID has arranged Tor
,,a pur, base Of a number OF motor wagons.
A, rrcssnt automobiles are used between
Tord,n and Brighton and also between Liver
and Manchester. IL Is expected that
,,tom ,hlles will be used largely for carrying
mail bet ween nearby towns and cities. par
,ic,lsrlv at night, as there are few tSains on
the railroads which are run between midnight
and early morning. During this interval
The leff ers that accumulate can be despatched
BY the automobiles.
Tho service Of auto buses which has been
.tahlishcd NJ Barcelona Ia very successfui.
according to a report recently made by BenJA-
min II Ridgley. American Consul-Ge neral
Al thft place. The vehicles run over q route
from the central plaza OF the city TO a busy
lection about two rntles away. They give
Ave minute service, for which q fare OF
10 crufimos. about two cents, In charged.
The buses are strong and fairly comfortable
vehicles, and carry fifteen passengers inside
and he same lumber on top. They are
driven by - horsepower engines and make
about 20 per cent. faster time than the electric
.reet cars with which they ompete The
motors of the buses were made in France.
,be coach work was turned out In Barcelona.
and he wheels are equipped with solid rubber
tires made in Germany. They cost complete
about 5000 each. Gasolene sells for about
81 cents n kuiNOH VI DdINClOhh Alid tuOhAC8tAuM
oil at 81. An a gallon, but In spite OF these alb
normal prices for supplies. the company 10
said 70 he making considerable money. The
buses have been running since the middle
Of August, aud the company is 30 well salts
fed with the outlook that the number OF
vehicles IN Use Is TO be increased until there are
tbirtv-Hvc in service. Barcelona has a popu-
lstion of nearly 700, 900 within the city limits,
and has the honor of being the third city In
Europe to establish an automobile bus SER
vice. the other cities being London and Paris.
George +. Hun. a member Of Congress
rom a Pennsylvania district. 10 OF the opinion
that the proposed turnpike across the Key
stone STATE between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg can he built for 81 1000 a mile or less.
To prove the truth Of his assertion Mr.. Hun
recently superintended the rebuilding Of four
miles II road near his residence and kept the
cost within the limit he had set.
The managers of the company that oper-
stes the trolley car service in Washington
have discarded the horse drawn emergency
wagon which was used there until recently.
In its place they have installed an electric
truck equipped with a wreoking outfit and
complete emergency supplies. The equip
ment weighs 1900 pounds, and in addition
the wagon carries a crew Of four men. 10
maintains a speed of twelve miles an hour,
and the trolley company has dispensed with
I've horses which had been required for the
old wagon.
The county councils in England have
tackled the dust problem and the council in
Breconshire has recently finished up a six
months trial of a dust laying idea. In COM
menting upon the success OF the idea atten-
lion Is called 70 the fact that along a new
stretch Of road the grass was as green as
# newly watered,. while along the old road
the grass was whitened by the dust. il
very simple and it consists Of using a binding
material OF a mortarlike, character. which
as 4 hardens tends 70 solidify the road ma
ventor says that the idea came 10 him by
noticing that where mortar had been mixed
as a stone IL then occurred to the dis
coverer that the use OF q special artificial
road considerabiy and diminish the dust
nuisance. IL would seem that experiments
along these same lines might be conducted
with considerable profit on some of the most
used roads in New Jersey and Long Island.
While it is undoubtedly true that there are
cbaufeurs, and even. owners. who drive their
automobiles through city streets without
proper regard for the safety Of pedestrians,
not so often referred to. says Automobile.
Pedestrians are often extremely careless,
to say the Least. and not lntrsGGenti ~ invite invite
who, wrapped In thought, steps into the road
and starts across with his eyes on the ground.
1 1asTs 10 5h With tfsR Sey ff TieSS T y contiM MnSse w SSns
she backs into the road without looking where
che is going; Then there are the people who
around vehicles standing at, the curb. and
last but not least. the children who play
bilist or chauffeur who pleads careless pedes-
trianlsm" AS the cause OF an accident is
usually looked upon as trying to wriggle out
assertion OF the anti-automobilst that pedes-
TRANS have a right to walk in the road Il they
S dent G fTst n m1 ped pc trHs; S SSs q a r II SisG to 'e out tne
driver Of an automobile In the position OF a
homicide. And nc matter how careless. a
Ne driver OF the car. II an accident occurs,
"a II the pedestrian was the most cautious OF
SSh. An hours automobile ride through the
streets Of any. city will convince the most
sceptical that the fault for Academia does not
necessarily rest on the automobile driver
and that it il little short OF marvellous that
more careless pedestrians are not run down
every day.
REGARDING its recent meeting held at the
Waldorf-Astoria, the Glidden tour Commia-
sion has made the following announcement:
mitt n%P Of the Amertca1 ATtomo6iie Rssocis-
ton appointed to conduct the contest for the
GLIDER touring trophy for the year 1909
an" 6Si;o: S GeoIss N II. DAVIS Il u Ba nfsIs, SleS Z;
Ssltssr. f a%gtiord so ccSSa I Psiliip 5. VIM:
Ptttsburg. Pa William +. Wright, Spring.
neld, Mass. Charles +, BarreCt, hartIOrus
Conn; Archie +. Hughes, Philadelphia. Pa;
Ernest Keller, Lansing. Mich. G, II. Burman.
Cleveland. Ohio; Ftank E. Wing, Boston.
Mass. and Gus G.. Buse, Buffalo. NY. The
commission. acting under Article , OF the
deed n gift. which reads, The club OF which
the winner II a member shall have the custody
n the trophy until IL Ia won by another"
hereby orders that the trophy shall remain
N the possession of the Automobile Club OF
Buffalo. \. Y, a. Percy P, Pierce. a member
ofsaid club. and winner Of the trophy in 1905,
made a perfect score in the contest Of 1908.
The saiOn specially commends the
excellent work Of the American Automobile
Association touring committee " so ably
managing what was unquestIOnabN the most
important touring event that has yet been
held in America.
While ninety-two cars, valued at 1891 ,792,
we're imported into the United States during
August Of last year, the imports for August
ms car fell TO eiRhty-three machines. valued
~ G99,919. In August. 1905, the automobile
psrta brought into this country we're valued
~ 10000 and in the corresponding month
ms year parts were imported which were
valued NJ $50. 400. IL 10 Interesting to note
MAJ rs american made automobiles, valued
~ S4.l 30, we're exported from the United
otateN during August OF this year, while the
Nahn ~ parts sent abroad the same month
reach S5,9li. In 1905 the total value Of the
automobiles and parts exported during
August was $3.50. $50. During the eight
months ended August last the exports OF
caTs and parts were valued at 90. $50. 40. as
compared with o.. O4i, 1874 during the corre-