The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-12

an automobile department which for over
a year has been building system of
roads running from the River Nile over
which motor trucks can haul freight into
territory which will not see railroads for
many years to come.
1t is absolutely essential that the CRANK
case be thoroughly cleansed of oil and
dirt before a new supply of lubricant is
administered. Without doing thissthe new
oil simply diluteS the combination of
grease and dirt which accumulateS from
time to time.
Unless an owner soon turns up the po-
lice department of Hamilton, o., will add
an automobile to its rolling stock. A de-
streets not long ago, and, although the
fact has been widely advertised, no claim
ant has made an appearance
At a cost approximaing 100000, the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron COM
pany, which controls practically the en-
tire Pennsylvania anthracite field, viii
equip its district superintendent with
automobiles as time saver AT present
they travel in carriages or on trains.
Actually thrown together in an automo-
bile collision at Atlantic City in July, Miss
Marie Letter of Boston and Eugene Bar
bier of New York, recently were married
at the former city: then, appropriately,
toured to the scene of their first meeting
in motor car for the honeymoon.
1t is surprising how much difference in
the steering is produced by very slight
from the difficulty of controlling the car
readily under such circumstances, 1T IS
important that such stiffness be removed
at once. as it may be the forerunner OF
some serious aiiment.
The federal government has taken steps
to put out of business Marshal collins
of Glen Echo, Md. whose passion for ar
resting diplomats who violate the speed
laws has caused much trouble. Federal
officials hereafter wall take complete
charge of the famed Conduit road, which
is government property.
a snake that fell from a tree into
RAPIDLY moving automobile near Pleasant
Vile Conn. caused young woman who
was steering the car to faint, and the ma
chine was wrecked by colliding with
a farmers wagon. 1t cost $50 to settle
lost some valuable jewelry in the wreck
The first of numbey of suits for dam
ages for false arrest Which will be filed
against the officials of Long Meadow,
Miss, has been instituted by Edward
Francis a New York chauffeur, VINO
wants $4,000 compensation. Many motor
lists claim they have been Illegally held
up and fined while passing through Long
Meadow.
With view of encouraging continuity
of service, good conduct and general
steadiness on the part of professional
chauffers in Great Britain the Royal
Automobile club has decided to award
medals to drivers A gold medal will be
given for five years faithful service to
one employer, a silver medal for four
years service and a bronze medal for
three.
A trifIing accident in which the Duke
of Aosta, King Victor Emmanuels cousin,
participated. brought to light man vino
had been making a living by getting in
the way of automobiles. Much practice
enabled him to sustain injuries too trivial
to cripple him. but serious enough to
insure him getting a handsome compen-
sation from motorists preferring to set
tie rather than face lawsuits.
Postmasters from practically every large
city who attended the recent convention
of the National Association of First Glass
Postmasters at Erie, Pa. made it a point
to inquire as to the reliability of auto
mobiles in mail service
Professional drivers who violate the City
of Mexico's new speed laws will be i'm
prisoned. while only fines will be imposed
upon owners of cars. The limit is about
six miles an hour within the city and
twenty-four on the roads which surround
it.
Automobiling has encountered a new en-
envy in Paris in Camille Flammarion, the
famous astronomer, who complains that
the dust raised by the machines enters
the cupola of the Juvisy observatory and
furnishes the lenses of the telescopes.
The success of auto buses on Fifth ave-
nue.. New York, leads one optimistic ex-
pert on automobiling to the conclusion
that the time is not far distant when
cities VIII OtuST bfoHSS hdIS
ripped UP and permit only buses TO be
run.
AS q result of exhaustive tests by Off
Gals of the department of agriculture the
conclusion has been reached that alcohol
can be used as a fuel in internal combus
ton engines with the same degree of sue
cess as when gasoline or kerosene is en-
ployed.
Three records were broken by one man
in the twenty-fo ur-hour endurance con-
test at Milwaukee. Robert Drach covered
/, 146 miles, lowering both the single car
and relay distances for the time. and
covering 100 miles in 2G1 :09, the former
record being 2;Q3:46.
The Swiss Federal council has approved
the contract between the minister of war
and the Swiss Automobile club, by which
the club places at the disposal of the
government a number of cars and motor
lists as a volunteer military automobile
corps
Since the auto came into general use 1t
has been noticed that tourists do not lin
whereas they formerly fingered a week or
two. This is attributed to the desire to
motor through the rural sections of Eng
land and the Continent.
Owing to the success of last season
class, the Y. NJ. c. a of Trenton, N. j.,
has organized another class In automobile
construction TO be devoted particularly to
owners who run their own machines pros
pective owners and men who wish to be-
come chauffeurs.
just one week after ]. w. Parkin, jr.,