The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
Automobile World [
AUTO NEWS
SERVICE.

Not single person was killed in YER
mont during 1906 by automobiles.
Membership Of the Chauffeurs' club of
Maryland doubled during the past year
Indianapolis is credited with having
more automobiles than any other city of
its size in the country.
The proposed 5,0o0-m;le tire trials in
England and France have been postponed
until the spring of 1903.
Scarcity Of skilled labor has compelled
a big Omaha firm TO discontinue the man
ufscture of motor trucks for a year
The best results along the line of win
ter touring have been obtained by cars Of
medium weight and short wheel base.
OF the 1927 foreign cars brought into
the country during 1906 S7l were import
ed by dealers and 393 by individuals.
1t is better to leave behind the tool
box than ones courtesy and consideration
for fellOw-traVelers on the roadway.
Denver motorists. members of the Colo
RADIO Automobile club. have decided to in
vest $4,000 in their new clubhouse.
The Tacoma Automobile club is making
an effort to secure the resembling Of the
order barring cars out of Rainier National
park.
A race from St. Petersburg to Moscow
is being discussed by the Russian Auto
mobile club Grand Duke Sergius has Of
fered a cup.
The chauffeurs bureau established by
the Cleveland Automobile club is proving
highly efficacious I'm securing first-class
Philadelphia motor clubmen who recent
" paid a fraternal visit to their Cleve-
land brothers are enthusiastic over the
cordial reception they received.
The city council of Pueblo. n NJ has
promised $4,000 toward the construction
of a road for automobiles from Pueblo to
Mexico City,
Automobiles have penetrated Afghanis-
tan. the Amir having so much enjoyed
riding i'm them during his recent visit to
India that he has purchased four.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern has announced that his raOd
will haul crushed stone free to any part
Of Minnesota to aid good road building.
When the batteries show signs of weak
ening in cold weather they often can be
revived sufficiently to carry one home
simply by warming them thoroughly.
There is a tendency abroad to adopt the
direct drive on the third speed. leaving
q higher speed for use where ideal road
conditions make extreme speed possible.
The company which has been formed to
operate taXimeter cabs in New York will,
as soon possible. open stations at Phil
adelphia, Boston and other principal cit
les.
There is a joint resolution before the
Pennsylvania legislature proposing an
amendment to the state constitution su-
thOrizing a s25,Oo0,OO0 bond issue for good
roads.
With fair chance of passage. the Penn
sylvania legislature is considering a bill
to require male prisoners in jails and
warehouses; to work eight hours a day
on the roads.
The Atlantic City Automobile club will
hold four days spring race meet. prob
ably beginning April 90 summer show
on one of the big piers also is contem-
plated
Tests of denatured alcohol tend to prove
that It is success only in engines of COM
parativeiy low speed. as it vaporizes too
slowly to work effectively In high-speed
motors.
~ ii. all.
shipment of automobiles on record recent
" was made from a factory to a Min
neapolis agency. 1t required thirty freight
cars to carry them.
The fire commissioners of Springfield.
Mass. In ordering motor cars for the use
of the chief and deputy chief. patrioU-
cally purchased two 30-horse-power ma
chimes of home manufacture.
It is conservatively estimated that near
ly 10000 cars are registered in the six
states comprising New England. Accord
ing to latest statistics. Massachusetts was
in the lead with 26.3I1-
Resolutions recommending the standard
iZing of all state roads and favOring
tax for their maintenance recently were
adopted by the Automobile
club of Alameda county. Cal
Automobile men proved a great ald TO
the Indianapolis Y. NJ. G. A. in raising
$4,000 for a new building. giving the
free use of machines by which solicitors
were speedily transported about the city
An automobile recently purchased TOT an
officer of the New York fire department
several times has made a speed of forty
three miles an hour through -slush-covered
streets, and once attained a rate Of
eighty miles an hour
May 81 ana June 1 are the dates def
nitely fixed for the spring endurance con-
test of the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor club. The route probably will coy
er from $50 to 400 miles. with start from
Newark.
One advantage of denatured alcohol as
a fuel is that it's use will materially de-
crease insurance rates on garages, for
when on fire ii can be extinguished with
4 stream of water that would only spread
gasoline flames.
The carburetor in a gravity-fed car
should be placed at least six inches low
Pr than the lowest part of the gasoline
-ank otherwise the car probably will fail
10 climb hills. owing to lack of gasoline
reaching the carburetor.
A leak in honeycomb type of radiator
IAN he repaired on the road by blocking
lD the leaking hole with a cork OF putty.
The tubular type of radiator may be re-
paired by binding a string very tightly
around the defective tube.
Much more consideration now is being
yiyen BY builders to the baggage-carry-
ng capacity of their cars Several new
models show a roomy apartment for i'm
'edimenta. greatly enhancing the pleasure
md convenience of those fortunate to
Dwp them.
Waiter wellman, who is fitting out in