The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-06
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

Taking it's cue from the Automobile Club
of America, the Worcester, Mass. ciun
as nearly a replica of the seal of the city
of Worcester as is practicable.
furnished aluminium is hard to restore
| to its original beauty, especially II 1t mas
the frosted finish. 1t will be improved IN
| appearance if immersed for time IN a
weak solution of sulphuric acid.
When Prince Eitel. second son of the
kaiser, recently ran down workman
while driving with the princess, ne placed
his victim in his car and took, first to a
| hospital, then to his home.
| To halt the thievery of cars the Mime
apolis club has engaged permanently the
the club rooms all the time, ready at a
minutes notice to trace lost car
The record for mile over circular
] ma State fair at Birmingham by Louis
Strang who drove Walter Christies 1885,
horse power car the distance in 81 S-5 sec
ondS
A motorist at Medicine Hat. Assina-
boia, drives his car with natural gas with
out having altered the 2 } maGninf fbs
compressed gas and a tube for leading IL
to the corburetor.
A Chicago firm is arranging for series
of tours to New York and return for men
who wish to take their families on out
ings of several weeks duration; Speed is
to be made a secondary consideration TO
pleasure in the trips.
valuable feature of the new high
speed motor police patrol wagon in oper-
readily converted into an ambulance by
| the removal Of adjustable benches.
Providence's ambitious GLIB. which has
arranged to mark all dangerous places
along the road from its home city to, Mar
| ragansett Pier, now proposes erecting
signposts all the suitable touring roads
| of Rhode Island.
An automobile is being used in England
| in demonstrating to country znailiers the
mounted in the space usually occupied by
| the tonneau and is operated by the motor
which drives the car.
Believing that the proper time to hold
reliability run is just prior to the opening
of a national show. the Chicago Motor
club has decided to hold 600 mile contest
show opens Nov. 80.
Chief of Police Robert Metzger of In
dianapolis is planning to purchase a mo-
tor cycle for a member of the bicycle
suad. He then will have three methods
of catching scorchers-with the police car,
cycle
Motorists who complain Of headaches
and osae fesr MnY 9ek
have lenses that are not entirely neutral
as they should be- the effect being to
severely astigmatic. -....
On the highways in the vicinity of
train is regularly engaged in the trans
portation of heavy merchandise. Each
unit consists of two parts which are .cou-
pied together to form practically four
wheeled wagon.
Reckless driving at Chicago has been
effectually stopped by placing at street
intersections danger lights, erected at IA
feet above solid concrete bases. foot and
a half high. two and a half feet wide and
five feet long. To hit one of the signals
while speeding would wreck a car.
Touring in Germany is expensive. Case
line costs upward of cents a gallon, and
q motorist is required to have licenses
varying in cost from $40 a month to $40 a
year, with an additional $40 fee if he can
not show his American license, counter
signed by German consul in the United
States.
Los Angeles scissors grinder has
mounted mis- grindstones on the rear of
automobile. from the motor of which
he obtains power to drive them, and now
covers the entire city in a day, where for
merly it required a week or more for him
to reach his regular customers, chiefly
butchers and restaurant proprietors