Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
AutomnhiIe Nnten.

Automobile Notes.
Philadelphia chauffeurs will give ball
In that city Tuesday evening.
Gasoline is useful in testing the radiator
ings than water
"Alkoethine" is the name OF a new fuel
composed Of vaporized denatured alcohol,
ecetyline gas and air
A runabout has been purchased by Sac
ramento for the use of the chief engineer
Of the fire department.
York. Pa, motorists will have an en-
durance run May and Z, open TO auto
mobilists from Ave counties Of that state.
In directing his troops In the field In the
war with Nicaragua President Bonilla of
Honduras has been using automobile.
German school authorities have been or
dered to prevent children throwing sticks
or stones In front of automobiles or at their
occupants.
year for 16S motor cars, OF which l52 are
for personal use and 16 are Of the COM
merclal type.
A bill for the bonding Of the state of
Connecticut for 100000 to build COM
prehenslve system of highways Is before
the legislature.
miles Of roads, OF which 1887 are Inn
proved, 2e,5S6 being surfaced with gravel
and 1885 with stone.
Careless adjustment OF the spark or in
duction coils enormously increases the
amount of current required and causes bat
teries to be rapidly exhausted.
The Standard Oil company has Joined the
motor trade, the company having been
elected a member Of the recently organized
Long Island Motor Trade association.
The demand for and scarcity of good
chauffeurs is shown by the fact that cor
resIondence and automobile training schools
are springing up all over the country.
Motor cars are growing In popularity in
South America, particularly In Argentina
and Brazil, where French manufacturers
have successfully established markets.
On day to be selected in the near future
the members of Philadelphia's three auto
mobile clubs will unite in giving all the
inmates Of the city's orphanages an outing.
Electric vehicle traction and the x-rays
are the two scientific developments which
promise to bring the greatest benefit to
civilization, according to Thomas A. Edison.
During a recent tire at Washington, a
| touring car collided with a hook and ladder
truck. to which $50 worth OF damage was
done, while the automobile escaped un-
| harmed
Many of the exhibits at the Boston show
We're loaded In a special train for transpor-
tation to the show at Providence, which
week.
More difficulties of constructional detail
| In automobiles have been due to designers
having been influenced by their experience
| expert
| King Alfonso has directed that a chair
l of automobillsm be established at the Mad
| rid School Of Arts and Crafts in order that
Spanish chauffeurs may receive thorough
Drivers Of the taximeter cabs to be
n operated in New York and several other
4 eastern cities viii be termed ''motormen,"
not ''chauffeurs," and will be forbidden to
receive tips.
The fact that the Boston show which
closed March 49, drew the largest crowds
i out the argument against late shows, at
least In that section of the country.
The greatest African demand for motor
1 boats Of all descriptions comes from Fam
| heai where there lunGFAQq of miles
of nayigable rivers and where a greater
part Of the transportation ia by water.
the New YORK pSi Motor club SA called a recent wES
entertainment at which makers Of four and
six-cylinder machines debated the rela-
/ tive merits of the two classes OF motors.
The Association of Motor Car Owners
has been organized at New York to es-
tablish a cooperative garage for its mem
necessary expenses Of storage and re-
pairs,
To enable prospective owners to become
auto wise" a we'll known manufacturer,
in addition to the usual instruction books
Is distributing a series Of eight lectures
arranged after the methods Of a cor
Owing to the continued illness Of Cen
eral Manager George II. Day OF the AS
ISOLATION Of Licensed Automobile Manu-
charge OF the association as chairman Of
the executive committee
Fifty cars participated IN the spring run
city now has over 500 machines and It's
web paved streets are proving a Mecca
south so well provided.
1t seems strange that there should be an
impression extant that automobile manu-
featuring Is immensely profitable when It Is
we'll known fact In the trade that the
small minority OF the whole.
lust before the recent rapid rise IN the
price of aluminium the members OF the
American Motor Car Manufacturers as
sociation were giyen ,.i ZIP o which enabled
OF the metal for the present season.
President Pope Of the National Associa-
ton OF Automobile Manufacturers has APP
pointed committee TO confer with a like
committee from the American Automobile
Association Touring board regarding rules
for this years touring contests.
Rights-of-way for forty-four miles Of
the sixty Of the Long Island motor park
way have been secured without the ex-
tate. Experiments are under way TO de-
termine the method OF construction to be
pursued.
It - human to value more highly that for
which one pays than that which one gets
for nothing, but there are exceptions. For
instance the motorists own judgment OF
his speed costs nothing, while the police
mans judgment Of II costs much, yet the
latter Judgment Is not held In great es-
TEEN.
said to be about to revolutionize the steel
industry, according to an expert, impreg-
males certain sandstone ana lead fOrma-
tons IN Colorado California, Utah, Ari-
zona and New Mexico In sufficient quanti-
ties 20 supply the demand Tor many years
20 come.
Electric victoria phaetons have been very
popular within the past two years. These
carriages have a distinctive type OF body,
permitting OF the equal distribution OF the
battery. one-half the number OF cells be-
ing carried IN front ana One-half at the
rear, with the result OF making a very
graceful vehicle.
Texas real estate agent thus tells OF
the value OF a motor car IN his business.
II II were not for my car 1 simply could
| bot do business, for our land Is far away
from railroads and troleys. and / have yet
70 and team OF horses that could handle
load OF seven passengers at the speed
and over the grass grown country that the
| car negOtiates easily"
One OF the most notable automobile runs
ever made in Colorado in an automobile
was made BY Palmer l. Richardson Of
LongmOnt, Colo last month between Love
land and Estes Park. The distance II Il
miles. Richardson made the trip with foul
passengers and baggage, the weight aggre-
eating 100 pounds In hours and 50 min
I ufna. mafnw araN1nna Of