Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

working in the interests Of the motor park
Leon serpolet. pioneer French inven-
Gently.
An Indiana automobile firm has a sales
man whose sole duty is TO interest the
farmer.
An Ohio firm uses its motors while un-
dergoing tests to furnish power to light the
factory.
The police commissioners Of Richmond
Va, are planning to buy an automobile
patrol wagon.
1t is estimated that 100000 will he spent
for new automobiles in the Pittsburg dis
trict in 1907.
Automobiles will be given a prominent
! place in the coming international EXPOSE
| ton at Toxic.
A three-day endurance run is being ar
| ranged by the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor club of Newark.
AS many as twenty-five foreign machines
are imported in a single day through the
New York custom house
AS an extension of the projected Milwau-
kee-Chicago highway a similar road to St
Louis Is under consideration.
Entries for the Kalser's Cup race have
closed without a single American motorist
! signifying his intention to compete.
A motor cycle scissor grinder, with power
| for his grinding wheel, supplied from his
motor has bobbed up in New York.
A Washington physician has been using
the same runabout In making his profess
! SiOndl calls TOT the last seven years.
Feminine motorists of Pittsburg, of which
| there are several hundred, are considering
the formation of club all their own.
The Professional Chaumeurs' Club of
America has retained eminent counsel to
fight unjust legislation and Illegal arrests
March 20 to q will be auto week at Nice
France, and numerous American lovers Of
motoring who are abroad are preparing to
attend.
The Syracuse IN " Automobile club
! is striving to increase its membership from
| 100 to 200 Fifty new members were gained
| the last year.
Eastern motorists have returned from
California enthusiastic over oiled roads and
4 advocating trips to that state in prefer
ence to European tours.
Celluloid windows in curtains and tops
may be renewed after becoming scratched
| by dust or mud by vanishing with solu-
| ton of celluloid in acetin.
Announcement shortly will be made of a
company to establish auto delivery service
| in leading cities, beginning with New York
| Boston and Philadelphia.
| The latest motor journals In France are
| laying stress on the Importance of constant
speed for automobile engines, with shifting
| gears to vary the speed Of the car.
The Chicago Motor club has offered an
| unconditional reward of $50 for the arrest
and conviction of any automobile driver
who runs away after causing accident.
! Carbureters seem to be in more un-
element of automobile mechanism, If the
| variety of improvements be taken as a cri-
| terlOn.
Milwaukee is the first city to have its
| mail collected by automobiles. The vehi-
| cleS are inclosed cars containing sufficient
| room for a clerk to sort letters comforta-
| bly,.
During the National Motor Boat show at
| New York j. Norris Oliphant of the Thou
| sand Islands Yacht club was elected presi-
| dent Of the American Motor Boat associa-
| ton.
| With Russian caviare concealed in the
| hollow rims of his automobile, smuggler
! recently was detected by customs officials
| crossing the Russo-Austrian frontier near
| Cracow.
Chicago automobilists associations want
| the next Glidden tour to begin at New
| York and end at the Windy City, instead
! of starting from the latter point, as
planned.
Tod Sloan, the former Jockey, is learning
| to become an expert chauffeur He be-
| lieves getting speed from horse is not as
good sport as getting more speed from a
machine.
The principal electrical piece in the Buff