Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-24
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7 into an obstruction. wrecking r. au-
tomobile
It should be remembered thar aka
lies have considerable corrosive ef-
feet on aluminium or alloys containing
il, and that soapy water splashed on
crank cases and other parts of a car
made of that metal is liable to have
pitting effect and AFFORD a place n
the Judgment OF dirt and dust.
The supreme court of Massachusetts
has ruled that a traveller on a high
way is not bound to be continuously
looking or listening to ascertain
whether motor cars are approaching,
under the penalty that his failure %
do so will constitute contributory neg.
ligence, precluding recovery for in
juries sustained in a collision.
a Chicago alderman proposes that
all cars owned by the city, except
those for the use of the fire anu police
chiefs, be kept in a municipal garage
and sent out on call from any city de-
partment head When a machine goes
out the time viii be registered, and
also the use for which it is taken
The return also will be checked.
The first car designed especially to
use denatured alcohol has been built
for A. H. Renshaw, of Norton, Conn.
ia friend of Professor Luckey of Colum-
bia university. who has done so much
to make the new fuel available. The
carburettor is slightly smaller and the
compression chamber slightly larger
than in gasoline motors
With 1,e0e taximeter cabs awaiting
official sanction to begin operations at
London the old hansoms and four
wheelers seemed doomed to extinction.
They will add lively touch of color
to the streets, for they have red bodfeg
with yellow wheels, and the drivers
will wear gorgeous blue uniforms with
plenty of brass buttons.
A Rumber of New York importers Of
foreign cars favor holding a separate
exhibition next January open to every
make of foreign car The early dates
of the two big New York shows render
It imperative for the importers to have
an exhibition the latter part of the
winter as their 1908 models will not
arrive in this country before Janu-
airy 1.
The German Automobile Technical
Association at its meeting in Berlin
last month, discussed the advisabiIity
of providing means by which the. rear
seat occupants of a car may contr
the speed in the event of the driver
becoming disabled. The general opin-
ion seemed to be that it might work
more harm than good in the hands of
a nervous passenger.
Inventors are turning their atten-
ton to devices to rid autoists of the
boy evil" Two recent inventions are
the boy dropper,9 which is rack
Tor the back Of cars which separates
when a boy tries to ride OF. it, while
the boy eradicator" is a brass bar,
heavily charged with electricity,
which gives an XIV elcome passenger
a severe shock when it is touched
"A purchas er should be careful to see
that leather upholstered cars are done
in goatskin, and not sheepskin. The
real goatskin upholstery has a soft
touch, while tie imitation made Of
sheepskin is dry ahd hard. All leath-
ers should be hand-buffed and not MI
chine-buffed, At first machine bufing
does not show, but its tad qualities
will soon come out in use e machine
buffed victoria hood will look as lad
in one year as a Iand-buffed hood will
look in five years.
According to NJ. FarouX. the French
AUTHORITY The United States built So
900 automobiles in 1906, France $4,000,
England $4,000 Germany $4,000, Italy
$4,000 and Belgium 10000 In 1901
the United States built only 314 cars,
and that same year France built %.
III. Thus it is shown that, although
the United States was the last of the
great nations TO begin the manufacture
of automobiles, it has not only caught
ap with the procession in half ie-
cade. but is now at its head.