Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31


large touring car which he had bought.
Daniel Bauh purchased large touring
car recently, with which he expects TO
months.
r.. r. Kimball. who has been spending
the winter in Florida, will return 10
Louis automobile show on his way 70
Omaha.
Omaha Automobiles who bought ma
chimes during the automobile show are
anNiously awaiting the arrival Of their
promised.
Mrs e. W. Nash has bought Victoria
electric which has a capacity OF seventy
five miles on a charge. 1t is one of the
beauties which were exhibited at the
Omaha automobile show.
When II. e. Fredrickson builds his
garage on Farnam street. was an
nounced last week, all the garages Of
Omaha will be lined up on that busy
thoroughfare within few blocks.
Three Franklins OF this years make
have been delivered this spring. They
belong to William Hynes, E. NJ Fairfield
J: r. Baum and Arthur Guiou are expected
shortly.
Arrangements are being made in England
i 81 national road tarring contest, II
pieces of apparatus designed for the pur-
pose OF applying. oil to highways, with the
| IDEA or ascertaining which Is the most
enective for spreading tar.
Herman Peters is anxlously awaiting
the arrival of his racer with which he
mer. He has bought one of those grey
| hound appearing vehicles with the me-
ehanleian seat behind, and is longing for
the warm days OF summer.
There is a slump in the demand for large
touring cars In France, England and Ger
many, due to the fact that there is but a
limited number OF men who can spare the
time to get the full value out Of them
the expense OF their operation and the
drastic laws regulating their use in several
continental countries.
Economical driving, a much-sought and
can only be secured by using Judgment
ana where motor possesses great fiex-
| ibility, a point to be observed Is that the
high speed should be used as much as pos
sible, In order to do this well drivers
4 should learn their cars thoroughly and be
able to handle them in crowded streets.
Some sincere and earnest motorists in the
! legislative halls should introduce a meas
| ure to tax draught horses, roadsters and
! thoroughbreds, according to their hauling
/ such a bill would be a wholesome object
| lesson to those who seek to load unneces-
! sary burdens Of taxation upon motorists
| Delawares new automobile law allows a
speed Of II miles an hour where buildings
are less than 100 feet apart and Of 20 miles
an hour on country roads, and in towns
where buildings are more than 100 feet
! from each other. Non-residents are al
| lowed to use their cars in the state ten
| days each year without obtaining license
| One OF the mistakes Of some American
manufacturers has been that of not prop
erly taking care OF their retail customers,
those that have made IT a practice to build
UP ana maintain a direct relation between
| the factory and the user are in the strong
| est position today, and this policy promises
to be Of even greater importance In the
near future
Concerns that have been squeamish about
| giving extended demonstrations the last
| few weeks on account OF the miserable
! weather conditions OF the road have piled
| up trouble for themselves in the future,
while those who have not only been willing
] to do so but have been ready at the word
| have gained additional confidence from
prospective buyers.
Members of the automobile club are
| talking of reviving that organization to
help in getting some needed repairs TO
/ some of the bad pavements Of Omaha.
| An effort will be made to have the paving
to plug up some of the many holes which
are menace to safe automobiling
A motorcycle builder who keeps track
| of his factorys output says that about
10 per cent are purchased by public service
/ corporations, which find they furnish the
most convenient and effective methods of
| transportation for hnemen and other me-
chanics. Another 10 per cent is used by
rural mail carriers This latter field of use
fulness should be big one as there are
over $1,000 rural carriers in the country.
The vibrator spring and hammer should
be adjusted 50 as to stand about one-six-
tenth of an inch from the end of the coil
when in normal position. The vibrator
screw should touch the platinum contact
on the vibrator spring. The engine should
then be started, and If it misses the screw
! should be tightened a trtle at time until
the engine will run without missing. When
this point Is reached the set screw should
be frightened.
The Imperial Automobile club OF Germany
has devised a system of danger signals
| which may be read by native of any
land Metal plates are erected 500 meters
from the danger point, the number dis
played indicating the special kind Of peril
as follows: One, turn to the left; two, turn
/ to the right; three, water canal gutter
or gully; four, knoll or elevation; five.
crossroads; six, railway crossing, and seven.
double curve.
One OF the newest things in swell motor
toggery for women this season is the white
mannish coat with hat or cap and veil to
match. For men the leather goods, which
gone out of STYLE and are replaced by
| khaki, which is light but serviceable
Among the newly imported goggles there
which bespeak much cleverness on the part
OF the designer.
Automobile dealers throughout the state
are taking advantage Of the opportunities
in Omaha and thus saving the time and
expense of having these articles sent
from Chicago or New York. Omaha deal
ers have so arranged with the manufac-
turers that they can supply these ac-
cessories at the. same price as the east
from the east 20 Omaha.
The Kimball Automobile company has
4 added another agency to it's list Of ma
chimes. A contract has been made with
the Odds company by which that machine
will be handled by the Kimbali company.
A carload of machines are daily expected,
which will include one Of the speediest
gasoline runabouts ever put on the streets
OF Omaha. This assignment will relieve
the automobile situation in Omaha con-
siderably, as most Of the dealers had
sold nearly all the machines they had
contracted for.
Recent experiments on the efficiency OF
beVel gears, spur gears and pitch chains
as applied to motor cars, resulted as fol
lows:
New. Worn
Roller chain, fabricated and ex-
posed to dust ,..,,,.........,.,.., 81
Bowel gear steel on Steel running
IN oil bath ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. " q
Spur gear, steel on steel, running
In oil bath ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 20
Spur gear, leather piniOn, cast
iron wheel Observation-Disclosures. So 9
Spur gear steel pinion and fiber
wheel ........--..-.....-.-...--. % y
Spur gear, steel on Steel creased
and exposed to dust .............. 80