Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-08
NOTES OF INTEREST
TO AUTOMOBILLSTS
WHAT MOTOR CAR MEN ARE
DOING ALL AROUND
How Demand for 5enzlne Busgies Is
Affecting Face Of the Map,
East and West of
Rockies

A fund of s65,OOO which had been lying
idle in the city treasury of Erie, Pa, so
long that 1t was forgotten until Mayor
Liebel discovered it the other day, will
be used for street improvements.
The Automobile club of California,
acting in conjunction with the Chauf-
feurs' association of California, is inter-
ested In securing law compelling the
taking of an examination by all persons
who drive machines
Declaring that the "toot-toot" of the
modern motor car Is out of place, Will
liam Waldorf Astor has issued an edict
barring automobiles from the Tudor viii
lage which he has built about Hever cas-
tie, England.
The county commissioners of Allie
gheny county, Pennsylvania, which in
cludes the cities of Pittsburg and Allie
gheny, with many miles of rough and
hilly streets, have purchased a touring
car for official use.
The City and County Motor club of
New York, one of the wealthiest auto
mobile organizations in the east, owning
two club houses in the city and three
in the suburbs, has reincorporated as the
New York Automobile club.
Unless the turnpikes of Lancaster coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, be put in first-class
the companies owning them will be prose-
cuted for maintaining nuisances by the
Lancaster Automobile club.
The motor car now figures in the war
between American art collectors and the
italian government, a machine recently
being used to spirit seven valuable Van
Dyke paintings from the palace of the
Cattaneo family at Genoa.
New Jersey may as we'll be eliminated
from the possible localities for the Van
derbilt cup race, should it be held this
year. Although the assembly passed a
bill to aid 1t the measure has been de-
clared to be unconstitutional
Projectors of the Grand Central Palace
show, New York. which will be held in
October, say enough applications already
have been received for space to insure it
being the most complete display of auto
mobiles ever offered.
The automobile "rubberneck wagon"
has invaded Oyster Bay. 1t makes daily
trips between that village and Hunting
ton, stopping at all places of interest and
tarrying longest in front of Sycamore
Hill, the presidents estate.
During the second week in September
F. c. Feener and A. j. Smith will race
their cars for $1,000 a side from Los An
geles to the Big Horn mine of Mount
Baldy, trip noted for its difficulties in
the way of bad roads and grades.
Stoned by a peasant while he was driv-
ing through a district affected by agra
rian disorders, Crown Prince Ferdinand of
Roumania chased his assailant with his
and after capturing him,
turned him over to the police.
The state law governing the sale, trans
fer and operation of motor vehicles in
California requires an owner who sells
a car to send back the registration seal
to the secretary of state under penalty of
fine or imprisonment
A record of two hours and sixteen
minutes was recently established between
Porterville and Deer Creek, Hot Springs,
Cal, a distance of thirty-four miles.
but up a mountain so steep that but two
cars ever attempted the climb before.
A handy tool for a private garage is
new portable electric drill which may
obtain power from an ordinary incan-
descent lamp socket. Emery wheels also
may be attached and it makes a perfect
polisher for lamps and metal work.
Scarcely a week passes without the re-
cording of the fact that some builder,
well known through his standing In the
American industry has found expansion
imperative in order to keep pace with the
demand made upon his manufacturing de-
partment.
Omaha's city legal department owners of
private automobiles are exempt from pay
ing a city automobile tax. An ordinance
Is pending to require an annual license fee
for every automobile used for rental pur-
poses.
A new profess orial chair, as yet unsup-
ported by any university, has been es-
tablihsed In Paris by Professor Pierre
Bronsset, who teaches foot passengers
.,rrI,
fares" and to dodge automobiles and car
riages in the most scientific manner
K Okura, son of a wealthy Japanese
iron manufacturer, is on his way home
from Cambridge university, England, by
way of the United States, with four of
the swiftest automobiles that he could
buy in Europe. He intends to try to
popularize motor racing in Japan.
When E. C. Richards of Buffalo, N. Y,
was held up on a charge of speeding
across a bridge at Columbia, Pa, he
avoided arrest by offering to go to Jail
until he could obtain money from home
to pay his fine. The local officials decided
his board would cost more than the fine.
The Missouri board of agriculture has
appointed an engineer to make survey
for a 100000 macadam road from St.
Louis to Kansas City, for which the last
legislature made an appropriation. 1t is
believed that the road, which will be
sixty feet wide, will be finished inside of
two years.
Three Boston business men, George G.
Reed, George X. Schuler and Harry w.
Brown, recently completed one of the
most remarkable automobile trips on rec
ord in America, travelling from Death
valley, California, to their home city, COW
ering 1900 mics. Their motor was covered
with more than 1000 autographs of per-
sons who wished them good speed on their
journey
Connecticut's new automobile law will
do away with constables1 graft. 1t pro-
vides that cars shall not be operated "at
a speed greater than is reasonable and
proper. having regard to the width, traffic
and use of the highway" nor so as to
endanger life or limb of any person. Ap-
parently 1t makes the driver of car re-
sponsible for whatever happens, and
leaves judgment regarding his action en-
tirely to a court.