The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
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IT'S RIGHT
SPARK PLUGS AND
SPEEDOhETERS

py san Francisco newspaper.
The Pennsylvania railroad is planning
TO establish an electric motor cab service
at Washington. d. c.. when the new
union passenger station is opened
Thieves who stole mile and a quar-
Ter OF feed wire from a suburban troll
ley line near Wilmington. Del. used al
automobile to pull IL from the poles.
An association has been formed in
Richmond, Va. under the name OF the
Virginia Automobile association, TO sue
coed the Richmond Automobile club.
Massachusetts, seems to have become
the hotbed OF motoring legislation, and
the solons Of the Bay state are CON
fronted with many legal angles and tan
giles.
The Automobile Club OF France Is
looking for first class racing circuit on
which to hold the 1903 Grand Prix, and
has sent broadcast request for apph-
cations.
Don't make electrical connections BIZ
using simply a stripped wire; always use
a regular battery terminal, and see that
the wire is securely fastened to the ter
minal
When J. H Gerris OF New York re-
Gently was arrested for speeding in that
city, and his check was declined as bali.
he offered spare tire, which prompt
was accepted.
To prevent dust entering baggage ear
ried on the back Of cars, thereby dam
aging the contents, 1t is well to have y
canvas cover made that viii fit snugIy
over the baggage.
Careful computation OF the figures OF
the Pekin 10 Paris race shows that the
cars made an average Of 40 miles q
day, despite the almost unsurmOuntable
difficulties encountered.
An automobile renting company has
been formed at San Francisco by ten
chauffeurs. who saved rather than threw
their money away. formed a corporation
and bought ten cars.
Tubes, motor buses and taxiTneter cabs
nave so completely ruined the business
of London's characteristic institution the
cabby, that he bids fair to soon be an
extinct type.
A dust contest has been grinly sug-
gested by a joker in view Of the placing
Of 1890 gallons of Mr. Rockefeller
product by the Motordrome club on the
Morris Park track, New York.
Several German capitalists tried 10 oh
tain the sole right to commercial car
traffic In Greece, but were unsuccessful.
Now Greek company has been organ
lied 20 carry on the business.
With steam car on the ReadviiIe
CMass) track, Sept. IA. L II. F. Bald
win, by winning a mile race in 81 20
seconds, established a new competitive
record for that distance.
Latest obtainabie figures for the ex-
port Of automobiles from the United
States show that for the first seven
months this year the total value was
S4,245,4 400, representing 2052 cars.
The local authorities Of Washington
d. c., intend to overcome the mud and
dust nuisance by coating all the ma
caQam and dirt roads in and adjacent
to the city with tar preparation.
An armored tire, in which copper
plated steel disks so placed in a strip
of rubber as to form a practically con
tinuous band of steel. has been brought
out by an inventor at Buffalo. n. Y
A company which is not a member Of
either Of the rival organizations will ex-
hibit at neither big New York show this
year, but will hold an exhibit of its own
at the Waldorf Astoria hotel
In three years of their existence the
two schools Of autOmobling in New York
have instructed 200 students in the run
ming and repairing of motors. Many wo-
men have taken the full course.
The Metropolitan Automobile assOci-
alton Of New York Is planning a two
day road contest for stripped 1905 stock
touring car GLASSES next month to be
held the week before the first New York
show opens.
Great Britain during the first half of
the current year imported 3,210 cars, val
ued at s6-S22, $50 and parts valued al So
S50.S1O. The exports were 1,062 cars. val
ued at S,OOS,S95, and parts valued at 81
4603l5.
Motor car engineering is rapidly do
veioping into a profession in itself. and
several engineering schools and univer-
sites are considering the establishment
of special courses as a part of their
regular cUrriculums.
contract has been closed between the
Standard Oil company and a transit com
pany, whereby the latter viii convey
Cygnet and Lima. O., to and from their
work in automobiles.
Extensive use is being made by motor
lists OF inCandeSCent lamps TO illuminate
the side and tail lights of their cars the
lamps being run either from the ignition
accumulatoTs, special storage batteries or
even from dry cells.
The active life OF modern motor car
has been so extended. owing to the SUI
periOr workmanship and materials en-
ployed. that there is every reason to be
lieve that it viii exceed that Of the aver
age piece of machinery.
The list of exhibitors for the Chicago
shows contains $50 names, as compared
with 20 last year, and il is probable that
the Coliseum and two armOry exhibitions
will have at least 300 names on the roll
by the first week in December.
At Philadelphia on Sept. H. in one Of
the most exciting track races ever wit
messed, the 100-mile record for stock tour
ing cars was broken by J. w. Parkin 5r
who covered the distance in two hours
two minutes and 46 As seconds.
According to Indianas new highway
law a county must improve a road on the
application of thirty property owners If
II be less than three miles long. be trav-
eTsed by a rural free delivery route and
connect with the two other improved
roads.
The Western Union people are anx-
iously looking for the autoist whose ma
chine broke down on the boulevard near
Atlantic City and who pulled down sec
ton Of telegraph wire and used II as a
tow line, another machine kindly lending
aid.
During the recent German army man
euvers more persons were killed and in
jured by the cars Of the Imperial Auto
mobile club. which carried dispatch-bear-
eTs. than by any other cause. There were
three fatalities and over fifty lesser cas-
ualties.
If a nut persists in working loose Ie-
spite frequent Tightening, paint the end of
the thread on the bolt, or drop on a little
varnish. To slacken the nut a little extra
force will have to be used, but not enough
10 damage either the thread or nut
1t has remained for Hugo E. Bremen 10
find a way around the rule of the Swiss
council prohibiting motoring in the beau
tiful valley of the Engadne Procuring
four horses he drove his machine through
the valley, despite the cantonaI law
The Automobile Dealers association of
Marseilles has passed a resolution that
the relations between manufacturer ami
agent should be modified. The agents are
dissatisfied with being obliged to contract
definitely for fixed number of cars each
season
History records the gradual extinction
of species of animals whose existence
ceased when their life value ended and
they became burden to nature. So in
the motoring sphere there is room only