Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-07
The Automobile world.

Pixies peak has been climbed by motor
cycle
Motorists at Stamford, Conn. have
organized an automobile club.
PittsburR soon will have a squad OF
policemen mounted on motorcycles.
The Association OF Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers now has thirty-three mem
beers. ........
In Alabama a bill has been introduced
compelling autoists to stop upon meeting
ice has been sstsblished at Chicago Chicago with with
two deliveries daily.
A bill has been introduced In the New
York state assembly to tax motor boats
navigating inland waters 81 a year.
There is a bill before the Rhode Island
legislature to limit the speed OF automobiles
! on all highways to fifteen miles an hour
Two Philadelphians who used another
mans automobile without his permission
-Tere each given six months imprisonment.
To the present date, lilo patents on motor
| vehicles have been granted by the United
States patent ONCE, not Including patents
on tires.
The oiled macadam pavements of River
side, Cal, are said to have been seriously
| injured by gasoline dripping from auto
mobiles
The automobile record from New York
to Boston recently was reduced more than
an hour, the new time being fourteen and
| a half fours
Savannah probably will raise the speed
limit TO fifteen miles an hour The newly
|
are motorists.
Horse owners and motorists of MontcIalr,
| N. j., have combined interests and organ
ized the Montclair Riding, Driving and
Automobile club.
An effort Is being made to induce the
/ Postofice department to place such signs
on country roads as viii prevent tourists
from becoming lost.
A separate show for the display of auto
mobile accessories and sundries Is talked
about for Madison Square Garden, New
~ n
The German Imperial Automobile club
has seven life members, llO6 ordinary
members SSi nonresident members and
thirty-four women members.
So ehhcient is the motor ear proving ia
the great desert OF Sahara that the camel
as means Of travel, for tourists, at least
/ seems doomed TO extinction.
Very few motorists drive their cars Il
the best advantage, and one Of the most
common mistakes Is to operate the throttle
/ and ignition levers too rapidly.
Many motorists who, find the rails OF a
street railway provide a smooth path forgeI
that the oil and grease which accumulates
on them means short life for tires.
II there IL = leak in the cylinder and
there is no sound OF Kissing around The
sparkling plug the leak probably Is In the
exhaust valve or the piston rings.
The Indiana legislature has a bill pro-
viding a fine OF $50 to be imposed upon
any person convicted OF throwing a
broken bottle or other glass on the high
way.
the use of any but inclosed automobiles
Is practically an impossiblity, Only the
most daring motorists venture out In oper
cars.
Russia seems about TO become a country
for Automobiles A show win be held
at st. Petersburg, June 1 to II, under the
patronage of Grand Duke Michael. the
cars brother.
The Mechanics institute OF Rochester
N. Y, will establish a course in gas en-.
CINE philosophy as applied to motor We
hicles, TO Include both lectures and labora'
tory exercises.
In order that New York state highway
may be furnished with substantial sign
boards. Superintendent Of state Prisons
Collins has arranged to supply them from
Clinton prison.
Much interest in the east centers In tn,
announcement OF race plans by the At
lantc City and Cape May Automobile
clubs. Both organizations are to be very
active this year.
Pennsylvania Automobiles are hEhtinl
In the courts peculiar law which allow
costs Of trial TO be assessed against them
even when acquitted OF charges OF violat
ing the speed laws.
One who has tried Il declares that tn,
addition OF from % 70 80 per cent OF mo
iasses to the water makes as good an anti
/ freezing solution as glycerine and water
and is much cheaper.
Forty-three machines. italian. French
German and Swiss, have been entered 10
the Targa F1orio road race, with which
Italy viii open the season on April q
| Inc ufhl prize - tofVO0
The popular idea that Russia Is not pro
/ vided with improved roads Is a myth.
is not 30 favored as France In this respect
but her highways are equal TO those Of tn
eastern states OF this country.
Paris present autobuses not meeting
J with the entire approval OF the municipa
council the project OF the Seine has sub
mitted plans for an autObus competition
, open 10 French machines only,
Motor wagons with a capacity OF a mtt
more than q ton are being used 70 trans
port freight IN a thinly-settled section o
I the Congo Free State. They probably vii
i be used throughout that portion OF Africa
In trying out candidates for appointmen
as bicycle policemen at New York onl
the men who could catch Police Com