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

missioner Bingham's twenty-hve-horse
power automobile were given positions on
thu force
! SO many entries have been received for
/ the three days endurance run of the New
1 Jersey Automobile and Motor club that II
/ will be divided into two classes and cups
/ will be awarded the winning touring car
/ and runabout.
l The interurban electric railway eompa-
niles are lighting the bills before the lesis-
! latures OF Connecticut and Massachusetts
| to permit the building OF a highway e1-
clusively for motor vehicles between New
York and Boston.
The town council OF Glen Echo, Nd. has
raised It's auto speed limit from six to
! twelve miles an hour as a result OF efforts
| OF the automobile clubs Of Baltimore and
sections OF Maryland.
The proposal TO erect a monument to
/ the late Loon SerpOllet on one OF the pub
support In French automobile circles. when
| a subscription list was opened A,262 was
! subscribed within a few days.
! Philadelphia's first notorious now Is run
/ ming regularly. The company owning II
/ viii operate thirty on Broad street, the
longest paved street in the world, from
| which street cars are barred, and will give
| rides OF about seven miles for cents.
A Denver man has been granted pat
| ent on an invention Ito provide a compen-
| sating device which will permit both or all
| Of the ground wheels to be power driven
| while allowing them free movement, so
| that they can be run ahead Of the applied
| power"
The suggestion Of State Highway Commits
sioDer Hunter q Pennsylvania that the
! road supervisors OF the various counties
! form associations to enable them to work
! together to better advantage, has been
needed by the officials Of twenty-five of
the counties Of the state.
| The General Automobile association of
France is considering a plan to hold a
number of competitions for devices prevent
ing theft Of automobiles, enabling drivers
| TO see what passes behind them and en-
! abling drivers to hear vehicles approaching
| from the rear. A first prize of 200 francs
! is to be awarded in each composition.
| Another bill before the Massachusetts
legislature, aimed to restrict automobilists
| privileges, forbids any person erecting a
garage in town Of over 10000 without first
| procuring a permit from the selectmen OF
! the town, or in a city of more than that
size without first obtaining board OF
health license.
The French tiremakers, like the automo-
bile builders, seem determined to invade the
| American market The head of one of the
blSgest concerns has announced his inten-
ton to establish a factory in this country
and has formed a company with $1,000 900
| capital for the purpose.
| A bill has been introduced in the New
| York legislature to prohibit the use Of any
car on the public highway of more than %
horsepower, While the measure is alb
surd and will be killed when its time
comes, II shows the mortoTists how radical
the feeding Is growing against them.
A patent has been granted to Swiss
covering the novel construction of car
for one person only. The vehicle is OF such
small dimensions II can pass through doors
of ordinary width and be carried up stairs
and stored in the attic when not In use.
The Automobile club of France has APP
proved of the plan of the Marquis de Dion
for a touring and speed contest this sum
mer. The event will begin with LOO
mile competition for machines weighing
$3.50 pounds, with four passengers, but
thogt spare tires, parts, tools or case
Smile speed contest.
/. be woman motorlst who would be
sed for all sorts OF weather conditions
r { have five different costumes, a satin
Il erized coat for rainy weather, a full
Il n ulster for touring and windy weather
shC ing, a heavy fur coat for ali around
win use and waterproof leather coat
for inter- touring purposes.
| Pro Lucke of Columbia university, who
has | IN working in the interest of the
| govern tent, recommends that, when the
use Of lcohol becomes general, motorists
gasolent and alcohol may be run alter,
hately, waiting any risks Of failure until
peculiarities of the new fuel.
M. Faroux, a French statistician, who is
regarded as the supreme authority on auto,
mobile matters, says that about bSO@C
nine years since the experiment of self
propelled road vehicles first succeeded
These machines sold for more than $1,000
100000 Until a year ago France led, now
the United States has taken the lead.
Philadelphia autoists are carrying, car.
! riage whips to use against boys who infest
the suburban roads and shoot beans and
peas at them through blow pipes, This
looks like innocent sport, but the speed OF
the rapidly-moving car, added to that OF
the flying missile permits the latter to In
fitct injuries which always are painful and
which In several cases have proven serious
During the progress of the international
sports show in Berlin a reliability test for
runabouts win be held. The West of Ger
! many club, whose headquarters are al
Mannheim. has offered q 5000 cup for tour.
ing cars The cup will be contested for al
the end of August over 900 miles between
Mannheim and Frankfort. Like the Her
: komer trophy tour, this new event will In