New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-07
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
WELCONE FOR TOURISTS.
Honouer Streets To Be Roped off,
for Cars IN Glidden Run.

ASSOCIATION comments upon the recent ChanSe IN
the rules for the associations tour. in regard to
the same number Of points being credited to each
| team, which change was made in response to a
petition from entrants. follows. The prompt
ness with which this change was made is splen-
| did example Of the wisdom of the committee in
reserving TO itself the power amend the rules at
| any time and of its willingness to do whatever
| Is necessary when requested
An example of the attitude Of the natives Of
| some of the places through which the tour will
! pass is shown by & letter the touring board has
received from T. J. O'NeilI, of Hanover, Penn. in
| which he says that at his request the Town Coun-
| Gil has suspended the speed ordinance the day
| the tour passes through that the police viii rope
off the cross streets and keep the through
which the tour passes free from teams and pedes-
TRANS. He offers also TO assist in making the
J rangemcnts in other nearby towns and with the
| toll roads.
! Not the least troublesome task driver or owner
! of car has to perform times is the setting of
| the valves, and though the occasions for such
! work are not numerous vet the task is one that
! is stunned and put on until tomorrow or the day
! after. On some cars the setting Of valves is no
! easy task, for the that there is little 20
| guide one. On all Columbia gasolene cars the fly
wheel is 50 marked off as TO make accurate setting
| simple ana easy to perform.
Many cars, after a seasons use look shabby, and
the paint may be peeled or faxed off in spots. Nine
| times out OF ten the driver the who washes
| the is blamed for the trouble, while mat
ter of fact II IS due entirely to poor material and
| careless application Even though care may be
! used in washing if poor paint is used it Will not
Withstand Ihe rigors of uncertain climate. The
| Electric Vehicle Company has of the best
| equipped paint shops in the world and here are
! gathered some Of the best color artists in the
! country. No is rushed through day two
early the expense OF the color scheme One Sc
cret of success in painting is allowing the coors
| sufficient time to dry thoroughly before the next
| coat is applied
! The closing of the entries for the Gldden tour
develops the fact that three Haynes cars will proc
| ably start for the various trophies One of the
/ drivers will be EIwood Haynes. the pioneer auto
mobile inventor, who built the first gasolene auto
| mobile ever constructed IN America Another
! In r{y.ar will he y
, Haynes car in the Vanderbilt Cup race two years
! ago. The third entry will be one Of the Haynes
! Tunahouts. driven by Mr. Warren, OF this city. Mr.
| Warren Will use the Same runahout which won the
! runahout trophy in the recent endurance run from
! New York 70 Albany and which was also one OF
! the successful cars in tho recent sealed bonnet
| contest.
! Persons passing up Broadway last Tuesday were
attracted by three Itahan hoSs living over the
| TarGemau, Weep president Of the company. said
that they sgnidcd three international victories Tor
! Fiat cars within the last three months
/ The irst was the TarSs FlorIo in Sicily, with
! forty arht competitors The second was the
/ k9tser cup race. in Germany in which ninety two
| ,ats participated, and the third the Grand
PriX race. IN France during n" last week. having
thirty eight entries He stated that such record
had never been approached ~ any ot1er aGtomo-
bile
Considering tile large number of cars entered and
at fuU speed. the record made by Fiat cars
certainly wonderful one. Nazzaro naturally
~" nero ne I7tS0Hs nNSf IN all or Ii"S" events
Lan~a ana Wagner gave him able support
In this connection re editor Cr ono of the Lead
/ ms automobile papers calls attention 10 the fact
that in this years Grand PriN something occurred
which had never happened before namely, French
!-en have been Defeated in France This Is the
first sine that a foreign automobile has 4
yetc when tho Frenchnsu Were driving on thelc
/ own sol!
/ The Automobile Sales Corporation. OF No 1861
Broadway. is TOW selling the product Of the
Daimler Manufacturing Company, the American
Mercedes They have moved TO large showrooms
At No la6l Broadway. ana are making immediate
deliveries OF American Mercedes. These cars are
sim being handled 10y !. J. Evans
There arrived IN Cleveland yesterday the famous
Nul'ure motor car built by the Royal Motor Car
Company. The automobile Is owned by Henry
Weber, who has used it in the vicinity OF Goldaeld
New. for several years. and is now on trip from
Nevada New York in the ear. NJ. Weber has
many Interesting tales To spin regarding has eN-
rcr'.rco with the NuI'uro the exceedingly bad
roads 10 be- met with In his reeion He states
that among other things o curious custom which
has arisen In Nevada among automohilists Is an
az men, 9'HL'e -, 49,. 7-bis ra-assltstas 90
course short stop at the first bad spot found.
rur the scheme IS rapidly giving Nevada better
roads than the awful stretches Of alleged turnpike
which existed previous 70 this arrangement
Among the novel uses TO which the automobile
has h,en nut IS that Of hauling fire apparatus 70
distant Conhagr tons \ recent instance OF this
occurred in Larchmont, a suburb Of New York.
when 4 fire broke ont early in the morning in the
car harms q mile and q half from the centre OF the
town The roads bad on account Of heavy
fire chief hld hOtn teams hCCked
10 the hose cart and sent Tor { A singer, u.
secretary OF the Mathcscn Company, OF New York.
and a resident OF Larrhmont. 70 haul the nre en-
ci,e With his car. The Matheson equal 10 the
task and reached the Ere In time TO save the barns
In the severe Lakeside endurance test at Les
Angeles last week the Wnton model made
perfect score. The Winton company isn't afraid
81 ..skidoo In selecting space for the fall show
I'm New York Vice President Henderson Of the
Wiuton company ignored superstition and chose
spaca No % SO that Ninton cars will again be
exhibited directly opposite the main entrance or
Madison square Garden.
Al d meeting Of importers held at the offices Of
the Importers Automobile Salon last Week some
interesting discussion was had on the subject OF
cor1peiit0ns and races. their advantages and dis
advantages etc 1t the general sentiment Of
those who have not made practice Of entering
these contests that there were many all over
the country It was practically impossible TO tell
what ones were considered from the public point
Of view worthy tests Of endurance.
The general belief in the necessity and approval
Of good clean contests was, however. most en-
nhatcally brought TO the fore and shown by a
resolution unanimously carried, appointing a COM
roittea IF four composed Of Paul Ia CrOiX. CASTOR
r. Rheims. Percy owen and G c. MacWilliams.
called the impo ters trade contests committee, 10
make inquiries and ascertain when were the prln-
rI-eI co,npctttIone that would tend 10 elevate the
snort CT automobile contests and bring out the re-
liable and desirable qualities OF the contestants
cars. and make recommendations WhlGh WIZ tend
10 increase the foreign entries IN all good con
tests and thereby make them more worthy and
more interesting 20 the public and also more
valuable 70 the contestants themselves
The rival tire manufacturers have an even great
or Interest in the great German automobile races
now in progress than the makers Of the cars them
selves ard the results are watched carefully The
matter Of tires often plays an important part IN (
these contests, as time is never allowed for re- {
MFRS and the use of tires which cannot stand
the mace invariably means defeat The Continental |
Tire Company has just received word by a private /
chile message that in the Herkomer competition |
tba ,,ctor I7drrr Lao In a Mercedes. /.