Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03
Newsy Gossip for Owners of Automobiles

ing up and buying those that still are
handsome, but require less time to groom.
Unless the Long Island motor parkway
be completed in time, few foreigners win
enter the next Vanderbilt cup race They
tected.
for the American gold cup tour of Eu-
rope, the date for which will be fixed
after the time for the Grand Prix Is an
In London there is being erected a fire.
proof garage which will be the largest
In the world. 1t will contain storage room
department
New Jersey legislators are considering a
bill, aimed at automobilists, which gives
legal authority for the issuance of wrtts
of attachments against nonresidents in
damage suits.
The testing department Of a well-known
manufacturing company at Hartford,
Conn, drove Its cars successfully through
snowdrtfts which recently tied up the
street car service.
The California Woman's Automobile club
of San Francisco is one of the few such
organizations exclusively for feminine mo-
florists. school for members is one OF
Much complaint is made by the Venetians
against the increase in motor boats on
the grand canal They claim too many
gondolas are being wrecked by collisions
with the swifter craft.
uniform automobile law for Illinois Is
expected In the near future. If the vari-
would be almost impossible for a man TO
drive a car in that state.
Automobiles were pressed into service to
carry the wounded from the recent wreck
on the New York Central railroad to hos
pitfalls. Not a motorist who was asked by
the police refused his aid.
Drivers in long distance European tour
ing competitions are unanimous In declar-
ing that good anti-skid tires never pune
fbS nrst wv Whe5 v they are worn ro thin they
When the eastern cities were recently
snowbound II was necessary to use extra
horses TO pull business trucks, but no user
OF motor truck found 1t necessary to
install extra engines to do the work.
Experts OF the Department OF Agriculture
are investigating the complaint that auto
ing TO md material that will make the
highway surfaces more nearly permanent.
Sometimes the valve OF a French tire
tightly in place. A remedy is TO remove
the central rod or wire Of the valve and
dab a little grease on the conical extremity.
According to statistics OF the federal
bureau OF animal Industries. since the ad-
vent of the automobile horses have re-
gained strength, better breeds are being
realized and the price has advanced over
100 per cent.
According 20 ofncial figures. France in
1906 exported automobiles worth $2SOO0rOOO,
OF which England took nearly 5000 ,00d
worth. Germany and Belgium each about
10000 worth and the United States only
s3Oo,OO0 worth.
DodleIe VINO nave pecu HlNeHlledtlnB re-
port that an American invasion of the
French automobile market Is not only
feasible. but inevitable, on account OF the
superiority, price for price, OF American
cars over European
A manicure fle seems hardly a requisite
in the tool kit OF a motor car. yet It may
sometimes play a useful part when II be-
comes necessary 10 clean the contact points
OF the Ignition coil. The tiny file also may
come In handy in other delicate tasks.
Hurrying from the south TO his wife,
sick at Lakewood. John ID. Rockefeller
abandoned the railroads at Trenton and
IN his touring car In two hours. much