The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-07
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IT'S RIGHT
SPARK PLUGS AND
SPEEOOMET


There are some 100000 worth Of au-.
tomobiles I'm San Francisco.
Ii is believed that there will be at least
125 entries for the GHdden tour
cleveland has city ordinance forbid
ding the practice of leaving engines run
ming when cars are stopped.
In an automobile the trouble with a lit
tie trouble in the mechanism IS that DC
viii not remain little.
According to consular reports very
successful trade IN American automobiles
can be cultivated in Mexico by the proper
methods
To stop the incesssnt fraceurine Of the
speed laws the authorities of Atlantic
CITY will equip squad Of police with mo-
tOrcyCles
The Automobile club Of Buffalo. y Y.
Is out for the Vanderbilt cup race If IL
should be found impractiCable to run it on
Long Island this year
feature of the next Paris Salon de
Automobile viii be a display Of the var
ious types of cars used since motoring be-
came a recognized sport
Twenty autObUSeS are to be put into on
GRAFTON on Fifth avenue New York this
month, and thirty more will be added as
last as the makers can furnish them
President Roosevelt is an ardent advo-
cate Of international contests. whether of
motoring, yachting or rowing. holding that
they stimulate patriotic feeling
Although the natives of Mongolia are
greatly excited over the Picking 10 Paris
of any hostile demonstration.
Two chauffeUrs have been convicted I'm
san Francisco under the new California
law making it a misdemeanor to use am
automobile without the owners consent.
y three months automobile tour of Eli
rope and portions Of Asia is To be taken
by Chicago belle I'm an endeavor To- cure
her Of serious mania for music.
The famous Five Million club of Texas
is arranging a 1000-mile endurance con
test across the state from Fl Paso to-
IeXarkana, and will offer 5000 worth of
prizes
What speed were YOU going at the time
or the accident mOtGT-Omnibus driver
was asked. recently. i'm London court.
on. l should say gentle trot' he re-
piled.
Nearly every one of Detroit's automo-
bile factories supports baseball club.
making that city the only one IT, the world
to have an Automobile Manufacturers
league.
Probably the most powerful automobile
engine ever built has been constructed by
a Pennsylvania firm II is of go horse
power, and will be used in a twelve-metef
motor boat
The decrease in Importation Of foreign
cars so far this year has been figured out
at about Is per cent ON the other hand.
exports have increased nearly SO per cent
over 1906.
Washington university St Louis Is pre-
pairing TO establish a chair i'm motoring in
its manual training department. the new
feature 10 be added to tine curriculum in
the fail
\ feature of a "Neighhorhood Touring
club" formed at Hartford. Conn. is that
the members make it a point to- take
along their wives and strictly observe the
speed limits.
Builders are just beginning 90 meet the
demand for steering wheels. the cross sec
tions Of the rims Of which are oval iu-
stead Of round. which gives a more COM
Portable and secure grip.
A bill recently passed ny the lower
house of the Wisconsin legislature EivcS
mOtOrlSt the right to pass frightened
horse or team If he thinks It necessary 20
avoid an accident
The financial success attending the es-
adjustment of motor cars at St Peters
burg last year was great but this year
so many persons have gone into the bus
mess that no one is making any money.
Italy sent over SZ"0.pp worth Of auto
mobiles into France during the first four
months of the present year. largely as a
result Of the victories achieved by Italian
cars i'm European racing events last year.
steam ambulance. capable of "A speed
of forty-five miles an hour. is being tested
by the medical department Of the army al
West Point. If satisfactory, IL is said
the army viii adopt such cars for general
use.
The success which so far has attended
the Pekug-Paris run through the great
Asiatic deserts has demonstrated that aU-
tomoblles may easily be employed Ign re-
giOns heretofore traversed only by camel
caravans.
Judge Fowler Of the circuit court at
tOmObile may cross through a funeral pro-
cession i'm that city. although an ordinance
prohibits vehicles drawn by horses or
mules from SO doing.
1t is pertinentIy pointed out that while
the 40 automobiles which composed the
lire ON Orphans day i'm New York
seemed a goOdIy number. yet il represent
ed less than ] per cent OF all machines
owned i'm that city.
In the recent show at St Petersburg.
practically every big firm In France was
God .H..- Holm I'd
five makes of cars. the United States and
Italy by three each, and Germany by one,
while Great Britain had none at ALL
Although far behind the other European
nations Portugal at last has begun to
import automobiles in sufficient numbers
to interest manufacturers In the United
States and nearer home I'm 1898 there
were but tweuty-siN cars I'm the country.
General G. NJ. Splitter. the well-knOWn
banker of Cleveland who is touring Ell
rope, accompanied 10y Mrs. Splitter. OK
poets to cover 5000 miles i'm his car. travel
ing through England Scotland, France.
Belgium. Holland Germany and Austria.
In retaliation for the stopping of Sun
day baseball In Worcester county New
York the managers of the White Plains
Baseball association threatens to stop golf
and the running of automobiles on sun
day.
Another learned English judge has de-
cided that an automobile is q nuisance
on the highway and mas held the own
er liable for damages for accidents 0c-
n
ing orders by taking a drive for his own
pleasure
There is q possibility that motor buses
will be barred from London. or at least
from some sections of the city. as two OF
the Metropolitan councils have under con-
sideration complaints that the big We
hicles are damaging buildings by vibra-
ton.
Paris makers are planning 10 build
their 1903 GLASSES wider than heretofore.
making fl possible to have stronger. light
er and more comfortable bodies, tn give
their cars better balance and to reduce tine
danger due TO taking corners at high
speed.
One thousand dollars in gold coin. to be-
divided between the two drivers of the
winning team, and a gold and silver tr0-
ply for the owner of the car are the
prizes offered to the winners of the 2l-
hour race at Brighton Beach track, New
York, Aug 9 and 10.
The Royal Automobile club Of Great
Britain is conducting an interesting series
of dust contests over road specially
coated with finely powdered limestone
rock. Photographs of the dust clouds pro
duCed by the different cars VIII be used
to determine the winners.
Miss Victoria Goodwin. the woman mo-
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