The sun., 1908-12-13

filling the tanks with. oil, gasolene and
wetFsr tse and and repairing and repIacing tires
w e open uSs to all tSPSs' Of
and already ten motorists have entered
their cars. Most of the entrants VIII drive
open cars, but arrangements have been
closed oars. An original feature of the
run is the rule that no official observers
VIII be caWied on the car. but that the entire
driver, must slgn each days card.
During the last. year the mechanical
moSie aasfSctafers has 81 made aSepsee careful n
study Of Che detachable rim question
IN This ls. Is the tyne 81 rim in which certain
the last few years the so-cailed demount-
able rim has come to the fore and this also
has received the attention of the engineers
is one which ls actually .demounted as d
whole from the wheel. This type OF tire
detachinR affords the opportunity Of blow
fer use and In emergency % substitutinE ' one
Of them for the Dictated tire when encoun-
teTing trouble on the road. ~
been The subject Of isoasson at the me es
ohanical branch meetings and some of the
engineers delegated to investigate viii
soon formulate report. The requires
been long realized and the relation Of the
demountable to the detaoha able rim has
been for some time one Of the points under
consideration. -'., .0'
The Detroit Common Council is wrestling g
with proposed ordinance limiting the
The exact figures at which light shall be
declared illegally luminous and binding
to other occupants Of the city,s highwayss
corporation Counsel iiaiy H NeseR is eondacti@a d
a number of experiments with. popular
makes to determine Just how much candle-
power they develop. fine of not to ex.
six months is the penalty attached to tina
proposed measure, which has the support
OF number Of influential Aldermen.
Joe NJ Gilbert. general manager of the
Continental tire concerns American busi-
ness, left for Buffalo yesterday morning
palIed by August Koester Of Hanover
Germany, and James Paterson. both Of
whom are tire experts. The trip IL being
types Of tires and the car Is equipped with
a number Of special devices. One Of the
devices viii show the temperature Of the
tirss after the & car has ,! been run run for some e
miles an hour Careful study will also be
made OF the air retaining efficiency OF the
new types Of tires which Is matte1 that ma;
time that tires will last and give good ser.
Nice.
Herr Carl Neumsier Of Mannheim, Ger
many. director of the Benz concern sailed for
home yesterday. He came over here with
Hemery, Hanrtot and Erie, the Benz drivers
in the Automobile Club OF Americas Grand
Prize race at Savannah. and says he was SO
well treated In this country that he hopes
to come over here every year in the future,
He has arranged for tho Benz Import Com
pauy of 1900 Broadway TO handle the famou
German car in this country.
BosToN. Dec. I2,.--The committee Of the
Bay state Automobile Association which
September has obtained the votes of all
the observers and has awarded the gold
watch offered as a prize for the most con-
sistent work on the part OF any operator
to Frank Z. Wing Of this city, who drove
the Magmon car. The work OF the operator
who drove In the runoh, which lasted several
days, was not considered in the, voting,
Mr.. Wing made a perfect soore In the origi-
nal test and competed in the runon being
put out of competition after covering SOL
miles with his Marmon.