The Washington herald., 1908-06-21

Special soaps are now being turned out
20 clean automobiles.
Police Commissioner Bingham. OF New
York. has withdrawn the red cross speed
privilege Of physicians.
As a result Of the American demand :or
automobile tires. the rubber markets OF
Antwerp are reviving
There are sixty automobiles in Greece.
thirty Of which are in Athens and gsso-
line costs Go cents per gallon.
One part Venetian turpentine and four
parts glue make an excellent flexible glue
for attaching leather 10 metal
When everything else is right in the
sparkling system the coil should give a
/ spark az least one-half an inch long
! Cotton wool dipped IN a solution OF rub
| Der makes a good stop gap for cuts IN
! tires not serious enough TO justify vul-
canizing.
At the present rate OF increase the
Automobile Club Of Cincinnati expects 10
/ have 800 members before the end Of the
| season.
Berlin is experimenting with steam
driven notorious. to overcome the obiec-
/ ton 10 the noise and odor Of the gasoline
machine.
Anthony J. Drexel. the American bank
er. purchased new 65-horsepower car in
Paris 20 use in going to and from a golf
course.
| A can Of gasoline costing 20 cents in the
United States costs 81 in Spain, where
the cost of motoring is as high as in any
country in Europe
/ A l4O-horsepower engine. using kerosene
! instead of gasoline, has proven successful
/ for motor boats after experiments by the
| British admiralty.
/ In a modern water-cOoled gasoline mo-
/ tor only II per cent Of the heat is utilized
/ for useful work, the rest being radiated
/ or lost through the exhaust
| The tips Of acetylene headlight burners
/ should be pointed fore and aft OF car,
thus throwing the flame across the lamp
and furnishing more light
With the completion OF short stretch
! of roadway. a new and fine highway from
| Philadelphia to Atlantic City. the mecca
Of all tourists, soon will be open.
Springfield. Mass, has found motor
driven fre-fghting apparatus so efficient
/ that II is contemplating chemical engines
as well as trucks and combination wag-
| ons.
In n single week Berlin's new fire en-
gine, which is propelled by an electric
motor covered coo miles. So successful
has it proved that others have been or
dered
A new type OF motor cab in London car
ries baggage on a canopy over the driv-
ers seat. the rear seat being ordinarily
open. but provided with a folding top fol
bad weather.
Sometimes a broken coil can be restored
TO good working order by putting 1t in q
dry, warm place for few days so as &c
melt the wax inside and fill up the break
in the insulation.
Engine paint may be cleaned readily
with a solution of four ounces Of boraS
and half a pint of lard oil TO gallon OF
water. The mixture should be removed
befora becoming dry.
Spokane. Wash. motorists are BOOMING
a national Farmers Day" when farm
ers are to be invited 20 meet at centra
points and have the value of good roads
demonstrated TO them
New Jerseys attorney general has ruled
that under the amendments to the mo-
toring law enacted several weeks ago, the
income from motor vehicles must be di
vided among the different municipalities
| IN proportion TO the mileage OF improved
roads in each. instead Of being limited K
State-improved highways.