Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Porto Rico now has a service of steam
motor buses.
There are about 200 cars now registered
In Macon, Ga.
Bucharest, capital of Roumania, has an
onterprising automobile club.
Always advance the spark slowly;
gradual retardation is not so important.
Torrington, Conn, has a new club which
has affiliated with the Connecticut Auto
mobile association.
A motor club is being organized At Hot
Springs, Ark. under the auspicies of the
American Automobile association.
An average of 1900 tons OF water falls
I'm the form OF rain on each mile of public
road in the United States annually.
An automobile factory at Buffalo has
fitted up a dining room, capable of seating
500 persons at once, for its employees.
1t has been discovered that the drlppings
from automobiles do not hurt asphalt pave
ments if the oil which makes them is good
oil.
1t is not advisable to lubricate fiber band
brakes, but II they should become noisy, a
oil.
In France an m breakdown at
tracts no more attention than can be given
from a car speeding past at forty miles an
hour.
That the grand prize races at Savannah
will open up a new selling territory in the
south is the opinion of a number Of Ameri-
can motorists.
According 10 Il AUTO, the NUMBER OF
motor vehicles in use in France jumped
from Sl,2S6 in 1907 to 1856 in 1908, an in
crease Of $500.
The Austrian industrial car contest, un-
der the patronage of the war ministry and
chamber OF commerce, will take place from
October 20 to 81,
Never run with unduly slack chains. II
your car has countershaft brakes. remem-
Der that they would be useless If a chain
were to come off.
Most OF the late models of motoring
capes have high collars and scarf ties and
are all In dark coloring, but may be lined
with material vivid color,
A Paris company is trying a new type of
motor omnibus. The new vehicle Is much
smaller than the cumbrous and noisy Noah's
arks and has no upper deck.
A vigorous campaign against bills OBJ
1ectionable to motorists will be waged by
the Massachusetts, State Automobile as
ISOLATION in the state legislature.
Allotment Of pac for the Chicago show.
to be given under the auspices OF the Ma
tional Association of Automobile manu-
facturers. will be made October z.
The automobile business in Syracuse. n.
Y, has increased so rapidly in the last
rev years lhat a motor car company Is
now the largest single industry in the city.
The motor omnibus has become so popu-
lar IN Berlin that the leading street rail.
way company has been compelled TO add a
line of omnihuses to meet the competition.
Sweet oil and tripoli form ar excellent
/ coating to prevent brass work from beCom-
ing furnished. Oxalic acid or ytr gar ana
salt are good to remove STAINS rom the
metal.
Many motor factories are preparing for
their rush season." which comes IN win
/ ter while the shows are on and because
most buyers want their cars delivered In
the spring.
The historic old stage line running from
/ PlaceVille 10 Lake Tahoe, New. which
Mark Twain made famous by his story
about Horace Greeley. is 10 be replaced by
motor buses.
The three cases for reckless driving
against 4. r. Thomas. the New York
banker. who was injured In a collision near
Long Branch, n. j., have been postponed
until October "a
An important precedent has been set for
the courts 81 other states bv the ruling Of
a supreme court justice in New York, who