The sun., 1908-05-03

and Council BLUFFS. la, thence 10 Omaha
and after brief stay IN Lincoln 10 Denyer
Wi be SSnsd % 90 *. 'TeS.sG ss@s plaS =: raroad
tickets and the fare will be the same ss that
charged by the railroads TO those delegates
who prefer 10 travel by rail: The tickets
will be oounterslgned by the Mayors OF the
towns through which the delegates will travel.
Chairman Ralph NJ sperry and his sso-
Clates OF the contest committee OF the Auto
mobile mobile Club Of Bridgeport are TSDISy ,SG S9n
annual bill climbing contest on Sport HI!
on Memorial Day. The McMprtry electrical
timing apparatus will be used for the con-
te1t and Alden Mc;MInTtry' ne ne, GsosS ysntSr
y, haWes OF the Fourteenth Company Coast
| Artillery Corps, Connecticut National Guard,
will have charge Of patrolling the course.
He Nll have forty guafdimen IA iull uniform
besvorn In % congtables and have full power
In the premises, There will also be force
Of ten Easton deputies and constables who
IL Mas been decided BY the club to build
footbridge across the stream at the start
Of the course In order to leave the road bridge
| free to the cars. Four motOroycllats have
6esn appointed oou5iers Al S.,nIpS SSS,mpettiPRS tRs
| events. A. l.. Riker will be referee
When Robert Lee MorreIl, chairman Of the
| Automobile Club Of America contest COM
mittee, announced last spring that the club
would promote a sealed bonnet contest there
were a great many autOmobilists who Thought
such q test too severe to be run successfully
| The clubs ahaiT was four day event with
the competing cars making l50 miles n DAY
Since then, However, sealed bonnet Affairs
OF far more rigorous nature nave been
conducted In various parts OF the country
both BY automobile clubs ana by INDIVIDUAL
motorists, the most notable being the now
famous conteat promoted late last fall by the
Chicago Motor Club
10 the later sealed bonnet runs there have
been several Instances where the engines
were kept running all the time, 80 that the
cars were not only running with sealed bon
nets, but under nonstop engine conditions
in addition. II. B. Odell Of Buffalo, completed
a sealed bonnet, nonstop engine run OF w
mes q few days ago, with = slx cynnder
Mora, The run was made under lha super
vision Of the Automobile club OF Bunalo, on
the good roads near the Bison CITY Ihe
good roads, combined WIN t9e eHlden
abled the 900 miles to be completed In torty-
eifht hours OF at an average speed Tor the
entire distance Of about twenty-one miles
an hour.
A similar run Of more strenuous nature
has Just been completed at Seattle, Wesh,
by y. p. FOlberth With a four cylinder Olds-
mobile. FOlbeTth drove his car ,OOO miles
without stopping the engine ana not only
charge OF the run sealed In the high speed
lever 40 that the car had to run on its high
speed gear during the entire ,OOO mlies
tolbsrth added TO his laMes 6y GllmoRK
after the cars engine had been running
continuously for twenty-siI hours
Devices designed TO help make riding more
comfortable are multiplying rapidly and
British concern has Just brought out system
OF suspension which resembles closely
Yankee Invention OF several years ago n
which the springs are suRPorsedl sSls on neIcbes %
In the English invention the springs are
seated on q gular metal box which has
q loosely httng bottom OF piston, carried Dy
tSe SEe aud aTsd rIsidy y n place SSS pSubSer
bag substantially. the same section and con-
tour, which is inflated to pressure OF zen OF
fifteen pounds. Unlike the YANKEE device.
the British system IN not intended TO do away
With Inflated tires, but is to be used to relieve
the springs Of the shocks they w0uld 9tneI
wise receive when the car was pelng utlNeh
over rough roads. II is Intended as a shock
sbsoroer 70 supplement tnS tIss tirss in''eSu VI
It IL estimated that the Newark branch
ofice Of the State Commissioner OF moor
Vehicles collected about one-fourth OF the
total amount Of $50 900 which the State Of
New Jersey received for automobile regis
tratlons and drivers licenses during last
year.
James II. Macdonald, State Highway Com
missioner Of Connecticut, who has done
ETeAt deal Of effective WORK IN proNlolhB nls
own State with improved highways ana mas
helped many other States with helpful hints
drawn from his own experience, has fallen
a victim 70 the fascinations Of the motor eSI
and will soon become an automoblllst, ne
was the guest OF honor at a recent meeting
OF the Connecticut Automobile Association az
Hartford and told the members some OF his
experiences lie criticised road hogs, WhetneI
they were in. automobiles or mi morse
drawn vehicles, and declared that motoI
opinion they should be taxed for highway
maintenance He expressed great satls-
faction over Conneoticuts new common
sense motor vehicle law and said ne had done
all In his power 10 secure It's passage
He hopes to have the main roads OF the
state continuous stretches Of improved high
way and IL planning the Work OF nus depart
IN ent TO this end. In referring TO the pro;
pensity Of so many persons 10 travel around
these DAYS, he said the different states are on
dress parade now more than ever before IN
the history OF the country, and declared " Is
a good plan 10 give visitors good lmpIes5ll0Ith On
OF the State. He asked that the automobile
clubs OF the State help him In securing good
roads. He told Of experiments he had made
with various dust laying materials, ana Nhlie
he had not been able to find anything that Is
entirely satisfactory, he hoped VIZ PTVUigin
with the dust nuisance. which is 30 often the
cause OF fast driving on the part Of some
motorist who dislikes the gradual smotherlng
that 40 often results on q dry stretch q road
that has a number OF cars on " NTHNehlus 10
the same direction.
IF reported that the road between Bridge
mort and New Haven Is In fairly good oondi,
ton except for a mudhole below MlllloLo LI hiII
The road between Waterbury ana Cheshire
"a In aivery bad condition. according TO New
Haven motorist,
Fernando Nelson, who has held the, record
between San Francisco ana Los hngeIes
The time between the two California citles
The best time until recently for the trip from
San Francisco TO Los Angeles had oeen 10
hours IS minutes, q record which stood re-
peated assaults for more than year, Nelson
has felt that he had sort Of original claim TO
the record and he made the trip 10 u hours
~ ninutes m a so horse power White steamer
lowering the former record By 80 minutes
II ia rather expensive to drive too fast in
Ros,on II the police succeed In capturing the
oHSnder One driver who was tried
short time ago for driving At the rate OF 7lli
miles an hour was fined SIS The motorist
gave notice that be would enter an appear
against the fine
The officers OF the Albany Automobile
Club have planned a campaign FOR me sup
preston Of reckless driving In the vicinity
St Snod tps pssStS sSSss % number Of members Of the
organization have been sworn In az special
deputy shertfs by pnerin Bes0h, whose duuet
Will be 10 assist In regulating the diving OF
automobiles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Glidden, the Globe
RirdAng BostoniAns who are making world
tour in an automobile, completed tour Of
Greece on April 10, They, are now in Italy