Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

There are now forty cars entered for the
race which takes place on the Isle OF MAN
September "a.
Chauffeurs of the motor wagons used at
the time of the German army manouvers re-
ceive about So day.
The chief constables of both Lincolnshire
and wiltshire in England now use motor
cars for getting around their locant'es'
Austria is making more and ,more use OF
motor propelled vehicles for military pur-
poses. more especially of late for scouting
There is a strong revival at present OF the
anti-motor campaign in England ana there
is no telling where it is going to STOP
Tar-painting the roads of Kent county,
England, cost $4,000 in the past year.
charge that is due, 1t is declared, wholly 10
automobile traffic.
The Brookands motor racing track IN
England. built at a cost of over s1,250,ooO,
was first assessed for $4,000 then reduced
to $500 and now again to $4,000
Autometers for abroad have to be
changed to indicate kilometers unless the
driver is a rapid calculator, Tor everythins
In Europe is based the metric system.
One good feature of the French roads so
far as motoring is concerned is the fact
that they are all well drained and are there
fore available for travel even in the worst
weather.
1t is just piece of fiction for motorists
to tell each other to keep away from Can
ada because of the speed regulations, Tor
they are not bit worse there than they
are in this country.
Cardiff taxicab driver took three pas
sengers from that city to London and back
again. a distance of $40 miles, which is be-
Iieved to be the record for which taxicao
has ever been taken for hire.
The British war office has invited bids
for furnishing the army with motor vehicles
instead of having to hire them for the army
maneuvers, the annual expense of the volun-
teer corps having reached about s25,OOO.
The simplon st. Gotthard and Brenner
passes over the Alps are open to motorists
If they care to take the risks but the
Klausen is closed to motor cars though one
party tried it and was heavily fined for its
temerity
Eighty heavy motor wagons are required
when the German army holds its maneuvers,
each. vehicle being capable of carrying at
least two tons and travelling sixty to seventy
miles daily with a full load half that dis
tance.
Politics having crept into motoring in
Great Britain 1t is now proposed that there
be great central road department for the
United Kingdom with administrative offices
at London. Glasgow, Edinburgh Dublin and
Manchester.
One of the British companies has just
shipped at Nairobi, British East Africa,
ten horsepower so fitted as to run under
the most tropical conditions, wire wheels
and an extra water tank being some of the
necessary alterations.
The largest of the motor omnibus COM
panies of London in the past year carried
over 14,500 600 passengers, and so far this
year has had an increase of over 80 per cent
in the number of passengers with an In
crease of sc per cent In the receipts.
Faith in the timing arrangements at the
Brookands track in England have been
rather shaken since the last races, when the
speed for the big contest was officially an
nounced as 9Sh miles, an hour and few
days later changed to S3SS miles
1t has been found in many cities, and in
London in particular, that the most serious
evil under which street traffic labors is con-
geEtion and not the presence of the motor
car in itself, the slow moving vehicles hold
ing up the faster ones on the final detriment
of everything moving.
From Liverpool to London by motor car
instead of by train with competent guide
to point out all the notable spots has proved
a great summer diversion for travellers who
have gone across one of the biggest ocean
lines, but the company operating the cars
has not expressed its opinion as to the
future of the scheme.
There have been 1000 empty houses in the
Mayfair and Belgravia sections of London
this season. the reason for this being that
the automobile has made it easy for persons
to get in and out of town, they have
their summer homes farther away this year
than ever before, and when in the city for
a short stay have simply gone to hotel,
then motoring back to their residences.
EMERSON TO MEET LEROY