Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Hartford Automobile club has begun a
campaign to gain 300 members by autumn.
1t Is best to always make sure that rims
and tires suit each other and fit perfectly.
ganized a club and will hold an automobile
carnival July 10.
1t is safer to withdraw the clutch when
running over a patch OF newly-laid or I'M
rolled roadway.
A blue book will be issued shortly cover
ing the main-traveled automobile routes
in the middle west.
The main advantage of a front driving
wheel it that the dangers of a side-slip are
reduced to a
The right Of second-class townships of
Pennsylvania to fix a speed limit for auto
mobiles is to be tested In the courts.
Consul General Wynne reports that taxi
cabs have grown so popular In London
that the demand Is greater than the supply.
Benzine can be used in engines, but does
not evaporate fully until the mixture comes
In contact with the hot gases in the cylin-
der.
Taxicaks viii receive marked recognition
at the show of the American Motor Car
Manufacturers association at New York
next winter.
A commercial vehicle and fuel economy
test will be substituted this year by the
Dutch Automobile club for its annual
Scheveningen carnival.
Deferred entries to the Vanderbilt cup
race. which has been definitely set for
October "a, will be received up to October
1, at a uOuDle lee Oh S1VOu
Members of the Wilkes-Barre and Scran-
ton, Pa, clubs propose erecting a club
house In the Pocono mountains as a rem
devious for summer trips
taxicabs were introduced in the British
capital, the capital invested in them al
ready aggregates N0,0O,OOO.
During May ninety-four automobiles
valued at S2SS, 122, were imported through
the port at New York. compared with 10
cars, worth A.09,92. in May, 1907.
Ten big red and yellow motorbuses are
being Installed in Mexico city. They seal
thirty persons and are proving popular
Motor cabs will be installed later.
Three combination ambulances and police
patrol wagons have been built in a factorS
in the United States for the Brazaliar
government for use at Ria Janeiro.
The municipal authorities OF Spa, the
famous watering place, have consented e
the establishment OF a motor racing tracl
near the resort by a French syndicate.
Many Improvements have been made t,
the Wildwood, N. j., course for the rae,
meet of July 4, and Il should be in ex
cellent condition for record-breaking speed
In hot weather, when the brakes ar
used frequently. especially after lonl
down-grade coasts, their operation will b.
improved by the application Of cold water
A '15,O0O-mile club is one OF the lates
novelties formed by Pennsylvania motor
lists. The club is comprised only of mel
who have driven their cars that distance
The city attorney Of Bridgeport, Conn.
has ruled that an ordnance limiting IN
use OF automobile sirens to fire department
machines would be contrary to a state law
w. E. Dewey is preparing to make
record run from Sioux City 10 Omaha OF
a two-cylinder motorcycle as soon as TIL
roads are dry sufficiently to permit OF fas
time.
shppack Hill. on which the AutomobiI
club of Norristown, Pa, win have
climb on June Y, is about one and one
fifth miles long, with an elevation of "a
feet.
during January. February, March an,
April the United States bought Frenc.
cars 10 the value Of SS46,SO0, an amour
higher than in the same periods OF 49,
or 1901.
An time recorder has no,
been perfected whereby a car cannot b
taken out OF a garage without an QUITO
matte record OF the exact time being re
corded
England bought H1s,OOO worth of au
tomobiies from France during April. MAX
ing a total Of SS,7S2.OO0 worth purchase
during the first four months OF the pres
ent year.
A rood driver lets the clutch into en-
gagement gently, permitting his car I
start gradually and smoothly. A star
with a Jerk is a sure evidence of incoH
potency.
The managers OF the Association of l.
censed Automobile manufacturers nave s,
lected January 16 10 % as the dates Il
their next Madison Square garden show
New York.
The test Of the stringent automobile Law
OF New Jersey, which at first proved
lnuke on account Of a technical error. an