Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

York. All its members are more than 100
years old and the president is 107. The
club Will make one trip a year.
the expenses to be borne by the home.
driver making the most consistent show
ing in the Bay State Automobile a~ssocia-
lions endurance run to the Breton woods
and return September % ana "a.
Two steam taxlcabs, the first in America,
are now running In Boston. Ten more are
To be in commission before September Is.
The machines are OF twenty horsepower
and each carries four passengers.
For the six months ended June, 1873, some
800 motorcycles and parts, valued at $ll9, .
1856, were exported by Britain in comparison
I with $50 motorcycles and parts. valued al
Al2t,Il, for a similar period in 1877.
The Indianapolis Automobile Trade assa-
citation has decided to hold q two DAYS
reliability run. The route will probaCl
be to French Lick and return. invol> ing
some OF the toughest roads in tire state.
Signpost erecting on an extensive scale
will soon be started by the Automobile club
OF California. The first roads to he marked
will be from San Francisco to Santa Cruz
and from San Francisco 10 Del Monte.
The Motor club OF Harrisburg. Pa, has
appointed a committee 10 %siGnboard all I'M
portant highways entering the city. to
marx the short routes to Gettysburg bat
tlefield, and has appropriated $50 to carry
out the work.
A mixed" type of car is one provided
with an internal combustion and an eIec
49,. 1871 oAta ia AAS q "a haAlO ~ Bpetu
in the transmission Of the gasoline moo
TO the driving wheels and normally cnsrg-
ms the battery.
During the twenty four-hour endurance
run of the Bay state Automobile assotia-
tion September %. from Boston 10 the
White mountains, the pilot will scatter CON
seaTchlight at night.
f. r. Thomas, the wealthy New York
motorist who. while travelling at high 80 ed.
collided with a carriage and team, killing
Two horses, will be lame for life ana will
probably lose his New Jersey license.
Since the invasion Of the Pacific coast
oy the American fleet and sight-seers from
ne east the discovery has been made that
there are more automobiles in that section
OF the country than any one except rest
dents supposed.
More than 500 cars are now In use In
Calcutta, and India is daily becoming a
very important market for motor cars
Inc native princes are buying high grad
cars and their example is being copied by
the Weather merchants and the Parsees.
Thirteen different regiments from the
Thirteen original states. uniformed ant
armed viii guard the course through Fair
mount park during the long distance races
to be held during Founders Week, in Phlla.
deiphia, October 5 10 10.
There is now one motor omnibus foi
every two-horse omnibus plying in London
hansoms, $50, four-wheeled cabs, 3,T6S
motor omnibuses, las; horse-draWn omni
buses, Z21; total, 1889.
Sometimes some distressing noises which
seem quite un~accountable, proceed from tn,
tootboards OF the driving seat They gen
orally take the form OF an occasional sharI
bang, though at other times they copsis
Of a continual rattle.
There are good prospects OF a permanen.
market I'm Algeria for a light. strong
medium priced car. Automobiles are eX
tensively used by wine and oil merchants
who have 10 travel in districts where as ye
the railway does not exist.
Keep all the connections OF the mixtur,
inlet pipe Of a multicylinder engine per
fectly tight. Slackness at any point per
mits the entry Of a certain quantity o
extra air. which renders an operation o
starting the engine more difficult.
British motorists who have been hoping
for several years that the government.
would establish a central highway depart
ment are mitch encouraged by the fac
that Chancellor OF the Exchequer Asqultl
is seriously considering this plan.
In the effort 10 pay off the debt on 81
Ffnbar's Catholic church. Bath Beach, Rev
William A. Gardner. pastor. has donate,
his automobile. which he has used only
few months. II will be sold and the pro
ceeds devoted 20 the church fund.
Magnalum. the new aluminium allow o
German origin has 4 tensile strength q
from 1890 70 $500 pounds per square inch
II Is hard. az a rule. although some Of IN
alloys are very ductile and can Be ham
mered, forged. rolled. drawn, etc.
BelieyinR that an Improvement OF an
roads leading into their city will tend q