Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR
BOATS.
MOTOR

There are eighteen automobiles and
~ motor boats owned by Manches-
ter people in use at the present time.
During the past year, the number of
cars was greater than it Is now, but
by certain tradings the list has been
reduced to IS. The largest car is a
Winton owned by A. HOLSTER, and
the smallest is Blackboard kept,
but seldom used, by Earle Beels. The
majority of the cars are roadsters
and have been found practicable and
serve the needs of the owners salts
factorily. A licence is secured from
the state department al, Des Moines,
which costs IS. No car is allowed to
be driven in any town or city or
through the highways of the COM
monwealth without such number.A
lantern and horn are also demand
ed. The streets in Manchester and
the roads surrounding the city war
rant the purchase of car, not only
for pleasure, but for practical pur5
poses. No fatalities have been re-
ported from carelessness or accidents
by drivers of cars living in Manches-
ter. Hair raising experiences have
been told, and narrow escapes passed
by. Very few complaints have been
raised on account of thoughtlessness
on the part of an autoist while pass
ing horse or team of horses that
may appear to be frightened by the
car. Following is list of the names
of the OWNERS of the cars, the make,
and horsepower:
~. r.. Toogood, Buick. ....1S
j. A. Strickland, Jackson. .......22
c. ]. Seeds, Buick. ...............1S
C. ]. Seeds, Cadillac. .............1O
E. j. Middleton, Ford. ........... rs
E. w. Hoag, Ford, ................15
C. H. Parker, Cadillac. ............1 10
VIM. Hahesy, Odds, observation-disclosures. z
Walter Sedgwick, Odds. .......... z
A. HOLSTER, Winton,. ..............25
N, E. Davis, Fuller. -. .,....16
Harvey Hampstead, Steamer, ......
G. W. Storey. Queen. 40
Earle Beels, Blackboard. ....-....
Harlow Coon, REQ,
Wise Acres, Rambler, .2s
w. D. Hoyt, Jackson. %
Motor Boats.
The machine driven water crafts
which are used for pleasure ard re-
creation by their owners number an
even dozen. The old steamer, bull,
by Commodore D. R. Lewis a number
of years ago, was transformed into
a gasoline launch last season, ani
is about to be placed in commission
for the summer. A horsepower en-
CINE drives the boat, which is the
largest on the river.
Thief astest boat is claimed by Ar
thur Holbrook, who bought of T. c
Hines the we'll known Carolyn
Which clipps the watef-at about
miles an hour, driven by. 4-horse
power gasoline engine. The excur
sion boat owned by E. w. Hoag is
a popular craft, and with the Snale
is in constant use during the warm
suaa:.r months.
Boat houses dot the river banl
from the foot of Delaware street to {
point near the backwaters. Severa
of these buildings ara ''floaters". be
ing anchored at the bank Of the sriy
err and rising and s'Il'.ls with the
4 waite. .he ether houses are placed
further Ep TEEN -. aa,e:-. and art
fitted with skids on Which are ar
ranged low trucks that carry the boa
to and from the livs,.
: Following is lis; of the boats ant
their owners:
:, w. H. Hutchinson. "Elenore" ).
j. R. >Toogood. Mascot" .......... ).
) e. w. Hruby, Annette. ........ ):
Z Hubert Carr. ........ .......
Henry Bronson,.... .N...... $50:
j. H. Allen, Benton, "............ )!
!, Miles & Boynton,.... .... 49,. ).
e d. A. Preussner,. ....s. ..1Y
| w. F. Hoag,. ... ..1H
5 Arthur Holbrook, "Carolyne." ~
3 d. R. Lewis, Small. 49,. 49,
. E. w. Hoag. "snale Jr.." -. ....I
= Presbyterian.
The annual children's day servic
e will be held Sunday morning, June 6
: at 10 o'clock. The usual evening ser
vice at 1880.