Evening star., 1909-03-07

pended on a string and other inteyesting
happenings A womans race from Den
yer to Colorado Springs and return will be
held in June Orphans day will be early
In June.
As the years so on and the number OF
automobiles In use increases the reve-
nue. derived from their taxation will be so
great that II will be applied to the build
ing as we'll as the upkeep Of the roads
And at the same time horse-drawn We
hicles will either be crowded out alto
gether or made to bear their share OF the
registration law applied to them also.
A two-day mountain tour and RELIABLE
ity contest, to be held about June IL and
IL. which is being arranged by the New
York Automobile Trade Association,
promises to be one Of the stellar motoring
events Of the summer in the east II is
probable that the route Will lead UP tho
Hudson river to the Catskil mountains,
thence to the Berkshires and return.
A large quick-action oil gun may bs
easily made from an old bicycle pump
by plugging up the outlet and drilling
and tapping the bottom plate for a noz-
zie. The bottom plate can be cut down
to the diameter OF the pump barrel in
foot when pumping Automobilists will
find such an oil gun handy for quick
filling OF lubricators and scattered OIL
cups and for sucking out the oil from tho
gear case when a fresh supply is to be
put In.
Retribution swift and sure is overtakinG
New Jersey justices of the peace who
have made business of fining motorists
on the slightest pretext for the sake OF
the fees they could collect. One justice Is
serving q term In Jail for failing to turn
in fines to the state: another Is awaiting
trial for q similar offense. and impeach-
ment proceedings have been begun In
the legislature against third by the
Ant HnHf C1..h
The proposed motor liability law in
Germany Is exciting an immense amount
OF attention there. and powerful agit alton
has been stirred up against the measure.
into force motoring would be made AL
most impossible. owing to the enormous
liabilities which the motorist would incur.
even from accidents in which he was no.
wise to blame. The proposed bill Is de-
clared to have produced a serious effect
already on the German industry. as peo-
pie are afraid to buy cars when they are
faced with such frightful liabilities.
The Long Island Automobile Club has
leased a large four-story house fronting
house. 1t has a spacious basement to
store $50 cars. and contains an elevator
large enough to accommodate the largest
car. The top fioor contains fully equip
Philip Young, an electrical engineer OF
Grand Rapids. Mich, has discovered a
method OF supplying power to electric
lights and motors without the use OF wir-
storage battery. nor . dynamo. but gen.
crates its own electricity. He has had
one Of the lamps In his home burning con-
| stantly since November "a. 1t burns In
any position, and 1t Is estimated that the
lamp will burn for nearly year. 1t is
the intention Of the inventor to adapt his
discovery to automobile and other head
lights. and to the running Of motors.
Efforts are being made to improve the
English Brooklands track by the con-
struction of test hill. up which menu
bers may be able to drive their cars IN
order to ascertain what they are really
capable Of doing. The hill makes an as
cent OF 80 feet in a length Of 275 feet.
The action OF the contest committee OK
| the American Automobile Association in
providing that tire troubles shall not
| count in penalties in the 1909 Glidden tour
brings up the oft-debated question
whether the time has not come when tires
can be considered reliable enough to be
included with the other parts which go to
make up the car OF today. So far back
as 1902 the same question came up, and
In the reliability contest Of that year. 1t
was expressly stipulated that stops and
delays occasioned by tire troubles should
not count Ever since then the point has
been a mooted one.
New York motorists who intend visiting
the Boston show next month are TO have
an opportunity of making the journey in
| their cars, as a result Of the announce
ment Of a midwinter endurance contest
from New York city to Boston Thursdayr
March II. The trophy for~the event is to
be the handsome silver cup donated by
Chester 1. Campbell, manager of the an
nual Boston show. for a similar run In
1905, when it was captured by L. H. Perl
man. The object of the contest is to DEM
onstrate that modern automobiles are cap
able of maintaining the legal rate OF
speed over all conditions of roads.
For the purpose Of definitely fixing the
time for the southern automobile show. to
be held in Atlanta, Ga. some time after
October 10, a joint committee of the At
lanta Automobile Trade Association and
the Fulton County Automobile Club VIII
Thursday of next week confer with the
officers of the NATIONAL Association OF Au-
tomobile Manufacturers at the latters
offices In New York city.
The promoters of this show are not
lacking in financial support and 1t Will be
an important event in the social and busi-
ness life Of Atlanta and the south.