Evening journal., 1909-09-25
IN MOTORDOM

SO far % entries have been received
for the trial Of industrial motor vehi-
cles which Is TO be held by the French
Automobile Club from October 15 to
November Is next.
Pensacola. Fla. is to have a fine new
garage Of concrete and brick, and con-
tanning ii.4OO square feet of space. A
new garage to be erected at Waterloo,
Iowa, win contain 1000 square feet.
Two young men. Charles Gregory
and Burt Vreeland, OF Bellows Falls.
VT, are making a tour of the country
in an automobile they constructed
themselves during the hours after
school.
A feature Of the new indianapolis
motordrome Is a timing device which
records the time 70 the hundredth Of
second. A tower sixty feet high shows
on three dials the times OF the first
three cars I'm each event
A September tour, a hill climb. en-
durance contest or gymkhana in octo-
ber and another membership crusade
now being planned by the hustling
Automobile Club Of New Haven.
Before dismantling battery for
washing" IL practical have IT fully
charged. Otherwise. II the plates are
badly sulphated, they are likely to
throw down considerable sediment on
the charge after the cleaning is COM
pleted
The cutting of tires by the rims Is
!, generaly caused by overlooking or lacl
I, of insufficient imitation This invaria.
!, bly, results in the cracking and break.
ing down Of the casing at its weakest
. lpoint-where the rim fange engages
the beaded edge OF the cover
on account of numerous complaints
by users OF taxicabs of Overcharging
ID. c. " Palmer. state commissioner
Of weights and measures, is working
on a definite plan for testing taXimet-
ers used by public automobiles in Bos-
ton. Worcester. Springfield and Pitts
field.
A sign-post campaign has been
started by the Chicago Motor Club the
Chicago Automobile club and the Chi
cago Automobile Trade Association. It
is proposed 20 push the work until
, every road Of Importance within 100
, miles OF Chicago has been properly
marked
Automobile drivers and owners are
!, preparing to contest the ordinance
> which has Just gone into effect In In.
danapolis providing that all persons
: driving cars must be registered an,
licensed. Every member of "a family
must be registered provided they ar
drivers. although there may he onl.
" one car i'm the family. Whether o.
not a driver Is competent. however
must be vouched for by two propert
70 owners.
, Chief Horton. OF the Baltimore Fir
- Department has recommended III
- use Of horseless fire engines for IN
r suburban sections OF the city, with tn
result that two OF these will be place
- in commission in the Fall as a tes
1 II they work as expected. several NOR
. will be ordered
|. The Portland. Ore. Automobile Clu
I has placed orders for 450 road signi
, When they are put up the main arter
) les leading 20 and from Portland wi
be equipped with one OF the finest set
= Of signboards OF any State in the unior
The system is the one I'm general use q
Europe based on the color scheme.
Permission TO use the roads of IN
4 Riverhead circuit Long Island for
stock car race on September p ha
been granted 10 the Motor Contest AS
sociation OF New York. by the tow
boards OF Riverhead and Southold, L
Ill. The race is to be a sweepstake
- ievent OF practically the same charac
. ter as the Motor Parkway sweepstake
held over the Vanderbilt cup circul
last Fall