Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Timely Tips for Automobile Owners and Drivers

7 throughout the country to abolish convict
labor in lines of an industry where IL
interferes with organized labor, yet In no
section of the country does organized labor
object to the use of convicts in the building
of good roads.
A months record kept OF fifty-three large
motor trucks run by a st. Louis brewery
shows that twenty-eight did not lose a
minutes service, sixteen missed one day
apiece on account OF the drivers not being
en- duty and four lost from half TO a full
day owing to general repairs.
There is every indication that the auto
mobile show which opens at Cleveland, o.,
Monday evening, February %, will be the
best ever held In Ohio. More cars will be
exhibited than ever before, and the decora-
lions, which embrace two huge electrical
fountains, will far surpass all previous dis
plays.
Austria intends setting all other nations a
good example with the erection of an auto
mobile senate at its higher courts, which
is 10 deal with all legal questions OF iiabii-
ity and recompenSe. This Innovation Is
made by the ministry Of justice at the in
stigation OF the Austrian asso-
citation.
The New York Central railroad, which
passes the southwest corner of the new
| automobile speedway at Indianapolis, Ind.
has decided 10 lay a 2OOO-foot switch into
the ground and erect a station. A trolley
line will also erect a convenient station.
Parking space for $500 automobiles will be
provided.
More than A,oU,M Will De spent on the
/ large automobile race track OF steel and
concrete projected at Atlantic City, n. j.,
according to its promoters. In addition 10
q two and one-half-mile circuit. the scheme
involves the erection OF a mammoth garage
and exhibition building and a luxurious
] clubhouse.
II a valve or the porcelain in q sparkling
plug breaks, care should be taken TO see
that the pieces are removed from the
cylinder before attempting TO run the
motor, as II does not take a piece of steel
or a few chips OF hard porcelain a very
long time to so cut a cylinder that 1t mus
be renewed.
An excellent solution for removing verdi
/ girls and stains from the brass work of
motor lamps can be made by mixing a
be applied to the brass and allowed to dry,
when IL may be rubbed off with a woOlen
cloth, leaving the surface In excellent state
for polishing.
The trend OF the in latter DAYS
has been in the direction of the elimination
OF plain bearings, not so much because the
bearings failed to work. but for the reason
that there Is a certain sturdy reliability
IN connection with types of ball and roller
bearings which is not to be Initiated in the
absence Of their use.
As a result Of the tests by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. showing thai molasses
/ residuum is one OF the ~best-known surface
binders for roads. Louisiana may become n
| paradise for motorists. for there are thou
sands OF tons OF molasses wasted on the
Louisiana plantations which can be thus
turned TO good advantage.
To signaliEe the opening OF the Queens
boro bridge TO Long I~sland-the first real
automobile bridge In the country-free rides
In motor cars over the structure will be
given 70 all perRons attending the celebra-
ton. June u. Five thousand cars. II IL ex-
pected. will be placed at the disposal OF
the COMMITTEES In charge.
There are now fourteen distinct types Of
commercial automobiles in use. which may
be designated as follows Taxicabs. sub
urban express. general delivery, light
trucks, heavy trucks. coal wagons. sight
seeing cars. buses. and IN municipal serv-
ice. ambulances. fire wagons. army trans
ports. gun carriages, s~earchiight wagons,
signal service automobiles.
Beware OF putting resin and other con-
coctions on the leather of a cone clutch
the cure by such agents as resin Il only
temporary and very detrimental 20 the
leather. For the fabrication OF plate
clutches. two t~ablespoonfuls OF soft soap
dissolved thoroughly I'm half a pint OF boil
Ing water IL better than any oil and pre-
vents glazing.
According TO the census OF the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, the number OF horses
IN the United states has increased enorrn-
ously in the last few years. despite the vide
department. show as follows: January 4.
January I. 1879. 16i0.0oo horses. valued Al
n.s7f052 90.
When traNeling over rough roads th-
driver should sit ln such 4 position that the
--et Will not be shaken OF the rcdals. Oth-