The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
NOTES OFF THE AUTO


A ST. Louis garage keeper is plan
ming the formation of a rescue league
for the benefit Of local motorists who
meet with mishaps on the road. His
of special telephone booths on the high
ways around st. Louis. Those who
join the league will, upon payment, be
given key which is numbered This This
ONCE. and when a call is made by
| member the key can not be released
until one of the trouble men arrives.
thus guarding against unnecessary
calls being made Several employees
will be in attendance night and day.
and will respond to trouble calls either
by automobile or motorcycle, as the
case may require.
j. B. Van Solver, the big furniture
maker of Camden, n. j., gives some in
teresting facts relative to the operation
of the motor trucks which he has in
stalled with notable success.
He operates a truck daily between
Camden and Atlantic City, a distance
the merchandise to be delivered in At
lantic City more quickly than he can by
| train, with less handling and at less
expense. The difference in cost rep
resents a saving of 33 1-3 per cent.
| 1t avoids expensive packing of his
goods and carries them direct from his
factory to customers, where, before, 1t
was necessary to carry them to the
| railroad station. send them by freight
with carriage at the other end.
The trucks make the 120 mile run
from Camden to Atlantic City. and re-
| directions. The trucks are three and
half ton Reliance trucks.
The president Of ,tl the gGyernment g;.aaa,,ead
bill into the house OF commons for
enabling orders in council to be made
for the purpose of giving effect TO
ernational circulation of motor cars.
| This bill is a direct result of the in
ternational conference held in Paris
last month. BY the provision of this
bill orders in council will be possible
for the relief of owners OF cars visiting
England from abroad from the incon-
regulations. BY reciprocal arrange
| ments cars going abroad from England
will be admitted to foreign countries,
which were represented at the inter
rules.
Numerous records have been made
Of the longevity in the lives of various
taken care of. Probably one. of the
| greatest examples has just come to
| light. A six horsepower car was pur-
| to Devon county council, England, in
March, 1902. The car has covered
an average of about ESQ miles per week,
1 vi Io,oUO lhlicS pei ycdI. ne wv HcA
sums up his mechanical trouble in the
one word nil The car is still in
| use and it's owner says that he has to
keep a careful record of the places
visited, so knows to the fraction of a
mile the record the car has made.
In Marseilles recently a demonstra-
| ton took place which was Of great
interest The authorities of the city
| have issued regulation restricting the
speed of motor cars within the city
limits to 71z miles per hour. and the
police have been .vry active in en-
forcing the new rule The result was
that large number of arrests were
made. To protest against the measure
and the action Of the police the presi-
dents of the Marseilles automobile club
and of the society for the protection
of commerce organized a procession in
which 800 motor cars took part The
motorists made a visit to the officials
at the town hall and then. to the law
courts to see the chief Judge. The
demonstration was carried off without
any trouble or disorder, and the motor
lists are in hopes that it will be in
strumental In bringing about a with
drawal of the speed regulation.