Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
Timely Tips for Automobile Owners and Drivers

Montreal. Heretofore a dust cloud has hung
over the region daily during the touring
season.
Norfolk county, virginia, has voted $780,
highways. Henry county OF the same state
will vote shortly on the appropriation of
$4,000 to build LOO miles of new road to
Richmond
The Automobile Club Of California has
completed the erecting OF road signs in
Contra Costa county and part of San Joa-
quin, Stanislaus and Fresno counties. The
club has posted 100 miles of road within
a radius Of go miles from a Francisco.
An outgrowth OF he local automobile
show is a four-days' endurance run that
will be given by the Detroit Automobile
Dealers association, April q to 30. A days
100 miles up, and suitable prizes will be
awarded.
! A forty horsepower car has been ordered
by Atlantic City, N. j., for It's fire chief.
The car will be equipped with extinguish-
ers,s a fire bell and a box at the rear for
the chiefs helmet and rubber coat, In adj
dition to room for carrying axes and other
nre-fighting apparatus.
A new motor gas, "alkoethine," is a mix
ture Of afr, alcohol vapor and acetylene.
resulting from the spraying Of dilute alco-
hol over calcium carbide. IL proves to be
a cheaper fuel than gasoline, and the
be adapted 70 any high speed gasoline
motor.
Backed by a strong favorable public SEN
timent, the proposal OF the Jacksonville
Automobile club and the local Board of
Trade TO have a road built from this city
10, 1.-THE metropolis of Florida. is taking tam
grble form and II Is probable that within
a very short time actual work upon II will
be begun.
According TO the announcement Of a
large tire-making company Of Ohio, a new
tire-making machine, invented by one of
its employees, promises to revolutionize the
tire-making industry. The machine aver
ages fifty tires a day TO a mans six or
eight and, IL Is claimed turns out a much
stronger and more even fabric.
Austria-Hungary has appropriated DUR
ing the last five years about 100000 to
be used entirely in the use and develop
ment of the automobile in its various de-
delivers its mall by automobile and the
army uses the automobile truck exclusively
Tor baggage and transport wagons.
Five automobile measures are now be-
fore the Rhode Island legislature, through
the effoFth of the Rhode Island Automobile
club and the Rhode Island Motor league.
The most important bill provides that no
ehauffeur or other person shall drive or
road or highway In Rhode Island in, the
absence OF the owner Of such motor with
out such owners consent.
An automatic automobile protector Of
practical. use for private garages attracted
a good deal Of attention at the Buffalo
show. IL was designed by Mrs. 8. C..
harrington, a motoring enthusiast, and
consisted OF a cover OF Ganvass-somewhat
similar to the Old-fashioned mosquito fly
for bedrooms-suspended from the ceiling
OF the garage and lowered or raised over
the car by a clutch pulley.
STIMULATING that prizes and trophies
should be guaranteed and that the rules
must meet with the approval OF It's contest
committee. the Automobile Club OF Amer
lea has sanctioned The proposed trans
ana the event will occur late in NAV or
early In June. Although the sentry blanks
have not yet been issued. three foreign