Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

There are now seventy-five taxicabs in
daily operation in Boston.
The number of cars sold in California in
the last year is placed at $500.
More than 800 farmers in central Kansas
alone now, own cars, with orders of spring
delivery of 100 more.
A regular line of automobile service be-
tween Ormond, Daytona and Palm Beach
is about to be ~inaugurated.
The Louisiana Motor league has made
application for admittance TO the Amerl-
can Automobile association.
The council Of administrative of the
Athletic club of Belgium has decided to run
the circuit of Ardennes race in 1909.
The Denver Automobile club Is planning
an Illuminated street parade for April, a
gymhana for May and an orphans day"
In June.
Keep all oil or grease away from your
tires. See that the, garage floors are as
as soon as seen.
Oddly enough the left rand control which
mas iately cameo greatly IN fav9r with
doned some years age.
An entry fee OF 800 will be charged for
the GIidden toMp for cars entered prior TO
when entries will close.
Promoters of the taxicab service being in
stalled in San Francisco are confident that
with moderate rates the service will prove
as popular as in eastern cities.
with the establishment of another motor
car company at Dayton, o., that city looms
up for second place, after Detroit, as ar
automobile manufacturing city.
A novel tire pump in which the exhaust
from the motor is used instead of atmos
pheric air is claimed by the inventor to bt
able TO initiate a tire In two and one-haiI
minutes.
The proper thing for removing dust from
the engine is a thick. soft painters brush
So many split pins and projections aoounS
under the bonnet that waste only causes
bad language.
A cubic inch Of oil will Iubricate owe
1000 square inches OF surface, or replenisi
the supply on a square inch of motto
bearing surface once for each revolutioI
for a minute OF time.
A new garage under construction at 10
Angeles, at a cost Of $1,000. Will be IN
I, finest of its kind In southern California
} Bakerfield, Cal, is also TO have a hand
some new garage, costing $4,000.
From a paper thickness, when first use.
1 those in excess of an eighth OF an inc.
, i'm thickness are more the rule on modert
automobiles than the exception.
Members OF the general staff OF tn
army at Washington are particularly happ
these days. as a result OF the installin
by the War department of a new forty
y horse power car for their special use.
e Horns which have been exposed to tn
rain and dust occasionally refuse 70 Sounc
l II the rubber bulb is taken off and
piece Of thin paper passed between tn
lips or the norm IL Will elear the oostruS
- ton.
Since the adoption OF motor trucks by
leading express company, II Is aseerte
the time for through express package
u from the west TO a consignee in Ne
York has been reduced fully t~wenty-fou
n hours.
q Forty quarts OF nitro-g lycerine were n
Gently carried 100 miles in an auto ovt
i a road none too good from Bolivar
S Bristol, n. Y, and the man who did !
w. ID. Tracy. an oil well shooter is aliN
TO tell of the feat.
one OF the commonest reasons for Q
y lamps going out is the choking Of q
d draught holes in the cap OF the lamp |
ir heavy deposits of carbon. These shou
be looked for and removed before ar
lengthy drive by night.
The total amount Of money now invest'
in the motor trade in Boston is estimat'
o. al 100000; the total sales in lsS
a. O0O coo. and cars sold at $500 n
VI are siNty-fiVe makes represented by thirt
TO one agencies and fourteen branches.
e. To ~straighten a bent pin. Strip Il
splayed ends between a pair OF pliers al
rest the head upon some hard surfac
AZ a tar on the head OF the pin spreads IN
Is end and closes up the other. straightenil
Inc pin and restoring IL TO its origin
shape.
The old stage In Yellowstone park II /
OF ing replaced by a modern air-eoolsd tourI
lear ana the stage line between Plaeervt