Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

den show, which opened in New York
Saturday. January Is. The motorcycle eX-
hibit will be the first complete one ever
shown, being several times larger than at
any previous show.
So great has been the rush for, space at
the Philadelphia show that the heavy ex-
pense of tearing down walls to add one OF
two big rooms TO the main floor Of the ar
mory in which IT will be held has been
undertaken by the show committee. This
will give several hundred feet more of floor
space, but yet it will be far from enough.
The best types of single cylinder run
abouts will make from twenty to thirty
miles on a gallon OF gasoline, and the
quantity of lubricating oil required per
mile Is almost negligible. Increasing the
number of cylinders seems TO have the ef-
feet of increasing the fuel consumption for
a given travel, the reason for which lies
very largely in the fact that with increas-
Ing power the obtainable speed is greater,
Under the proposed new automobile law
for Massachusetts, all persons receiving
compensation IN connection with automo-
tiles, such as salesmen, repair men, etc.
shall be considered as chauffeurs. 1t is
required that in every garage a record
shall be Kept of the entrance and exit of
every car, and the word garage is defined
TO include club and private garages where
fee is charged, as well as public garages,
According to Frank b. Hover, chairman
Of the contest board of the American Au-
tomobile association, the route for the next
Glidden tour will undoubtedly be in the
west. Denver Will be included in the
lOuNtt buI NlifNltI II VIII w ~ ifillNllllhS
point of the tour or whether II will only
be one of the cities to be included in the
route has not been settled. He predicts
there will be at least seventy-five entries
for the tour.
An opening for a professional motor rae
ing manager-somewhat similar to the pro-
fetsi0nal retained by many golf clubsIis
clubs are anxious to hold racing meets.
but find 1t difficult to obtain officials OF
members who can devote time TO arrange
| the details and manage the events. Hence
the need for an expert who can travel
from city to city and assist clubs with his
time and knowledge.
Garages in Broadway. New York City,
range In cost from $4,000 10 100000 each,
and II is estimated that they have a com
bined capacity to house about 10000 auto
mobiles. Although five years ago the great
est Automobile Row in the world was
the Avenue de la Grande Armee. in
Paris, New York's Automobile Row in
upper Broadway now exceeds It in tho at
~tractive character Of it's salesrooms and
garages and also in volume OF sales.
All horses have to be ordered dismissed
from the city OF Paris fire brigade and
| their places taken by gasoline motors
There are at present seventy six horse.
drawn fire engines in the city of Paris
costing annually a sum of $4,000; II they
could all be Immediately transformed into
gasoline engines the annual upkeep cosi
to the city would not exceed 400. The
cost of transformation about $4,000, vii
be spread over a period Of six years.
A successful test OF an m con
suming napthaline instead of petrol wa'
recently made before the technical com
mittee of the Automobile club Of France
a large omnibus fitted with a special car
bureteT made the trip from Paris TO Yer
sailles and back i'm about four hours
Napthaline costs barely a third Of the pric,
OF petrol and can be handled with safety
and with much greater ease. The maiI
disadvantage is that a small amount o
petrol has to be carried for the starting.
When motor cars We're first made an,
~esigners wanted to know how high Il
make the seats. they measured the heigh
OF a chair from the floor. In the cOurs
Of time il dawned on the designers o
bodies that racing drivers insisted uDol
seats very close to the deck, and thel
seemed to he able TO maintain their posi-
ton under strenuous conditions for hour
At a time. whereas autoists perChCd higl
IN the seats were much fatiRued i'm a hun
dred miles OF travel. Tho Influence Of rae
Ing Is TO be seen In bodies ut every hand.
The rim speed Of a wheel OF an automi
bile reaches the high maximum Of approx
imately two and a half miles per minute
In comparison the rim speed on the fly
wheel on n 5000 horsepower steam enginI
would be limited to one mile per minute
Wheels for automobiles must be nearl
devoid ~ fvwheel effect, and this is al
extremely difficult matter. unless the Gel
loes are ~ wood and ~ small section
Fortunately. wood exhibits rare d~ualitie
under the condition IN which It is used Il
wheels. and the fellows and sDokes can b
~ small cross-sectiOn without trespassinI
upon the desired factor OF safety.