Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-03
The Automobile
Industry.
Things You Want to Know


Joined the Association Of Licensed Automo-
bile Manufacturers, and are fighting for the
validity OF the selden patent. II is said to
be one OF the fears OF the automobile trade
that at some future time there may be an
over-supply Of machines turned out, and II
is expected that this association will be sue
cessful in holding down production to at
| least the point OF demand. The Solden
patent expires in 1919, and II is probable
that after that date there will be reduc-
| ton In the prices of automobiles.
! One Of the demands of automobile owners
today is for device that viii prevent
10y riding" During the last year or two
80 many cars have been surreptiuously
! taken out by chauffeurs and others for Joy
| riding purposes that the owners are highly
DESTROYS to have their machines so equipped
/ that Il cannot be done without discovery.
| All sorts Of devices have been placed on
the market and the success that has at
tended their operation ranges from good
! to indifferent. One of these quietuses on
| the desire to Joy ride comes In the shape
Of a plug cut out switch with lock
attachment. Another offers a locking at
| tachment for the gear shift Still another
| records the vibration Of the machine and
| the recording instrument is so locked as to
prevent access to II by anyone save the
|
speed regulator II is so arranged that
whenever the machine travels more than a
certain number OF miles per hour the
power is automatically reduced to a point
within the speed limit Those who have
equipped their cars with speed control APP
paratus find there are no JOY rides and no
violation of the speed laws by cars 30
equipped.
During the present year there has been q
| careful study of the adaptabiltty Of the
automobile In operation against sirshIps in
case of war. The Northwestern Military
academy purchased three automobiles and
equipped each OF them with a rapid-fire,
$50 shots a minute, .ae-caliber gun. This
gun has a sighted range OF 1900 yards. The
machine was manned by four cadets and
carried an equipment of 5000 pounds. Under
these conditions they went through the
strenuous Glidden tour from Cincinnati to
Chicago. via Dallas, Tex, & distance of
1850 miles, Experiments seem to demon
slrate that the automobile will be effective
in this field. General Frederick d. Grant
this year declared in an official report
that q law ought to be enacted which
would enable the army to commander
, every privately owned automobile in the
country In case of war.
One of the latest things In automobile
0 construction is the equipment of machines
with individual electric light plants. 1t
has been found that O small dynamo can
y be placed in the machine to advantage,
and that lamps supplied with current from
Il will give the most satisfactory light. IL
9 will not be necessary for the man who
= wants his lamps lighted by electricity to
a buy new ones, for at much less expense
d he can have his old gas lamps fitted up
y | all h,,lh A hhu
e invented for increasing the passenger ca
t pacty of automobiles In emergencies. This
n seat may be clamped on the rear mud
n guard the running board constituting a
: foot rest for the additional passenger. As
s one of these seats may be placed on either
side OF the machine II will be possible 10
n seat two extra passengers. Another new
L departure In automobile equipment is the
q use of wireless telegraphy. In the Glidden
e tour this year automobiles were fitted uT
J. with small outfits which had a range wide
Q enough to keep the tourist in touch with
> the outside world at all times.
: II is said that the city OF Houston, Tex.
n has more automobiles In proportion to III
u population than any other city in tn,
q United States. There are 1,SOO machines
y with a total population Of less than 1000
70 The states OF the central west are said L
have more machines in the rural commu
mites than any other section of the ooun
- try, and in these states are found a ma
jority OF the automobile manufacturing
:, plants of the country.
l. The rise OF the automobile industry hai
had its Disadvantages as we'll its ad
4 vantages A big hat manufacturer de
ID clared recently in a bankruptcy proceed
re ing against him that his financial embar
l. rassment grew out of the rise OF the auto
3. mobile business. He asserted that Their
4 are not one-tenth many silk hats sol,
ss today as there were before the advent o
Is automobiles, and attributed this to tn
m fact that men who ride in automobile
BIT cannot wear silk hats 10 any advantage.
st ny FREDERIC ]. KAsKIM.
D. TOmorrow-The oovernmSnt at worn
70 I. The President