Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-21

The growth of the automobile in- dustry is fully demonstrated in the in- crease of work. in the office of the various officials charged with the col- lection of fees for registration of auto mobiles and the licensing of operators of motor vehicles, in the different states of the union.
 In fully 70 per cent of the states tAis duty is placed in the hands of the secretary of the state.
 In 1903, the first law requiring the registration of motor vehicles was passed in Connecticut and during the two years from May, 1903, to July, 1905, S,669 motor vehicles were regis tered. Nineteen hundred and five saw another flaw in force, and in the two years from July, 1905. to August The years 1907 and 1909 brought forth changes in tho regulations and the number of motor vehicles increased to 4,500 in 1907, 5.700 in 1908, 5000 in 1909, and 10.50o in 1910. There were also, in 1910, eleven manufacturers S25 dealers and eighteen liyerymen with approximately 1,S00 motor cycles registered. During this year also op- orators, licenses for the running of motor vehicles and motor cycles were issued to about 1.600 persons.
 The receipts from all sources in this state-registrations. licenses, dupH- cate certificates, etc.. for 1908 were $44,2o9; for. 1909 were $5s,534; for 1910 were $I63.375.
 What will be of great interest to American automobile makers, es- pecially those who take part in con- tests, is the announcement that the Automobile Club de la Sarthe of La Hans, France. has completed it's ar engagements for the revival of the French Grand Prix road race, which is to take place June 25.
 One of the interesting features at the recent automobile and aviation show at Grand Central Palace in New York was Miss Hazel Jewel, the only woman demonStrator there.
 The car MiSS Jewel demonstrated at the Palace auto show was a German car. having many points different to those of American make. Tt seemed to take very we'll" she explains in an interview. Tt was a three wheel car, but. unlike the American three wheel CT. which has usually the two wheels in front and one in back, the German make has the single wheel in Front The engine, which is completely ex- posed, having no hoo'1 drives the front wheel"
 The motor cycle has aptly been called "tae little brother of the auto- E1obile,s and as such it is now filling a large sphere of usefulness with splen- die respects Of even greater popular ity. both for pleasure and for business uses. Like the bicycle and the auto mobile, motorcycles were in the be- ginning used hrgely for pleasure and ftr sport. The commercial stage in the development of the motorcycle has already begun. however, even though as a general pleasure vehicle. it has not yet reached anything ike its po- tentia1 popularity.
 Having long since passed the time when 1t could be termed q fad or even vehicle for pleasure use only, the motor car is now one of the most im- portant adJuncts of civilization.
 With almost 100000 machines in use in this country and the number fast increasing, the statement that the automobile is now an adjunct of civ- ilization admits of little argument,
 ~Duralumin, the new alloy discov- cred by the head chemist, D. A. Weeks, of Vickers Sons and Maxim of Loh- don, England, bids fair to become an Important factor in automobile con- srr1ction,' said Assistant General Manager E. C. Spitzley of Detroit, Mich aud our uaechanical staff are lnnductfnEza Sex3aa nt pzksszazsazzs md