The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-07
COUNTY 0FFIAIALS INTEND
TO STOP ALL JOY RIDING


sursiy. Their. can Be no ArEumsnt for
sucn contrfvnncs vhsn life and prop<r-
y are asy.Ad.n, upon q. nsrfesm.pe.
or its duty IL 10 the almost universal
perisnced rnotorists usi the baib-hern
ins, os CO.. ~ ,nss TOO ees s: fern the
The signal Of the motor car must
promising authoritative eonmand-not
. veal. apologstie gasp. The efficient
sigma! must De ready for instant use at
Othher~iss IL IL . rnisdemeanor OF a
very dangerous character and q menace
20 ell vehicles and PEDESTRIANS on the
There are doubtless many Of us Who
pave oe>n startled into unusual activity
a. the strfdent tonse OF the really eff
We have resented what seemed 10 be an
unnecessary offenss TO our self-rsspeot
However. the streets and Highways
sstisfae ton In being iuiled into . false
sense OF security when danger 10 ~
hand The farming signal nuisance IS
signal. which unthinkinE people con-
denim have been perhaps the means of
driving your ehiid from IN. path Of an
oncominE car. whereas. the obsolete
bulb horn would have been altogether
b. T e: .i 4 cs se.s.s and :I.:y. -,ll
smart Aleck' II deep rooted at inter
walls In the human species and we can't
.,S h hi out sS., OF th So, motor Tor ear IL is
signal 'nuisance'-hs delight. in run
nink up quietly behind his unsuspecting
M. 49,. nsd ; .S, abb, blasting roar from
stroke OF death
Furthermora he takes q f1endfsh
and villages when there is sh-oIu,eIy no
occasion for any such proceeding such
actions. OF course. do constitute a nut
sense of hunof al work sSoass s ana iS,s
gentieman-together with the bulb non
entity-shouid be reiegated TO fields.
privilege should not condemn such a
truly worthy and necessary device az
Print
Unique among the wagers that
nave been involving automobile trav-
ell and globe trotting IL an argument
which DIR. II. Benton Young. OF Tren-
ton, ~. j.. and William u. Kumpf, OF
Mt Holly, n. J., have attempted TO
fulfill with the certainty that one or
the other will win $4,000.
Strating with high powered au-
tomobile and only a FIVE dollar bill
In his pocket, DIR. Young has begun
a trip from Maine 10 California. I'm
der the conditions of the wager, he
must cross the continent. financing
his trip by his own earnings en- route.
without recourse TO his bank account,
to his friends or 10 the practice OF his
! profession. In every town where he
stops as long as two hours, the doct-
or must earn $40 by legimate
methods.
The bed grew out OF discussion
as TO the ability OF some people TO
travel extensively and at the same
time earn good incomes. Mr.. Kumpt
ridiculed an assertion OF DR.. Young
that he could cross the country.
earning $40 in every placed he stop
promptly challenged to do so. Dr.
Young thereupon prepared his Co
. lumbia Roadster and started for
Maine. there 10 begin a run than will
mean a dollar a mile II he wins.
THE perfecting OF the automobile
has proved a great boon for the rail-
roads OF the United States. who
earn over ten million dollars a year
carrying automobiles. supplies and
I accessories" said Clayton F.. Bailey.
b vlce-president OF the Abbott Motor
company. commenting on the recent
dearth OF freight cars In the city OF
Detroit. An automobile factory pays
+ for ten times as many freight cars at
n much higher rate than a carraiage
I factory producing an equal number Of
horse drawn vehicles and something
/ like $4,000 freight cars leave auto
mobile factories I ma year These
shipments go 70 every part OF the con-
tinent and thousands OF carloads
abroad. Many big plants give the
roads an average OF train load a
day. Shipments OF raw material and
j accessories also bring in constant
3 stream OF cars. The express com.
/ panies come In for n large share OF
I profits. earning over a million dol
lars on rush orders of tires and other
sccesosrie. Hundreds OF thousands
OF people take the trains 10 visit fac
tories. shows, race meets. etc. all OF
which traffic Is directly traceable to
tho automobile. so that the figures
given are not at all large"
! A motor car Journey across two
continents and occupying almost a
year was completed last week when
, Dr. Albert u. Bailey. noted eye spec
ialist ~ Boston. Mass. arrived I'm san
Francisco In his StOddard- DAYTON "ss''
touring car The doctors wife and
two daughters accompanied him on
the entire trip which aggregated 5000
miles
Just year ago. DIT. Bailey shipped
MS car ~ Liverpool and after extern
sive touring IN tho British Isles. went
20 Paris. After long tour on the
magnificent reads Of France. ne drove
TO Switzerland and then leisurely con-
tinued his journey through Germany,
Belgium ana Holland
Returning to New York from Ham
burg on MAY ?. Dr. Bailey almost i'm
rnediately stared on the popular trans
tontinetal route 20 san Francisco. tsk-
ing IN Albany. Buffalo. Chicago. kan
sas city. DenVsr and Chayenne.
With All the varying conditions
81 climate. roads and gasoline" raid
Dr. Bailey. the Stoddard Dayton ac-
quilted itself IN a most oredifabla
manner and IL the only car. ~ nv
knowledre VIII cshchsorpiS sfCdo-
knowledge. which has crossed two
continents IN a year"
Herbert Rowland % Hackensack. n ]
has submitted % The 10000 Niis Nsr-
well Club an AFFIDAVIT ~ 10000 miles
or travel IN his Maxwell car and has
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