Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-11
DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD
National Roads Favored at Annual Meeting of A. A-Suc cessful January Show Promised For Detroit-Rapid Growth of German Auto Industry Mexico Buys Ameri can Armored Car-Hints For the Motorist

National roads" is the exact form in which federal aid should be sup piled by the national government, ac- cording to the opinion expressed by the American Automobile asSOcia tion at it's annual meeting held in Chicago during the past week. The big organ ization of automobilists, while pledging the best endeavors of its state bodies and local clubs in obtaining compre- hensive state systems, unequivocally placed itself on record as against
 pork barrel" methods in national roads appropriations.
 The tenth annual meeting of the as- Sociation, with the accompanying ban quet, was the most successful since the organization gathering in March, 1902, which likewise took place in Chi cago. Laurens Enos of New York succeeded Robert P. Hooper of Penn s\lvania in the presidency, the latter having served most effiviently for two teri>s.
 In the preamble of the national roads resolutions the association as serts belief in the principle of state aid and state highway systems, and pledges itself to assist in obtaining state built and state maintained roads, with state aid and supervision of county, market and township tribu- taries. Furthermore. attention was called to the general acceptance by automobilists of an unconstitutional tax called a registration fee, simply because the money so raised is used for highway maintenance purposes.
 It is contended that the distribution of federal funds to townships and counties for the improvement of local roads would be such a piecemeal and unsystematic use of the public money that it would result in great waste and extravaganza and bring a positive re- action against the good roads cause through opening the way for extensive appropriations without proper safe guards for expenditure. The associa- ton is definitely opposed to any pro- ject of federal participation in high ways construction that does not con- prehend a general interstate system of national roads, constructed and main tained under the supervision of the federal government, and equitably ap-
 portioned among the several states.
 The German Automobile industry
 shows a steady and material growth.
 In 1909 and 1911 the German aggre-
 gate exports were respectively, 19,
 9S3,000 marks and 49,013,000 marks.
 Mexico has bought an armored au-
 tomobile through its war department. The purchase was made in New Or
 leans, and the car is of American make.
 It will be used for carrying payroll funds.
 GIycerine and kerosene mixed in
 equal parts form a good mixture to apply to wind shields. It prevents rain
 and mist from accumulating and fog ging the glass, the drops running down as soon as they touch.
 If present plans do not go wrong, a
 national tractor test will next year be made a feature of the Michigan state 1 fair, which annually is held in Detroit 1 If it is brought about 1t will occur dur l ing the month of September.
 TaxIeab In Norway, Sweden, Den mark and Finland are to be run on American tires. A contract for 750 1 sets o5 tires for use on taxis in these | countries has been closed between a 1 Stockholm and American firm. Detroit's great automobile show, to | be held January 27 to February l, 1915, | is already assuming importance and 1 will take a more prominent position
 than ever when it is learned that the | total floor space for the great exhibit
 will be 4s,oo0 square feet l The pennsyIvania railroad has plac- 1 ed an order for 4,500 new steel freight | cars, of which 1000 are to be especial ly fitted for automobile transportation. | The cars will have wide' doors, end | doors, and be fitted with appliances | suitable for handling motor cars. Frederick 4. Sterling, second secre- | tary of the American embassy at St. Petersburg, Russ1ay writing on the con- | dition of the automobile market there g. says he believes there is 6 golden op-
 portunity for the sale of American | built cars in the kingdom of the bear. The society of automobile engineers | is already arranging to receive the visit of the British engineers next 1 summer. The party, according to lat l est estimates, win consist of from 30 | to 40 members. and will be somewhat l in the nature of an off1cial repayment | of the visit of the society of at1tomo-
 bile engineers to England last year. No motor boat signals are wanted 1 on St. Louis automobiles, despite a movement which recently startsd there | to have the automobiles adopt the hght