Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-20

ana IS assumed 10 nave d llIe Ol lOll years. the annual depreciation charge is $4,000, minus $500, divided by 10, or $32O.
 There are at present about 125 au- tomobiles in use in Pernanlbuco, &C., cording to the United States consul in that town. Of these, about 40 are privately owned, and the rest are owned by five public garages. Con- ditions are rather adverse for the machines, all the streets being paved with cobblestones. The average life of a set of tires on one of the public cars is P days. Gasoline sells for 30 cents gallon. In spite of the condi- tion of the streets, the cars are quite popular and have superseded horses for social functions. such as balls weddings, etc.
 The next department of New York city to be reorganized on a motor basis will be the street cleaning de- partment, if the budget estimates made by Commissioner Edwards are passed. What he wants most of all is an appropriation of $210, ,000 to buy motor trucks for the removal of ref use. Later on it'is planned to expend $200,000 more to purchase motor equipped street sweeping machines. Some of these have been hired out for several months and have done satis- factory service.
 An international automobile show is to be held in St. Petersburg next April and American manufacturers are ex- pected to make a good exhibit. The show will last 15 days, and will be the most important in eastern Europe. It will practically determine the sell ing opportunities in the Russian em- ire, and both German and French lanufacturers are making extensive separations to capture the cream of ne highly desirable Russian market.
 Although some of the auto owners fe using their cars but little now on ccOunt of the cold, yet the real en- 7usiast, regardless of cold weather, is -joying the pleasures of his motor ore than at any other season of the ear, on account of the condition of nc roads, much better than during the ummer months and freedom from ust As @ rule there is considerably css tire trouble at this time than dur ng the summer. and tires are the ource of the greater part of the trials # the motorist.
 . New York has more than 1900 cleo ric trucks and nearly 500 electric 'leasure vehicles.
 For children an electric automobile
 as been built with a one-half horse
 over motor and a speed limit of four niles an hour.
 speed exceeding two miles a min- iIte has been made by cars on a short German electric railroad built by ar ny officers for experimenting
 In ten years automobile plants in Ianada nave increased 4559 in number. il98S29,0o0 in value of capital, 175,108 number of persons employed, s127,- , wages and seS5,722.157 in value of products.
 Many women accustomed to drivinu horses would like equally we'll to be able to handle a powerful gasoline car, Hitherto the dangers and diffi- culty of eraniing by hand have pre- vented. The perfection of dependable starting devices opens up new pleas ures for the woman driver.
 In the German market, goggles in which the glasses are made Of quartz are new offered. The optics are more perfectly eelerless and transparent, and so much harder that their pol ished surface never gets scratched by the aetien of dust and grit, Quartz also sheds water better than glass and clouds up less readily.
 Baltimore motorists are indianani at the proposed scheme of Mayor Preston to pass an ordinance impos- ing a leeal license on automobiles They declare it would be triple taxa tion. as they now pay the highest registration fee of any state in the un1on, and in addition they pay per.