The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-17
evEsle Auto Association Tskiae the
Matter W With the Wheeling
Beard Of Trade.
WILL PROVE or
GREAT INTEREST
Ohio vslisy Auto Club Has Been Very
Active During the Past Several Days
Good Roads.

negotiations are now pending be-
tween a Buffalo association and the
Wheeling Board of Trade for an auto
mobile show to be held in this city in
the near future and the Ohio Valley
Auto club and all persons Interested
In automobiles are taking great in
terest In the outcome of the pending
deal. Throughout the country there
nave been numerous automobile shows
during the winter and all have proven
great success. These shows started
at New York and later were held in
Youngstown. Dayton, Springfield, Buff
fdlo. Pittsburgh and many other cities
providing the board OF trade can OBJ
tain a building with sufficient garage
capacity for the cars on exhibition the
show will be- held. More than 200
cars Will be on exhibition of the 1912
makes. while all the auto accessory
houses will have exhibits. Had the
auditorium been completed by this
time there would have been no ques-
ton but that the show would be held
A magnoto n minute is the record
at the big laboratory OF the famous
house of Splitdorf in New York where
special factories are devoted to man.
featuring the functioning parts of the
famous magnetic which is TO be found
on almost every popular car" Said l..
e. Kelly OF the c. +. Splitdorf CO." in
one building We have hundreds of
expert mechanics who do nothing but
manufacture and assemble the finely
micronotored ball bearings which en-
ter into the making OF the instru-
rnent ~ precision and ignition. out
OF every eighteen hundred men en-
ploNed there are only nine men to be
found in the repair department and
when one considers that we manu-
facture an instrument "A minute the
fact that out OF these nine men in the
repair department that only three are
engaged on magnetos, three on old
style coils and three on transformers
II Is remarkable. AS a matter OF fact
even this small portion oil, the factory
force has but little TO do in the way
OF replacing defective parts. and most
or their work is on magnotos that
have n mileage in the tons of thousands
and may need requirements OF parts
which all mundane things are subject
During the past week the Ohio VAL
lev Auto association has held a mum
Der Of very important meetings. chief
among which were the good roads
meetings. A COMMITTEES was appointed
to confer with the board Of trade re-
garding the proposed $500. 600 bond
issue for the immediate Improvement
Of the highways In this county. Tho
association feels confident that this
bond issue will carry and they desire
TO have IL submitted TO the public al
once so that work can be started on
the roads this spring
Good roads IS the keynote Of the
auto association and throughout tho
summer they will make an effort to
have roads improved In this section Of
the country. Plans have been COM
pleted for n good roads meeting 10 be
held In this city in the near future
az which magic lantern slides show
ing the improved highways Of Gait
foTnia will he exhibited. Other good
road meetings will be held in the near
future.
Some people can travel all over the
world. and s'ill remain Americans
no matter how far they arc away
from home" says Dr. Chas. g PcrciVaI
who. with George II Brown. Of Detroit
Is trying TO pile up a 100 0O0 miles in
the famous Abbott-Dctroit" Ruil- Dog"
While We were In Mexico Brown
nearly starved. because he would not
cat the Mexican cooking, which. while
somewhat hot. was n, W. good and pal
atable. The blow that nearly killed
rather however. was during a banquet
rendered us at Monterey. when Brown
IN no uncertain terms. d.mand.d some
maple syrup FOR his griddl- cakes no
having gTaspcd. like starving man.
at "a pile Of Tortillas, which one Of the
walters handed him. and which takes
The place of bread az all Mexican
meals. being eaten hot with the mere
addition ~ salt n took me some
time to explain TO him just what they