The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-28
AUTO NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs Paul Comstock and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd have
just returned from an automobile trip
i through Kentucky in Mr.. Comstock's
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar G. Murray have
left the city on an extended automo-
bile trip.
The garage men are not kicking on
oiled streets. They greatly stimulate
the tire business. The oil is said to
be hard on rubber, though the de-
structive constituents of the fluid Is
not know locally. The oil spots on
cars can be removed with coal oil as
easily as with any other cleanser. Soap
Is of no avail.
motor Spirits" the oil which it was
gasoline, is being used by quite a few
motorists in this city, according to
garage men. The oil does not seem
to impair the engine of a machines,
though it does not test as high as
gasoline. The chief objection to it is
its disagreeable odor, which IS a cross
between limburger cheese and ancient
eggs. 1t is cheaper than gasoline as
it does not have to be refined as close
ly as does the more generally used
liquid.
Gasoline Is becoming more costly
every year, according to agents of the
Standard Oil Co. They say the price
will not be less than from eighteen to
twenty cents wholesale in 1914
1t Is predicted this will injure the
automobile business, especially the
six cylinder automobiles.
In Europe where the price of gaso-
line is approximately twice as high
as 1t Is in this country, many two-cyl-
inder machines are being made and
used. Though the amount of gasoline
used by two-cylinder cars is some
what smaller, they do not ride as easy
as four or six cylinder machines. In
parts of Europe gasoline is as high
as forty cents.
Gasoline used in eastern United
States Is superior to what is used in
Indiana, according to a prominent To-
cal automobile dealer. Gasoline is six
teen cents wholesale here and in Penn
sylvania and New York, twenty cents
Is the rate. 1t is explained by the To-
cal oil distributors that the gasoline in
the east will test 40" against go" in
Indiana. 1t was further stated that
Indiana automobile men would not
xha mi 20, S,lN
line.
A number of applications for auto
mobile and chauffeur registrations
have been received by City Controller
E. G. McMahan from the secretary OF
state. Although it is not necessary
that these be kept on hand here, the
city controller ordered them for the
convenience of some people who will
not be able to go to indianapolis by
July 1.
There are four classes of applica-
tons: owners application for car reg
istration; application for registration
of motorcycle; application for regis
tration of manufacturers and dealers;
application for chauffeur's license.
at McMahan's office and be properly
filled out there. If they are sent to
the secretary of state accompanied by
the money, they will be considered the
same as if the application had been
made in person at Indianapolis.
With the chauffeurs application for
license, a photograph of the applicant
taken within thirty days of the appli-
cation must be pasted to the applica-
tion blank. The questions which appli-
cants must answer are very detailed
and an exact description of every
chauffeur who receives license will
be on file at the state house. The ap-
plicant is also required to state wheth-
err or not he is addicted to the use of
drugs or intoxicating liquors.