Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-02

| BOlll O1 4N6W 19Ih C1IN.
 l The former concern has a fleet of Il 1! electric and 10 gasoline machines. The | stable has been reduced from 138 to 1 55 horses since 1907, when the first l power wagons were installed, and the remaining animals are due to change 1 owners in the near future. The gen. eral manager of this company reports l a greatly increased business created largely by motors, and said further
 more: We have customers who won't ] take beef shipped by freight, even if
 we pay the charges
 The company formerly limited it's
 road haulage to Yonkers, Is miles dis tant and the horses always lost a day | to rest up after the return journey. Now, practically all important points within 40 miles, and some exceeding 50 miles distance up state, are included ] in the regular truck routes.
 1 After seven day drive of approx 1mately 1,3e0 miles across the states of Minnesota. North Dakota and Mon
 tana, seven of the twenty eentesting cars that left Minneapoli July Il on the ninth annual reliability run of the American Automobile association checked in at Glacier Park, Mont, July 19, in the evening at o'clock with perfect scores.
 The roll of honor is inscribed with
 the names of the three Metz cars, the two Hupmobiles, the Kritland and the { ocOmOb1le-SeYen unmarked entries that qualified for the four trophies of fered in this years competition.
 l The historic Glidden trophy will be taken back to Boston by the Metz 1 drivers, who captured the team prize after a sensational battle with the sturdy Hupmobiles. The handsome A.
 A. A. trophy for touring cars has been awarded Dr. J. D. Park of Duluth. Minn., who piioted a 1908 chain drive ] maChlnP-q gasoline l1i01paY- with a mileage record of over 10000 miles across plains and over mountains with out receiving a single demerit E. E. Alfred, who drove the Hupmobile, will return to Minneapolis with the An derson cup having won the runabout l division prize in the drawing. An ad- dltional award of merit and proof of L. Cathcart's luck, the Minneapolis News cup will keep the Glidden trophy company in the journey to Boston. the cessful in drawing for this tanikard, which was hung up for cars eompet- ing in the runabout class.
 Two out of the three teams entered for the Glidden trophy-the Metz and the uprnobile-fnished with perfect scores. Six machines-the three Metz, two HupmobfIes and Krit-qualified for the Anderson and News cups and forced the officials to transgress the laws of Uncle Sam in regard to the l1O4QLIIS OI 4OlISI1GS dl10 pI1E6 uTdW- ings.
 The Metz team nearly lost its chance to win when a steering knuckle on one of the Boston entries broke, but the crew of the train welding plant re- | paired the break.
 1 Owners of automobiles have qained | so much confidence in their machines 1 ln the last few years that the merest novice is no longer afraid to start ] out on trip in his car A few 1 years ago a man would not attempt an automobile trip of several hundred , miles unless he was an expert at the ! wheel himself or had with him chauffeur that he knew was rependable l Stewart Mcdonald, vice president 1 Of Western Motor Car company, as 1 chfbes this growing confidence of the 1 automobile owner to the increasing l dependabi1ty of cars. He says that 1 this dependability has been the result 1 of the study of automobile building i as an exact science and the further ] elimination each year of the uncer- 1 tainties in connection with automo- | bile mechanism.
 Automobile manufacturers have i given a great deal of thought to the i improvement of the automibile" he ] said. They have been liberal in their l expenditures for engineering depart. ments whose duties are to study au- ] LOIIODII6 u1GCHdniS11 InInuIGIY ana work out Improvements
 1 This one feature alone makes the l automobile industry stand out among i the inducstries of this country today 1 It is one of the few where a large 1 force of trained engineers is regularly ] employed to do nothing but improve 1 the product
 1 The self starter has helped much to l increase the confidence of the owner ] in his machine. The danger to the novice of whirling a crank shaft prob ably deterred more men from learning to run their own machines than any other thing
 l Roads between important centers o4 population are now recognized as necessities and are demanded as as- sential to greater prosperity by states which have awakened to real high ways progress. Coupled with it is the call for 8 better type of construction for these main roads, for not only are good roads required. but they must stay good for a period of time which will justify their building
 One of the most recent examples of this understanding, observed by the A.
 A. A. National Good Roads Board, emanateS from Tennessee, where a | concrete road is being projected be- tween Chattanooga and Knoxville. The primary movement for this highway
 was inaugurated by the Chattanooga l Times it was then taken up by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and the Knoxville Board of Commerce ] both working in conjunction. Then the cities and counties along the route be-
 came enthused, and the work Is pro- ceedlng as rapidly as the conditions permit.
 Another indication that the signs of the times" favor better and more | durable road construction is found in 1 the report of the board of consulting road engineers recently appointed by | Governor Sulzer of New York state to examine into the condition of existing contracts. On two state highways | where the work has not yet reached the surfacing stage the committee 1 found 146 miles of road where, to carry out the original contracts. would be to practically waste the money. An probably concrete is the only method | by which the money already put in 1 can be saved.
 State Highway Engineer A. N John son has recommended either con- crete or brick for the state aid main roads to be built under new highway law of Illinois.
 According to many leading engineers 1 too much emphasis cannot be placed
 on the importance of | type of con- struction that will stand the stress of the constantly increasing traffic Mo- tor trucks carrying heavy loads are l being put into use everywhere, and | the reads must be built for durability l under the combined light and heavy meter and heFse tFaffie, Fer the main