El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18

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I Two churches in Minneapolis, Mimi,
have adopted the electric car to assist
/ the pastor in making parish calls. The
] Church of the Redeemer bought a Co
/ lumbus electric as part of the equip
ment OF the church. The women of
the Westminster church presented a car
TO the pastor for his own use.
! 4 victory in the Ohio fight to make
| the theft OF an automobile a peniten-
! tiary offence was won when three in
/ d1ctments charging grand larceny
! were returned against trio Of young
/ men for driving away the car of Mason
! 3. Mclaughlin, sales manager for the
White company, Cleveland
A fitting for automobiles, depending
on splash fabrication and without a
| gage on the dash, has been invented by
/ Hardy Parsons, Of klbWOrth, near Lei
! cester, England This is in the shape Of
a small whistle on the dashboard. con-
nected with the crank chamber by
means Of a pipe. The pipe passes
through the crank case to a point a
little below the proper level of the
oil in the stump. AS long as the lower
end Of this pipe is covered, all is well,
for there is enough oil present But
when the end is uncoVered-presto!-
the whistle starts operations, thereby
notifying the driver that the oil has
fallen below the proper level and that
the supply needs replenishing'
At a recent meeting Of the com
mittee of the Royal Automobile club Of
England the suggestions of the petrol
committee and the technical committee
were adopted to the effect that a Sc
ries Of trials be held for liquid solid
and gaseous fuels for both pleasure and
commercial vehicles, the trials TO be
carried out both on the car and on the
bench. A few months ago the club Of
fered a prize Of $500 for the best
carburetor in tests to be carried out By
the technical committee This viii be
held in connection with the fuel tests
The question has been under the con-
sideratiOn of British motorists for the
last six years. but they have never had
an opportunity OF giving public Demon
stratiOn Of a competitive nature as TO
what could be done 1t is probable that
the test will be made with a "A horse
tina and benzoL In view of the nigh
price of fuel on the continent, the eX-
pertinent viii be watched with interest
by European motorists.
The latest in the way Of auto con-
tests are motor sleigh races 10 be held
in Russia this month. The speed events
over the snow are to be held on SVed-
naga Newka, a branch of the Newa,
and on the island of krestOWSky in the
NeWa, near St Petersburg. The con-
test will comprise a run over IL
miles of snow covered road and two
miles over fresh snow The motor
sleighs must prove their practical use
fulness under conditions which make
the use VI duLOHlODA4tSs even Wien III
ted with tire chains, impossible.
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Only Sc percent Of the licensed dFi-
vers of Alabama are white This is
the result of the lower wage for
which they VIII accept the service. The
average age of the ehauffeurs is p
years, only two men in the state having
licenses who are over 80 years of age.
men holding licenses is 5 feet 8 inches.
The average weight is 100 pounds. In
order to enforce the state motor tax
more thoroughly this year, every po-
lice officer has been made deputy
collector Of car licenses
Over 80 percent of all the trucks seen
in actual service in Paris are fitted
with steel bands instead Of rubber
tires. Some Of the tires Of steel are
made narrow enough to give a high
to aid traction. In a few makes the
steel bands are serrated In one !
make the steel tires are wide, about II /
inches, but, instead of being plain. are /
about three-fourths Of an inch in di- 1
ameter. The holes soon fill almost /
flush with street dirt, but enough of /
a depression remains at the Orifice of 4
each hole to bite into the pavement /
The grade of steel used, by the way, !
in truck tires in France, is far better /
the open market The metalloids in the /
steel are about one-quarter Of the val
ne as given in American specifications.
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AIichiga ranks first in the United /
States as far as automobile making 4
is concerned, fully SO percent of the (
country's motor ears bearing the Mich
igan name plate"
The loading of a motor truck is
science. Bad loading can cost you
great deal of money. Good loading
adds many miles to the life Of your
tires, the life of your springs, and !
trucks mechanism It is much like
loading a mule If the load is placed
twice the cargo may be car
ried successfully. Unfortunately, nine /
trucks out Of 10 are loaded in blind ig-
norance. And yet man soon learns
the trick if only someone viii point
out to him few elementary principles.
French government returns for 1911
show that the amount of business done
during the year was .O42 percent less
than in 1910. Although the motor trade
with Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Bra
I'll, Algeria and Turkey increased, the
nation lost 1928 percent OF its business
with Great Britain and p percent with
hand. France felt the deadly effect Of
foreign invasion to the extent Of 80
percent during 1911, as compared with
the 1910 statistics. OF this invading
trade. Great Britain got 10 percent Of
the patronage Germany came next
Belgium third, and the United States
fourth.
There is no uniformity to the ordi-
nanceS or insurance regulations for |
garages in the different cities, although
cases are to be noted where several