The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

Carrying the Idea stIlI further. the
manufacturer has located ail such
| apparatus in small switchboard,
| which attaches directly to the steer
| ing column beneath the steering
| wheel on all such svitchboards and
| on the dashes OF very nearly nil cars.
| the gssolene tank gauge plays a more
| important part than ever before.
| which in Itself shows tendency tn
| reduce the labor of driving IA car
and substitute for It. the comfort
| which comes Of security.
! The use of wire wheels. which had
| its inception abroad, has spread to
/ America There is offered for their
! use here the excuse that obtains
abroad, where suitab wood FOR
wheels is scarce. On several makes
af cars wire wheels will appear for
the first time as standard equipment
without extra cost AMI on several
others wire wheels will ne optional
equipment. These are now manu-
featured SO aE TO be lifted with de-
rnoUntable rirns---a step In al GnCc II
European manufacture.
In the realm OF other equipment.
which forms such an important part
Of this year's cars, Ii is doubtful II
there Is anything OF greater import
ance and greater value than cleo
trio lights and electric engine start
ers. At last years show, the manu-
facturers who regularly equipped
their cars with electric lights end
electric engine starters almost could
he counted en the nngers OF two
hands. Electric lights were fairly
common although such electric on
gine starters were conspicuous be-
cause OF their absence or rather by
reason Of their very infreauent APP
pearance.
This year. however. all that lie
changed; there are very few manu-
facturers who do not '"1uip their cara
with a complete dynamo electric
lighting system and it would take
more Than ten times two hands in
order TO get enough fingers TO count
the number OF cars which Will he
equipped with both electric lights and
electric engine starters. The acsty-
lsne type OF engine starter has made
strides and between the Two If them.
not overlooking compressed air start
ers. there will be very few cars in
deed. which are not equipped with
both electric lights and some sort OF
engine Etarters,-H. Dunbar Wrestling
house. In New York Sun.
| Russian Army Equipping.
| In carrying out the plan to put
| the Russian army on an active foot
| ing TO be ready for any emergency
| that may arise az an outcome OF the
present Balkan troubles, the Russian
government last week placed an order
| with the White company, of Cleve-
| land, for ten motor trucks OF three
tons capacity. fitted with special ser
| vice bodies OF standard Russian
| army design The order came by
| cable, and called for immediate de-
| livery. AZ soon as the bodMs could
| be built, the trucks were Grated and
shipped by special train to New York
city, and are at present on their way
across tswihe Baltic. The order came
to the W hite company as B. direct re-
suit Of the motor truck reliability
trials held last summer by the Rus
sian army, in which White trucks
scored such n notable victory over
all OF the leading trucks of Europe,
covering "a course OF two thousand
miles under the hardest conditions to
which motor trucks have ever been
subjected.
Du Pont n Commodore.
T. Coleman du Pont, who las sum
mer owned and raced the fast auto
boat Teck, Jr-, Is becoming very active
In motor boating He has recently
had a novel cruising craft built and
also has been elected commodore OF
the Wilmington Yacht ana Auto club.
The other officers OF this club are.
President, Charles Fl. Smith; vice COM
modore. Richard w. Bond: rear com
modore, Edward r.. Pussy; secretary.
Charles w. Bush; treasurer. William
Fl. Forbes; directors to serve thres
years, Harold w. Schutt, Joseph Ban
croft. A Felix du Pont and John B.
Bird
The new yacht built for Commodore
du Pont Is a cunning LAUGH 5S feet 6
inches over all. SIS feet water line. IL
feet beam and 2,a feet draft. The boat
has -haau-aaEsaAa- peaees-I- wss-ae-
aligned by J. Murray Watts. of Phila-
delphia, and built at the yards OF the
Esington Ship Building company
Want Noad Lecturer.
The civil service commission an
nounces an open competitive exam
ination for lecturer on road economics.
for women only. From the register of
eligibles resulting from this examine
ton certifcation will be made to I'LL
a vacancy In this position at a salary
Of $1,000 a year in the Office OF pub
lie roads, department Of agriculture.
The duties OF thiS position will be to
address women's and children's meet
ings in the interest of good roads, and
with the object of producing and en-
couragins an interest In the good
roads movement among women and
children.
1T Ia desired TO obtain the services of
woman who has had experience In
iecturing. teaching, travelling and writ
ing for publication, Applicants who
show experience in teaching on the
| economical. historical and social side
ek road improvement wtlfsreces~e, rs =
6fttonai Credit
IN I'll ~ VvY.