El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
Motor Sparks

! The Commissioners OF the Southern
/ Illinois penitentiary have placed so
convicts at work on the new highway
! to be built from Ava, Ill, to the Mis-
sissippi bottoms.
A is-year-oId boy has been fined s25
and costs by judge Edwin c Dickinson
IN the Hartford, Conn, police court for
tampering with motor car which did
not belong TO him.
The national movement to discourage
excessive taxing of cars has been
taken up by the Syracuse Dealers as
ISOLATION.
During the last 20 years expenditures
aggregating s211,S59.163 have been
states. With these funds improved
roads to the extent Of 35,477 miles have
been constructed.
Motor vehicles in Oregon will be
tagged in 1915 with a bright red tag
with white lettering. and in order that
all may be supplied with the new tag
prior to the first Of the year, upwards
Of $4,000 invitations already have been
sent to owners asking them 10 fill out
application blanks for the new tags
furnished by the office Of secretary Of
state.
J. C Abbott. station agent OF the
wabash railroad at Columbia, No, has
been asked by officials of the road to
compile figures showing how much
business the branch Of the road in that
town lost 10 the motor car.
Seventy-six motor trucks have sup
planted the street car service between
the main postoffice and the outlying
substations in Chicago. When circum-
stances permit all horse drawn vehicles
in the postal service will be superseded
by motor cars and trucks.
The Connecticut Chauffeurs' PrOtec-
tive association at its last business
meeting has gone on record in favor |
of the state authorities examining all |
applicants for licenses to drive cars.
ko TIM. raer r ~anlr fz h.
ing tried in Superior avenue. Cleveland. |
O. The public safety department has /
placed mounted police to carry out this |
plan at the behest Of the Cleveland i
Automobile club. More room for Cleve-
lands thousands Of cars and an added /
degree Of safety were points urged by i
the clubs officials. Director A A /
Benesch of Cleveland's public safety Il
department, has agreed that if the /
scheme is successful to put il into ef-
feet in other streets sufficiently wide
for the purpose
Garages in Denver. Colo. now will
have to pay yearly license fee of $25
TO the city. an ordinance with this pro-
vision having passed the city council
Ohio's license tags for 1916 will be
the reverse Of the 1915 tags, as they
viii have white figures on a black
ground Dealers tags will bear the l
letter ID" and those for electrics az"
A minimum of 10000 sets at a cost Of
l9 Ia cents per set, will be contracted
for.
Shipments of motor cars during Au-
gust were almost double that OF the
same month OF 1914. according to the |
report presented by the traffic COM
mittee to the directors meeting of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce.
railroad jitney is being operated
On the tracks Of the Pacific and East !,
ern railroad in Southern Oregon. It
consists Of an omnibus body on a
standard chassis, and carries eight to !
ten passengers. Operating between |
Medford and Eagle Point. u miles from |
Portland, il displaces a locomotive and /
passenger coach 1t probably is the |
only jitney in the country operating |
IN a standard gage railroad track.
Pleasure riding in motor cars in |
Sunday is under the ban of the Meth
'dist Episcopal church Of Wisconsin.
according to resolutions passed at the
annual convention Of the West Wiscon-
sin NJ E. conference in Eau Claire All /
COMMUNICATE members Of the church
ire appealed to and strictly urged to
hey and observe the rules against
q boring on the Sabbath.
Rural mail carriers may now use
motorcycles with side van attachments
IS well as automobiles, il they wish to
i've motor service. This is the result
4 new order by postmaster general !
approving the use Of motor
ycle side vans for mail delivery.
The governor Of Pennsylvania has
made the announcement that the state
lust make beginning in the enormous
ask Of abolishing highway grade
roSsings throughout the state, and he
roposed that the thirty six grade
rossings on the Lincoln highway be
TENDED to first.