Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
AUTOMOBILE NEWS FROM
THE WORLDWIDE FIELD
Every Sixth Farmer In West Virginia
Is the Owner OF an Automobile
OF Recent Design.
NEW HAMPsHIRE's GRADE LAW
Michigan. New Jersey and Ohio Show
Increases I'm Auto Licenses-New
Law on Dimmed Headlights on
Autos Now Effective in Baltimore.

Autos Now Effective in Baltimore.
1t is estimated that about every
sixth farmer in West Virginia is an
automobile owner. There are few
progressive farmers in the State who
DO not have an automobile and some !
.. them have two or three for bust
ness or pleasure. Many OF theri who
collect and bring produce TO market.
especial" butter and eggs have dis
cardod the horse and are using the
motor driven vehicle
Ne" Hampshire has passed law
placing the protection of railroad
grad: crossings in the hands OF the
i'"biic Service Commission. which has
ordered that each city and town shall
maintain warning signs at reason
able distance on each side OF crossings.
he signs must be Of enameled metal.
.iHl2 inches in size, and have white
letters on "A blue ground. If any town
hegIects to set such signs 70: sixty
DAYS. II forfetts 81 for each day. Any
one injuring or defacing the signs is
liable 10 a fine Of $40.
Up TO the end OF May over 81. 600 au-
tornohlle licenses had been issued By
The secretary OF State of Michigan
This is an Increase of over $1,000 as
compared with the total number issued
for all OF 1914. AT the rate the regis
tration numbers have been going. il
"ill not be surprising IL at the end
OF the year 10000 ears will have been
licensed In the State. as compared with
1889 In 1914.
An unprecedented increase In tho
business OF the State Motor VehicIe
Department is shown in a Statement
Issued by the New Jersey Motor We
nicle commissioner. From January /
TO May 81 there were 1921 examina-
tions. During the corresponding pc
ROD last year the total number OF ex
an!tnations was s,5t3
FOR the first Ave months OF this year
$3.50 drivers licenses have been is
sued Up 10 June the receipts OF the
department amounts to S777.700. The
.ota receipts last year were only
sslA525.
According 70 report OF Ohio Regis
trar OF Automobiles up to June . there
we're 1880 automobiles registered in
me Suokere State. That number ex-
cteds by more than $4,000 the total
registration in the State for 1914. 1t
Is estimated that 900 cars will be
registered by the department. Chauf-
ieu!s to the number Of 200 have been
registered.
Dealers and n1anufa c,urers 70 the
number OF 400 have been registered
ne total receipts OF the Office up 10
""ne were approximately ss20. 900
Motorists who now enter Baltimore
shouIa know that the law requiring
me din!ming OF headlights is in eYac,
The law provides that headlights
8, must be eNtingu!shed on entering the
'!t% limits. or the front glass or lens
OF me headlight can be covered with
any substance or material, or treated
IN any manner that viii eliminate the
transparency OF the front glass or
lens.
American made cars imported into
ARGENTINA increased from l6i. per cent
81 the total automobile imports into
that country In 1912 to "a per cent II,
1918, though they dropped 80 per cent
III 1919. owing 10 the depression in
trade. according 10 the latest official
letnrns which reached the Bureau Of
foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Total automobile imports into Ar
Seatina in 1919 were valued at S.
s's42o". the countries Of origin being
France. the United Kingdom and Bel, /
gum In the order given Thus. the
tn:ted states jumped from fourth
place in 1912 10 second place in 1918. /
IL actual and relative gain being
-r@a,er than in the case OF the other
nations.
The ROYAL Automobile Club OF Lon
don has been conducting tests with A
ne" iuc.' !" winch the name nataiite [
'has been given. The fuel takes its
mann from Natal. the country OF it's
origin. II is a mixture, the principal
ingredient. alcohol, being obtained
from the waste products OF sugar re
f1inZ factories The cost of extract !
ms thealcohol from the raw material /
is low.
Natalie has specific gravity OF (
500 and freezing point very much
lower than henzol or petrol In recent |
tests with a hydroaeroplane fitted with /
:. loo-horsepower Curtiss engine, il
was found that the engine would run |
at ] $50 r. p m. on natalie as against /
1880 r. p. m. with gasoline.
Among other advantages is that OF
safety against fire. for il is claimed !
that water will readily extinguish the
flames.
The fact that it is frequently nee
essary for a garage owner TO run a
car belonging to a customer for test
across the roads, after repairs have
been made. has been recognized b. the
Illinois courts in the case Of Common
wealth VS.. Edward Schwartz, owner
OF a garage at Belleville, Ill The suit
was brought against Schwartz as a
test case by the State Examiner
Al the hearing chwartz testified !
that he took customers cars after re-
pairs on the roads and streets. but
that he never took Messengers" ac-
cspted no money as fares" did not |
hSre out the car, nor did anything a |
paid chauffeur is supposed to do. The
court and jury agreed with his con- |
tention and he was discharged
II is certain that the great majority
Of tire troubles can be ccmnIetaly |
wiped out by the single simple exped !
Iant Of using tires Of proper size. Some
Of the results that have been accom- |
plished by this means are almost TOO |
astoundlng TO believe The average |
car owner never knows what good tire
-'vice is until he equips his car with |
| 80 one or two sizes larger than those
+ crashed by the manufacturer. PINE |
IS a.es disappear like magic, premo-
S SIRE tread wear and carcass failure
Z, ,ccome things of the past