Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], July 18, 1915, Page SEVEN, Image 23

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AUTOMOBILE NEWS FROM
THE WORLD-WIDE FIELO
I
I've 1*3' Sixth Farmer in West Virginia
Is the Owner of an Automobile i
of Itecent Design.
>? RW HAMPSHIRE'S GRADK LUV
MlrhlKon, Now Jersey and Ohio Show
Increases In Auto LlteiiBt'S?New
l/aw on Dimmed Headlights tin
Autos Now Effective in Baltimore.
It is estimated that about cvry
;ixth farmer In West Virginia is an
automobile owner. There are few
progressive farmers in the State who
<i?> nc.r have an automobile, and Nome
? . th-m have two or three. for btisi
i ?>.- or pleasut*;. Many <.f them who
? ? Me t and bring produce to market.
? l><'!:<!!?? Iiiitier and eggs, have dls
.?r 'Iv ?j th*- horse and an* using the
motor-driven v< hirle.
N' -v Hampshire has passed a law
placing the protection of railroad
trade crossings in the hands of tlie
Public Service Commission, which has
o:d?-ied that eaen city and town shall
maintain warning signs at a reason
able distance on each side of crossings.
Tut- signs must he of enameled metal,
21x12 Inches In size, and have white
letter? on a blue ground. If any town
noglerts to set such signs for sixty
days. It forfeit* JI for each day. Any
one Injuring or defacing the signs is
liable, to u. fine of 510.
Up to the end of May over 9<VO00 au
?. -mobile licenses had been issued by
'he secretary of State of Michigan,
i This Is an increase of over 15.000 as
com pared with the total number Issued
for all of 1914. At the rate the regis
tration numbers have been going, it
will not be surprising If at the end
of the year 120,000 <:ars will have been
lW-nt>ed In the State, as compared with
7C.389 In 191*.
An unprecedented Incrense In the
business of the State Motor Vehicle
Department le shown In a statement
issued by the New Jersey Motor Ve
hicle CommlsHioner. From January 1
to May 31 there were 13,247 examina
tion*. During the corresponding pe
riod last year the total number of ex
aminations was 8,543.
For the firm flve mon'hs of this year
13.1SO drivers' licenses have been Is
sued Up to June l the receipts of the
department amounts to $777.700. The
total receipts last year were only
SSI 4.536.
According to a report of Ohio Regis
trar of Automobiles, up to June there
were 1 4 < 7*.o automobiles registered in
the Buckeye ?tate That number ex
<eedf by more than 22,000 the total
, reetMration in the Statr. fOP 1314 jt
^ .- estimated that 175,000 cars will be
registered by the department. Chauf
feurs to the numl)' r of 1.200 have been
registered.
Dealers and manufacturers to the
number of 1,400 have been registered
The total receipt* of the oftice up to
.Mine 2 were approximately JS20.000.
Motorists who now enter Baltimore
should know that the law requiring
'.he dimming of headlights is In effect
The law provides that headlights
* -nust be extinguished on entering the
?? limits, or the front ^lass, or lens.
' 'r.e headlight can be covered with
1 .?? substance or material, or treated
in any manner that will eliminate the
transparency of the front glass or
W ns
A mTlran-rrade cars imported Into
Argentina Increased fr--.ni 1 ?? i?. per cent
01 th~ total automobile imports into
th'?t country in 1M2 to i;< pet cent iri
; 'hough they dropped p.*r cert
r, 1 > 14. owlr.g to the depression in
'ride, arcoiding to the latest official
'? irns which reached the Bureau of
r-'tc-.gn ard Domestic Oommcroe.
Total automobile Imports Into Ar
V ntlna in 1912 were valued at S ??.?
c.4 .'f"'. the countrlf-s of r.r 1 iT 1 r. being
France. the L'nited Kingdom and Bel
_iurn in the order given. Thus, the
ter] Stntes jumped from fourth
.ire m 1912 to second plac, in 1913.!
it- actual and relative gain being
_r*-.iter thai', in the case of the other
r. .none.
The P.oval Automobile Club of Lon- j
rfor .s- b?er. . onductlng tests with a
rev fuel. ? which the name natallte
>,\ if l? - ? 1 Liven The fuel tnke.s it.-'
/,nan.i- ! ?' in Natal, the country of its
/ ovifi.1 It is a mixture, th' principal
Iner- ''if i.', alcohol, l.-c-mu obtained
; on the waste products of sugar re-'
f'.nl!!^ factories The cost of extract-j
irp thealcohol from the raw material
is low.
Natalite hss a specific gravity of
.SOfi and a freezing point very much
lower than benzol or petrol In iccerit
tests with a hydroaeroplane fitted with
r. lOO-horaepower Curtiss engine, it I
was found that the engine would run i
fit I 450 r. p m on natalite as against i
1.250 r. p m with gasoline.
Among other advantages is that of j
safety aeainst tire, for it is claimed
tha? water will teadily extinguish the!
t flames.
The fact that it is frequently nee
eseary for a garnc?> owner to rnn a
car belonging to a customer for a test
across the roads, after repairs have
been made, has been recognized by the
Illinois courts in the case of Common
wealth vp. Edward Schwartz, owner
of a garage at Belleville, III. The suit
was brought against Schwartz as a
test case by the State Examiner.
At the hearing Schwartz testified
that he took customers' cars after re
pairs on the roads and streets, but
that he never took "passengers." ac
cepted no money as "fares." did not
hire 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.
It Is dertaln that the great majority
of tlie troubles can be completely
viped out by the single simple exped
i nt of using tires of proper size: Some
i f the results that have been accom
plished by this means are almost too
..Mounding to believe The avernge
? "a.r owner never knows what good tire
J -rvice is until he equips his car with
J ?-? one or two sizes larger than those
| . Wished by the manufacturer. Ptinc
i s disappear like magic, prema
ja N.re trend wear and carcass failure
,if; ;,f.,-ome things of the past.
Act Ivlty ? among tho motor clubs of
Ohio has been marked. Five new clubs
have affiliated with the Ohio Automo
bile Association, increasing its mem
bership by more than 150. The work
. rtf boosting new clubs in the State and
.securing their co-operation in matters
of legislation and road improvement
? jf. being fostered by the Ohio associa
tion.
A few problems yet confront many
it the makers of the high-speed ?.()0
.nfi? motor. First in this category
romes the question of lubrication, near
ly one-third of the cars eliminated
pojn; out with lubrication troubles, in
which a piston seized or a Conner* I *>5
rod broke, due to n hearing burning
out. This problem of the high-speed
motor will soon be. solved. The small
high-speed motor is new in this coun
r-?*-y, and a season or so will elapso
before It Is finally mastered In fact,
all of the lubrication troubles of the
raco were not un the American ears,
same >>T the foreigners falling In this
respect.
I A good many cars iiio now provided
i with HH iiiiH of accotnmod'itittng the
I driver <>f exceptional propor tions. Ad
j justnhle pedal.-' are now the i ule on
Jearelully built earn, while Individual
I rhanne of position without adding nia
j terlally to construction cost. Adjust
, ablo starting columns likewise are not
unknown, thouuhk less easily lntro
j'lured into I ti ? design. Heretofore the
I comfort of every one except the driver
' has heen sedulously attended to. Here*
, after it will to- very much olhoi wi.<? .
' particularly in view of the kr*?*.vi?iic
1 feminine contingent behind the w|ic-?*i.
i
Florida may now he added to the li.st
of States whose laws for 'ho taxing of
J automobile# hav<> been upheld by the
highest tribunal In the land In Florida
1 the Si i1<? statutes ft> a li ??use I,<\ of
$:> on each car. Automobile owners.
after paying that. contended they
should not !>?? required to pav a further
tax. In koiii plu'i.i heliiK subjected to
separate ? it', and ronntv taxes as ui-II,
nid went to the courts. but ?h<- Su
preme Court has ruled against them.
America's first motor ear men was
held in Ho* early winter of isrr.. ?
| was run ovt-r road- lu-avy with stio
1 and r.lush, not upon a ;p> edway of
! brlclc with banked turns. The prize
j money was not large, the pui.-e total
j tn_' ?r..000. one-tenth of the ..um lor
which the drivers battled at Indian
apolis last week.
The speed attained by ti'-e winner
was ridiculously slow, newspaper re
porters. covering the ev?_nt on bicycles,
having to wait until the ears caught up
to them.
Recall ne of the largr crowd which
attended the recent race meeting at
Columbus. O.. several Columbus men
have started a movement to build i
motor speedway similar to the one at
l.os Ango.lr-s. One plan discussed is to
have the owners of t.he Columbus T>riv
? ing Park build up the turns and make
tho track more suitable for automobile i
i acini;
Fifty Jltney-bus drivers in Mlnne-1
a polls have formed the Jltney-Uus
Men's I'nlon Membership has already
reached seventy-five.
Th? wooden bowl of tho new $1,250,
I lion Chicago speedway was recently
finished. In thirty-six actual working
| days the 0,000.ooo feet of lumber of
'which the track was constructed were
laid and spiked down Two drivers.
Hilly t'arlson and Hilly Chandler, who
I worked our their cars on the track be
fore it was completed, pronounced it
? . peclallv fast.
The grand stands along the home
stretch and in front of the pits will
"".it 25.000. The bleachers oil the back
.stretch will accommodate 27.00O. There
In parking place for 5.000 cars within
the closure.
1 ost <if speedway plant. SI.250,000.
Cost of the track alone, $300,000.
Thr?i> miles of fence, costing 115,000.
Fifteen miles of sewers.
To iin Mil of
Forty thousand cubic yards of con
crete used.
Sevi-n thousand concrete footlnars to
support track and stands.
One thousand flv?? hundred workman
employed
Cost of stands. $250.OtM
Fifteen thousand Ion? of steel for
rtand?
Ono hundred and twenty thousand
square foot of lumber for walks.
GREAT DEMAND ABROAD
FOR AMERICAN-MADE AUTOS
f.'cortso lluttna, t>titi11*i I'iikIih'"!, Siivs
Miirkct <" ii 11 m for
I*??l?ulur-!*i l?-cd ( im.
With every Pritisli automobile fac
tory engaged In turning out war mu
nitions and cars for the allies, Ameri
can-made motor cars are gaining .t
j still firmer grip on the European nif r
i ket. according to George ilutton. a
' well-known automobile engineer of
Dutdin, Ireland.
'Not wtthntandine the unsettled con -
?Hi ons and tlx: fact, that a pood many
of our able-bodied men ar?* at tli'- front,
? ll'-l't1 Mill COIltill'IeK II VITI I'll' IV rtle
tnand for tit.- better made of Nnwriean
car.' ivs Mr. Mutton "Tin* \v e 11 -
l>uilt Yanke< ? ;ir equipped with ? ? Ix"
. t i f t ?? f. ?? 1 ? ? - ? t r i ? I?i - lit - and ?> ? i i r i.ui
venient es, is meeting wit it .1 tinon
1 ous demand and our only pro'ulcm i*
securing en on -ch *. rs to ijo around.
"I was fortunate enough to secure
the first Dfdl^e Brothers' _ <? r? r shipped
Into Ireland. and I have drivt n it over
ri,0(?c miles, covering practically every
? oun'v. This- mae hine, with its won
?hi'ful hill-elimbinir ability and
riding quaMtiii i." the type of car tfhlch
will s.'U most readily In European
markets. In a loni'. Journey throuah
the \Vi<kl<>w Mountains 1 was able to
make all if th? st'-e;> grades on hiuh
gear with this ear. and had little
trouble on the roughest of our county
roa ?ls.
"Many officers In Irish and Rncrlish
regiments have purchased American
| ram h?'for? l-nvlTj.; for Fran and
Itcrausi' m >3t of the-.; .ire tutnd
with f 1 f-s??:it*i?-* *. t r wlvc< i ?ob
taining full t-nJo\ :n?nt from ' ?? :n,i
I chines at th? pr? ?<-nt time '
\ft?>r di:\ M . In i limine r.v <? tilers"
for Hi'- pist f>*w rnoti'.lm. Mi !l'it
ton doci'leil i<i : -i i t tli'" I'n * ?^?1 1 a t o -
1 in mi effort to m:?.* the sale.-, li^hti
M?r I hi- iar in 11 ?-1:??n1. 11<? I - partlcu
; larly plea ? (I with t hf haml. '.iic new
'??.dst/r models which are now t>eins
,?h'from the Detroit fa t irv anil
intends to have one .saipped in hi- home
in lr> land.
Ilritltli (lllln'r Sj'-imliitcl.
WISK. \ A . July 1 i The i- \rd of
Supurvisoi-s ..f NVI.-i" ? <nnt . at their
ia .i monl ' lj in-,<;,.insr employ "?! a full
Mmo health < !ll The <luti. of the
lualili oflirer will much th' ? imp ar.
t . in-e <?: t tie officers heretofore ap
pointed, but In- will u'.v>- more time
to the 'liool.. and ;v?* ir.-uru- tion in
: ?atiltatioii. All th* county doctors
siun<il a petition a.-k:ntc tor the ap
pointment Of this "t'.l >r
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