Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 21, 1909, Page 16

“l AUTOS WHICH HAVEWON FAVE g i flfi 1 '\ fl" ! i tfil\mm & e h "1”“,”..' il iy M '"'“"‘flt'"l y,;;»l“” fi i :'lr“‘ | ’[|.“3I‘~ ‘1 , i m"\ hila ! streams, the car roiled into Mexico under its own power Vanderbilts may come and Vanderbilts may go, but to George Robertson and t Season of Motor Car Racing and En- durance Runs is Now Closed. Locomobile ot having will always belong the honc been the first Americans to cap- | GENERAL RLLF\ FOR AUTOS! International Conference Adopts Rules to Govern Drivers. ture this, the greatest of America's mo i toring events | DEATH HAS CLAIMED ITS TOLL|,.ut it i (", i koo, | SEVERAL STATES HAVE SIGNED — Carrls at the wheel, still sta desplte | — nufacturers Have Spemt Large|the many runs which have been made|Provision is Made for the Condition Sums in Promoting Races of Dit- " I;“w\ .m;»l--nunn c\rm ) T:i: :_m""‘v‘"l:‘ ;":; of the Car and Also for Controf ered the distance from ranciseo tc ferent Kinds (o Advertise Naw Torkitn fifteen diya tWo Hours 8T | of It on the Roads of All Thelr Cars in Country, twelve minutes. This run was made when Countries. | the territory was very little known. There = . Another season of motorcar racing and [h4ve been at least five ocean-to-ocedn| ., yecent International Conference of | endurance runs has gone down into history, | FUNS Since that time, but no one as yet| p,jegates, which met in Paris to consider Taken all in all it has been & most au- |DAS came anywhere near the record. the question of adopting uniform regula- spicuous one. Long-standing records have | 10 mapping out the 1%0 Glldden tour,|tions for motor traffic in the countries | been broken and new ones established. |th® Studebaker 1. M. K lald out the | represented, has made the following recom.- | Death has claimed its toll as usual, but |C0Urse for the longest and most difficult | mendations, which have already been DUt endurance contest ever held. It rained |signed by several of the states concerned: | with a marked decrease over former eAIS. |, ., ) "0l of the time that the car was| Every motor car to obtain international As long as men have red blood In their| . .o, o" o state of Towa, and it was | permission to be driven on the public high- veins and a desire to g0 thelr neléhbors |, .. ihe patnfinding party had thelr first|way must either have been certified as fit one better, thero will always be found &| .. jonce with the famous “gumbo.” The |to be used, after examination by a compe- few who will take just one more CRANCE | .\ gy 1yi1le car pulled through 461 miles of |tent authority or by an assoclation em- | with the result that the grim reaper :-um; this mud on first speed. On the entire |POWered by such an authority, or must be- another to the list of violent deaths. From |\ U% BP0 BER SR T T K08 | 1ok to a type certified In accordance with | the carly days of motor bullding to the [T Of WS i BRATR e MU 0| (0" aforesald method. The examination | present time theds races and teat runs |, were made on the intermediate, and|Must be based particularly upon the fol have done more to bring the automoblle | towing polnts: to the point of perfection which it now en- | 1,618 miles on the high | Ot course, all over the country there Joys than all the other causes put together. |, o poen other races and other tours e shown S0Me | qo Atlanta races next week and the weak points, and the bullders have iM-|.gyg.io.flag” run next month will clos medlately taken steps to remedy this defect, | the year. New Year's eve will wittness the s k'"”‘ g "I;";'.'“I"‘\";r"""\ “l'd‘ll"; inauguration of the show season and the stock cars as well. Each vear has addec art of sther year for the motor new, strength and extra satety devices, but | Start of another year for the mototing | world. What next year will bring forth it 18 {mprobable that it will ever be possible | WOT, \Uhat Fext venr wil buing fort to overcome the skidding tendency when a | i o g i Sar \fiss to mikke & furn Bt the rate of |1 /1iEHt this yesr will be remedied, and - i better automobile Is the one result that sixty or seventy miles an hour. The tours | and endurance runs have as a rule been |4l these races and endurance runs bring - - : for the buyer. Who, ; much longer than those of preceding years, | . i hio, However, Will say and in the great majority of runs during | the last season the number of cars finish- ing have been above the average. The sporting events have been much more | numerous, with one or more road races, R cltmbs ,or reliabliity runs having been | pulled off In every state in the union. eral twenty-four-hour races were held at the Brighton Beach motordome, with many attempts to break the record of 1,177 miles, but it was not until the last race that this was accomplished. A Lozler, with Frank Mulford at the wheel, crossed the line at the end of twenty-four hours of nerve- racking driving, with 1,19 miles to its| credit. Fifty-one and one-half miles of this distance was covered the last hour. During the entire race the bonnet was not raised for any purpose other than to oil up. ‘ The other Lozler entered finished sec- ond, having made 1,169 miles. Across the Country, Another race which constituted a su- preme test of endurance on the part of both driver and car was the transcon- tirental race from New York to the ex- position at Seattle for the Guggenhelm trophy. When the announcement of the race was made In March there were no restrictions as to size or power of cars, mno schedules to make it a joy ride, and | that that is not | and to take in all enouxh“ OMAHA AUTO DEALERS UNITE An Incorporation is Formed to Give the Big Show, Automobile dealers of Omaha have formed a corporation for the purpose of better handling the big annual show which given in Omaha at the Auditor- fum. Each year the show has been a succe: although the dealers have had to individually guarantee it in advance This year a company to give the show nas been formed on a much larger scale the dealers of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs, Omaha is recognized all over the country as the most important center for the distribution of automobiles, and the manufacturers are not going to overlook this fact. Clark G. Powell is now in the east to Interest the manufacturers in the Omaha show and he reports that his ef- forts have been successful. The problem this year, the same as last, 18 to secure enough exhibit space. This will be accomplished by a different arrangement of the machines and by util- izing all the stage space which was last year given over to accessory dealers. Omaha now has thirty-three dealers 1. The mechanisf® must be of a reliable | nature, and constructed to obviate, as far | as possible, all risk of fire or explosion; to obviate all risk of frightening horses | | by its noise; to constitute no other source | of danger to traffic, and to cause no seri- | ous convenience to road users by smoke or | | vapor | 2 A motor car must be provided with the | following mechanical parts \ (a) A powerful steering g turns to be taken easily ar (b) Two systems of brak of one another and adequately efficlent; one at least of these systems must be | quickly operating, to act directly on the | wheels, or on drums made in one piece with the wheels. (¢) A device that ean prevent, even on | {ndependent Warning Apparatus. | pated cost of conversion and of the pros- Every motor car must be provided vun‘ pective maintenance hitherto has pro- |a deep-toned horn as a warning signal. | Vented progress. large towns it 18 permissible lo‘ Attempts have been made to Introduce use other warning signals, In accordance | INdependent, seif-generating electric units With the regulations and usages of the | that MIEht operate over existing raliway ountry Every motor car must be pro. | *Y5tems without necessitating any electri- ided atter dark with two lamps capabie | C4l equipment on the railways themselves ot rendering the plaques legible. The | TN Hellmann steam-electric locomotive, | steep hills, all backward movement, in the event of one of the brake systems failing to ensure such a condition Every motor exceeding %0 kg. in welght unladen must be furnished with an arrangement by which the driver can from his seat, reverse by means of the motor. 3. The gears must ba so mivuped that the driver can operate them wfthout ceas- car ing to view the road. | | 4 Every motor car must be provid=d | with plaques indicating the firm that has | constructed the vehicle, and the maker's | chassis number, the horse-power of the motor, or the number and bore of the inders, and the unladen weight of the | | venicte, Conditions for Drivers. driver of a motor car must possess qualifications that afford an ade- guarantee of safety o the public. In so far as international traffic is con- cerned, no person may drive a motor car without having received permission to do s0 from a competent authority or from an assoclation empowered by such an author- The those quate |a country is bound to conform to the laws | Ut on a large scale. As the engine under and regulations relative to traffic on the | COnStruction is intended for express and public ronds in force in the sald country, | Passenger work, Reld hopes to obtain from An extract from these laws and regula- |''8 actual working comparisons with the | tions may further of v\“hmn nition examination international The recog certificates |may be refused on the following gounds: | Steam and Electricity Are Combined 1. It it be evident that the conditions | in & Tarbine-Driven under which they have been granted ac- | Machine. cpfding to the prinaiples 1aid down In sec- | fion 1 and 2, have not been fultilled | President Hugh Reld of the Glasgow 2. If the owner or driver of a motor | University Engineering society has an- car be not a native of one of the con-|nounced that a new locomotiye is under tracting states construction which may lead to the tur- Position of Indentification Numbers. [bine system, which revolutionized steam No motor car shall be allowed to pass |Propulsion on the Atlantic, being applied from one country to another unless it dis- | to the rallway engines of the world. play, at the back, in addition to the hum-| Reid describes this engine as the first ber-plate of its own country, dlstinctive | Steam-turbine-electric locomottve. Various plague bearing letters establishing its na- | Proposals have been made to electrify the tionality. existing steam rallways, but the antici | which was bullt in 1894, was the most not- roadw | able of these attempts, but Reid declares | y must be flluminated in front over an adequate distance, but the use of daz- | ynat the new steam-turbine-electric 100o: ling lights is always prohibited In town | motive, now being buflt by the North areas. British Locomotive company, is of much Meeting and Overtaking Vehleles. |more practical development When meeting or overtaking other vehi- The steam is generated in a boller of the | cles drivers of motor cars must rigorously ordinary locomotive type, superheated | observe the rules of the road of the local- | steam from the boiler is led to a turbine fties in which they are. of impulse type, running at a speed of Position of Notice Boards. 13,000 revolutions a minute, to which fs Each of the contracting governments coupled directly a continuous current, va- agrees to take precautions, as far as its | rlable voltage dynamo or generator "he authority permits, that there shall only be [dYnamo supplies electrical energy of from ected as ndications of dangerous points | %% 10 “‘") i o OISR the signs specified In a schedule. Modi- Ilu(u'ls: ‘l he A.l“:(ll\ll(hd(l[ \\’m(h are built fications may be made in accordance with | /% the four main or driving axles of the | locomotive. a general uaderstanding by the governs ! °¢ ments of the contracting states. To uuc!m“'" oociggen v;“f“": """," e “‘1’"““" system of signs it is possible to add a| sy £ ey L AP H gether w e circulating c ens| slgn notifylng a customs house and order- | o l\"l','(,“\”lf”_d“ SVentbaity ‘:'_”’:\" e Ing @ halt, in addition to another sign In- | yo) ™ A\ 1o sieam turbine is uniike & dieating & toll house and octrol. The gov- reciprocating steam engine in that it re- ernments will at the same time endeavor quires no internal lubrication, the water to' spcure adherence to the following prin- of condensation is free from ol and con- ciples: sequently is returned from the hot well First, generally there is no occasion to | direct to the boller by means of a feed indicate by warning signs the dan@erous| pump. The water evaporated by the boller, points that are situated in towns. | therefore, is returned to the boller again Second, the signs must be erected at a|and again, and the supply of water carried distance of about 25 m. from the point | in the tanks s actually circulating water indicated, unless the position of the place | for condensing purposes. | prevents, When the distance of the sign | This condensing water = circulated from the dangerous point varies In a |within a practically closed cycle by means marked degree from 230 m. special notifica- | of small centrifugal pumps driven by tions arg to be made. | lliary steam turbines placed alongsidc Third, warning slgns must be erected |main turbine and dynamo. perpendicularly to the road. Reld declares the idea is the outcome of General Regulations. much thought and experiment over a pe- The driver of a motor car clrculating in | 1lod Of several years and is being carrigd aux- | the performances of reciprocating steam loco- motives, especially as regards the relative consumption of fuel and water, and also as to the efficiency of transforming the energy of steam into the drawbar or train pull, and also the relative rapidity of ac- celeration under the old and new systems The component parts of this steam- turbine-electric locomotive already hdve proved themselves effective and efficient be supplicd to the motorist on his entering a country by the office where the customs formalities are carried out. Auto Legislation. Plans are on foot to hold the first na- tional legislative convention in Washing- ton about the middle of January. An- nouncement of the project has been made [COMING LOCOMOTIVE WONDER| DIREGTORY 0Of Automobiles and Accessories OMAHA BEE'S Vhllaee Auiomolnle Co. 24th— Near Farnam Street, MOTOR CAR W. L. Huffman & Co. zozs Flnum l dquarters 4-Cylinder Cars 4 Inter-State, $1,750; DeTample, t. $650; Hupmoblle, $7.60. netro‘t EIECtrlc Pioneer ImplementHCo. H. E. Fredrickson Automobile Co Deright Automobile Co. BRUSH RUNABOUT Wood’s Electri A MARVEL OF WBRKMMSIIF T. 6. NORTHWALL CO. 914 Jones St JACKSON [ nunc|| Blutfs, lowa. WHITE STEAMER DRUMMOND ) 2024 Farnam St. Thomas, Hudson: Pierce, Rapid, * Chalmers-Detroit 2044.46.48 F, NAM STREET >Sloddaid-mmn, ) Waverly, Lexington, 1814-16 Farnam. Henry H. Van Brunt “MURPHY DID IT” py 14TH AND JACKSON MARMON SWEET-EDWARDS AUTO CO. 2052 FARNAM STREET Locomoblle . “Overlani, :rtford Council Biuffs, lewa Repairing Auto Painting Trimming """ Po; The easiest riding car in the world. C. F. LOUK, 1808 Farnam Street, State Agent. AMERICAN 54.000 MOON. .... $1500 PARRY . $1285 Mattheion J. DERIGAT © 1818 Farnam St . E. WILCOX. OMAMA, NEB. CHAS. MERZ Garage and Repairs no limitations to handicap any entry.|and more are locking for locations, These |\tY: after he has glven proof of his fitness. by Chairman Charles T. Terry, of the leg- |n other applications, and the novelty lles Sta"dard Au‘umsb"e cn. Standard Six & National Later the Manufacturers' Contest asso-| Will all want to exhibit and each will have | N0 Permission may be given to persons | islative board of the American Automoblie | in the combniation of the different eh- v under 18 years of age. assoclation. It is proposed to invite the |mnts of which the locomotive is com- | oo ——e clation passed resolutions disapproving the | something new to show. ; $1750 Fully E 40 H. P, contest on the grounds that it encouraged g International Road Certificates. governors or thelr representatives from |posed. The expected results in this case i 1] y qulppgd l c,l,_ A D e a ate C ry. sl 0 ef e belleves, be the violation of the speed laws and that City Owns Auto. In order to ensure for International traf-|all the states in the country. should not, therefore, Reid ; the contest offered too much opportunity| Motorists of Wilmington, Del, have no- |fic the carrying out of the conditions stip-| The two chief matters that will be [s0 problematical s in an invention where W. L. HUFFMAN & CO., 2025 Farnam St. for rebullding cars en route. The rules|ticed considerable improvement in the |ulated in sections 1 and 2, international | brought befqre the convention are the na- | the novelty is in the detalls.—Chicago Distributors . were accordingly amended, and a daily | Streets since an automobfe was added to|road certificates shall be granted accord- | tional registration motor law and the uni- | Tribune. el s b2 sl TR SISO, schedule as far west as St. Louls ar-|the equipment of the street and sewer de- [Ing to the following method: The cer form state law. The national registration Wisdom of This World.” 4 Thomu. Hudson, Pierce, Rapid ranged. West of there it was decided that|partment. Many bad hol bumps and |cates shall be \}M for one year from the ;“,l will be reinforced by Congressman| ap pecksniff and Mr. Turveydrop had - I H. E. FREDRICKSON AUTO. CO. the conditions of the road would prevent |other uneven places that were formerly |date of their issue. International road cer- | Cocks, wlho had charge of the bill last |met for the first time 204‘ 46-48 F Str | fast time, The rules were also revised|in existence have now been repaired. |tiftcates granted by the suthorities of one | year, and it is proposed to secure a hearing | “You look like a person of some conse: 46 arnam Street. Y | #0 as (o0 insure against any chance of 2 e of the contracting governments, or by an |yoon T P OE e elary com. | auence. sir.” spoke Mr. Turveydrop, Pk el s = it Lot dbais O | v 1 v % - ” 4 o 01 deportment is not quite up to the cor :‘:hulldlnx cars or n-pl:m‘;.g parts. More mm';""'-ml »’:'"-(“ In'-']-in-:lnn‘-” ;| sadoslaslon empowers d by -;\A;h BOVEI- | mitteo during the time of the convention Yect standard.’ e ‘k i e Detro‘ltEMEEI"eIOtE;:PA"Y an a score of cars, had been promised ns are on foot to hold the Wnnual \ment with the countersign of the author-| 5 “Sir," quoth Mr. Pecksniff, surveying | In Washington. | for this race, but when the time came to| Portland, Ore.. automobile show the sec- | ity, shall give free access to traffic circula- [ ' o '8 him with lofty scorn, I cannot forget that I ER IMP! . start only six made thelr appearance—two|ond week in January, and at a much earl- tion in all the other contracting states, | Persistent Advertising Is the road to Big | You DR Tie "o Sinotrapie. Ass." 1"‘;“0!:’" c uncll Bluffs, lo Fords, & Stearn, an Acme, & Shawmut and | ler date than heretofore. |and shall be recognized there as valid | Returns. Tribun i et o - — an Itala. The start was made from the clty hall in New York on the afternoon of Rambler, Juns 1, S50 TN 196 '3 Hn1Ahed i Baatily | = wesemmmeomtomaliomm————————————————— , twenty days afterward, having covered 4,105 [ o Mitchell. | miles, most of which were over roads of .2" l the worst kind. b et el Next to the New York-Paris race this » | probably was the hardest road Yace ever PAXTO“ MITCHELL cn AUTOMOBILES pulled off in the history of the sport. Storage and Repairs The New York to Parls race was not an event of the past year, It was run in the early part of 108, but up to today this performance has never been equaled. The race started in New York, February 12, 198, and at 8 o'clock on July 30 the Thomas | fiyer, victor in the round-the-world | arrived in Parls, sweeping through the | crowded boulevards of the city escorted | by a great cavalcade of automobiles. The | ontries for the race consisted of three French-made cars, one Italian, one German and one American manufacture. E\'ery\ kind of known obstacle was met and over- | come by the men who drove these cars. Not only was there great honor in win- | ning this race, but that any machine fin- | ished at all is & feat that will live forever 'I!n||| 728!-—- MIDLAND MASON ason FIEEI.AID Illlls. & ASHLEY, 1102 Farnam St FRANKLIN cov . 2318 Harney Stroet R. A. Duff & Co. Motor Cars Nebraska City, Neb. Plattsmouth, Neb. 1For race, PEERLESS SMITH, 2207 FARNAM ST. REO, FORD PREMIER. ATLANTIC AUTOMOBILE CO . Lincoln, Neb. in the annals of motoring | 1119-21 P St i o ‘M cmmml m""’ lo" Matson Wins Two Events. | i 2 D b | Chalmer-Detroit racing team, captured | 1wo important events this year Driving BABCOCK ELECTRIC 2026 Parnam Street. a (Chalmers-Detrolt 30", against fields, he won the Indiana trophy Nassau sweepstakes. Another ance by a Chalmers-Detroit car, large and the | L1 Distributers which was | R. R. KIMBALL, made under the hardest kind of conditions, | was the’ run of “Bluebird” from Denver | 2026 Farnam St. 10 Mexico City, pathfinding for the “flag- — - s to-flag” endurance run, which starts next month. Practically all of this journey | Elcctric Garage was made through territory tomoblle had never DENISE BARKALOW, Proprietor BAKER ELECTRIC been seen before. The 2218 Farnam Slve__el. factory was 3,000 miles away, and it was INERE over a 1000 miles to the nearest garage | b ! or repalr shop. With the utmost confi- | dence in the little car and his own ability to | gents ‘ b ket there somehow, Billy Knipper climbed into his seat at Denver, and, after fes of sandstorms, lost roads, and Winter Storage FOR | | AuTOMOBILES REASONAB RAT ; THE OMAHA WAREHOUSE G0, 0601-609 Jones St. Tel. Doug. 1366 | Gas and 'lmhl % Sombleted 18 three moutds. ote and practi- f olered by aay suboui e the cosairy, Fali sutomobiles sad eagines for practice. Eiu taught Dot oaly to bandie sutomobilss and t unn-nn . You can enter say nu. Tour quariar ls twalve wesk. of thre¢ mostha OMAHA AUTOMOILE CO., 216 §. 19. Woe still have valuable Nebraska territory open | Apperson“’P ERSON SHLES AGENCY DRUMMOND Nebraska City, Nebraska. VEL|E MOTOR CARS Atlantic and Council Bluffs, lowa In its class without a peer. . 1102-4 Farnam 8St, \ for live dealers. 2024 Farnam lt. VELIE AUTOMOBILE CO., 1202 Farnam$t, Kemper, Hamnhlll & Buckingham “ S TODDARD-DA YTO 2 Cylinder 24 H. B DINER | EWIS 4 Syinder a () AUBURN C. F. LOUK, State Agent, 1 . Nouw is the time to close con- ke : John Deere Plow Co.,. Distributors. v MATHESON SIX HALLADAY %% tracts for 1910. Address all correspondence HITE Steamer exua ot |