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Show IiilS Motor Motions? -rjnTHlIf Tne folIowInS list, of -numbers and names coin-I coin-I flftfflf pletes the list of owners of motor cars In this city i!'nBW to dnte; Tne Ust, numbering from 1 to 140 was jT;Bfi published last week. ! 141 J. S. Bransford. wjB 1 " 145 Auto Sight Seeing Co. 'f.'tym : ' 146 Auto Sight Seeing Go. S i ; l4jAu do. ,' I- 155 August "Westman. ' : Wb 160 R. E. Wilkinson, i S J 162 Oliver R. Meredith. l ; j 16G Chas. N. Strevell. jv j s 5 ;: rl j I The sales season for motor cars of 1906 mod-' mod-' If 1 es as Practlcally closed, and agents have now , m begun to fill orders for 1907 cars for fall deliv-''ImI deliv-''ImI ne o tiie flnes' cars to e driven nere next ' '"iHn season, the order in fact, calling for delivery in 'I'm fl October, has been purchased by a prominent min-' min-' W m ng man Tne machine is one of the finest made yrm 8 in America, and one that has never been seen ' if "e E' Baml)ersers' tnrouSh a Chicago ageri-4f-w y purchased a Thomas during the week, and the , ;., car is expected to arrive within ten days. It is ' a j ; expected that Clarence Bamberger who ' arrived ' (J : ' from Cornell a few days ago will make things , ' pleasant for his friends as soon as the big car 1 Ji Another purchaser of the week was Dr. Stauffer Jjjf ' : who connected with a-Baker Electric. 1-f1 ! The rage for electrics among physicians and " Wi others who make professional calls, as well as m ladies who use them for calling and shopping is lib t h Indicative of quite a rage for the pretty little mail ma-il 9 cmes y tne tIme another season rolls around. t w t li l Iff Aluminum in Place of Wood. II By E. J. B., in Horseless Age. $ a f9 I'ne dePrecIatIcn a pleasure car depends to .': ft 1 im quite an extent on its appearance after it has 1 ( jj IB been in use. The parts affected may not neces-' neces-' Wmi sarily be important to the correct performance of t HUl' car' ut wnen ey haVG a worn-out look at t US 6n f SGason tliey detract from its value. An example of this may be found in the front lioor boards and toe boards of a large majority of cars. If any of the flexible coverings are used, such as rubber matting, the frequent movement of the driver's feet in manipulating the foot pedals soon wears it ragged in places. If no covering is used the wood easily splinters about the pedal slots and becomes water soaked and oil spotted. In either case this part of the car presents an untidy appearance ap-pearance and is veiy difficult to keep clean. In new cars this construction can be avoided, and in old cars overcome, by the substitution of cast aluminum plates for the usual wood floring; If carefully made, these plates require very little fitting to give a tight, substantial floor which can be easily cleaned, will not wear out quickly, and is very neat in appearance. For cars with slanting toe boards, he toe plates should be cast in one piece, containing the pedal slots, and then sawed as necessary to allow assembling around the pedals. This method insures in-sures the figures or corrugations, which may be cast in the plates, to match. As the supporting points for these plates are comparatively near together, to-gether, one-quarter inch in thickness is sufficient to carry any ordinary load it is subjected to. The floor plate should be; about . three-eighths of an inch thick, as it will, at times, support the weight of the passengers in the front seat. Diagonal Diago-nal ribs will also add to its stiffness. The sides of this plate may rest on, projections from the sills of the body and the rear edge supported by a light cross angle. The joint between the toe and floor plates should rest on a light cross timber on which is screwed one leg of a special hinge, the other leg passing between the plates and ending in a head. By moving the floor plate back a little, both that and the toe plate can be easily removed. The running boards may also be covered by one-quarter inch thick aluminum plates and trimmed with brass molding of angle section. Solid aluminum running boards are heavier and more expensive and give no better results than plates mounted on wood. A section through a running board of this built up type is shown in the sketch. A cheap and satisfactory way to make the patterns pat-terns for these plates is to mount rubber matting which has a suitable corrugated surface on wood plates of the required thickness. The sharp coi ners on the rubber stand the wear of molding bet-ter bet-ter than if formed in wood. |