Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-13 | Page 21 | Motor Topics

MOTOR TOPICS j (CONDUCTED BY GOODRICH) Another blow for the pessimists! Tho latest auto, registration figures show there are now 9. 205 25- passenger passeng-er cars and trucks in use thrUOUl tho Fniteel States 1 , ii ! 1 1 , 2 ?, C, more than a year ago. All of which would Indicate In-dicate that the rnurii-tulked of "saturation "satu-ration point"' is still Quite some distance dis-tance In the future Man o' War, the famous race horse, now has a motor tnicic boudoir all his own. It's a large, well padded box stall with grated WijldoWB mounted mount-ed on a powerful truck. Man o Wars owner designed the vehicle to provide protectitlon 10 the famous race horse when It becomes necessary to tako him from one place to another. an-other. The rear wall is hinged at tho bottom and when lei down serves as a gangway. " One of the alms of the "blue-law-ers" la to prohibit all automobile i driving on Sundays. They Intend to I make the penalty for violation DO severe that none daro disobey the law. It has not been determined yet, I however, whether the penalty shall be confiscation of all personal pro- I perty of the violator, life imprison- ! ment, or Instant death That will bo decided later. Automobiles are becoming close rivals of the subways in transporting people In and out In New York city. Recent surveys showed that 154.700 nutos. carrying 420.000 persons, entered and left tho city dally This compares with 1,367,000 passengers carried dully by the subways and 270.000 by tbo Long Island railroad. A new uso ban been found for the electric flat iron. Attached to the light socket In a garage. It serves as an Ideal moans of warming the carburetor car-buretor of the car on cold mornings and making a quick start possible. The only one who objects to Ub use Is Mrs. Housewife who avers that it soon destroys the smooth surface of (the bottom of tho iron. That's a trifle, however, when compared to j getting a stubborn car started. Taxlcab drivers of Charlotte, N. C. I have to stick close to the straight innd narrow path. The reason is that leach one has to deposit a $5'iu bond I With the city authorities beforo ho Is granted a license and the bond I is forfellted If the taxi ls us-d In ; violation of the prohibition or vice laws. Consequently tho drivers are much more careful than they used to bo. village on wheels is used by the Pacific Telephone- and Tel. graph coin-company coin-company to repair lines distant from Inhabited sections. Tho "village" consists of two large motor trucks nnd seven trailers, threo of which 'aie lodging houses with beds, tolletS land shower baths Another is a I kitchen, while the ptheri art U Sd tfl carry repair materials and mli. 1 sup plies King Winter Is a deadly enemy of auto tires 1'nless ho Is fought constantly con-stantly he will rob many miles of oervlce from every casing. King Winter is baffled) however when tin casings thru which mud and slush seep and ruin the tfcbl Ic, Here's a fcuro blgn that Mexico ls mondmg Its vvnvs after Its long dc- bauor ot revolution and bloodshed a nallumil SUtOmobUe show Its scheduled schedul-ed to be held iu Mexico City during March. All prominent auto manufacturers manu-facturers with distributing agencies In Mexico have been invited to participate. parti-cipate. During 1920 500.000 freight cars were used to carry automobiles, trucks and finished parts from the manufacturers to distributing; centers. This does not include cars for hauling haul-ing raw materials, gasoline, oil, tires i or accessories. Because of the freight car shortage 570,000 autos were de-j llvcTOd over the highways Our weekly don't Do not uso the breaks of your car unnecessarily. If possible coast to a stop. If the clutch Is engaged and the engine throttled the drag will serve as a brake down to six miles an hour. Useless application applica-tion of brakes is hard on both the brakes themselves and the tires, especially es-pecially in the winter lime.