TIIR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 15. 1003.
status In so few yers on, of the roost
I wonrful and certslnljr th.mont .fflclftit
anfl niso nnlqiia results of man's handiwork.
It li a noteworthy fact that with th
exorpttoo of on irruiH portion of Jhe coun
try tha rwptlon of tha foreign raw-re has
bwn aa full of Intareaf aa that of tha
AfiuTltan car and It la well that this la io.
In. America th forptirn.rs ara running
gainst odd a their cars ara at acme dla-adranta-,
aa ara tha occupants of the
car.
TO people of thle section of the country
the raca la a demonstration of tha effi
ciency of the motor car In fenoral. not
of the racing car alone. It la proof posi
tive that tha automobile la a machine of
service, and the publlo hae been waiting
for tha proof. To the people the race la a
demonatratlon of the efficiency of auto
mobllee In sroncral, and aa auch demonatra
tlon It will be successful, for It will prove
to hordes of doubter that which nothing
ehort of auch a teat could prove, that the
automobile of today le practically perfec
tion. The finest appearing garage In Omaha,
and In the entire west for that mattor, la
tha Kimball establishment. Foreman Nest
man, has a unique method of lighting the
garage floor which la cerfalnty very atrlk
lng. The reception room will undoubtedly
be the. meeting place of many visitor dur
ing the coming auto enow, aa here ther
la assured quiet, comfort and exclusive
surroundings. The policy of the house Is
evident, the best of everything, be It
equipment, workmen, conveniences, motor
cars or hospitality.
' Map at Klmlwll Garage.
It Is a notlcable fact that the - foreign
cars, aa well aa the army car which paased
through Omaha some time ago, have put
up at the Kimball garage. That there ts
a good reason for their doing so Is eaally
anan when one makee an Inspection of the
ahop and tlre departments of this estab
lishment. It may not be generally tinder
stood, but the Kimball garage la equipped
more thoroughly with fine machinery and
competent workmen than any other garage
between Chicago and the coast, there are
few any finer than It In the country. The
mochanlalan with tha Italian racing car
which was recently In Omaha enroute to
the west was very enthusiastic over the
conveniences provided at the Kimball gar
age. Including the machinery and the work
man. He even went so far as to say that
It was very seldom that auch fine estab
lishments were found In Europe. Adding
ta this the fact that the New Tork agent
of the Italian car advised the other foreign
cars to stop at thla garage, there la pretty
concluslre proof that the Kimball estab
lishment ta held in high repute.
POWELL SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS
Ita Aaveat Evidence i of Growth, la
Basla.es la the Wast.
' Nothing could better Indicate the growth
of the automobile Industry In the west
than the entry of the Fowell Automobile
company Into the exclusive sale of tire and
supplies. Two year ago auch an enter
prise could not have existed here, but the
sale of the cars has run up Into the thou
sands and owners and' dealers turn natur
ally to Omaha for ' their various supplies.
The Powell Automobile company haa sev
eral men on the road, haa Just sent out
10,000 catalogues and la doing a tremendous
business. It reports sales aa far east as
Qutncy and Stockton, 111., and aa far west
aa Portland, Ore. The territory It alms
to cover, however, includes Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota and
other western states. There are about 6.CO0
owners In Iowa and about 1,000 In Nebraska,
There are some 00 automobile dealers lu
the territory, and the Powell company haa
already established trade relations 'with
approximately too of them. It alao reports
a big volume of retail business from Indi
vidual owners scattered through the terri
tory. ' Lessened freight charges and quicker de
liveries account for thla trend of the auto
mobile supply business towards Omaha,
There is advantage, too, in dealing with a
concern near home, as any neceasary ad
justments 01 umerences are more easily ar
ranged.' Eastern factories are recognizing Omaha's
valuo aa a distributing center. For In
stance, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany has established a branch with the
Powell Automobile company, and tires for
every else wheel in tha territory are car
ried in stock. Heretofore much time haa
been lost and extra rxponse incurred
through ordering from the eastern houses.
There are three or four manufacturers of
automobtlea In this territory and seven
manufacturers of automobile specialties,
auch as tire covers and spring wheels.
'The Powell' Automobile company Is sup
plying practically all these concerns from
Qmaha and Its estimate of the annual vol
me of the 'supply business from Omaha,
'.Based on past sales, la approximately 1300,-
.1 The Powell company also operates a oom
Tlkte tire repair plant, In which tires can
fca repaired, recovered or rebuilt. Eastern
experts, who have been out here, pro
Bounce the work turned out to be equal to,
If not superior, to that dona by the big
taatern factories,
... Thai coming Automobile Bhow will eon
fain" an' exhibit by the Powell company of
ail the standard supplies. Urea and acces
sories. Dealers throughout the territory
have signified their intention of attending
and placing their season's orders, which
formerly required an eastern trip.
Short Iloaka for tha Skew.
N. V. farrlman.. superintendent of tests
af the Ilarrlman linns, la daily exercising
ius eioaoara roaanei
Iterger la anxiously awaiting the time
wlutn wta get. into his new garage on
jsuu-iauuia una rarnam.
The Derlght Automobile company la ex
pecting a big shipment of tha famous Ford
vara for the automobile show.
'A f BtawMard-Oayton runabout recentl
made a new world'a record for fifty miles
vn a nau-nme raca ax u&iumore.
Emit Woibach. of Grand Island dmnned
into the Uerlght garage fcYlday to say that
jiis Bioaaaru runtuoui waa (he Dust ever.
" ' M. BUirley, the well known railroad con-
tractor, baa ordered a btilrtard-Laylon
luring car nrougn tne Ueright Auto
tuoblle company.
j " One of the most handsome of the new
inuuhlnes fn on the Omaha streets this
r wis dultvered to H. M. lttner lust
week and the picture la run In Tha tie
iius woea. it nas a rn:n rea colur and
scats seven people.
" Long tours are to "be the proper thing
for Omaha automobile ownera this year
If present plana carry.- Rriirar Allen la to
lour the eaat wit a his Btouaard runabout
and Allen Dudley will take his famllv
south In his iisw Stoddard. Tha car has
tgrty-flve-horee power and U built to get
. A. H. Fetters, mechanical engineer of the
t'nlon Pactfto shop, is area on the atreets
or omana oally exercising rax etoddard
ivjrion roausutr. n is a neauiy ana goes
with a anap wnlch makes all take notice,
ilr. Fetters aaya the country In and about
Omaha Is all level to him now that he has
A is new maculae.
. Arthur and Adolph Stors are preparing
to pace the Germaa car In the New York
to Paris race when It leaves Omaha. They
tiave a "trig six" Ford and have the reputa
tion vt being good drivers, ao the Germane
l ave a chanue to make a record guing
w.i irom umana, aa me roaaa are coiv
tantly Improving.
Tha Dertgtit Automobile company reports
diuuwh m we auioiooiine line to be much
btll.r than waa expected when the hard
times w first encountered. The 1S
bUMldard-lfeytoa car la metting with rat
suuuma and tha advance orders booked ry
the company show It U be a great favorite,
not only La Ouiaha, tut ttv- the cutlre
WOMEN LIKE THE ELECTRICS
Popularity of Electrio Machines In
creasing in Omaha.
GARAGE FACILITIES IMPROVED
Am Kxelaslve Eleetrle Garaae Is Help
ing t Ibrrase Ike Popalarlty
of tha Kleetrlfl Machines
la Omaha.
Four year ago Omaha could not boast
of a single electric automobile. One was
bought and it gave reasonable service.
Others followed although the service was
not much Improved because the garage
facilities In Omaha at that time were not
adequate for handling them. A combi
nation gasoline and electrio garage did not
meet the requirements for handling elec
trics. One gasoline garage attempted to
handle electrics but after some unfortu
nate experiences gave It up. Other gar
ages attempted the same thing, but they
In turn had to quit Later another garage
took .up electrics, and as the number In
creased was reasonably successful by ad
vancing from crude equipment and old
style process to modern methods.
Engineers came from the factories to
Omaha to give instructions In the main
tenance of electrio ears. They noted the
condition of Omaha streets and the steep
mils and returned to the factories to
make changes In the cars to overcome these
obstacles, reducing the weight of the cars,
Increasing the pulling capacity of the
motors, reducing the friction of the work
ing parts and adjusting the battery weight
to the proper standard.
Today Omaha has about 78 electrics, an
average of 80 new ones a year since the
first one came to Omaha, At a meeting
of the horse show directory recently one
of the directors advocated the directors
strongly to buy electrics for the use f
their wives.
Omaha now haa an exclusive electric
garage company which handles oloctrlo
cars only, confining the business to build
ing and repairing storage batteries for
vehicles and sparking purposes and re
pairing and tire work on electrio machines.
This year should see a wonderful devel
opment In the use of electric cars In
Omaha and should eclipse the' record of
any previous year.
The Electrio Garage company does not
carry a side line of sundries or gasoline
cars to Interfere with the electric busi
ness, but concentrates all Its efforts to
handle electrio cars more efficiently. The
spark battery wire is on day and night and
the garagd Is never closed, and calls for re
pairs or emergencies will be taken care of
day or might.
Profiting by the experiences of former
garages In Omaha, the presen company
haa Installed a charging system which Is
not surpassed In the leading garages of the
country. Engineers have been brought
from the storage battery factories of the
east and are thoroughly competent to do
the work.
The Electric Garage company Is In Auto
motive row, on Famam street near Twen
tieth, In the heart of the garage district,
and In securing the agency for the Baker
electrics Is prepared to care for the cars
specially adapted to the hills of Omaha,
The Baker Is so constructed that It will
climb the hills of Omaha and gVide over
the rough streets with an ease which Is
surprising. The battery weight is divided
equally In front and rear of the car, giv
ing ballast against Jolts. Experience has
taught the use of high class workmanship
and correctly selected materials. The
Baker factory la the largest In America de
voted exclusively to electrio carriage build
ing. .
WOODWARD'S FOREIGN CARS
Kansas City Mis to Make aa laterest
laar Exhibit at Show.
Frank I Woodward of Kansas City will
have the only exhibit of foreign cars at
the Omaha show. Mr. Woodward, who
Is secretary and vice president of the
Woodward Sc Burgees Amusement com
pany, la also an enthuslastlo automo
billst, and haa the general western agency
for the Delahaye-Pllaln company of Parla,
which handles the Ptlaln car, made at
Lyons, France, Mr. Woodward will show
a touring car, a runabout and a chassis.
The Pllaln car Is one of the latest
on the market, and embodies In Ita con
struction a new adaptation of a well known
mechanical principle. It was the aim
of the designer, M. Ptlatn, a French
mechanical engineer of renown, to pro
duce a car that could be controlled as
easily as a locomotive, that Is by the throt
tle alone. After the driver has taken his
seat, the car is entirely governed by 'the
throttle. This Is achieved by the con
struction of the carburettor, which Is of
a novel type. It ts encased In a contin
uation Of the water Jacket of the cylinders,
so that It Is maintained at a proper tem
perature in all weather conditions. The
gasoline is admitted through a porfora'cd
conical hood, covered by an imperforated
hood that la connected with the thottle. A
slight movement of the throttle on top of
the steering wheel opens the upper hood
and opens an air valve, permitting the
admission of the proper amount of air
to make a perfect explosive mixture. In
case of emergency or desire to "brake,"
the throttle Is moved in the opposite di
rection, and the supply of gasoline la cut
off entirely. As this Is done, fresh, un
expended air Is admitted to the cylinders,
and there compressed, the action being
similar to that of a Westtnghouse air
brake on a locomotive. When the need
for braking Is passed, the throttto Is
again moved, and power Is restored readily.
Timely Tips for Automobilists
Efforts are being made by the Wheeling
(W. Va t Automobile club to form a state
association.
The Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) club's annual hlll
cllmblng contest up Giant's Despair moun
tain will be held on May 90 this year.
A new automobile manufacturing com
pany haa been formed at Jackson, Mich.,'
and an auto buggy concern at Defiance, O.
Total sales at the recent Detroit show
ran close to $125, OuO for the' week, eighty
cars having boen sold to Individual pur
chasers. , . S
The first automobile to be purchased by
the city of Camden, N. J., has been or
dered for the chief of the water depart
ment. 1 Ten more clubs will shortly be added to
the New Tork Btate association, Including
organisations at Yonkers and Mount Ver
non. , , .
In a single Philadelphia ward, on the day
of the recent municipal election, seventy
eight automobtlea were used to carry voters
to the polls.
Elated by the success of their first an
nual smoker, members of the Milwaukee
club have decided to make It a regular
yearly event.
An American company which haa a val
uable concession In Africa Is planning to
transport goods In Its domain by means ot
automobiles.
Prospects of the Vanderbllt cup race for
1900 being held In Missouri have been con
siderably brightened by the circuit with
State troops.
The state of New Tork has built or has
under contract 2.000 milea of Improved
roads, which will have cost when all paid
for $3,000,000.
Ten cords of hard wood were sawed In
six hours by William J. Lyle of Fox River,
Wis., who used the motor of his automobile
to drive the saw.
Negotiations are tinder way between the
Cincinnati Automobile club and a leading
hotel of that city for a suite of rooms to
be used as club parlors.
With a 6-year-old ear EC C. Carharpaite
recently covered the l.ouO miles from Wich
ita, Kan., to Fort Worth, Tea., at the rata
of from IX to miles a day.
The Detroit club haa established the cus
tom of setting one night aside as a good
roads night, when some prominent au
thority oa the subject is the speaker.
The American Power Boat association, at
Hs annual meeting, indorsed the movement
for a federal law requiring all motor driven
craft to carry a licensed mate or engineer.
After a In pee of two years the automobile
club of Worcester, Mass., will havo a
"climb" of Dead Horse hlli, said to be the
most difficult In the country, in the near
future.
Women make the best pupils. In the
opinion of a Chicago Instructor, who says
they are more quick to learn than men
and more apt to retain what they are
taught.
Following the lead of the Quaker City
Women's Motor club, the Chicago Automo
bile club will endow a hospital bed for
the use of persona Injured In motoring ac
cidents. A oontest to test the efficiency of alcohol
enxtnea will be conducted by the Automo
bile Club of France, beginning June
Five days will be occupied with the trial
of each engine.
The overproduction of both automobile
and horse cabs at Berlin is aald to have
bean the cause of the recent suspension of
one of the leading motor companies of the
Ovrman capital. .
Town councils are given the right to ex
clude automobtlea from all htghwava except
state roads and those leading from town
to town under a bill now before the Bhode
Island legislature.
The bill before the New Tork legislature
to forbid racing on highways died a-born-lng,
the author withdrawing it from com
mittee In the face of a slato-wtda wave
of protest against it.
A prosperous Chinese laundryman ot
Huntington, I I., use an automobile to
collect clothing from his patrons and to
deliver it. He employs a white chauffeur
to run the machine.
The motor machine gun recently aent to
Morocco by France already haa distin
guished itself, its commander maneuvering
it with auch ability as to earn for himself
the cross of the Legion ot Honor,
According to a recent decision of the
superior Judicial court ot MaKfcach.uiK.-tts a
town Is not liable for damagus done to an
automobile by a defective street as a car
Is not a "carriage" under the law.
Guy Smith, who handles Franklin ma
chines from his garage la the old Chrts-
ilan church tabernacle at Nineteenth and
'mm streets, will have a complete Hue
of Franklins at the show this week.
Horses probably aro nowhere cheaper
than In India, but the use of the automo
bile Is Increasing thire. I tomboy having
about 600 rare and Calcutta a few leva than
bM. Several cities have over 1ju each.
A general survey of tha roads In the
northern part of Connecticut will be made
aa soon aa the weather permits by the
state highway commissioner, with a view
to a comprehensive aystam of tiuurovenicnC
Governor Btuart of Pennsylvania, one of
the moat ardent good roads executives In
the cuiitry, doclarra that if the motorists
will have pattfiice, "Pennsylvania will have
the flhust roads of any state in the union."
, Tha AutoiauUla Club ot Cincinnati U
publishing a monthly bulletin, together
with a series of road maps covering south
western Ohio, which are proving a strong
factor in attracting new members to the
club.
Government tests recently proved that in
clear stock, weight for weight, red hickory
la as strong aa white, thua ending the fear
that the supply of suitable material for
automobile wheels soon would be ex
hausted. The date for the French Grand Prix haa
been finally fixed as July 7, when the roads
of the Dieppe circuit are particularly free
from market trafflo and there la no danger
of the event claslng with the national fete
day, July 14. ,
In a recent test the automobile chemical
engine of the Bridgeport, Conn., Fire de
partment waa driven at a rate of forty
milea an hour through several Inch of slush
against a driving snow storm with eleven
men on board.
The new automobile rules of the city ot
Mexico limit the speed within the city to
six miles an hour and on road in the out
skirts to twenty-four mites. Imprisonment
Is the penalty for professional drivers who
exceed these rates.
Officials of the Bay Btate Automobile
club'a endurance run from Boston to Prov
idence and Worcester and return, who used
United States mall bags to scatter confetti,
aro threatened with prosecution by the
postal authorities.
According to a consular report there were
932 automobile accidents In Great Britain in
1907, killing 216 and injuring 67 persons.
Tnere were 2,270 arrests for these and other
offenses under the motoring law, resulting
In 2,016 convictions.
A new use for an automobile recently
occured In a rural Michigan district, where
a motorist tied two large kettles filled with
stones behind hta car and broke about five
miles of snow-drifted roads that a boras
could not get through.
Tho British Royal Automobile club, which
limits its membership to wealthy owners
of cars, la forming an association ot
chauffeurs and mechanics, to Include the
more than 2, OuO men to whom It has issued
certificates of efficiency.
Because the members of the volunteer
fire department of Ventnor, N. J., a suburb
of Atlantic City, neglect to give their auto
mobile fire engine proper care, they are
threatened with having it taken away from
them by the city council.
The lloyal' Automobile club of Great
Britain and the Automobile club of
France are discussing a schome for co
operating for a definite system of auto
matic liming whereby world's records
can be universally recognised.
Mule trails in the southern California
Sierras recently were covered by an auto
mobile for the first time when Mills Titus,
ot Los Angeles, accompanied by three men,
drove his car from that city to the minus
In the east of San Diego county.
The automobile club of Lancaster. Pa.,
haa hit- upon the happy scheme of holding
monthly meetings, always preceded by a
dinner, Insuring good attendance. Hoad
signs are rapidly going up throughout the
club's territory as a result ot Ita efforts.
The American Automobile association haa
taken up the fight of the New York City
motorists agalnnt tha park board, which
has forbidden the uae of lire chains, not
only iu parks, but upon streets controlled
by It. A test case will be taken to court.
Sheriff Hammel, of Los Angeles, - who
makes the rounding up of horse thieves
with his automobile a specialty, is attain
ing national fama by his feats. Itecently
he drove 7uu miles through Baud and snow,
over desert and rough mountain roads, and
captured a fugitive.
The Parisian Minister of Education haa
Included the sum of $7,600 In his budget for
laos for the establishment of a government
motor vehicle-testing laboratory in Berlin
suitable for carrying on all aorta of ex
periments relating to the advancement of
motor traction.
The decorations of the Buffalo show,
which cluaes tomorrow night, were In blue
and gold with eluborata electrio lighting,
giving tha celling of the building the ap
pearauce of "the canopied heavens be
decked with stars," to use the description
of the manager ot tha affair.
Louis Flescher, builder of motor cyclea,
will not have an exhibit at the show this
Week, as tils entire working force is too
busily engaged In building machines to
take off the Iiocexsury lime to exhibit at
the show. He will have his machines on
display at his store on Capitol avenue.
He sells the Light, the Merkel and the
Flescher special.
The Bergers Automobile company's Bulck
salesrooms at Nineteenth and Famam
streets will be finished for occupancy by
April 1. The new building will have a
siurage capacity of about twenty cars, with
a well eiiuiped shop, tlM feet la else. This
department will be lu charge ot W. 1L
Smith of Indianapolis, who la a Uuick e-
erl with years of exierlenoe. The rear ot
he corner building will be removed, throw
ing the entire building Into one. The dis
play rooms will be beautifully decorated
with lights and palms and Will be the fin
est automobile salesrooms In- the west.
The company is managed by J. W. Bergers
who stands high In business and financial
circles. His business methods in the man
agement of his company haa made It In
two years very popular and one ot the
leading automobile lioiiSts In tha city.
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WE have taken in trade 18 second-hand gasoline and electric automobiles
which include everything from cheap Runabouts to high priced luxurious
Touring Cars These cars have been carefully repaired in our repair shop and
we know their condition is just as we represent it to be. We will guarantee
every car to be exactly as represented We arc forced to move this stock
promptly to make room for new stock wich is constantly arriving and which
'we must have here for the Automobile show which opens the 19th of March.
Read carefully the following list of second-hand automobiles?
MODEL It. FORD Run less than 60 miles. Top and all complete,
at $775
MODEL It. FORD Demonstrator..... $5 GOO
ELECTRIC STATIOX WAOOX JuBt the thing for. the theater
and parties. Less than half price $1200
ELECTRIO DELIVERY WAGON Catteries almost new $1000
ONE OLDSMOBILE RUNAUOUT 6 h. p., single cylinder, good
condition, at..... $175
HAVNE9 RUNABOUT 2 cylinder, 14 h. p., leather top a big
snap, at $250
ItEO RUNABOUT Single cylinder, 10 h. p. Thoroughly overhauled
and painted , - $425
6TEVENS-DURYEA 2 cylinder runabout, 14 h. p., top and In
good shape; cost f 1,400 npw $400
POPE-WAVERLY Eloctrlc runabout; top; batterlcB almost new,
at $450
POPE-WAVERLY Electrio runabout; top; batteries thoroughly
overhauled $350
TYPE 8, POPK-TOLEDO Used very little has top and full eaulp-
ment; cost $4,300 special price $1700
AMERICAN TOURING CAR Fully equipped; 35 h. p.... $1000
WHITE STEAMER UBed one season; good condition, cost $2,300:
now SGOO
REO TOURING CAR Thoroughly overhauled and repainted; 18 h.
p.; 2 cylinder; full lamp equipment $650
BUICK 1907 touring car; thoroughly overhauled and reflnlshed;
2 cylinder, 22 h. p.; top and full lamp equipment special price,
at $800
DeogM Automobile Coc
18.14 Farnam Street, Omaha
We are agents for the Stoddard-Dayton, Moon, Ford (EL Pope-Waverly Pleasure Cars and Reliance Trucks
THE BUICK
FOR THE HILLS and STEADY SERVICE
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Ir Cylin 20 H. R, SOOO i
Automobiie Tires
I Quick Detachable Clincher Tires.
Standard Clincher Tires.
All for Automobiles. ' s
Firestone
Side Wire Endless Motor Tires.
V Arttrw If aIavj nrs- film
Side Wire Bus Tires.
For heavy Fire Apparatus, Pa
trol Wagons, Ambulances and
Busses. '
Side Wire Tires. '
For Carriages and Buggies.
Karbach Automobile G Vehicle Co.
Western Agents.
1 3th and HiwarJ. Omaha
Look for oar exhibit t Booth C3 at the Automobile Show.
A Guaranteed Car with a Record ol 00,000 Milea
see: the: duick une at the: show
Bergers Automobile Co.
2025 Farnam St. .....OMAHA
Afnf Writ Vs lor Dlrsot Af.ncy With Full Commission
Men's and Women's. v
Auto Coats
See Our Exhibit
at the Auto Show
EVERYTHING IN RUBBER
MATTING AD COSE
Ths Omaha Rubber Co.
E. H. Spragus
11th and Farnam Street
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