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MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, “27th AUGUST, 1927.

Being The Official Organ of

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

Motor Taxis. ·

Dame rumour has been quite busy recently concerning promo- tion of another taxi-cab company, but although there is no likelihood of taxis appearing as soon as some people assert, we have it on good authority that official application has been made, but that so far, the necessary permission has been witheld. We feel sure that there is a wide demand for such vehicles, and they will doubtless be provided in the future,. In the meantime, the authorities appear to be care fully investigating the matter, and we trust that these investigations will not be unduly delayed. Public Vehicles.

CURRENT

COMMENT

Traffic Signalling.

The above paragraph serves to draw attention to the fact that the traffic constables on duty at Maga- zine Gap do not always think it necessary to direct ricksha traffic. These vehicles frequently cross over the road in order to proceed along the Coombe Road, and al- though the traffic man can observe approaching motor cars from the opposite direction, the, signal is sometimes given them to proceed round the bend at the very moment that rickshas are descending, and on the point of crossing over in the path of the ascending motor vehi clex. Rickshas should be directed to the left of the road, and if Although the present public hire necessary, compelled to stop until vehicles, to a certain extent, take the corner is clear of other traffic. the place of the taxis, there is con-1

stant complaining on the part of The Typhoon.

The obstruc- road was available for traffic with- tion was quickly removed, and the in a very short time of the gen dashing over it. The Shek-O

made at one place.

A NINETY MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY.

A Tribute to the Popularity of Motor Transport.

(Special to The Hongkong Telegraph.)

Even across the wastes of Wyoming, the Lincoln Highway leads the tourist over well-paved

roads on the shortest cut to the woat.

passengers regarding the varying From the motorist's point of fares charged. There are times when the drivers do hold out for view, very little damage was done extortionate rates, and the need for to the roads as a result of last week-end's wind and rain. The a definite scale of rates appears to rond at Deepwater Bay was cover- be clearly established. It has been suggested that taxi-meters should ed with sand to a depth of several be fixed to all such cars, but we do feet, and a breach in the sea wall not think this suggestion quite fair to some of the larger vehicles, which obviously cost more to run

Detroit, July 16. The popular than do the smaller carr. It would,

entrance to the west is by way of however, be possible to draw up a Rond escaped with practically no the Lincoln Highway- scale of charges covering both four damage, although it was fully ex- This is the road that thousands and seven seater cars. Such pro- vision would eliminate the possibi-pected that motor traffic would be on thousands of tourists have been interrupted at several places. Gon-taking each year, from the time erely speaking, the Colony's ronds it was first opened up as a complete re in very good condition, es- cross-country highway in 1918. pecially from the University right Now, brought up to the latest in through to the other side of Aber-road construction, it comprises a deen. This particular stretch is $90,000,000 investment for the benc The lady driver ascending the about the best argument which fit of tourists who would take the Peak the other day, was very could possibly be given in favour shortest and easiest route to the foolish to take Magazine Gap on of doing a job properly in the first west. the right of the white line. As it instance. Although the initial is, the corner is a blind one, and outlay may have been heavy, thou- had another vehicle been descend-sands of dollars must have been ing at that particular moment, a saved which would otherwise have serious possibly fatal accident, heen expended on frequent repair- would have resulted. Woman's in ing. Building a "cheap" rond is tuition may be mysteriously faith- about the height of extravagance, ful in some of life's aspects, but we because, outlay on repairs is an hesitate to place reliance in it when ever recurring expense, while the it attempts to see into the imme- road itself, is never in a really diate future of a blind corner. satisfactory condition.

lity of profiteering, thus earning the appreciation of people who have frequent need of a hired vehicle. Very Foolish.

NOISY MOTORISTS.

AFTER RECORDS.

Six-wheeled Car.

Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, the Homé Secretary, informed Sir R. Thomas (Lib., Anglesey) in the House of STEERING FROM REAR. Commons recently that in the first six months of this year there were more than 5,700 prosecutions in the Metropolitan Police District against motorists for not effectively silenc ing their machines.

only.

By this route we get ready access to the Rocky Mountains, the Yellow- stone and Yosemite national parks, and avoid the heat of the Mojave Desert besides the late opening and early closing Sierra passes of the northwest.

Back in 1903, Tom Fetch stepped into his one-cylinder Packard and, directed by a Union Pacific rail- road map and a compass, got to New York along what was to become the Lincoln Highway, in 53 days. A few days ago, LAB, Millet of San Francisco made the same trip on the improved Lincoln Highway in three and one-fourth days.

Short Streich Unpaved.

This testifies to the quality of this transcontinental road.

Only

Typical of the eastern part of the Lincoln Highway is the

concrete outside of Geneva, IL

Millions Spent on It.

Gravel in West.

Last year, the various states The route now goes on through 41 out of its 3331.5 miles from and the federal government spent Nebraska, past Omaha and on to New York to San Francisco are $17,000,000 on the Lincoln High- Cheyenne, Wyo, mostly on well still unimproved. This stretch is way, more than $15,000,000 of it graded gravel." The Wyoming

Rumours are current in British motor-racing circies of a freak car which is being built with the object of shattering all world's standing start records.

Amongst other unusual things, Sir R. Thomas: Is the Home the car is said to have six wheels, Secretary not aware that these in-and the rear pair are for steering ternal screeching motor syrens are

The driver is to be the causing intense mental anguish to front pair, while the extran are hundreds of patients in our nursing homes in London, even to the extent apparently to help holl the car on

to solid earth. of causing some of their deaths, and

the The greatest drawback does he not realise it is time for designer has yet found is a trana- him to take some drastic action? mission system that will stand the The Home Secretary: I do not strain. An ingenious scheme has know what other drastic action I been evolved; but he is not certain can take than the prosecution of whether it will last for one fast 5,700 in six months. Ex.

mile.

THE WHEEL. ̈

Six-wheeled motor buses are now running in London, and an engineering company in Czchoslovakia has patented a 12-

wheeled motor vehicle.

1 wonder did that long-dead apeman hairy. Whe felt a round for turn beneath ble heel, 'And watched it roll away, amazed and-wazy, Foresce that be had given us the wheel.

The "prop" that helps, the bird-like men

a-wing land

Is Just the spinning spoken without the zim

The cltlen ; the need for ruah and foss

ง Grows wore The world aries "Take me oft

my foot,"

The wheel that around with greasions bub

for yea Behind the slave's or oxen's plodding keel: And sighs for when the centipedal bus will, The wheel that wrote, new words op hist'ry's | On fifty wheels, ran gally down the street

In chariot swoopa which made the spearmen

PRITS

reel

The wheel that gave the first fouse to

gamble

When round the Coliseum chariots spedi That bore the tolling ambulants's scramble O'er pitted roads, beneath a cross-of red..

That made the conching days of Merrie Eng- And now is heard above, the cloud-banka dun

The wheel the bullocky has whipped with

carons When loads of wool were mited and malused

the sale:

The large, rotund, graceful contour of a new,

at Portland.

in Utah. When the weather is being for new construction The stretch is good, smooth and dry, favourable, it can be negotiated as result is that more than 98 per and the rest of the way on to Salt easily as any other part of the highway. But during unfavourable cent of the highway is improved.Lake City is good gravel.

The highway leaves New York From Salt Lake City, the road weather, many tourists turn to the Oregon Trail at Granger, avoiding and crosses New Jersey to Phila- goes on to Ely, Nev., and includes to Pittsburgh, a total distance of tween Orr's Ranch and the Good- this stretch, and reach the coast delphia, where it turns westward the only unimproved section be- The Goodyear Sec- At present, in addition to this377 miles. From Pittsburgh it cats year section. stretch there's a detour in eastern across Ohio, through Canton, Mans- tion crosses the Great Salt Lake fowa, which is also of dirt and im-field and Van Wert and goes Desert for a distance of 17 miles, is well graded and dragged, and The Lincoln on to South Bend, Ind. passable when wet.

Here a good concrete road takes makes a comfortable journey to Highway here is under paving

The detour begins its part in the Lincoln Highway Ely.

Fallon, Nev., 266 miles farther, construction. at Elgin, Ill., over a good road until around the south bend of Lake it strikes Iowa. The entire route Michigan and on to Clinton, Iowa, offers a choice of road, either by is marked.

It is the last part of this stretch way of Lake Tahoe to Sacramento, The rest of the road is well kept that must be detoured over rather or by the longer northerly route and epay of negotiation. Most of poor road, which should not be at-through. Reno, past Donner Lake and Truckee, Calif., alao to Sacra- the eastern part of the Lincoln tempted in wet weather. Highway, as far as Chicago and a There are two more dirt detours mento. The aborter route, how little beyond, consists of concrete, past Clinton, Ia., on the way to macadam and brick, wide and com- Council Bluffs, but these, are short fortable for travel. Farther west and the rest of the way is good gravel road is struck, this is mostly concrete or gravel. The dirt road graded and almost as good for is well graded and dragged, and touring as the concrete of the east. dries quickly after a rain.

ROADS FREED OF GLASS.

KEEP LIGHTS ON.

ever, is the better for travel, and brings the motorist into one of the most beautiful regions of the west. The rest of the way to San Fran- cisco is well paved over a clear stretch of 119 miles.

FREE AUTO IN- SURANCE.

The Minnesota state suprems The Detroit Automobile Club is court has just decided that park- Purchasers of one type of auto- saving quite a few punctures for ing without lights at night rend-mobile in America get free acci- Detroit's motorists. The club'sers the owner liable if injury re-dent insurance policies. This is

The only thing I can imagine worn is "glass patrol" gathera broken glass sults from a collisjon. By this in addition to a loss-of-use policy the treaded Fuxurious balloon Lyre off the streets after aceldents. In ruling, the driver of a car rua-paying an owner $5 a day for. about the base, erom the adway three months the patrol figures it ning into a truck without warn-overy day the owner is deprived

ing light on it, recovered damages.lof the car in ease of theft.:

spreading, with a deprosted expression

punctured on an unimportané nail,

(Sydney Sun.)

TIKE,

has picked up four tons of glass.

GOOD NEWS

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNC-

ING THAT THE 1298 HARLEY-

DAVIDSON MOTOR OYCLES ARE

DUE HERE ON SEPTEMBER 26th.,

SO WHY GET A 1927 MODEL ·

WHEN YOU CAN SECURE A 1928

NEXT MONTH?

Many Improvements.

For further details telephone K. 1242.

THE GASCON MOTOR CO.,

2, Kwong Wah Road (Opposite The Steam Laundry)

Telephone K1242,

REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN ON ALL MAKES OF MACHINES.

GOYLE

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