I PAGE NINETEEN i nont-mufi, precox. wtuxkshav. j im aiiy is, w. EVOLVING THE AUTO- WSfiSB&Sr XSiZ. r C2SSr"3V ' T.V iJ I II I Wlicci ana iasnions ruae care I A.J- ..-j Ll -oWR.. nfJV sr 1. Primitive man makes a sledge, and agei later put? rollers under it. 2. Prehistoric man invents wheel and fashions rude cart. 3. In 14th Century B. C, Hittites make war on Egyp tians with 2,530 armored chariots precursors of mod ern tanks. 4. Chariot races of early Christian ' era foreshadow speedway classics. 5. Ornate state coaches provide limousines for early modern period. 6. In 1796 Cugnot makes first steam carriage. 7. In 1887 Levassor is said to have designed first auto mobile with internal combus tion engine. white man's progress has passed them by, but the Oriental still find them satisfactory. The limousine of East ern Asia. Into Europe of the early eighteenth century cume the steam-drawn horse- tury. In the fourteenth century, couches of the most elaborate design end finish were being made, but their use was mostly confined to royalty or tliose of ample means. The Stntj Cnrriao-e of Uavnria, for instance, less carriage, antedating the locomo- de In the early Eighteenth century, five, a moiibter which was legislated was probably the most grotesquely out or existence Deiore ii u mure ornate vclncie seen ciuht wm.c limn n Kenrr of vears old. Tile velocl- ilmt timi.. It was hand carved pede and early'bicyele shortly after- wjth elaborate designs that covered wards tooK its place. j.iinousines, thee, of tlie Nineteenth Century. Finally we reach the present, and "Home, jaincs" sends our upholstered, comfortable vehicle gliding smoothly iilung paved streets. The limousine par excellence. Inventing the First Wheel The sledge, tlie first mrans of everv conceivable part, even extend ing down the spokes. Early Steam Carriages In 1'Cfl ("ugnot made a steam car riage in France. It was a great lum bering affair that accommodated three or four persons. But the difficulties which beset the Inventor In his efforts i liio i.,B(!nn Ntwl til lan- iiimnn transportation and one that is attendant upon such a task dis till used In many civilised countries, p,mrn.d h;m. Nothing much was Risking Life and Limb in 1894 Progress In the general adoption of the automobile as an economic utility was slow until 1894. Those who had the hardihood to venture forth In a motor car were not only the subjects of much popular derision but they were also conscious of tlie fact that they were jeopardising their chances of uninterrupted health to a very marked degree. In 1H94, how ever, the Petit Journal of Paris, or ganised a trial run from Paris to Bordeaux and return. The winner covered tlie distance at the average rate of IS miles an hour, but the. event demonstrated to tlie world that the automobile would go mure or less extended distances without blowing up or otherwise putting Its occupants to rxtreme hasards, and that It had endless possibilities In Its application to modern civilisation. America Rises to Control Industry The race for supremacy between the European countries and the Uni ted States In autnmobllo building began. The English invented tlie done wilh the strum carriage until WHENCE come the automobile? Search the encyclopaedias and the answer is a date and 1: a dissertation on self-propelled ve- s hides. Search the text books nnd find was developed In prehistoric days. onlv an amplification of the same And from that time on, all things j8l,2 whcn Richard Trevethiek made idea. were dragged on sledges until an- one m Knionj. This remained in Neither go to the source. Nor is other prehistoric inventor, many years ,lie invcI,tor's shop being improved it a matter for wonderment, for the later, evolved the wheel. or rt.palred, as the cose might be, source lies back, aires back, beyond Itut for the wheel, we might still unt w, when scverul other ma-, the dawn of civilisation. In myth- ,c carrying our burdens piece by cllllPi of tns tnm, design appeared, olopy, in legend or In the disclosures j,jccc, walking miles in our labors and TJ fnct (t wa durng that year that of the archaeologist can it be found, making an awful fuss about the whole B rft;uittr jine f ,tea;n carriages ran It begins with Tirehistoric man, business. ki.. . rl...ltnh..n mrl r'.l.... ..., that remote and little known Indi- Chariots, the world's first real ve- eoTCTin- tne distance in the hair- Y'i siuuiii, who, on.it.u.n ... - nicies, virrc i"i ..........; ..r..., raising spcu ol ten nines an nour. Jects far beyond his strength, grap- both In war and in peace, it not only pled feebly for the first laws of loco- required abundant skill to manage it, gpee!j Ljm;t pour Miles an Hour B,otion' " l .first ,ne I10"" rTtn". The opponents to the steam carriage Milestones of Progress without traces and I were i re. to roam J .nUtent ond determined in Alnravn M..et. Wr, .h m"i. ' " '." A" " i'T' l'!" their OP.lOsition tllt theV WCfC able .. j but the urivrr naa to or mosi u . ,,-,,,,. .hl.h ., ous to keep his feet while his chariot scril).d that'ot thrce mca mujt V-i",lM' ln--.. ,iven employed In the carriage. opera- " Ml,c e . tlnn tlmt a mnn must nrorrili it whiln in motion with red Untern or fUg; that the maxlmuia ipecd should be ruur niilr an liour, and that thrr Bamr economv, sprru, destruction and comfort. A strange company, but none the less true. Economy The pihherinp proto types the cren are given of mankind pushed and pulled rhiot Dar CXCPlience, the honor Is rent rocks before their cavern " riv .mirded to the Ultt- V doors, lmrricadinp themselves against . f , famous for their vie treat animals that hunted men for . . a,., n iw,ti n the treat food. The trucks of the ancients I The slaves of the Pharaohs, strain ing beneath the lash of thei tuiffjed treat stonp-brarinir tlie buildinir of the pyruuiida. The trucks of tiie Kpyptiansl Wheeled carts, oxen or horse pro pelled, hauled the mntrrial for con struction from the Middle Ages to tne dawn of the Twentieth Century. The trucks of Yesterday 1 And now treat vehicles, potent en gines of Mwcr, motor-driven, capable of enormous burdens, make an hour's work of what would have taken the ancients months, the Egyptians weeks, the later nations days. The trucks of today 1 Limousinei of Ancient Timet The wheels of time and progress moved and the stately chariots, dec orated, artistic, carried the statesmen, the tribune, the emperor In procession along the A r plan Way. The lim ousine of the Homanst Another circle of the centuries and behold the elaborate state coach of the kings of Europe, great lumbering vehicles wherein progress was slow but the Impression upon the peasants great The limousine of Divine Kiglit and nobility. Into tlie Orient, a hundred or more f ears later, an American missionary ntrmlucrd the 'rickshaw, that two wheeled vehicle whose motive power was the barefooted coolie. Mis im promptu Invention struck the Eastern fancy, and today In China, India or Japan will be found the same human propelled carta ut ligltt bauibvo, XUa were forhlduen ever to mow off n't.:- ....k .1 4 1- 1 u tories on the tie id of imttle. 1 Ith century, lis itnln- 11111 T o ! that 11 discouraged further r maYters. 11 nnd bought no lew t . an 2.500 t d nhanictraniporta- IleXs to chNrioli onto the lie d which pnnrd 8f.vpral lidTTte " force 8 ,rl?tlble 1 mt UZCl In 1HH3 Duller U believed to have beat an ignominious of these chariots retreat. Most built the first vehicle a tricycle rere equipped wnn riltw.,l.d i)V an ntPrnal combustion scythe-like knives on the si.lci and JntfJne Durng the same year the fastened to the spokes, so that rr7' internal combustion engine burning thing wiuun me iu w petroleum spirit was invented by was mowed down as It swept across Jottle,h pftimlpr, and thus were the field. Leard the Infantile cries of an lrs- Magnificei.ce o! Medieval TimeS dustry which was destined to become MT,r earnest T Jt aia v-? LiJ-!..-;..! Mtst.v. f,;,.'rw'v.'?"Vi.:,':..i:f iv - j ST' "Ttt k i . . m. T .--.t iltCj l ,r i r Jf a- I IJ J t I V I I ' I The First Automobile multiple clutch principle, the detach able wlieel oiid tlie 0 cylinder motor. The Germans produced their Merce des car which, fur several years, was the recognised leader, and the French developed several types that were ex tremely popular, heing piooeers In the Introduction of cars of tlie necessary power but of compact design. Allluii.irh the United States hod One of tlie most Interesting points ,n,t 0,1, foreign comietltlon more or In connection with tlie development e( successfully ever since 190i when of the automobile Is associated with au((iniohlle became a recognised A. M. levassor, tlie tint de.lgner. mrans of tranjportation In this cnun lle was a member of tlie lirm of Ton- iry t vu not until the war that liard and levassor, a French house dednits leadership was taken. manufacturing wood working ma- j chinery. During the rarls P.xhiblt Six Billions Is U. S. Investment. In lwiT both Fanhard and levassor This has (trown to a point where becsm. Interested In a motnr pro- the Tailed States Is a recognised felled boat exhibited by Daimler, leader In the automobile field. Last The boat made dally sailings on the year the ralue of eiports of motor Heine and attracted wide attention, cars and parts was $Jili,232178 and After the exhibit, I'ouhard and Le- the capital Invested In the Industry vassor secured the French patents for was over ao.oonoo.noo. There were the motor In Its application to the approximately 7,042T1 cars In oper boat and llien it was that Levasnor atlon In th United States and they made a design, using the motor as the consumed about 2,178,729,000 gallons propelling power for an automo- of gasoline. At the present time bile. He worked, nf course, with- there Is a ear for every 14 persons, out precedent, bu, curlomly en- a higher proportion than In any other ough. tliero has never been any country. What tha future holds la runri.nnt.l A..,. in tha store, even the most optimistic ear. designs which ba first outlined. Dot .venture. q guess. - jj;