. Review of reviews and world's work. enough for a 70-mile journey,and nearly any country store can replenish thesupply. In the matter of operating cost per year,there is practically no difference between this car-Iiage and the steam carriage ; with ordinaiy useand care, $200 or $300 will cover everything ineither case. The chief drawbacks to the gasoline carriageare the noise, vibration, and odor. Every visi-tor to Paris, where gas-driven automobiles swarmon all the boulevards, will remember how hisnostrils have been offended, as these panting ma-chines sweep past, withthat of
. Review of reviews and world's work. enough for a 70-mile journey,and nearly any country store can replenish thesupply. In the matter of operating cost per year,there is practically no difference between this car-Iiage and the steam carriage ; with ordinaiy useand care, $200 or $300 will cover everything ineither case. The chief drawbacks to the gasoline carriageare the noise, vibration, and odor. Every visi-tor to Paris, where gas-driven automobiles swarmon all the boulevards, will remember how hisnostrils have been offended, as these panting ma-chines sweep past, withthat ofimperfect vain do makers af-firm that there is noodor ; it suffices forany one to drive alongin the wake of u gaso-line carriage to drawhis own conclusions—and his pocket-hand-kerchief. True, thisiinpleasant feature af-fects those in the car-riage less than thosebehind it ; yet it issufficient, alas ! for all.(3ne might expect thesame odor in the steamcarriage, since gaso-line is burned here, too ; but such is not the. SPECIAL ELECTRIC (The winning vehicle in the road race of the AutomobileClub of America, April 14, liXX). Time: 2 liours, 3 minutes,30 seconds, over the 50-niile course of country road. Gradesof this type of electric vehicle are sold as low as Sl,350.) case, the reason being that in the latter gasoline is projected into the fire
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