AMONG THE ALPS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 19

AMONG THE ALPS

MOTOR COACH SERVICES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Arrangements have been completed, at a conference held recently'at- Cortino d'Ampezzo, fo. ra considerably extended service of motor coaches next summer in tho Italian Alps, with extensions into Switzerland and France. There is hardly'a road in tho Alps which' is not now covered by motor coach services; some of these vehicles crossing at altitudes of more than. 9000 feet. Under the recent agreement the coach services will not stop at the frontier line, but will be continued into the adjoining country, thus giving an opportunity; for international travel hitherto unknown. Among these important services is one from July to September around Mont Blanc, from Chamonix over the Grand and the Petit St. Bejnard to Courmayer, and vice^ versa. There will be two .services, one by a French and the other by. an Italian company. A very convenient and popular international servico is one from' Turin in Italy over tho Alps to Brianeon in France, thus uniting two towns which are only indirectly connected by rail. The height of the pass on this route is 6669 feet. Twenty passenger coaches are used for'this run. There is another direct daily service from Turin to Nice, via the Col de Tendc, at an altitude of 3248 feet. Mont Cenis, 6836 feet above sea level, can be reached daily by motor coaches starting from Turin, and fr.om the top of the pass French coaches carry travellers to Modane and Chambery. As exhibitions are being held in Turin and Milan this summer, arrangements have been made for joint rail and coach tours from France, Switzerland, and Austria to these two cities. Kail and coach interests are working together on this programme. A device is stated to have been put out in Germany '■ designed to eliminate shock to automobile passengers. It consists of two clastic rubber shoulder pieces of belting fastened to the rear of the car and brought over the passenger's shoulders.^ It is supposed to catch tho passenger'on the rebound and hold him in place. A great many things which are offered to the motorist are in the nature of experiments as far as he is concerned. The craze for experiment lies deep in 'the' make up of a surprisingly large number ,of people, and it is exploited by all kinds of shrewd and sharp business men with a view to turning a more or lessTionest penny. The, owner driver should take it as an axiom that the manufacturer of his car, who has spent ;inuch time, money, and research in perfecting its design and manufacture, will have carefully canvassed any and every thing which may have given an indication of being in the least likely to provo an improvement. "Leavo wellTalone" is an excellent maxim for every owner-driver whose car is doing good performance. Operating parts of the brake system,, regardless of typp, kind, or make, should be oiled regularly. All moving parts of the brakes,.to be kept in effi-

cient condition, must act freely. Keeping brake systems lubricated may menu merely a few drops of oil on the threads of the adjusting nuts or on the anchor pins. It will simplify the task of adjusting the brakes or removing the bands for relining. Primarily, however, the importanco of oiling tho brakes is linked with safety.