Part 12

|----------------------------------------------------------------| | Hotels and Motor-Agents | | at RHEIMS | | | | Information extracted from the MICHELIN GUIDE (1919)* | |================================================================| | Key to Arbitrary Signs | | | | [...] Comfortable hotels with modern | | or modernised installation. | | [=CC=] Central Heating. | | [=L=] Electric Light. | | [=B=] Bath-room. | | [=W=C] Modern W.C.'s. | | [=T=] 104 Telephone number. | | Gar. [=2=] {Accommodation for auto- | | Shed [=3=] {mobiles, and the number | | Shelter [=4=] {which can be put up. | | adj. Adjoining the hotel. | | =Compressed Air= {Depot for "bouteille | | {d'air Michelin" for | | {inflation of tyres. | | [...] Repair shop. | | _Agt for_ Manufacturer's agent. | | [=3=] Garage and number of cars it will hold. | | =U= Inspection pit. | | [=E=] Petrol (gasoline) can be obtained here. | | [=E""=] Accumulators can be recharged here. | | [=A-A=] Agt. for the "British Automobile Association." | | | |---------------------- =HOTELS= ---------------------------- | | | | Grand Hotel (Temporary Annex), _50, rue Clovis_, [=L=][=WC=]. | | Hotel du Nord, _73 and 75, Place d'Erlon_, | | [=L=][=WC=] adj. Shed [=3=] [=T=] =6-14=. | | Hotel Continental,_93, Place d'Erlon_, | | [=L=][=WC=] Gar.[=2=] [=U=] Shelter [=4=][=T=] =147=. | | | |------------------ =REPAIR MECHANICS= ---------------------- | | | | -- STOCK MICHELIN (Compressed Air), | | =Vve. A. Mathieu=, _26, rue Buirette_. | | _Agt for_: de Dion, Renault, | | [=60=] [=U=] [=E=] [=E"=] [=T=] =5-06=. | | -- STOCK MICHELIN (Compressed Air), | | =E. Devraine=, _Pl. Colin and 220, rue de | | Vesle_, [=50=] [=U=] [=E=] [=E"=] [=A-A=] [=T=] =6-16=. | | -- STOCK MICHELIN, =Auto-Electro-Mecanique Lemaire=, _10, rue | | Hincmer, near the Cathedral_, | | [=20=] [=U=] [=E=] [=E"=] [=T=] =2-77=. | | -- Garage Central, L. Jeannon, _57, rue des Capucins_, | | [=40=] [=U=] [=E=] [=E"=]. | | -- Jacques d'Anglemont de Tassigny, _181, rue de Vesle_, | | [=10]= [=U=] [=E=]. | | -- Auto-Palace (de Balliencourt), _35, rue de Betheny_, | | [=10=] [=U=] [=E=] [=E"=]. | | -- Gaston Etienne, _11, rue Chanzy_, [=10=] [=U=] [=E=]. | | -- M. Triquenot & Cie, _9, rue des Moissons_, [=3=] [=E=]. | | -- E. Caenen, _8, rue Heidsieck_, [=3=] [=E=]. | | -- Brouard & Colmart, _20, rue de Savoye_, [=4=] [=E=]. | | -- Dieudonne, Cycles, _53, rue de Mars_. | | -- Doyen Freres, Cycles, _52, rue de Ceres_. | | -- Guerard, Cycles, _81, rue de Neuchatel_. | | -- Boissel, Cycles, _122, bis rue de Gambetta_. | | -- Siron, Cycles, _80, Avenue de Laon_. | | | | -------------- =CAR MANUFACTURERS= ----------------------- | | | | -- Panhard-Levassor Works, _83, rue Ernest-Renan_. | | -- Societe des Automobiles Brasier Works, _2, rue de Sillery_. | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | |* _The above information dates from June 1st, 1919, and may no | |longer be exact when it meets the reader's eye. Tourists are | |therefore recommended to consult the latest edition of the | |"Michelin Guide to France" (English or French), before setting | |out on the tour described in this volume._ | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | | THE MICHELIN TOURING OFFICE | | at 81, Fulham Road, Chelsea, LONDON, | | S.W. 3, will be pleased to furnish | | motorists with advice and information | | free of charge. | | | | _Special itineraries free, on request._ | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Transcriber's notes

Errors of punctuation and diacritics have been repaired.

Notations: =bold face text=, _italic text_.

Hyphens removed: "day[-]break" (page 32), "master[-]piece" (page 50), "net[-]work" (page 167), "wood[-]work" (pages 72, 144, 146).

Hyphens added: "key-stones" (page 132), "pre[-]historic" (page 18), "timber[-]work" (page 85).

The following words appear once each with and without hyphens and have not been changed: "day[-]break", "hand[-]rail", "iron[-]work", "stone[-]work".

Page 9: "Witry-les-Rheims" changed to "Witry-les-Reims".

Page 13: "seperate" changed to "separate" (On three separate occasions).

Page 23: "helmet" changed to "helmets" (They were supplied with helmets).

Page 55: "railling" changed to "railing" (wrought-iron railing).

Page 79 (caption): "of" added (supposed to be likenesses of).

Page 136: "roads" changed to "road" (The road turns abruptly).

Page 147: "Villers-Farnqueux" changed to "Villers-Franqueux".

Page 156: "Germas" changed to "Germans" (re-taken by the Germans).

Page 157 (caption of photo): "BETHANY" changed to "BETHENY".

Page 161: "earthern" changed to "earthen" (earthen ramparts).

Page 164 (title), page 176 (TOC): "l'Abesse" changed to "l'Abbesse".

Page 167: "per-war" changed to "pre-war" (retained its pre-war aspect).

Page 172: "Heidsick" changed to "Heidsieck" (champagne-wine firm of Heidsieck).

Note: All the above errors except for those on pages 9, 161, 172 were corrected in the 1920 edition of the book.