The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-06

Robert Lee Morrell, chairman OF the au-
tomobi!e manufacturers committee Tor
the stock car road race next spring, COM
ments as follows on the rules for the con-
test which were adopted at meeting OF
the rules committee last week.
Automobile enthusiasts should under
stand that the entry fee for~the race was
unanimously fixed at $1,000 because an In
ternational contest OF this kind calls for
a greater expenditure OF mo7ey than
might be figured on first thought The
Vanderbilt cup commission of 1905. OF
which / was chairman, expended about
s1s. 50O as near as can recolect, for one
days sport.
''For the contest next spring it will be
necessary to oil about az miles OF road
for the course and the policing arrange
ments for circuit of that length must
necessarily be very elaborate and there
fore expensive. This with the other ex-
penses that will have have to be met,
will bring the total cost of the contest up
TO about $4,000. Having In mind ths
sa fety OF the contestants, IL has been de-
cded to limit the entries 10 one car Tor
each mile of the course, which limits the
entries to 40. If the entry fec had been
set at 500. as had been proposed, this
would only have provided "a total OF w.
600, which would be inadequate 10 con-
duct the contest In a thorough manner.
1T was therefore decided to make the
half of this would be returned TO the en-
trants II the profits of the contest were
large enough. As the grand stands az
the Vanderbilt cup races have earned a
great deal OF money, IL is confidently eN-
pected that not only will the entrants re-
ceive half of their entry fees back after
the race hut also that substantial
amount will still be left to be turned over
to the local authorities for highway i'm
provements in the county In which the
contest will be run"
AS n general rule some one OF the lead
ing American cars leads I'm those regis
tered at Albany In the secretary of states
Office. but last week an imported ma
chine, the Renault, led the list, with
eight registrations. Next In line was the
Thomas, with six cars registered, the
Rainier and Packard being tied for third
place, with five each. There were four
each of the Ford and Pope cars, while
Locomobile. Maxwell Winton, Autocar
and Peerless were represented by three
each
In nearly all standard constructions en-
ployed now the fabrication OF pistons and
connecting rod bearings is done by the
splash system. and great care should he
taken to maintain the proper oil level In
the crank case. Fill through the hand
hole or pipe on engine case until thln
blue smoke comes from the munler. II
the smoke is thick and heavy II shows
the oil level is too high. Engines and
transmission are usually oiled by me-
chanical feed lubricator either under the
hood or on the dash, and as the weather
gets colder and the oil hardens II will be
found necessary TO open up the drips
slightly I'm order to get the required num-
Der of drops per minute.
The authorities OF Wiesbaden, Germany,
are reported to. be sending automobiles
loaded with policemen in plain clothes out
on the roads in the vicinity OF the city
for the purpose of arresting stone throw
ers and also automobilists who violate
the speed limits
with a view OF securing the limestone
best adapted for making state highways,
the PENNSYLVANIA state officials are con-
Quoting series OF tests OF the York
county limestones and other rocks, and
IL has been found that they are almost
perfect for the construction OF good
roads The highway officials OF the Key
stone state have been working hard on
the good roads question for some time
and have received the hearty support OF
the Pennsylvania Motor Federation. The
addition OF harder stone In equal proper
tions to the limestone has led to very
gratifying results The state road off,
cials are now conducting number OF
experiments TO prevent mud or dust on
improved state roads. and number OF
recently completed sections have been
treated with surface applications with
very good results.
When a body that has been In use for
some time begins to show signs OF sagg-
ing so that the door latches have TO be
turned forcibly In order to draw up the
rear OF the tonneau and close n very APP
preciable crack II is high time the IRON
ing should be looked after and strength
ened. In some Instances whore wooden
frames are used II Is sufficient TO reset
the screws which hold the irons TO the
frame or TO replace them with larger
ones In others it- Will be found -neces-
sary 10 install an extra bracket or two
az the point which shows signs OF the
greatest amount OF working. In any case
the structure should never be permitted
TO remain in such a condition that the
iatches arc required 90 carry any mate
rial load. as they must do when the cf-
feet OF engaging them Is TO close UP the