The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-05
AMONG THE AUTOMODILSTS
BUFFALO CLUB PAST THOUSAND
MARK IN MEMBERSHIP.


struggle Between westera New York Or
EanIxatIOn and Now Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club Of Newark for second
Place an Interesting One-GOsslp.
IL would appear the argument over which
automobile club In this country IL the second
largest In point OF membership-the Auto
mobile Club OF America holding the premier
position e~asily--is to become rather interest,"
Ing during the coming winter recruiting sea-
son. A few months ago the Automobile Club
OF Buffalo claimed that 1t was the second
largest motoring organization in the country
which statement was challenged by the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor III or
Newark. AZ a recent meeting, however.
ninety-six members were elected to the BuK-
nal organization. bringing the total mem
bership OF the club up to i.O21, with the New
ark organization vet to be heard from re-,
gardIng Its present membership strength.
An ingenious Quaker City automobile
an itinerant repair s~hOp-which promises TO
bring him In more than the mere Oresu anu
garage Jobs. saving up his dollars. be was
able TO- buy an ancient runabOut at small
cost. which he put into good running order
Upon the frame he installed a box body,
which he fitted out 9Th a reasonably COM
AFFORD TO buy. Then he hied him to the Old
York road, where automobiles are as D lenti-
full as are carriages on an ordinary park
plies In his ancient vehicle. which bears on
both sides the legend Autos Repaired" and
OF a day. Saturdays and Sundays are his
best days. although his receipts on the other
days Of the week average sufficiently high 70
warrant a continuation of the venture until
wintry weather drives the bu Tx of the auto
mobile trave OF the roads. He does excellent
work. too, and as the fact that he In on the job
10 becoming knownall along the much travelled
road he Ii often ummOned to q case by a
notorteC who. seeing a ~nreakdSwI. notes the
and is usually Hs gladly welcomed as the dis
ciple OF EsCulapius imam emergency
Out in Milwaukee the police department
has introduced motorcycles Tor the use Of
patrOlmen assigned to prevent undue speed
ing. August Jonas. one of the dealers OF the
city. sold one Of the motorcycle cops a speed
The cop donned plain. clothes and shortly
afterward he happened to meet Jonas while
plain Clothes mar coaxed Jonas into a race
and the speed indicator recorded a rate of
81 miles an hour during. one squirt. Mr..
guarantee Of the speed indicator and there
fore paid 80 and costs In court.
Most automobilists will be surprised to
learn that there Is anything not utterly simple
and obvious about trimming an oil lamp. vet
operation of this familiar source of illumina-
tion which may fool the most expert. A
common difficulty. for example, is the pro-
ductiOn of a flame with a horn at one side
Almost invariably this one sided burning is
attributed TO a projecting thread OF some other
irregularity OF the wick. but repeated retrim-
ming may fail to correct il. In this case it
will be found that the wick tube is not ac-
curately centred in the draught shield. with
the result that the rising currents OF heated
air are greater in volume and velocity on one
side. The trouble may be due either to n
bending of the wick tube. IN which case IL
should be Strengthened, or to q displacement
of the shield, which usually springs into place
and may fail to catch Town on one side. The
slightest want Of alignment of these two
important elements Of the burner Is sufficient
to cause the trouble, a sixteenth OF an inch
being enough to dist tort the flame. Irregu-
lar names due to faulty trimming can be dis
tinguished from the one under discussion by
certain characteristic features. With the
~misalignment OF the burner parts the point
OF the lame is AT the extreme side and curves
in q WIDE. even sweep away from the vertical
line of the wick tube. A point on the wick,
on the other hand, produces a point in the
name almost Immediately above IL. In trim
ming wicks the oft advised plan OF turning
them almost out OF sight into the wick tube
and rubbing on the charred portions with a
match. is by all means the best. Trimming
with scissors never should be resorted to un-
less the wick is new or very irregular. II ts
a good plan 10 wash wicks in gasOlene. letting
them dry before using them. however.