Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

inlet pipe of a multi-cylinder engine per-
fectly tight. Sidckness at any point per-
mltS the entry of certain quantity of
extra. air, which renders an operation of
starting the engine more difficult
An effort is being made by the Sacra-
mentO. Cal. Automobile Club to have the
state fulfill a promise made ten years ago.
TO furnish material to macadam the road
from Sacramento to Folsom on the con-
dition that the county OF Sacramento do
the work.
Believing that improvement of the
roads leading into their city will tend To
increase business, the South BEND Ind,
business Mems Association has appoint
ed a committee to urge the betterment of
all highways in the South Bend vicinity.
British motorists who have been hoping
for several years that the government
would establish Il central highway de
partment are much encouraged by the
fact that Chancellor of the ExChequer AS
quith is seriously considering this plan.
In the effort to pay off the debt
St Finbar's Catholic Church, Bath
Beach, Rev. William A. Gardiner. pastor,
has donated his automobile. which he has
used only a few months 1t Will be sold
and the proceeds devoted to the church
fund.
Since the invasion of the Pacific coast
by the American fleet and sightseers
from the east. the discovery has been
made that there are more automobiles
In that section of the country than any
one except residents supposed.
w. II Brophy and NJ j. Cunningham
of BiSbec, AriZ. recently came across a
herd of antelope while out in their car.
The antelope took flight and the car pur-
sued them, finally coming in range. The
hunters bagged three.
There are good prospects for Il ?erma-
nent market in Algeria for light: strong,
medium priced car. Automobiles are eN-
tensively used by wine and oil merchants
who have To travel in districts where as
yet the railway does not exist.
Charles J. Glidden predicts that the
1:te, Glidden tour will be west of Chicago
To Denver, and that 1910 will be made
through England. 1t is proposed to run
special trains from New York to Chicago
and return To convey eastern motorists
10 the starting point in 1909.
Iowa is the third state in the Union in
extent of road mileage. The use of the
public highways is SO vast that II teams
enough could be assembled to do in one
day the travelling done in the state in
year the line would reach once and a half
around the earth.
The saving of automobile touring over
by a party from Salt Lake City TO Idaho
Falls The running time was twelve
hours and thirty-ive minutes for 24a.l
miles. The cost was $3.50. Railroad
fares for the same party would have been
500.
The Motor Union of Great Britain and
Ireland has now tablished agencies in
Boulogne. Dieppe Havre, Bordeaux and
Marselle. and will furnish all American
tourists with driving license and certi-
fcate of Registration for his before
driving on French roads.
Important results are expected from
the mechanical efficiency dust exhaust
and brake tests arranged by the New
York Automobile Trade Association for
September 1t and II. In conjunction
with brake tests will be comparative
trials of trotting horses. hitched To sui
keys light road wagons and heavier
vehicles.
Replacing pistons in their cylinders is
sometimes attended with considerable
trouble. due to the difficulty of starting
the rings into the cylinder bore turn
of fine steel wire should be taken around
each ring and its ends drawn together
so tightly that the ring is compressed be-
low the level of the piston surface After