Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

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ing noise at each stroke of the piston.
The engine should be stopped at once.
as forcing 1t to FUN may mean badly
scored cylinder as we'll as seized
piston and many difficulties resulting
| therefrom.
A lively war between motorists AND
| farmers over what is known as tine
three-mile gravel law looms in the In
/ diana legislature. The law forces
! county commissioners to build a road
providing it will connect two other
| improved roads, on petition of fifty
| property owners of the county. Cities
and towns have been ordering streets
paved at county expense under the law
and farmers are Directing.
| According to the actual figures the
number of exhibitors at the show in
Madison Square Garden, New York, in
creased 100 per cent since 1905. In
| the same period the amount of floor
| space utilized for this show in Madison
/ Square Garden has increased 40 per
cent. At the next show. January 16
| to 23, there will be about 5000 feet
more space available than there %as
| last year.
| Under the present plans for improv-
ment. it is expected that roads leading
| to Atlantic City, n. j., the mecca of
fun-loving motor tourists in the cast.
will excel anything in the country
| opens.
| 1t has taken the board Of United
States general appraisers two years to
decide that drop forgings are forginSs
| and should be admitted as such when
imported from abroad Heretofore
| they have been classed as "manufac-
lures of metal" and assessed 45 per
cent. instead of 50 per cent, which is
| the duty on ''forgings."
The sum of So. 900 has been spent on
| the roads. and the labor of 1000 convicts
has been donated by the state to make
the Savannah course the finest in the
| world for next weeks race.
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| Unless grease cups are turned down fire.
quently there is tendency for the lubri-
cant to dry in the ducts to which they
are connected. which is increased il they
are of any considerable length. On this
account car which is to be left standing
| for any length of time should be gone
| screwed down, or else both cups and pip
| ing should be cleaned out thoroughly and
| left empty.
Two things are to be avoided in replac-
| justment in hot cylinder. which makes
! it almost impossible to remove it after
ward the other being the breaking Of the
| insulation. If of porcelain. through con-
tact with a wrench. Socket wrencheS. If
made too narrow in the neck. will often
cause fracture of the insulator unless
| held perfectly in line.
! Data for the official handbook of speci-
tications. which is issued annually by the
American Motor Car Manufacturers AS
| socationS. are in the hands of the printer
| and the book will be ready for free dis
| tributiOn in a short time.
! A movement against exhaust pipes that
turn down toward the road has been be-
| gun by the Automobile Club of Philadel-
phia as it has been found that the pipes
cut peculiar burrows. 1t is suggested that
| the eXhausts be turned parallel with the
| road S surface.
| X
| A radiator and fan designed to give the
best temperature in summex will cool the
engine too much in winter. If the car is
used in very cold weather it may be quite
! feasible to remove the fan belt altogether
without producing overheating. If this
is found impracticable. sheet of tin may
| be made to the outline of the upper por-
| ton of the radiator and wired to the
| back of the radiator to cut off a portion
| of the fan draft.
|
| the action of the motor and accessory
manufacturers organization in refusing
| to sanction exhibits by its members eX-
| cept at the New York, Boston and Chi
cago automobile shows Thus far the ban
| has only reached the Newark, n. J..
show. but if carried out will affect shows
| I'm st. Louis. Pittsburg. Buffalo. Philade-
| phia. Cleveland, San Francisco, Detroit
and other large cities.
|. Motoring is growing in popularity in
/ a
| American consul-general. William II. Mi
chael. shows that J61 drivers tickets were
| issued up to March 81. 1908, as compared
with 1914 on the same date last year.
| A western agent has adopted a novel
scheme for demonstrating at night the
working of the motor in his car. He has
placed under the hood several electric
| lights, and the motor can be seen in full
operation through the heavy glass panels
of the hood.
| The Cleveland Automobile Club is work
ing hard to make it's special train to the
! Savannah race IL success. 1t is hoped to
take at least three Pullman loads The
party will live on the train for six days.
An invitation was extended to William
h. Vanderbilt. il. to act as referee for
the Grand Price race. but he declined
pleading poor health and business as an
excuse.
Much progress in road improvement in
| Georgia is being made as a result of the
change in the system of utilizing convict
labor. due to the efforts Of an Atlanta
! newspaper COnvicts' time is now en-
plOyed exclusively on roads instead of be-
/ ing farmed out to mine and mill con-
! tractors.
The good roads movement in Mort
| Carolina had its inception in a peculiar
| way. A number of enthusiasts living
| near Charlotte induced the county to
build several miles of macadam. Imme-
diately farm values in the vicinity rose
SO per acre. Other farmers heard of it.
| and the demand for better roads was
instantaneous.
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