Evening star., 1909-01-17

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contemplating series of tests of var1-
Gus carburetors on the market with a
view TO giving motorists the benefit OF
the knowledge gained.
1t is a wise precaution to go over the
bolts which secure the several sections
of a planetary transmission occasionally,
in order to see that no looSenesS exists.
In addition to new downtown club
house the Denver Motor Club has secur-
ed a country clubhouse about seven miles
south of the city for the coming year.
The Grand Rapids, Mich. Automobile
Club has found that its prospects for a
new clubhouse for the next season are
very bright. Four plans are being con-
Sidered.
The first year that the brougham type
of electrical automobile was introduced
in the CITY of New York seventy-two doc
tors adopted this type of car for use In
their service.
Austria will hold a commercial vehicle
competition fropl October to Il, and the
Automobile Club Of France will have
similar demonstration and test from No
vember 1S to 2S.
An occasional inspection Of the ball
bearings does no harm. They seldom
give trouble, and by the renewal of a
set of balls which appear slightly worn
a broken ball and damaged race may
be obviated.
A big road race limited to amateur driv
ers is being doomed by ]. Fred Betz.
wealthy Philadelphia motor enthusiast.
He says he will compete at the wheel or
his cars If such a contest is organized.
In repacking the gland of water c1rcu-
lating pump use plenty of graphite with
the packing. The spindle is seldom suffi-
cently fabricated. and the graphite will
go long way toward remedying this
There are now more than LOO taxlcaos
in operation in New York city
Chicago is the center of the motor buggy
manufacturing business, for there are
made no fewer than ten different makes
of the high -wheelers in that city.
The number of sef-propelled vehicles
registered. in England. Ireland, Scotland
and Wales has more than doubled in the
past three years. In 1905 the number was
74,03S: at the end of September, 1908, ii
was 154.391.
The Gidden tour this year already
promises to excel all its predecessors In
the number of entries. according to Frank
c. Hover. president of the Automobile
Club of Buffalo. and chairman of the con-
test board of the A A. A.
1t may only be faulty joint. such as a
leaky valve cap. etc. but it may be an
internal blow? which means badly fit
ting piston rings. or possibly the rings
have so moved that the slots are all in
line.
Motorists of New York whose cars have
carried dazzling searchlghtss have been
busy modifying them to comply with the
new ordinance which requires them to be
shaded so their rays will not confuse
either drivers or pedestrians.
While a great many racing enthusiasts
of the Lowell. Mass. Automobile Club
are strongly in favor of another big race
this year. the immense amount of work
necessary to successfully promote a big
contest causes the club officials to hest
tate.
Apparently not TO let the reputation of
Lansing Mich. as an automobile town
suffer. the local council and the motor
manufacturers located there are designing
to furnish automobiles to all the city de-
partments
ST. Louis motorists express much salts
faction at the decision of their Kansas
City confreres postponing their show.
which was scheduled for February Is to
20, the same week as the ST. Louis show.
1t is believed both exhibitions will profit
by the change.
The Syracuse Automobile Club is con-
sidering the advisa bility of establishing
official speed traps. There has been a
great deal Of disregard for the speed reg
ulations in that section of late, and if
necessary, the club officers mean to take
drastic action in the matter.
So great is the demand for 1909 regis
tration numbers that the Pennsylvania
state highway department has been forced
to work day and night to turn them out.
More than $4,000 applications have been
filed, and it is thought that the number
will exceed % 600.
Determined that the New Jersey Auto
mobile and Motor Club of Newark shall
not gain the honor of having the largest
membership of any local club in the coun-
try. the Automobile Club of Buffalo is
pushing a campaign to increase its roll.
1t now has nearly 1000 members.
Much satisfaction is felt by" New York
motorists because the new Greensboro
bridge which unites Manhattan with
Long Island. is to have special automo-
bile roadway. If present plans are car
ried out the bridge will be the only struc-
ture Of its kind in the countr, where spe-
cial provision is made for automobiles.
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Headaches after long runs, especially
at speed Or in cold weather, are expe-
cause of this is usually too thin cap,
permitting the head draughts to beat on
the temples and upper front of the skull.
1t is an easy matter TO line the front of
any cap above the peak with chamois
leather.
Care in the fitting of new magnetic con-
tact breaker parts is always requisite. as
patterns are continually changing. and a
very minute divergence in the shape or
measurement of contact breaker spares
will affect the ignition timing. The date
and number of the magnetic should always
be given in ordering requirements.
In the old days steel that would stand
up TO half million vibrations under the
stress of half the elastic limit was said
TO be good enough to place in safe de-
posit vault, but the automobile makers
of today are making strenuous efforts
to exceed 100000 vibrations at half the
elastice limit.
So great has been the rush for space
at the Philadelphia show that the heavy
expense of tearing down walls to add
one or two big rooms to the main floor Of
the armory in which it will be held
has been undertaken by the show COM
mittee. This will give several hundred
feet more OF floor space, but il will still
be far from enough