The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-09
THE AUTOMOBILE WORLD

The worst drawback to motoring in Kentucky is the excessive rate of tolls on the main bikes. The average per car on the Glidden Tour run from Covington to Louisville was about s. Sudden changes of the character of quantity of mixture when a motor is laboring should cause trouble. Shock is a bad condition to induce in any thing. A motor is no exception to the rule.
 When the steering gear develops enough lost motion to annoy the chauf- feur, it is pretty nearly time for the owner of a car to call in his family lawyer make his will, and arrange his earthly affairs.
 Finding that warnings did not ac- complish their purpose the police au- thorities of Plainfield, N. J., have es- tablished a number of speed traps about the town and have stationed officers with stop watches in them. Prince Edward Islands legislature, by a unanimous vote, has refused to repeal the law making it criminal offense, punished by a high fine, to run an automobile on any of the pub lie highways in the province.
 Fire Commissioner Waldo of New. York City, has awarded contract for chassis to cost $4,500. On this frame he proposes to erect regulation steam fire engine and to place the fin- ished product in one of the downtown districts where there are so many alarms day.
 Providence, R. l., is considering the passage of an ordinance regulating automobile traffic through its streets. The ordinance contemplates putting into effect the tsone way rule on many of the business streets and the setting apart of various sections for parking purposes.
 Many of the horse breeders in the famous Blue Grass region of fassKen- lucky had their colts down at the edge of the road when the Glidden tourists passed through that section, and more than one runaway resulted. The horsemen were trying to break their animals to the sight of automo- piles.
 Even a circus has to be modern nowadays to be successful. Henry Ringing, one of the six famous broth CTS, has purchased a modern touring car and now he always heads the "astounding aggregation of the at fractions of the air, earth and water" in his new automobile.
 "Motor Row." being erected in North Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, at cost of S1. 100000, will be equipped with a station for the alighting Of aeroplanes and also a depot for the accommodation of .aeronauts. A struc- ture the height of the buildings will be erected for the aeroplanes, while the roofs of the buildings will be us- ed as depot.
 It is advisable to inspect and "air'' the spare covers and tires which may be carried upon the car enclosed in waterproof covers, for if such tires remain in their coverings, for some months they may become mouldy and rotten-owing to want of air to dis pei the certain amount of dampness which must find its way inside the cover in course of time.
 Employers of high grade machinists, pattern makers, molders and other skilled help in the metal trade at Cin- cinnati declare there is decided shortage in supply because 5000 work the past six months to meet the ex- traordinary demand for such labor, created by automobile factories.
 A hydro-carbon motor controlled by one lever, that starts without cranking and runs at any desired speed, is the latest creation of well=known inven- tor This engine operates exactly as a steam engine, but does not have the attendant complications of steam. It works equally we'll on alcohol, crude oil kerosene or gasolene.
 Not content with the revenue which the automobile brings to them in the ordinary course of events, farmers at Contee Md, have made "mudhole" in the Washington-Baltim boule~ vard and lay in wait there for the unfortunate tourists who get stuck in the mud. They are in the habit Of charging s10 to pull a car from the mire which enshrouds it.
 It is we'll to examine the back axle tension rod from time to time. When these rods fail it is usually in the thread of one of the nuts at either end. so that it is quite possible for ha though it may appear all right un- less carefully examined. The mission of the tie-rod is to keep the back axle from sagging, and there is no doubt that the vast majority of axles re- quire this support.
 In order to regulate traffic in it's downtown district, St. Paul, Minn., is considering an ordinance which pro- vides that no corner be turned at a speed to exceed five miles an hour; that no vehicle be allowed to stand in one place for more than 30 min- utes, except between 6 p. m. and ' a. m. and no vehicle shall be allowed to stand within 40 feet of a corner. The other regulations are the ordi- nary rules of the road. Violations of the law are to be misdemeanors and will be punished by fine not to ex- ceed s100.
 Thomas Snow, of Lone Jack, Mo-, is a luky man. Word has come from Lone Jack that he has received an offer from Paris of $70,000 in cash with royalties on the side, for a new wheel which he has invented and which is destined to put the pneumatic tire out of business. In explanation of the matter it is stated that the Snow in- vention is designed to replace the comparatively fragile and costly pneu- matic tire without subjecting the ve- hicle to undue shocks and jolts or strains" If the Lone Jack inventor has really succeeded, where all others have failed s70,000 and royalties is a small price.
 The motorist should be particularly careful not to impose unnecessary hardships upon the tire eQuinnnant if