The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-25

Tn order to handle insane patients in a more humane and intelligent way, an automobile ambulance has been in. stalled in the psychoDath1c Ward ol Bellevue Hospital. New York Here tofore insane patients were taken 10 the hospital in police patrolsS put th1s @ system has not been satisfactory Now when call is received the motor ambulance carrying two trained nurses, will be sent out after the un- fortunates. - service by a large department store company of Indianapolis, for haul1ng g ol1t-of-town customers from the trac- tion and railroad stations to the
 The Louisville Motor Club has sue ceeded in getting the Kentucky off1c- .iaIs to waive the rule requiring license numbers to De printed OH the 1e1iip0
 The Detroit Board of Commerce and the Wayne County Road comml sslon- whereby the last-named body will cease its opposition to the scheme to bond the county for 8, 900, 900 for roads to be built within the next two years. The road commission is doing the best it can with about $100,000 a year at it's disposal. The. proposition for the S2 COG. 900 in bonds prOba bly, will be sup 111itted at the fall election. If it car ries it is certain that in three years wayne County will not only have more automobile factories than any m the the  | system of concrete and macada m roads a. series of boulevards which ] will operate toward the pleasure or the n1otorist and the profit of the far l Do not use any graphite for 1ubricat- ing the comnutator, as It Will snort circuit the current.
 When an acetylene l0mp lights 1 o71ickly with a yellowish flare. it is a l sign of leak somewhere. A lamp m ] good order should light up slowly, with i 1TrS noise followed by a pure white flame.
 See that the storage batteries are always held tightly in their box, and i that all connections are tight. Rub Der sheeting is good material for packing the batteries. and deadens vi- bration to a large extent.
 Few owners of cars, even those who drive much after dark, appreciate the importance of keeping the lens mir TOTS and front glasses clean. A greasy or dingy surface such as fol- lows one or two evenings driving ab- sorbs a considerable proportion of the i Ii ght. from the flame By far the best iz a mixture of denuatured alcohol ana water, equal parts of each being used, i it being found that this mixture cuts the grease and soot very well This Solution should be applied with clean, soft rag so as not to scratch the sur faces.
 off A bigger charge will be drawn | into the cylinders. and, the chances are that the engine will start on the switch the next time. In any case, the trouble. required to. start the engine will be greatly lessened.
 Pipes and passages of acetylene gen erators should Pe PeToa1ea1lg Clear oi9md and i if there is a cotton filter, for the gas 1 this should be changed occasionally ] The different parts of the generator should go. together freely and fasten without effort.
 continuous clicking or squeaking noise in. an engine cylinder should be ! investigated at once. as-it generally is a sign of loose or worn piston rings | Neglect of this may result in scoring i the cylinder walls. A pulling or crack 1 ing noise indicates that the compress ed gas is escaping into the air. and the leakage may be found to be caused by a Ieaky compression cock or spark1ng plug.
 New York hoteIkeepers and property owners generally, as well as the Street Cleaning Department, are supporting the National Highways Protective SO ciety in it's fight to prevent the drlp- ping of oil and gasoline from automo- piles, particularly in front of garages and at taxicab stands.
 One of the picturesque performances of the warfare of the future promises to be the chase of airships and sky cruisers of all kinds by automobiles The Germans think they have the model in a thirty-five mile an hour automobile which is armored plat form for Balloon guns" with ranges of from HOO to 12.467 yards. according to calibre. The French are confident that their automobile is better than +he German and would give a more striking account of itself firing from the ground at enemies soaring in the air The test of performance will only come with real war.
 The dawn of new era in steeIf12ak- ing is being hera1ded abroad and au tornobiIe engineers who have struggled with this problem are awakening t. the fact that 'fewelry steep. so-ca1led. is to be a regular product before the Electrical process is as might be stated, well in hand. Nearly all Ger -.--------+-=-- --.---------