The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
THE AUTOMO-
 BILE WORLD

| The use of tchains, except where l absolutely necessary is to be avoided
 by motorists, as they loosen the l threads, and do great amount of l harm to the tires. 1 Lubrication, if it is properly called l for if the lubricant reaches the, areas l fluence of relative motion as well, will do much to stave off old age.
 Patches for repairing punctures
 The patches will be thicker than is
 must be carefui1y beve1ed, or the | friction with the outer cover will be 1 sufficient to loosen them.
 The winter of 191O-11 already gives | promise of being a t'closed-car win 1 proof that practically all makers have taken especial pains to turn out ve- | hic1es of the kind which modern American cars are now being sent to the far corners of the earth. One Detroit firm has shipped fifty-eight cars to New Zealand and a consign-
 Tnent to the Philippines, while another Detroit company has sold two three
 ton trucks to a transportation com pany on the island of Luzon.
 Announcement that a leading Amer | ican motorcars manufa cturer has a1- ready decided to erect a factory in
 Europe to compete against foreign makers in their own territory is apt
 to stir up howl on the far side of the Atlantic.
 Tn crossing railroad tracks, always
 run diagona11y, so that the wheels
 strike the rails singly and not in
 pairs, thereby diminishing the jar
 It is poor plan to hang goggles apt to stretch the elastics, and this will eventually. prevent them from
 setting on the head in a proper man ner.
 Prepared chalk and ammonia will clean the brass work of car. Mois- wifi a r11Io all the mixture off with clean cloth. A solution of one part of spir- it's of turpentine and ten parts of water will brighten up the paint if applied with clean cloth.
 One method of avoiding noise and the explosion of unfred charges is to keep the si1encer clean. This will also obviate back pressure. The sur face of the silencer assists to cool the exhaust to an appreciab1e extent, and the cooler the waste gases enter the air the less the noise. A little mud on the silencer will cause a whole lot of unnecessary noise.
 A good formula for renovating black rubber or leather top from which the enamel has largely disap- peared z,c consists Q of liquid asphaltu1n, varnish, one-quarter gallon; boiled linseed oil. one-eighth gallon; castor oil, one-sixteenth gallon; coach japan. e-quarters pound. Mix these in gredients thoroughly together in closed vessel to permit active Shak- ing. After agitating the contents sharply for a time, and refined or pure turpentine in a quantity suffi- cient to bring the mass to a good brushing consistency.
 Railroad men are pretty well agreed that extensions of present systems and the building of new lines will proceed very slowly from now on, improvement must be relied upon to give better and quicker transporta- tion facilities to sections not directly on the line of railroads.
 Never before has the n1otorcar play ed so important part in DO litical campaign as it is doing this. office are using it to visit towns and as a movable speaking platform, while in New Jersey the rights of the car are embodied in blanks inserted in the platforms of both the leading parties and the rival nominees for Governor are striving to outdo each other in promising motOr-Vehicle leg islation reforms.
 The automobile has given life and l growth to a great many industries in 1 the many manufacturing centers of | New Jersey. Statistics gathered by l the Department of Comm cree and La 1 Dor, when published. will prove the | industries indicated by the recent l canvass made by member of the l New Jersey Automobile and Motor | Club. It has created an unprecedent- l ed demand for skilled labor, giving | employment to large number of 1 well paid mechanics. such as molders. l sheet metal workers, machinists, | benchmen, woodworkers, painters, f1n- | ishers and upholsterers,s besides vast l army of men in the production of ac- | cessories and materials used.
 Europe is taking up the small car | very rapidly, according to Vincenzo l Lancia. In all European countries, | particularly England and Italy, he | says, the demand for the light, low | powered machine is increasing. Equal l quality, light fuel consuming and low | cost of upkeep are the attributes of | the small automobile that make it | popular There is no doubt in my mind that the five passenger car will | in time practically displace the larger