The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-27
THE AUTOM0-
 BILE WORLD

The conclusion reached by the Amer ican delegates to the Good Roads Con- gress held at Brussels is that a na- tional system of road building should replace the present plan.
 According to the assessors books the citizens of Walla. Walla. Wash, have ceased buying diamonds and are in vesting their money in automobiles The figures show that there have been 143 machines purchased inthat city dur x ing the last season.
 \ Conflict between city and State auto mobile license laws has developed in Louisville, Ky, the State law provid- ing that only it's license numbers need be displayed. Louisville municipal authorities. however, are insisting. through the police department, on the use of the tags issued by the sinking fund.
 The Newcastle Automobile Club. of Newcastle, Pa. has decided to pur- chase number of road drags and dis tribute them among the farmers of the surrounding country, where the roads are in poor condition. The drags will be made of heavy timber and will cost from s15 to s35 each.
 A cubic inch of oil will lubricate more than 1000 square inches of me- ta1lic surface, or approximately 15 pis- ton strokes of a by inch automobile motor, so that motor of this size, geared at a ratio of 3 to 1, would travel about 340 miles on a gallon of this oil. Such is the conclusion reached by one oil expert.
 It was given out recently that of ffty-nine departures from a we'll known White Mountain hotel on cer- tain day not one speeding guest used such an anticipated method of convey anc as a railroad train; they all went by automobile. It is also added that there are twice as many automobiles at hn n last year.
 As the result of the campaign for better street car service and safety for the public by the Socialist admin : istration of Milwaukee, Wis, the Mil swaukee Electric Railway & Light Com pany has ordered four light motor trucks for use in emergency cases. The company now uses two motor Wag- ons. It is planned to replace all horse drawn trouble wagons" with motor vehicles.
 Activity is in evidence on every Zide in the motor truck business, which promises to be a feature of the 1911 trade. It is possible that the motor truck business is being given an inn petus by the high prices of draft horses. The market for these animals is very active and they are bringing twice what they were a few years ago. Add to this the high price of hay and oats and the business man begins to make inquiries about motor-driven wagons.
 In recognition of the advertising she gave Trenton-made goods, the city council of Trenton, N. J., has adopted resolutions commenting Mrs. Harriet Clark Fisher upon her successful auto mobile tour around the world. Mrs. Fisher is the owner of an anvil works. All told, she travelled about 18,000 miles by motor car.
 It frequently happens that a bolt or nut is dropped into some inaccessible place, whereby much time and temper is lost in its recovery. If the car is fitted with a magneto, a simple bar magnet can be improvised by rubbing a screwdriver against the poles of the magnets This will be found very use full in recovering small steel objects such as nuts or split pins, which have fallen into the gear-box or under screen It is important that the screw driver be rubbed against the magnets in one direction only. say from heel to point.
 Undue noiso in the sear-box arises in