The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28
THE AuTOM0-
 BILE WORLD

It is said that one automobile con- cern has a contract placed for 1O,- season.
 Exports reached top-notch figures in March Figures compiled by the Government authorities show that all previous records have been broken, the million-dollar mark being reach ed. British North America was the best buyer, getting $524,209 worth of goods.
 Not content with sending out print ed notices of speed traps, the Ma tional Automobile Association of Bos- ton now prepares sketches, showing the location of these centers of road way activity. These sketches are plain and easily understood, and are accompanied by valuable hints such as ''slow down. "sound horn," etc.
 Rabbits are a pest in Kansas, but as they travel at the rate of 30 miles an hour automobiles are about the only thing that is fast enough to get within 'potting'' distance. Dan Lewis and his Glidden pathfinding friends discovered this, and they derived con- siderable sport from going after the jacks with repeating shotguns.
 Any motor will, after continued use, accumulate rust and grit depos- it's in the water jacket. If this de- posit is not removed sooner or later, it's presence will cause the motor to overheat. If the cylinders are re- moved and turned bottom up, a good strong stream from a hose. will re- move a great part of this deposit. | A sharpened piece of drill rod or | stout wire will assist greatly in loos- ] ening up any of the rust flakes inside | the jacket.
 | According to Logan Walter Page director of the highway division of the Department of Agriculture, at 1 ocloi in crfn n | is in some respects an almost ideal | permanent road binder, especially l when motor traffic only is encour- tered. When mixed in proper propor- tions with a suitable mineral aggre- | gate, it produces a hard, rigid con- | crete, we'll designed to withstand the | hearing strains exerted upon it by | the wheels connected with the driving | mechanism of motor cars, and prac- 1 tically unacted upon by the large pneumatic rubber tires of such ve- | hicles.
 It is great mistake to use an au- tomobile engine several months with | out giving it any attention except to | feed it with oil and gasoline. Any | engine after a hard seasons use will 1 have accumulated good deal of car 1 bon on its piStonS and cylinders. This carbon causes trouble and should be removed. This can be done with kero- sene quite easily by pouring some of it into the cylinder and turning the engines over by hand, so that the kerosene will thoroughly clean the
 It is reported that the National
 Stock Association has ordered 200 1 automobiles to take the place of the horses used by cowboys employed on the Western ranges of the associa ton
 Orange. N. J., women are indignant
 because the police of that town as- sume that they are not licensed to run cars. They point to the fact that
 no one ever thinks of stopping a man
 driver and demanding to see his li-
 cense and they want to know why
 they should not be accorded the same | treatment.
 Governor Quimby of New Hamp-
 shire, is authority for the statement
 that summer visitors last year left s14, 100000 in New Hampshire. He be- lieves they will leave more this sea-
 son and bases his confidence on the
 great improvement the State has made
 in the main thoroughfares of plea
 sure travel for motor cars
 Chattering sounds that are some.
 times made by the brakes are caused by the friction surfaces getting toe
 dry. Oil or grease will give relief
 but care must be used not to put toe
 much on Or the brakes will lose theil
 efficiency. A mixture of oil and gra-
 phite, mixed to a fairly stiff consis-
 tency, will be found an excellent and
 lasting remedy for this complaint. A short circuit may occur in the
 wiring leading from the magneto to
 the igniter plugs on a make and
 break engine. This may be due to some fault in the wiring between the
 igniter plugs and the switch which
 grounds the current in order to stop the operation of the engine. In this case disconnect the wiring at the en- l i will probably be found that the trou- ble is in the wire or switch caused by grounding through bad insulation | or switch defect.
 The steering gear should always have the most careful inspection. In an old car, there will probably be some play at the foot of the steering | column, so that it is possible to turn the steering wheel some distance be- fore the front wheels are affected. l On many types of cars provision is