The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-31
The D. M. Read CO.

represented the garage owner, and the
latter was held liable for the damage
caused by the employee. On final APP
peal to the Cour de Cessation this de-
cision was affirmed and the garage
owner sentenced to pay all damages
and costs.
A lot of folks think the fore door,
four-door arrangement in automobiles
is des gned for the benefit of the drlv-
err and they waste lot Of time COM
menting on the philanthropic spirit
that impels people to- fix up so COM
Portable a place for the driver in WIN
ter. Of course as matter of fact
the comfort of the driver is consid-
cred in a measure in this arrangement,
but the other fact must not be lost
sight of that another seat alongside
the driver is gained. One more per-
son besides those whom the tonneau
will hold is able to tour in comfort
in the automobile. The chauffeurs
comfort is more or less incidental.
A British manufacturer has con-
structed watering cart propelled by
steam, with a water-cOntaining tank
Is feet in length by feet 6 inches
in diameter. bu 1t of steel plates three
sixteenths of an inch thick. strongly
braced and riveted, with total ca
pacity of 1900 gallons. This tank is
divided into two sections, one w tn a
capacity Oh I,UOO SdloHS Ior StISel
watering purposes and the other
200 gallon section for water for the
boiler. There are two Independent
spray boxes at the rear with spray
that can be adjusted from 4 to 80
feet. 1t is calculated that with a
medium spray the wagon can water
2 miles of road without refilling.
The Garage Owners Association OF
New York is now on the trial of the
motor dead beat or "Fly-by-Night,"
as that class of car owners Is some
times called. The association is en-
deavoring to have law enacted max
ing It misdemeanor for a car own
err to surrepitiously remove his auto
mobile from a garage without paying
the charges due thereon.
A punctured carburetor float may
be repaired with sealing wax in such
a manner that it will last indefinitely
1t is necessary to empty the float
.rst and then clean the surface around
the surface puncture. A few drops
of sealing wax, placed over the hole
and pressed well down, will prove an
effectual remedy and VIII not add any
weight to the float.
There's no rule for the way taste
and fancy will work about things to
wear in the different seasons. Hard
~ anybody male used to wear fur
coats in New York; furs were for
women. Now, one will see more fur
coats on men-and all sorts of men
than ever before. and largely due to
the advent of the automobile. Pretty
much all the women and all the men
in Canada wear fur coatS-coatS not
furs around the neck. Day laborers
wear them. just the same as the au-
tomobile folk here.
1t may be possible that the various
States, if they cannot make more
durable roads, may be compelled to
insist upon the use of broad tires, to
protect the roads they build. Even
may yet be equ pped
with such springs as will make rub
Der tires unnecessary end obsolete,
and then even automobiles may, along
with other vehicles, be required to use
broad tires. The question of pave
ments has long been discussed and all
sorts of experiments have been made;
but the question of tires and the
proper use of roads may yet become
Now the motor car is being blamed
for knocking out the sleigh. Families
horses and sleigh as well as carri-
ages have sold out their horse-drawn
vehicles and substituted motor cars.
A number OF inventors have striven
to perfect motor SieiShs, but thus far
hav~ failed to produce one that may
be said to be successful. The diff
Guilty is to obtain purchase for ne
yer. Spiked sprocket wheels
have been tired. but while they may
work on Arctic and Antartic ice fields.
they are not viewed favorably by road
The new road record established by
M. J. Graves on the saucer track at
Plava del Rey-the Motordrome-in
Is now the talk of the
world Graves made TWEEN
~ miles in fourteen minutes, thirty
,'ght and two-ffths seconds. No HUI
man being has ever made faster time
in any character of VEN cleS over a