The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1910-12-24
THE AUTOM0-
BILE WORLD

Smoke is a sign of waste, both OF
gasoline and of lubricating oil, hence
|! it pays to comply with the smoke or
| dinances.
According to- one merry motorist, the
man who matches a glaring red neck
| tie with cream-colored pair of trOus-
ers should be prevented from using a
! $4,000 candlepower headlight, a 45-cali-
Der horn. and a speedometer that is
blind below 55 miles per hour.
British automobiles of the 1911 mod
els show an increase in the number Of
| cars, both in The matter of high and
| low power. Such of these as are
fitted with four speeds. instead Of
three speeds. are very conspicuous.
worm drive is reported. not only in
the number of manufac lurers who
employ the worm drive. but also the
number of cars OF higher power thus
fitted.
Spark plugs have to be taken out Of
the cylinders and cleaned at regular
intervals if the igni ion system is to
be kept up to fitting standard.
There is nothing better with which
to wash a car than pure water-and
er who has completed a fine piece of
vanishing work. after allowing it to
dry. takes a. turkey sponge and sew
eral pals of water undiluted and pours
it over without rubbing, drying it with
a chamois leather. His channels
leather, however. is absolutely clean.
He washes the car to harden the var
nish and keep it bright.
upholstery should be wiped over
with a damp chamois leather. taking
care to get under the tucks and go
over with the channels nearly dry.
Always hang a. channels leather up to
dry.
1t is said that motor cycling is the
latest fad for woman in New York.
and that they have taken to the sport
with the enthusiasm they usually
throw into anything that catches their
fancy. Its not nearly so hard as
you might imagine insisted Miss
Clara Inge as she posed for a picture
in Central Park last week. Il al
ways thought a motor cycle needed
mans strength to control the handle
bars. Besides. it seemed a dirty pas
time. I believed that you got COW
cred with grease and crime trying to
run them. Well. you just don't. rye
been at it for two weeks. and this suit
doesn't look very musSy. does it?"
The Spotless garment bore out Miss
Inge's statement. Miss Inge is only
one Of a number who voice these SEN
timents. Women learn to run motor
cycles quite as readily as the men, say
the makers. And once they have had
a dash in the saddle of the speedy lit
tie affairs they get the craze.
According to ruling made by
Steamboat Inspectors Of the Provi-
dence. r. l.. district. practically all au-
tomobiles carrying gasoline in tanks
under compression will be barred from
transportation on vessels carrying
passengers.
The wheels of car should be jack
ed up periodically and tested, not only
for smoothness of running but for
sideplay as well. II in spinning a
front wheel sharp click appears at
infreduent intervals and the wheel is
momentarily checked. it is probable
that Clipped or split ball is in the
bearing. This should be removed at
once. or it may do such serious DAM
age as to necessitate the renewal of
the entire bearing.
There are three bases of chemical
change that must be watched in the
use of non-freezing solutions in order
to be sure of the aborting of freezing.
They complicate the problem. True,
| if water freezes it will disrupt some
part of the system on account of the
larger bulk that ice. over water. as
sumes. But If an acid solution is used
it will corrode the parts of the radia-
tor and tend to destroy it. If aka