The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11


motorcycles. 1t received $7,46S from
operators licenses and s55,e52 from pri-
~ate automobile license fees.
A milk supply company at JEFFERSON
Wis, has decided to purchase two
motor trucks for gathering milk In
the vicinity. Several routes will be
planned to relieve producers of the
burden Of making extra trips to the
factory with their extra supplies. IL
is planned to ultimately collect all
milk by truck.
Managers of eight taxicab compan-
les in New York City have complain
ed that they are being Disseminated
against in the enforcement of the
smoke ordinance of the sanitary code.
They say that it is Impossible to
prevent some makes of cars from
emitting smoke, and that they have
been compelled to keep some of their
cabs in their garages.
The Delaware Automobile Assocla-
ton has decided to ask the legisla-
ture to impose a heavy penalty on
persons found guilty of placing tacks,
glass or other injurious substances in
the roads, or for placing such obstruc-
tons as fence rails in the roads: to
punish as a misdemeanor the taking,
using. handling or tamperfng with a
Inotor-car without the consent of the
owner: TO exempt from operation Of
calls, the same as physicians; to in
crease the speed limit on rural roads
from twenty to twenty-four miles an
hour, TO conform to the Pennsylvania
Law.
An extra pair of goggles should be
included in the equipment, even if the
contemplated trip does not exceed a
hundred miles.
Necessary tools are sometimes lost
through the carelessness of the one
last to use them not having locked
the tool-box. An inspection of this
car adjunct may be the means of saw
ing time. annoyance and expense.
The joint pins of the propeller shaft
may become loose through wear, in
which case a knocking noise in the
TRANSMISSION gear will indicate the
cause and location of the trouble.
These pins may be readily replaced
with new ones at small cost.
If a motor does not start readily,
due to not getting a rich enough mix
ture at slow speed of cranking, tie a
small bunch of waste with a wire
close to the air intake of the carbu-
rotor. then prime by saturating the
waste with gasoline. The added va
por will make the starting easy. y
It Is estimated that within the past
two months tires have been reduced
more than % per cent. and the fact
that a further drop is expected soon
shows that the cost of automobiling
is to be much less than in the past.
An advance when the warm weather
comes is likely, 1t is said. but the in
tense competition among American
manufacturers, greatly increased pri-
ces are not looked for.
A good way TO prevent dirt from
getting into bearings is to obtain a
number of hollow rubber balls of a
size large enough to allow the cups
10 fit them snugly. Enlarge the hole
in the bail SO that the ball can be
forced over the cups and get a tight
grip on the bottom part. This will
give an absolutely tight covering for
the cups. and If the rubber is paint
ed the same color as the car, the
balls will not be unsightly.
Hailed into court on the charge Of
trespassing in the air of his neighbor
Maurice Farman, inventor and man.
ufacturer of the Farman biplane, has
been made defendant in suit brought
by NJ. Wallet, mayor of Chateaufort,
France, who alleges that Farman en-
dangered the lives of his employees by
flying over his grounds, and that the
aviator Is a trespasser in the eyes of
the law unless he passes over the
ground at a height of 200 metres.
Merchants at Appleton, Wis, are
contemplating putting into operation
unique cooperative plan of deliv-
cry and passenger service. Six stores
plan to purchase a motor bus and lay
out q number of principal routes into
Appleton, one to be selected each day,
to bring customers to the central mar
ket The lines of business done by
the six purcha sers are not widely diff
ferent. proving that they have faith
IN the utility of the project, encour-
aging competition rather than monop-
olizing the results to be obtained.
To remove a stubborn nut, take an
ordinary open spanner that fits the
he
letting it rest there for three or four
minutes The heat will expand the
nut. and it will screw off easily. If
no fire be handy, the spanner can be
heated in a blow-lamp flame. Do
not use the blow-lamp on the nut it
self. as this will expand the bolt as
well as the nut and accentuate the
original difficulty. Do not, however,
heat a monkey or adjustable wrench.
These are hardened, and the heat
would render them unfit for further
use
FORD OFFICE IN NEW QUARTERS
Work on the new Administration
building of the Ford Motor Company's
immense factory at Detroit has at
last been completed and the entire Of
flee force are now in full possession.
Natural light is one Of the strong feat
ures OF the Ford building. Front,
sides and back are one mass of glass
windows through which the light may
pass to the most remote corners of
the building. The washed air sys-
tenn of heating these offices is one of
the important features. A complete
change of fresh air thoroughly washed
and properly regulated TO the proper
temperature is passed through the
building every twelve minutes of the
day. Fresh air is drawn in from the
outside by immense suction fans and
is passed through continuous spray
Of water where it is washed of all inn
purities. By regulating the tempera-
ture of the water, the humidity of the
atmosphere in the building is control1-
ed This pure air is then forced
through large distribution pipes to ey-
cry ONCE in the building where II en-
tiers through a register at the top of
the room, forcing pure air to circulate
and causing an exit of bad air tfiroiiEh
similar register near the floor of the
Office.
DANGERS OF SNOw-TRAvEL.
According to DR.. Chas. G. Percival.
editor of Health Magazine, who is
making 100000 miles in the Abbott
Detroit BULLDOG and has travelled
for the past two months in snow daily,
the steering gear of a car which is
--!c-going constant use requires to
be given more frequent inspection in
winter than at other seasons of the
year. The reason is that soft snow
imposes stresses upon the front wheels
which are more severe than those conf
monty encountered either in soft r1r1d