The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-03
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 AUTOMOBILES WORTH KNOWING

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 The campaign against motorists wh'
 persist in using the muffler cut-ou
 in city streets, begun by the licensed
 dealers in New York, Is already hay | ing effect
 It is stated that 2s,oOo men have vol
 tnteered to work on the Memphis | Bristol highway in Tennessee, whicf | is to be built in one day next August
 Bands are being organized in every
 county along the route, and the cities
 and towns through which the highwa. will run are soon to be selected. The ten new automobiles added tc
 the New York Fire Depar tment fol i use of battalion chiefs are painted In
 dian Red. making them exceptionally | attractive in appearance. Twenty drivers are taking a course of instruc- | tion at the City Fire College for duty as chauffeurs
 The Yale Automobile Club and the Automobile Club of New Haven have started work on arrangements for the
 annual Shingle Hill climb, at West Haven. Conn, on June To- Ralph De Palma, David Bruce Brown, Walter Jones and Caleb Bragg have all de-
 clared their intention of taking part
 in the climb this year Bruce-Brown holds the record for the hill, 51 sec | onds for the 9-10-mfle course.
 Chicago aviation enthusiasts are likely to see more flights in their city in the near future, as result of the gift made by Harold F. McCormicl, to the Aero Club of Illinois, of a lease on 1s0-acre field situated in Chicago, and also $10,000 for the establishment of the grounds. Work will be start ed at onNe on the completion of the field for flights
 Automobilists are net at all popu- lar in the Prince Edward Island, just north of Nova Scotia, for at it's 1911 session of the Parliament of the is- land, failed to repeal the law which provides that any person guilty of running motor vehicle upon any highway or other public place shall, upon summary conviction, be fined $500, \and in default of payment, com
 nitted to jail for six months This law defines a motor vehicle to mean all automobiles. or any vehicle pro- pelled by any power, other than mus cular power. except such vehicles as run on rails and steam rollers.
 The good roads advocates of Aber- deen, Wash, are determined to have an improved road constructed from their city to Quiniault Lake, but they are shy about s10,00o to do the neces- sary work The entire county in which Aberdeen is located is also fn- terested in the project and the com meTcfal clubs of the various cities in the county have pledged their support. It Is proposed to raise the $1O,000 by a button-selling campaign, and an eff fort will be made to complete this work in one day. The promoters al ready have $15,0 ,000. A plank road will probably be built, as it is said that while a gravel road would cost $5000 mile, and an expense of $200 a year for its upkeep.
 Gasoline, even if stale, comes in handy for removing grease spots from the clothes. A piece of flannel should be moistened with the gasoline, and a circle described with it round the spot, to prevent the latter from spread ing. Then second application of the liquid should be made.
 Sometimes when a gear change from a lower to a higher speed has been made, it will be found that the engine commences to thump heavily, this is due to the fact that the change has been made little too soon, and before warranted it. The humping can be instantly stopped by lightly touching the clutch pedal, so that a little slip takes place. The engine then quickly picks up, and the humping ceases.
 The owner of an automobile soon finds that nothing is more detrimental to a car than the improper and ex- cessive use of the brakes. The driver should bear in mind that, no matter what system is adopted of checking speed-with the exception of the forces of gravity or inertia-a strain is brought to bear on the transmits sion system and tires. and that this strain becomes excessive and exceed ingly detrimental if the car is check ed or stopped with great suddenness.
 If excessive wear is detected in the valve stems on modern cars the most natural and best remedy would be to readjust the adjustable plungers, so that when the valve is on its seat there is just the thickness of visit ing card between the bottom of it's stem and the top of the plunger when the engine is hot. If the. plungers are not adjustable, it may become neces- sary to alter the length between the valve frame and the bottom of the valve stem, which can be done by turning the valve head in the lathe.
 According to recent reports, the ma jority of the highways in Nova scotia are in fairly good condition for auto mOO1llnR ana II1plONCu IOduo cAi v bS1 ing added to the province yearly There are approximately 1S.ooo miles of highway in the northern province and. of this 10000 is of the improved type and in good condition. During the year ended September 30, 1910, work to the amount of $163.512 was done on the roads, and other work undertaken or mapped out calling for an additional expenditure of $21, ,951 This aggregated an outlay of approx imately $10,0O0 per county.
 Many a driver has been surprised by the rapidity with which batteries dispose of their charges. This sur prise may be due to the primary ofr- cult being left complete accidentally the driver forgetting to switch off af- ter a run. Or 1t may be due to a short circuit in the wiring; or, again, to some of the paste dropping out of the girds and touching both positive and a negative plate, thus forming an internal short circuit. Or 1t may be caused by leak past the partition be- tween the two cells. If the battery has a transparent celluloid case, one can see whether any loose paste is causing a short circuit. To test for a leak past the partition, some of the acid should be poured out of one cell; +h., &e xhare ie leak the acid in the