The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-28
AUTOMoBLE WORLD.

AUIuMubHE WUkLu sDoNTs- IN THE
 USE OF MAGNErO
 Cha1lea F. Splitdorf. the magneto authority, has come out with some timely "dont's." which cannot help hofn~ of yaIua ble. service to the Uotorist, be he expert or noVice' as
 Don't test your magneto unless you have it completely assembled, i. e. hreaker box in place and distributor cover with wires attached
 Don't think it necessary when vashing the car to flood the magneto with water. All high tension instru- ments work better when not flooded with water. This will be thorough av appreciated by those who have driven with the old type coil igni- tion-
 Don't open up the spark plug gaps nor permit them to burn themselves open more than 1-32 of an inch.
 Don't flood the. breaker box when oi1ing the little roller on the breaker bar. The oil should be applied with a toothpick about once a month.
 Don't expect your magneto to op- of your wires to come in contact with eAch other or the little parts of the instrument
 Don't dissect the instrument to see what makes the wheels 50 around Inless you are an eapeTti nq Tbee,. we inasss nns when we make it.
 Don't drive the motor with the spark retarded. but as far advanced as possible.
 Don't leave your switch turned to the battery overnight
 fn mont of the platinum points in the breaker box until they stop break ing
 from the magneto to the coil unless you are careful to get them back &C., cording to their respective letters.
 Don't pull out the carbon brushes in the distributor because you think there is not enough tension on the springs
 gauge brushes in the breaker box when putting the breaker box cn the
 Don'f pull the wire spring which ss under the hexagon nut on the plate between the magnets
 Don't pull out your switch plug until after you have placed your sviteh on the off-point-
 AUTO TRUCKS MAKE
 CLEANER STREETS
 People are rapidly becoming accus- toned to the motor trucks and many people like to see tfeu Instead of four horses slowly drawing a heavy load today we see motor truck nov ir,x d load twice as large much more rapidly But this economy in speed ss not the only feature or interest to every municipality. As Edison says. The motor truck is changing the t1 . txrr< s.urbs to d place fit for men and wo-
 Those with an eys=to the future al- ready predict that the time is not far digtant when every large city will leg islate aK1inst horses upon their srreets It is safe to venture the as- surance tfot the largest percentage of the appropriation for street cleaning In the majority Of cities is expended on the downtown districts. Exclusive use of trucks in these same districts would eliminate 75 per cent. or more of this cleaning. It is well understood among medical authorities that one of the most prolific and dangerous me dfxrins for the transmission of disease D found in the powdered litter of the s<reeh. Many cities are already talk n8 preIiminary steps in this direction .6y eduippinK thedr own apparatus s1ch a fire engines. hook and fad- der trucks and police patrols as mo- tor vehicles Not only is this a step in the right direction for humanitar- ion reasons. but it will eventually nrove ro be 50 from the economical z1nndpofnt }3
 The motor fire wagon costs abso- lufely nothinz when not in. use. while horDes eat steadily used or unused and this is more than true in the smaller municipalities where runs are few and far between and where the real annual expense is in the feed and upkeep for the horses
 Another item of saving will be found in the saving of pavements. It is un- derStood that certain European cities exclude anything but motor driven trucks from the most congested dis sricts merely from the standpoint of saving to the pavements.