The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-22
Valuable Hints For Auto Owners
Things Which Owners and Operators of Motor Cars
 Should Know

The example set by the Metropolitan Park Commission of Boston in re- scinding it's rule against the use of tire chains on automobiles has given courage to motoring organizations to secure the same liberal treatment in other city parks.
 Road-making stone is scarce in North Carolina, and, as a consequence a mixture of cay and sand represents the commonest and most available sur | facing material. This, however. makes an excellent. road. and with proper grading and scraping at intervals. ans wers present purposes well indeed. By issuing an ordinance regulating the color of automobiles, Herr von Ja-
 gow, the Police-president Of Berlin, has once more given proof of his ceaseless devotion to his office. Petrol-drtven autos are to be painted chestnut brown, with various bright red stripes
 while those driven with electric pow 1 CT are henceforth to be of an ivory color, with narrow black stripes.
 l Italians are perhaps a little less pa tient about repairs than other nation ali les, and stocks of repair parts are | a necessity for holding and expanding
 any trade established in an imported
 model. They like. to do all their deal ing with one firm, and an importer will therefore find it of advantage to
 handle suitable variety of tires and
 accessories, possibly in connection with | a garage of his own.
 l In one of the boroughs of London,
 Eng, experiments have been made to overcome the scoring which results 1 from the use of ordinary macadam1Zed roads by the heavier type of vehicles. The purpose of the experiments has
 been to produce, if possible, mater ial which would be impervious to wa | ter. and which would also unite the broken granite used in road making ,,,%1 eoJfI | face.
 Rubber mats in the interior of clos ed automobiles are frequently obiec- tionable by their odor. This can be | removed, however, by subjecting them I to the same process which is employed | in the use of small articles of vulcan | ized rubber, such as tobacco pouches | and dress shields, which are carried | on the person.. The articles to be de-
 odorized are placed in a metal box be- l tween layers of finely pulverized car l bonized bone, and the box is then left for four to eight hours, accord | ing to the size of the articles, in a l place, such as a drying room, where a temperature of 60 to 70 degrees Centigrade can be maintained. Un-
 burned magnesia powder can also be used for removing the odor. Merely sprinkling it over the article will have some effect. n
 l The State University at Lexington, Ky, makes the announcement of the organization of new department | which is to give a ten-weeks' course in road-building. The term will begin January Sd and extend to March 18th. Every county judge in the State is en- l titled to appoint two men to take the course, which will consist of lectures on grading, construction and main tenance of earth, macadam and sand clay roads; also on the theory and practive of leveling, making profile, establishing grades and stalking out grade lines on the ground; with in- | struction in surveying, mapping and quantities, drainage and farm sanita- tion, including concrete culverts and lshort-span re-enforced concrete bridges
 Macadam road which is successful for horse traffic. is an utter failure for motor traffic, and States that are build 1 ing them to-day and expecting them to endure will be disa ppointed in less than a year. The road for the mo- tor vehicle requires good binder a substance that will hold the road ma terial together, a substance that pre- ! vents disintegration due to too muci, moisture and a substance that will bind the road surface together in dry weather and so prevent dust. Many 1 state road commissioners have known 1 for years the kind of road best suit ed for motor traffic, but, owing to the imagined preponderance of horse traf- f1c they have not dared to build the | motor road. Massachusetts deserves credit in setting an example to other States. It is questionable if in any other State the percentage of moto 7! vehicle traffic is so heavy. but the
 be well for others to get the exact | Sfa of fhe road traffic