The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-01
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS CO.

State are not interstate commerce and lays down the principle that the use of roads by vehicles which tend to destroy them makes it obligatory for the users to pay for the roads repair.
 Striking evidence of the rapidity with which automobiles are driving out horses for commercial purposes. has been afforded by the retirement from business of one of the oldest blacksmiths in New York city. John Brosnan had a shop in the center of
 the city for more than forty years. Fifteen years ago he employed twenty men in the rush season. and could have found work for twice as many if he had shop room. Now he says he is. hard pressed to keep five men busy and he declares it is all due to the automobile.
 Some of the things that motorists have to look out for that may hap pen to their cars are shown in the items covered by insurance policies. These policies are designed to give: Full fire insurance hazard in storage or on road; collision insurance (dam- age to car); collision insurance (dam- age property of others); burglary and theft insurance; hazards of marine transportation at home or abroad; court bail bonds for owner and chauf- feur death and indemnity insurance for owner of car; death and 1ndem- nifty insurance for chauffeur of car; full protection against legal liability due to injuries or death caused by car to any person or persons; full ex- penses in defending all suits, ground less or otherwise.
 An American road record trophy, valued at s2,000, has been donated by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cuneo to be awarded to the racing pilot who sue ceeds in shattering the present mark mark of 1922 miles an hour made by Teddy Tetzlaff at Santa Monica last November The deed of gift calls for a race of 200 miles or more. With the announcement of the dona- tion f~>the trophy, came the report that plans have been laid for the run- of Shinnecock Hills, Southampton or Riverhead, Long Island. some time during August It is said that these places are so far removed from the city that the possibilities of too large a crowd attending is removed and with it the necessity of employment of the militia to guard the roads.
 Discovery has been made by West Brandywine Grange, of Delaware, that there is need of legislation to protect stray cattle on the public highways from motor vehicles!
 Keep sharp watch for breaks in the surface of your tires A couple of minutes spent in examining the tires every time you bring your car in will prove a most profitable investment.
 If when changing speed, the gear misses depress the clutch pedal again quickly, and the gears will invariably come in at once without causing any jar upon them When firmly in, the clutch should be let in gently to pick up the momentum the car has lost in the operation.
 This is the season for overheated engines In a number of cases, this is no doubt largely due to the em- ployment of the wrong kind of lu- bricating oil for summer use. For wa tercooled motors it is not a bad plan in such cases to use oil recommended for air-cooled motors, as this oil is much thinner in summer when in use, and consequently becomes about the right consistency for the proper amount of feed during the summer months.
 While it is bad economy to stint lubricating oil, it is common fault to use a deal too> much. This is not only wasteful but tends to foul the valves, sparkling plugs, and platinum. contacts. Further it has prejudicial effect in creating cloud or evil blue smoke. The driver should be careful to close his lubricators when stopping as otherwise the cloud will be appar- ent when restarting, even though the lubricators may be correctly adjusted for running.
 That the field of the motor vehicle for commercial purposes is practically unlimited was again forcibly dem onstrated recently when a New Hamp- shire concern employed motor truck to haul lumber from the timber tracts to the railroad siding and saw mills. Like the motor car supplanting the dashing bronco on the Western plains, there is something romantic in the way the gasoline truck has struck in- to the wilderness, hauled immense loads of rough timber over the rug ged lumber trails and carried full capacity loads to railroad sidings and saw mills
 Half a dozen years ago or more the cry went up that the increasing de- mand for gasoline would speedily Since then the consumption of gas- oline has doubled or quadrupled and still the oil companies manage some- how to produce enough to go around The explanation is very simple The demand for all petroleum products has increased greatly also. and this makes it possible to produce much more gasoline than formerly Fur thermore, the grade of gasoline now being used is considerably lower than it was a few years ago; yet the car buretors of today mix it and deliver it to the engine just as readily and acceptably as they did the more vio- lati1e fluid of the early days.
 In making any carburetor adjust ment, it is important to know posi- lively what effect will follow the turn