The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-23

Prize race this year than they have in any previous event seems certain. The foreigners may expect this year to compete against cars specially built for the race, rather than against stock models adopted for racing purposes, as has been the rule heretofore. Work on the course, which is being improved at an estimated cost to the county of over $50,00O, is already we'll toward completion.
 The decision of manufacturers be- hind the lawsuit waged in the. New Jersey courts to test the rights of a Commonwealth to compel motorists to the Nnited States Supreme Court, makes the issue of even wider signifi- canoe than heretofore. The case has been under way five years, and has been defeated in the New Jersey courts. Should the tribunal at Wash ington decide against the States, 1t would pave the way for a Federal licensing system.
 The cost of shipping an ordinary touring automobile across the Atlantic to Liverpool, where most tours have their beginning, ranges from $50 to $60 An unusually large car might cost the owner $75 for delivery on the other side, while the runabout or fly about" as the little machines are sometimes called may be accepted for $35 or $40 Everything depends on size because steamship cargoes are gener- ally measured buy. cubic feet, unless a bulk cargo is under consideration and cam be computed by dead weight. !"
 Germany, has perfected what off1- cers of the German military establish mente regard as the most complete and compact, as well as the most destruc- tive weapon yet designed for combat ing aerOplanes and dirigibles, in war fare It is an ingenious combination, in a single vehicle, of cannon, caisson, and automobile carriage. The gun IS said to be of high power, the auto bile carriage strong and speedy, and the convenient arrangement for carry ing the ammunition renders the de- vice distinguishable from others made for like purposes.
 In attaching a speed-indicating in- strument to a car it is quite necessary to have the driving gears, which are mounted on one of the road wheels, exactly centered on the latter. other wise the gears will wear quickly and vii also be noisy.
 Very many amateur motorists de- light in always taking a hill on the high speed, not realizing that this of- ten strains a motor or requires the car to go too fast up grade over rough places that could be taken with less strain and slower on the intermediate speed.
 Where rubber hose is used to make in the water circulation pipes of a gasolene motor, an(d has bends in it, good plan is to reinforce it by a brass coil spring which is good fit inside. This prevents any flattening at the bend and checking resulting eventually in a leak.
 Complaint has been made to the In- terstate Commerce Commission by an automobile company of Portland Ore, that the rates charged by railroads for transporting cars from New York to Portland are unreasonable and ex- cessive. It is charged that the rail- roads charge $7 per hundred pounds in less than carload lots, whereas the rate should not be more than $4 90.
 The Society of Automobile Engineers has adopted the repoftI of it's commit tee on the standardization of solid mo- tor tires. The advantage of bringing about condition of interchangeability between different makes of solid mo- utor tires is obvious. To reach such a condition has been a complex and somewhat difficult matter, by reason of inherent elements in the develop. ment of rims or attaching means fo- either solid or pneumatic tires. I took a long time to reach standard
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