The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-18

are carried in Maxwell cars at all
times, and the capacity of a single
ranger has been multiplied beyond
calculation. Their patrol duty has
been S1mpIifed, quickened and ex-
tended. A trip that formerly re-
quired a whole day is now done in a
few hours. The automobiles travel
over the forest roads and lumber trail
better than horses. Even the one
the government cuts down the tim
Der to restrict the spread of fire have
been negotiated with surprising
speed. Where a small army was
required to dig an effective fire trench
single crew of automobile dangers
dynamite. In rescue work the auto
mobiles have not been given a test
as yet, but it is safe to assume that
they will far surpass any previous
method, particularly in picking up
isolated survivors.
The Alden Sampson Manufacturing
Company, the truck division of the
United States Motor Company, sever
al days ago established what prob
ments for one day when $4,000
worth of freight and delivery motors
were sent on their way to all parts
of the country. This amount repre-
sents the value of 33 Sampson vehi-
eles. Thirty were of 1000 pounds
capacity, six were five-ton trucks and
two were four-ton trucks. The
trucks were built in many styles Of
bodies to conform with the require
ments of purchasers. Among the cit
New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Cleveland. Buffalo, Pittsburg,
St. Louis. Atlanta New Orleans San
Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Seattle, st. Paul and Kansas City.
TO FIT VERY WIDE ROADS.
The opportunities of the motorists
Of the south have been so insistent
that The Columbia Motor Car Com
pany has agreed to put through
number Of cars designed to fit the
very wide roads of the Carolinas and
a part of Georgia. The standard Sc
inch tread used in all makes of high
powered cars doesn't track" in the
southern roads and special 60 inch
track vehicles are now to oe made.
When a delegation of prospective
owners numbering three and repre-
senting dozen others at home
brought the need of wide track esrs
to build these special vehicles. A
numbef of important and costly chan
ges are required involving the sinking
of new dies and the making of new
fixtures. In most parts or the cOun-
try the roads have been rebuilt and
designed to fit the present standards
but the Southland is still averse to
changing its roadmaking and SO MAX
ers of high powered cars which
achieve favor in the South, are met
with unusual conditions.
In conformity with it's ablished
policy of giving automobile purchas-
ers the best at lowest prices. the E.
M-F Company of Detroit, Mlu,.., now
announce a new four-door, fve-pas-
senger, three-speed Flanders AGO.
touring car at $500. A feature of the
car is the placing of all levers in
side the body and is identical with the
latest American and European de-
sign The door handles are built
inside and are hidden from view. The
four cylinders of the motor are cast
en- bloc, having a bore SIS inches
with "a inch stroke. The three
speed selective transmission control is
identical with that used in the EN-
+ "30.' The Flanders "20" chassis
has q wheel base of 102 inches. The
nickel, chrome and vanadium steels
are the best that can be purchased
and are employed in all parts for
which they are best fitted. Steel
stampings take the place of castings
on many parts of the car.
DATES ON AUTOMOBILES.
The theory Of the food expert that
canned and storage goods should be
marked with the date of their birth
has been put into practice in the au-