The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-21

suit the Knickerbocker Tire & Repair
| Co., 794, 7th Ave-, New York, who
| carry a full line of all standard
makes of tires, and sell at lower
prices than any other house in New
| York. This firm has absolutely the
most complete repair and vulcanizing
| tire shop outside of the big factories.
In the vulcanizing department blow
| OUTS of the worst type are repaired
| making apparently worthless tires as
| special feature. Prices by mail on
| application.
AUTO NOTES.
The magnetic needs a few drops Of
| oil once a month, but the bearings
| should not be flooded.
Pack. all bearings, gear cases and
wheel bearings that are designed Tor
grease fabrication with a flake graph
| lite grease.
| In packing a spare tube fold it up
| from both. ends toward the valve, and
| do not fail to sprinkle plentifully with
soapstone.
Upholstery should be wiped over
] with a damp chamois leather, taking
care to get under the tucks. 1t should
! then be gone over with the chamois
nearly dry.
This year it is the body construc-
ton which has undergone the greatest
| degree of change. Consequently 1t Is
doubtful whether there is a single
car scheduled for production in 1911
that does not differ in some material
respects from it's predecessors.
Never fill an acetylene gas gener-
ator more than two-thirds full, as
lump carbide expands under the chem
ical action caused by water dripping
on it. Burner tips may be cleaned
by picking out the carbon deposits
with a needle Care should be TAX
en- not to crack the lava.
There is reason to believe that the
federal automobile registration bill
supported by the American Automo-
bile Association may be taken up in
Congress sometime this month. This
view is taken by Chas. T. Terry,
chairman of the Legislative Board of
the A. A. A.
A frame which is sagged to the ex-
tent of a permanent reformation can
be restored so as to approximate it's
original shape by heating it in a
charcoal fire with an air blast. To do
this properly it most likely will be
necessary to cut out the rivets so that
the side members can be handled in
dependently.
There is nothing better with which
TO wash a car than pure water. A
pure water are all that is necessary.
After the body has been flushed it
should be wiped dry with "a piece of
clean dry chamOis. Washing the car
in the foregoing manner will tend to
harden the varnish and preserve it's
luster.
The motoring world to-day can be
divided roughly into two chief class.
es: one composed Of those who want
high-powered roomy, comfortable, ev-
en- luxurious vehicles, regardless of
how these qualities add to ones main
tenance bill; the other embracing
those who want small, light, compact
cars, usually Of moderate or low pow
er, having a capability for keeping
down tire and other maintenance
costs. A third and steadily growing
class is in existence, composed Of mo-
florists who want luxury without ex-
cessive cost.
is well illustrated by the figures issued
by the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad, which show that 1000
automobile cars designed exclusive
ly for hauling automobiles were built
for that road in its shops at ,Milwau-
kee, Wis, during 1910. The Burling-
ton has placed 500 into service, and
the other principal western roads sum
up as follows: Great Northern. 1000;
Canadian Pacific, 100; Grand Trunk,
500; $500 Line, 100; Pennsylvania
lines, west, 500; wabash 250: Union
Pacific, 500; Southern Pacific. 300;
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, 400. The
The Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and
Southern Pacific cars are of 100000
pounds capacity.
The customs report of the Govern
ment for November, which has been
issued, is one Of the best so far as
goes yet, put forth. 1t shows doub
ling in the value of cars exported. and.
a sharp decrease in the value Of cars
imported. The exports for November
totaled $818,O00, as compared with
s464, 500 for the same month a year
previous, while imports dropped from
s269, 900 in 1909 to $152,500 in 1910. The
decrease in imports for the eleven
months ending with November is ev-
en- more marked, showing a falling
off of $685. 400. During the same pc
riod the exports jumped from $685.
600 to $40. 339, sos, or net gain of 3d.
54,505.
A telephone company in New York
has bought thirty-one motor trucks
at a cost of more than $1,000 900 and
will employ them in it's repair. con-
struction and maintenance depart
ments.
The price list of cars shown at the
Madison Square Garden show in New
York started at $3.50 and ended at
about $4,000 or an average price 3d.
225. At less than $1,000 there were
nine different makes, and from $1,000
to 81, 500 there were no less than eigh-
teen makes. There were one, two and
four-cylinder cars in this group, and
runabouts, roadsters and touring cars
Roughly speaking, there are about
thirty automobile factories in Ger
many. Germans cannot understand
how hundreds of automobile makers
in America can live and prosper, nor
do they see how an annual output of
zoe 900 cars may be sold. A super
fetal inspection of Berlin automobiles
seems to indicate that chauffeurs
take much better care Of their cars
than do their American brothers. The
German chauffeur, who has been
taught in the army to love his horse |
gives his machine a great deal of low
ing care. Bearings and all parts that |
are doing work are conscientiously lu- |
bricated just as often as they need it; |
and tires seem to be well-infated |
most of the time.
Cne of the newest uses of the au-
tomobile and one of the latest ideas |
in up-to-date road-making Is being |
by a firm which has the |
contract for building five miles of |
road in the State Of Washington. This |
road will eventually connect Seattle |
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