Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

run the bonnet becomes fairly hot and If
raindrops are left to dry upon 1t they
will stain much moro than upon the
body. The car should be washed down
bonnet should be sponged OF upon re-
turning and wiped dry.
A pneumatic tire becomes not warm.
but hot, when driven for any length Of
contact with the road and being sufficient
in many cases to create q vulcani "a ton
between the inner tube and the inside ply
Of casing. Such condition will boost
tire bills at an alarming rate. TO guard ard
soapstone literally. The inner tube
should be given q generous covering, the
inside of the casing should DO well dust
ed, and by covering the bead Of the cas-
ing with soapstone before putting 1t on
the rim the casing may be more readily
detached when desired and the rust OF
the rim will be prevented from coming In
contact with the bead.
Many persons contend that cars are
der-tired-that is. the tires are too
weight. In the three principal classes OF
cars tho tire sizes have grown little,
not much in some Of them. but a little
growth, excepting in the ffteen-hundred-
along the line. This has undoubtedly
been brought about by the rivalry in this
class. in which every maker 1s trying to
Guido the other in the amount of car he
sand-dollar class the sizes have jumped
from 800 to 31.5. The diameter has not
been Increased. In the hundred
dollar car the tire size has been reduced
little more than one-quarter inch. In
the twenty-flve-h undred-dollar car the
increase all around is approximately l LILO
inches. which is q very big jump. In the
big cars the increase is over one inch on
all four wheels.
The Citizens Business League Of Mil
waukee Wis, with the cooperation of
motorists and business men, has started
movement for a model drag road be-
tween Milwaukee and Chicago. The dis
lance is ninety-tive miles. The league
proposes that cities and townships along
the route build links, the chain to form
a splendid thoroughfare between the two
cities. With the slogan, Wisconsin,, the
Playground Of the Middle West, the
league is working to- divert good por-
now go south and west to the north
ward-Milwaukee.
One of the hardest things for a novice
to learn is how soon to begin putting on
the brakes when running in traffic. To
continuously. but it is the gauging Of the
distance that must be rolled and not run
that comes hardest to the new man. The
bumps he gives the car are. as a rule,
the result Of not being sure when he
should have begun to slow up. when
you are back of wagon. come down to
first speed Is the rule that the new
ones can always remember, and OCCASION
ally to forget means a bent fender or
scratched paint.
If car has been out OF use for q
prolonged period, before starting the en-
CINE mix an equal quantity OF gasoline
and lubricating oil. and inject into the
the engine several times to allow the
gasoline to penetrate the rings to the
walls Of cylinders. The oil in mixing will
have the tendency to remedy the dryneSs
of the walls. which gasoline alone would
not do. If the engine then should not
start, use more gasoline-without the oil.
There are times. however. when kerosene
will soften and dissolve the hardened
grease. This is true. especially in winter
weather.
Charges for storing cars vary from $50
to $50 a month in the cities. to $40 to
So in the towns and villages. This. Of
course, is for live storage: dead storage
may be reckoned at about 80 per cent less,
but even at that the dollars soon roll up
into tidy sum.
An ordinance is before the council of
Chattanooga, Tenn, regulating the opera
ton and construction of automobile ga
RACES and providing stringent rules for
the handling Of gasoline. The proposed
resolutions are SO strict, in fact, that
owners Of garages have announced it's
operation would put them out of business
and have organized to fight the measure.
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A series of automobile race meets has
been arranged by the Automobile Trade
Association of Philadelphia. The con-
tests will be held on track, near the
city, which has been engaged, and as
surances have been obtained that some
of the country's most noted drivers will
participate. The races will not be run
for gain, but to enhance the interest of
the motoring industries.
With the advent of the powerful. dis
cordant signal, few cities passed hasty
ordinances against the use of such u
signal. Today. however. these ordinances
have either been repealed are else
practically ineffective. because of their
liberal interpretations by the policemen.
This type of signal, while admittedly not
agreeable. is now generally regarded as
a necessary factor of public safety.
So well was the work of oiing streets
lie works, at Milwaukee, Wis, last sea-
son, that it will be unnecessary to oil
the streets again this year BY buying
a good grade of oil and using the most
modern method of applying the dust
layer, work that ordinarily lasts one
season will last at least two. OF the
$1,000 gallons of oil purchased in 1910
about $500 remain for patching the
bad spots.
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Believing that automobiles brought ad-
ditional business to their city, officials of
Lexington, KY. in an effort to induce
more motorists to visit that municipality,
abolished the municipal license and gave
automobiles free use Of the city's high
ways. 1t has been said that Kentucky
Gid not welcome motorists, but this action
on the part of the Blue Grass horse
breeders. repudiates the statement. II
the Jersey legislators will look into the
question they may see a great light.
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Mrs. Clark Fisher of Trenton, n. j., has
begun a book descriptive of her expert
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