Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

field. being made at Milwaukee and Dali
las. Tex.
has signed to drive the track car in which
George Robertson defeated him last sea-
son. new and more powerful engine
has been put in this car. and De Palma
has wired the New Orleans management
to get the track ready for record work.
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1t is always dangerous proposition for
novice to attempt to solder a honey
comb radiator. While it may be possible
for him to repair the first leak, it is more
than probable that he will loosen the
solder on other joints and put the radi-
ator in worse condition than before. A
temporary repair can be effected on a
honeycomb radiator by putting a small
bolt with washers at each end through
the tube around which the leak occurs;
tightening the nut on the bolt will draw
the washers against the end of the tube
SO that the leak will be stopped. A rub
Der washer on one end of steam packing
in the sheet form will give better results.
For the first time in the history of the
Yukon territory the automobile is about
to supplant the horse on the frozen.
snow-cOvered trails The first automo
bile ever to be put into stage work any
where in Yukon territory, invading the
trails which pack horses and dogs
have long been supreme. has been shipped
from Seattle, Wash. and will be put into
immediate service upon it's arrival at
White Horse. Yukon territory. The au-
tomobile, powerful 4S-hOrsepower,
seven passenger machine. will cover the
en-
to Dawson all through the winter, and
it is expected to do away with tedious
delays. The automobile will carry the
mail each trip, as well as passengers,
placing Dawson in quicker cOmmunica-
ton with the outside during the winter.
The car is equipped with special car
bureter to Withstand a temperature Of
90 degrees below zero without freezing.
Viewed in its fundamental aspects, the
commercial motor vehicle represents a
development in transportation the eff
fects of which will be revolutionizing 1t
provides the connecting link between the
factory and railroad or steamship and
between the store and the place of resi-
dence or business OF the customer. 1t
accelerates movement in the streets,
avoids traffic delays. economies space
in the stable or garage. at the loading
platform and in the streets. Already it
occupies a place in our activities that
never has been filled before, because 1t
| performs tasks that are hopelessly be-
| yOnd the capabilities of horsefiesh, such
as the dash to fire with pumping APP
paratus or chemical tanks at a speed of
thirty to forty miles an hour or a sixty
| mile trip over country roads with a load
1,~y l,<lI R,,~
ables the great retail houses to make
deliveries the same day or within TWEEN
! ty-four hours of purchase at distances
Of twenty or more miles from the store.
/! 1t does the work of three wagons and
| three or six horses in the same time
and at less cost.
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| If the transmission appears unusually
will be found to be due to a hardening
or thickening Of the lubricant. II the
latter becomes sufficiently hard the
gears will merely cut channel through
| it and they will not be properly lubri-
Gated. The remedy is simple and consists
Of adding little oil to that already in
the transmission case or removing it
all and substituting a lighter grease or
| OIL
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The tollgate between Utica and Deer
field. in New York state. has been bought
by the county and abolished, being
among the very last to go. A curiosity
of this tollgate is that it never has co..
lected from automobiles. It's original
charter set forth that persons, animals
and all vehicles should pay. but because
Of a failure to name motor cars spe-
officially the owners decided to take no
chances on trying to collect for them.
Equipped with chemical extinguishers
and the other apparatus necessary to
extinguish a small fire, a fire chief s
runabout motor has been placed in COM
mission in Montgomery, Ala.
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A piece of string placed under nut
will keep it from slipping. provided 1t is
SO placed that it will come between the
thread of the bolt and the grooves Of
the nut. In case the nut is in a place
which becomes very hot, some such ma
| terial as asbestos cord with q wire cole
will be found more satisfactory. thin
copper wire will answer in either case.
| Three millions of golden dollars Is a
| large amount of money to be expended
on highways at any time, and especially
when it represents the investment of
not an entire state. but of one comma "a :