The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-18
crvstallization occurs.

capitalization occurs.
disqualification is the tranSfOrma-
| ton of molecules in the substance, 50
| that it's form which is to all appear
ances, fbrous, becomes a coarse or
crystalline structure. This means OF
course that the material Is brittle and
much more liable to break.
Touring for months at the good
average speed of eighteen miles an
hour would have no effect upon car
built to endure through one long race
after another at high piston speeds.
The occasional shock would be moth
ing compared with the incessant
strain of 20 or 80 miles an hour speed
for 100, 200 or 600 miles;
springs, every part of the car is put
through an ordeal in the bigger rae
ing events which may almost literally
be called the fre-test. In addition
to this creation of heat or vibration
there is a terrific strain in taking the
turns at high speed. When the rae
ing car sweeps into a. curve, every
part of the machine is wrenched and
twisted viciously.
"The wear increases out of all pro-
portion to the speed and perfect III IL,
IRRIGATION is an absoNlte necessity. Oil
must be fed to every bearing swiftly
and without faltering or that bearing
will burn or stic,A In ordinary US
age defective oil system would re-
suit in wear but it may develop slow
ly, while in racing lack of oil would
mean a tell-tale disaster in very short
order.
"In cars of cheaper construction,
frequently, the maker gears them
low, making fast work almost impos-
sible. Every car however, should
be able to Withstand the test of rae
ing. Although the owner may. new
er care to use the excessive speed the
power to endure it means that there
is a wide margin of safety, longer
automobile life, less expense and
greater satisfaction for the owner and
operator. The most conservative and
fearful driver is liable Sat anytime
to call upon his car for a burst of
speed or power in a time of unusual
need.
..They say the way to fight fire. is
with fire. Perhaps the theory the
people worked upon who found the
way to prepare steel to stand vibra-
ton, was to give the steel certain heat
treatment before used. This heat
treatment is a very accurate process
and simply toughens the metal and
eliminates the possibility of crystal
hzation to q great degree.
This treatment, is accomplished
with special furnaces. Very special
effort Is made to dip the steel at the
exactly proper temperature Differ
ent treatment is given to steeis for
varying purposes. The highest
grade of steel is used in motor cars
and is inspected with exceeding care
before and after it is used"
ALMOST AN ARCTIC TRIP.
If the crew of the Abbott-Detroit
Bulldog had deliberately tried TO
find a country similar to the Arctic
region they could not have done bet
ter than to pick out the route from
Chicago to Minneapolis which they
have covered after two weeks OF the
most strenuous work and experiences
that they have encountered in the %
600 miles that they have covered.
Leaving Chicago on Feb. 4th, the car
and crew had hardly got half way to
the Mississippi River before they
struck the blizzard belt and through
Clinton, Davenport, West Liberty,
Charlton and Des Moines, Iowa, the
car made barely 20 miles a day, the
progress consisting of backing up and
bucking the snow for a few yards
Roadway and then getting out and
shovelling away the resulting snow
bank for little more gain; From
Des Moines the route lay due north
for nearly 400 miles through Iowa
and Minnesota over roads covered
with two feet of snow and a north
east blizzard blowing. Nothing but
energetic work with the shovel and
the CCuSIdut TcpldCSulcnt VI IilCIi
manila rope tightly wrapped around
both rear wheels enabled them to
make any Roadway and even with this
help. some days not more than 2 to
1 miles an hour was averaged. An
idea Of the roads and the weather
conditions may be gained from the
fact that it took exactly IA days to
make the 800 miles between the two
cities through snowbound Iowa and
Minnesota. After resting for a week
, the hardy crew and the sturdy car
tackled more formidable task, that
of fighting it's way southwards
through the two Dakotas to Omaha.
Neb, from which city the car will
outfit and start for Mexico on March
9Th, by way of Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma and Texas. The total mile
age Of the car to Minneapolis Is 23,-
COL miles.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
J Transcontinental motoring trips are