The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-11
CARS IN POLICE SERVICE.


the company's business.
CARS IN POLICE SERVICE.
Automobiles are finding new fields
Of work every day. In municipal
service they have become indispen-
sable. Toledo, Ohio, is good exam
pie. To accelerate the service Of city
owned motor cars and to aid in sup
pressing a wave of crime, the chief Of
private automobiles. When robber-
les terrorized the population the Unit
ed Motor Toledo Company equipped
several Maxwell cars with special
bodies and paraphernalia to facilitate
detention and transportation Of prfs-
oners. These cars, still in service,
are held ready for instant use and
are making quick trips between pos
lice headquarters and the scene Of
robberies. In doing patrol duty,
their swift movements and unexpect-
ed appearance in different parts of the
city have acted as a powerful deter
rent upon the criminals who previous
ly had made life miserable.
MOTOR IN NEWSPAPER PLANT.
If the Carson City News had not
been enterprising enough to have an
automobile in it's service, large
part Of the state Of Nevada would
have missed it's daily newspaper on
several occasions when balky cleo
.'juice'' to run the newspaper plant.
Having no auxiliary power and no
prospect Of electric current, the News
was unable to operate its linotype
machines or presses and the paper
could not be gotten out. An ingen-
If the company's Maxwell runabout
could be gotten into the press room,
he could start the machinery. After
removing several partitions, the au-
tomobile was placed In the desired
spot. The rear Of the car was jack
ed up and by the use Of impromptu
shafting and betting the machines
fishers realized what they had accom-
plished, they issued this statement in
the News: Hereafter the News
will not miss an issue even il the
electric power fails, for when the
lights grow dim and the power weak,
the headlights Of the car will be light
ed. the motor started and the News
out by an automobile"
SHAFT DRIVE PATENT
Despite the fact that it was gener-
ally supposed that the blow that
knocked out the Seldena patent was in
the nature Of Q damper to basic pat
tents. generally, at least SO far as
another one of the sort has cropped
up. although 1t is not wholly a stran-
ger. 1t is the so-ealled Renault pate
emit which is claimed to control those
forms OF transmission employing q
shaft.
The patent was obtained by the Re-
nauit interests Of France and, of
eny
rights. It is No. 725,482, issued April
IA, 1908. Specifically it applies to
"speed changing and clutch meehan-
ism for motor vehicles" and its gen.
eral tenor suggests the application of
swinging gears. The claims also in
transmission, and there are those who
believe that they are wide enough to
control that type of drive.
e. E. Schwarzkopf claims to have
acquired control Of this Renault pat
emit; at any rate, he has been endeav-
oring to dispose OF It, and in doing
so has sought to enlist the attention
of the Association of Licensed Au-
tomobile Manufacturers, but so far
without result. About a year ago
Schwarzkopf himself made secret
trip to the Renault factory in the in
terests Of the General Motor Com
pany, which was reported to be anx-
This patent is understood to be one
of them, but for some reason or 9TH
er the negotiations between the sew
sral parties failed to bear fruit
MORGAN IN 1T.
The real control Of the Studebaker
and EMF companies has been with
]. Pierport Morgan & Co., according
to the motor World" AS most au-
toists know by this time, announce
ment was made last week that the me-
gotiations looking toward a complete
amalgamation of the several stude-
baker interests, carriage, wagon and
automobile, have come to a head,and
for the purpose Of the merger there
will be formed new company to
be styled "The Studebaker Corpora
ton"
This company will be capitalized at
S45, OO0, 900. The new corporation will
take over the enormous Studebaker
carriage and wagon works In South
Bend, Ind, and the EMF autonlo-
bile plant in Detroit, Of which the
Studebaker interests acquired full
control about one year ago. OF the
Sic, 600, 900 preferred stock In the new
Studebaker Corporation, 81, 500, 600
worth has been purchased by Klein
wort Sons & Co., OF London, in asso-
o3otf0v with Coi6roan Sachs g. On