The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
THINGS ABOUT
AUTOMOBILES
WORTH KNOWING

Before trying to test a magnetic, be
sure it is properly and completely as
sembled: that is, have the breaker DoA
IN place and the wires attached to the
distributor cover.
How to be a Christian Even Though
! You Own an Automobile will be the
subject of q Cleveland evangelists
sermon in the near future.
The city council of Atlanta, Ga, has
passed an ordinance limiting the
soeed of automobiles within the fire
limits of the city to miles an noun
and outside of them to Is miles. DIV
ing I'm excess of these speeds makes
sthe motorists liable to prosecution Ior
a misdemeanor.
Aluminium or aiuminoid may be
1. soldered If the following formula is
used in mixing the solder: Tin, ~
PARTS; cadmium 10 parts; zinc, IL
F; parts; lead, l part The pieces TO
be soldered must be thoroughly clean
.sed and then put in bath OF strong
solution of hyposulphate OF soda LOT
a bout two hours before soldering.
lust before the Oklahoma Legisla-
i-ure- adjourned its winter session IL
passed a measure creating the office
of State Highway Commissioner, which
viii carry q salary of $4,000 a year.
/ The bill provided that the depart
ment depend for its support upon mo-
! florists. fixing a tax of dollar on each
/ automobile owned by resident OF
! Oklahoma. This tax will bring an In
come of about $4,000 year to the
State
Carpeting the streets with flowers
has long been one Of the means OF
welcoming heroes. but the Parislans,
ever on the lookout for something
new. now shower their guests with
blooms, apparently from the skies.
During a recent festival in the French
1 capital the paraders were covered
| with violets dropped on them from
laeroplanes-
| In addition to a well-known social
4 organization the Automobile Club Of
France maintains a Societe d'Encour-
+. axement. which has for its objects the
progress of motoring IN all It's
branches The societe conducts, with
funds supplied by the club, small
laboratory in Paris, where research
work in the interests of the motor
Z industry may be carried on. The
permanent staff of the laboratory con-
sists of a chief engineer. an assist,
! ant engineer and chemical expert and
-. a chief mechanic. Their salaries
amount to S2,50O yearly. When addi-
ticnal help is needed it is hired. but
; the yearly maintenance seldom eN-
ceeds $4,000. Although practically
industry is located about Paris, few
manufacturers avail themselves of the
privilege of using the laboratory, the
tests averaging about ten a. month
headlight capable Oh throwing d
F, beam more than 800 feet and yet
not dazzling the eyes of a man 33
feet away has been brought out by
a European inventor. The no-glare
effect is produced by a Venetian blind
on the inside of the front glass. The
strips of the blind are of sheet alum
mum about two and a quarter inches
deep and are set at narrow intervals
horizontally across the face of the
lamp They are coated with photo
graphic black on their upper and are
highly polished on their lower sur
faces in such a manner that the light
they intercept is reflected on the
ground The direct beams thrown by
the reflector pass out between the
saths as do most of the diverging
rays. The effect of this arrangement
is to cast a mellow flood of light on
4 the road Immediately in front of the
car and to throw a distinctive search
ing beam well forward. AT first
sight the light bears no unusual APP
pearance, but the nearer the lamp is
approached the more the metal strips
behind the front glass have the effect
of dampening down the brilliancy of
the light AT close range the lamp
presents no dazzling effect at all al
any position above the horizontal line
of the rays. although to the driver
of the car the illumination provided
is not reduced in the slightest.
In the city of Boston it is estimat-
gu lHdl CT tcdS( S-,VVO.VVu DCC1t
added TO the real estate valua ton
within a short time as a result of the
growth of the motor vehicle business.
Four hundred vehicles are expected
60 participate in the motor truck pa
rade to be held in New York on April
22d An omnibus will carry a band
and a squadron of motor fire appara-
tus from the fire department will be
sn line.
An odd fact in connection with the
registration of motor vehicles in Mas
rachusetts is that the number of mo-
tor cycles has declined as compared
with last year. About the same num-
her of new operators licenses have
been taken out, but not as many have
been renewed
The British expedition, under the
command of Captain Scott, which is
pushing on to the South Pole, is
equipped with three motor sledges.
designed after exhaustive tests made
an the SHOWS of Norway. These
eseiges have been nicknamed cater
pillars" and get over the ground by
means of an endless chain arrange
,Tlent-
according to latest estimates 3d.
900 cars, with S60,000,000 worth of
automobiles are now sold in New
York City each year. There are
seme seventy different agencies, en-
yioying about 700 men. The average
Usy of statesmen IS $4,000 a year,
though the best make 10000