The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-11
E. Fl. DILLON & co.

port of New York to Europe during the last six months.
 Denied the joys of motoring on ter l "a f1rma, the Venetians have adapted of gas engine, and are satisfying theil desire for speed with the modern mo tor boat.
 When the car is run into the garage after a day's use, the battery switcf should be shut off, all oil-cups and lu. bricators should be closed, the gasoline feed should be cut off, the motor clean. ed and all bolts and nuts adjusted. If the tires are to remain on tht wheels for a considerable length oi time when the car is out of service jack the wheels up and let out mos of the air, leaving only about five pounds in each tire. This will keeI the tubes in shape and also keep then soft and pliable
 An exclusives automobile road, near. ly all of which is 3 per cent. grade with none greater than per cent, be- ginning at the foot of Sunset Noun tain, near the end of Charlotte Street Asheville, N. C., and winding around the face of the mountain to its sum- init, has just been opened to the pub. lic
 Occasionally one meets motorfs1 who is inconsiderate enough to driv% habitually with his muffler cut out In some places this is in direct vfO- lation of the law. and it ought to be solutely no reason for the commission of this offense, and so long as 1t is permissible to cut out the muff1er or the open road nothing more can be asked.
 In the fabrication of gasoline en- zine cylinder, not only must a film ot oil be maintained between the piston o axyJiYdor WQ1lC h1Jf fha oil rnnli form a seal around the piston rings in order that there may be no escape O1 pressure during the compression and power strokes. The pressure of the piston rings tends to squeeze the oil from between them and the cylinder walls and the oil must resist this as well as the pressure produced by com bustion, which tends to drive it into the crank-case.
 An Omaha automobile owner recent. ly striking, if somewhat unwelcome testimony of the high regard in which the assessors of his city hold one par ticular make of American cars. He had used the car in question, for about three years and had travelled about 10, GOO miles in ft,yet the assessors plac- ed it's taxable value at One-third more than the price originally paid for the vehicle. q The owner interviewed the assessors and finally convinced them 
 in good condition, its value had not appreciated in three years of service as much as they had figured.
 When the mercury Is at the freezing point, the motor should not be left dead with the water in it. While there may be sufficient heat in the circulating system to prevent imme- diate freezing, it is only question o1 a short time before this is lost, due to the great radiation area. Probably the radiator is the most sensitive. Here the water is purposely spread out into thin sheets in order to obtain the proper cooling of the water under nor mai conditions of temperature. How ever, in zero weather the danger of large radiation area exposed. It Is necessary, therefore, in zero weather to use an anti-freezing solution if the motor is to be exposed to the cold when not running
 More than a dozen large manufactur- CTS of American motor cars have sent representatives with demonstratine last month, to take advantage of the great boom in the automobile industry Rio de Janeiro has 200 miles of finely paved streets for automobile use, and it's magnificent boulevards present a panorama of ocean and mountain scenery. The city has population of 1, 100000, of whom 1,500 are already cars are phenomenal. and important dealers say that 5000 cars will have been sold by the end of the year 1912 French and German makers are get ting most of the business. The aver age price for cars is ten centes of reis ($3,300) delivered, this price includ- ing duty amounting to 17 per cent.