The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-14
Kissel, Peerless, Packard, Hewitt and

the common load of the little coal car
 of less than ten years ago we find the
 5 ton trucks of Knox, Mack, Hewitt,
 Morgan, Rapid, Reliance, Sampson and
 others veritable locomotives in power
 and ability to get about.
 ten horse team attracts attention
 and twenty mules make traction out
 fit suitable only to the western des-
 erts where the most plentiful things
 are alkali and distance, but here we
 find in the Rapid truck, 60 horsepower
 easily and quickly managed by one
 man ard vending it's way about it's
 masters business as steadily and pa-
 tiently as the best trained steed or
 the most patient OK but hundred
 times more efficient. No wonder IL saves money. It is simply an applica-
 tion of the power of progress to the local transportation problem that has
 been applied to the long distance proD- lemS years ago.
 Other examples of large powers are
 the Mack AS h. D., the Knox, Hewitt, and Sampson 40 h. D., the Kissel 50
 h. D.. the Rapid 45 h. D., the Garford
 tude of 25 to 30 h. D., vehicles like the White, Hewitt, Courier, Overland, Franklin and others. Still further down the line are the Atlas, Buick, Rec, Randolph and others down to the lit |stle Brush with it's single cylinder g
  it's business in a most contented man ner.
 A new motor police wagon made for Lowell. Mass. is one of the most up to-date yet built, containing chests for ammunition. handcuffs. medicines. etc., and place for riot guns.
 Five hundred thousands cars is what the president of a leading motor com pany predicts will shortly be the an | nual output of the American manu- lecturers. The output for the 1910 According to a report of the Motor Vehicle Department of the Secretary Of State. California has one automo- bile to every 57 persons on it's federal census. The total number of ma chimes registered on December 1st was 41,25s. In November, 1,117 new cars were registered. There are more than l 700 cars in Saracmento county. A Boston real estate operator. who l is said to own more automobile gar any other man in the world. has just purchased a large tract of land in Cambridge, close to Harvard Univer- sity, upon which he is to build con- 1 bination garage and hangar building. He is to spend $20O,0O0 in erecting the building which will cover 184,60O square feet.
 Spokane at last has traffic law. Fifteen miles per hour has been fixed as the rate of speed within the fire l limits, and 20 miles without. Sleigh riding in automobiles is the l latest fad in KaamaZOo. Runners are attached to the front wheels and are slid along the snow by the power of the rear wheels. which carry anti skid chains.
 piles are seen at the German capital 1 at this time. Most people who are 1 progressive enough to take to the motor car make use of taxicabs. whose ! number is '1egion'' there.
 l | Rubber insulation does not stand l heat or a pentiful daubing with cylin- l der oil and the primary and secondary wires should not be run through a. 1 tube on top of the motor. but should be supported by bracket.
 By carrying 15 or 20 yards of strong
 twine in the tool box. the motorist
 weak spots in tires. protect chafted I wires and bind together split sections 1 of steering wheel. This tip is well l worth following.
 1 New Jerseys new license plates are attracting deal of attention because of their odd color-steel-gray with red l numerals in place of orange and black. An owner as we'll as ehauffeur, must obtain a driving license. but such license is unnecessary with a | tourists license.
 To ensure proper compression, it Is absolutely essential that the piston rings should be kept fabricated; when the motor has been idle for some time. the compression at the start is often l poor. Any failure in the fabrication while running will. of course. have the same effect A good automobile is made in a plant rather than in guarantee. 1 Smoke coming from the exhaust of r. 1~.~ k- -4 A~v~~ conditions: overlubrication-too much l lubricating oil being fed to the cylin- der of the motor-or too rich mixture, 1 that fs, too much gasoline and an in- sufficient supply of air. The first | condition may be readily detected by ish smoke The second. by dense ] white smoke. accompanied by puI1- gent odOr.
 A brush. attachable to a hose and so constructed that a constant flow of
 water follows the bristles. has been placed on the market. and motorists will find it an exceedingly handy de- vice for cleaning the cars, particu- larly at this season of the year, when mud. slush and snow are the princf- pal constituents of the roads. One of the features of the brush is that the
 hands are kept free of water while
 doing the work.
 One of the questions among motor wheel makers is the relative value of
 northern and southern hickory. The 1 impression prevails that southern hickory is more porous and brash than hickory from the north Southern hickory is as tough and strong as 1 northern hickory of the same age. But the southern hickories have a greater tendency to be shaky. and | this results in much waste. In trees from southern river bottoms the loss through shakes and grub holes in
 many cases amounts to- as much as 50 per cent
 There are no automobile manufac- tories in Russia. considered from the American standpoint A number of carriage and bicycle manufacturers have for some time been in the habit of importing parts of automobiles. in cluding engines. tires and the more
 complicated pieces and they have
 made the rougher parts on the prem
 ises. As an industry, automobile ! making has not thrived to any irn- portant degree in Russia: and for the reason that the Russians who are financially able to keep automobiles demand the very best that they can find in the market. The majority refuse to buy cheap machine. There is. however. continuous growing de- mand for good cars.