The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-21
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 For Auto Owners Things Which Owners and Operators of Motor Cars
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Over nine thousand motor trucks are in daily operation throughout the country.
 There are now in the United States 1855 factories producing 50 or more cars per year. Of these, 65 produce motor trucks or commercial vehicles exclusively
 According to one expert, 190,0 900 cars have been sold in this country in the past twelve months and 210,000 pleas ure cars are scheduled for the next twelve.
 The second conviction in wisconsin under the new State law placing a penalty upon obstructing the public highway, was made at Cashton re- gently, when Walter Jones, a farmer, was fined $100 for unreasonab1y ob- structing the highway by forcing C.. M. Culber, of Cashton, to trail his buggy on low gear for two and one half miles.
 Mrs. Pauline Sterns, Of New York, who is making transcontinental tour covering 4,500 miles, is past 50 years of age and the mother of a grown son, who accompanies her. In the past two years she drove a car 10000 miles in Europe, being the only woman to go through the famous Stol- vic Pass in the dead of winter. cross- ing from Italy into Austria.
 One of the speakers at the recent International good roads conference at Chicago, made the suggestion that a Sunday be set apart by the churches for the advancement of the good roads movement The idea met with ready and enthusiastic support from the delegates, and it was de- cided to request churches throughout the country to observe Good Roads Sunday"
 While it will seem strange to many New Workers and other Eastern au- tom obilists to have no Madison Square Garden show to go to in 1913 the Grand Central Palace will have many advantages. It will be a great time saver for men and women in terested in automobiles to be able to examine all the cars in one building, and it will be a money saver for ac- cessory exhibitors, as they will not be put to the necessity of going into two teresting the visitors who attend only the other show.
 It is expected that definite signs of improvement will shortly be seen in the Minnetonka Boulevard in Minne- apolis, Minn., as the result of a friendly controversy between the local road authorities and the good roads committee over the best method of treating the highway. Both are mak- ing experiments One mile of oil road is being laid by the county com missioners, and another of tar prepa- ration by the automobile club mem bers, and considerable interest is ta- ken by automobilists and other users of the road in watching the wear the two sections will stand
 Ever since the advent of the motor truck, the manufacturers and dealers in this type of vehicle have been trou- bled by individuals and concerns who request demonstrations and yet have not the faintest idea of purchasing a vehicle. There are not a few con- cerns that take advantage of the demonstration offer of the dealer and manufacturer and have the use of a truck for an entire day by giving the truck sellers the impression that they are prospective purchasers, while in reality they are not ill the buying field and only find it a cheap and con- venient way of securing assistance on day when their shipments are par ticularly heavy.
 Fire Commissioner Johnson of New York City, is confident of having 150 pieces of motor fire-fghting appara- tus in the service of the city by the end of 1912.
 In attaching a speed-indicating in- strument to 8 car it is quite neces- sary to have the driving gears which are mounted on one of the road wheels, exactly centered on the lat ter. otherwise the gears will wear quickly and will also be noisy.