The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-13

refrigerated, so that the only process needed is to run two racks in and then to close the door. The arrange ment hasn't been introduced over here yet, but may be before long.
 Realizing that 12 miles an hour in most parts of the city is an imprac- t1cal speed for motor vehicles, the police department of Milwaukee, Wis, has decided to make arrests only when the speed is above 20 miles an hour under certain conditions. The law fixing the maximum speed at 12 miles per hour is not abrogated, however, the department using its discretion. The most conservative motorists have long chafed under the restraint of the Emile law when driving in the out skirts. and action of the police chief is welcome one. In heavily con- gested districts motorists will be ex- pected to exercise discretion. and ar rests are promised to those who, when driving only or miles an hour, are endangering life and property. The chiefs action is claimed to be an ap- proach to realization of the justice of law which Wisconsin motorists have been trying to get through the Leg islature for a long time, in effect to abolish all speed limits and make the reckless driving under the circum- stances the sole cause for arrest.
 The Highway Commission of New York State is aiming to establish standard width of public highways Modern conditions are such that the safety of the travelling public demands more care than formerly on the part of the State, county and town officials in the proper improvement of the highway so that the users of the same may be protected so far as possible from unwarranted hazards or injury. It has, therefore, been dfemed ex- pedient to urge that, geneUhly speak ing, all main thoroughfares should be shaped and crowned to standard width of tWenty-four feet between ditches and that in so doing safety ditches be provided, or that proper guard rails be constructed, and also that in the construction of cnlverts and bridges they shall be strength ened or widened. as the case may be, to conform thereto.
 Seneca G. Lewis, General Manager of the Penna. Rubber Co, gives the following important tire advice: Air costs nothing. Use plenty of it. Avoid curbstones. They are hard on tires. If tire bolts are used, keep them tight. Keep water out of the inside of the case. See that there is plenty of clearance between fender and tire. Never allow the weight of the car to rest on deflated tires, even over night Don't turn corners at top speed. Make repairs at once-delay is costly. Don't let the car slide down hill. An extra tube will save a lot of time, fixing purctures.
 CAREFUL TESTING
 OF AUTOMOBILES.
 Testing automobiles in a large plant is a problem which has to be coped with. and taxes the ingenuity of makers said General Manager M. J. Hammers of the Abbott Motor Co.,, of Detroit, Michigan, manufacturers of the Abbott-Detroit. When man. ufacturer builds new model, his first concern is to test it and find out what it is good for. If one machine must be tested after it is made to deter mine it's competence, remembering that it is made under the eye of the designer, how can it be that 20,0oO can be built and placed at the dispo- sal of ultimate users with assurance that each one of them will be all right, if they are not tested IL might be the claim that after the first machine is made and found to be in good working order, all the remain ing machines may then be taken on trust in spite of the fact that the de. signer cannot spread himself out so thin that he will be able to give each one of them the benefit of his skill and judgment. Experience has shown us that machines can not be so well made that they may be turned out in vast quantities, even allowing that all parts be carefully inspected, ana never have occasion to make further adjustments after the machines are completed and started. The amount of attention that each completed ar ticle must receive may be but slight, but it is ruinous to reputation to disregard this difference. The ann ount of expert attention required will decrease in proportion as progress test ing is resorted to. For that reason every AbbottDetroit receives thor ough and careful road test of several hundred miles before the body is at- tached and it is shipped to its pur- chasers."
 MOLD DESTROYS INSULATION.
 It may be of value to the inexper- fenced electricians and automobilists to know that nothing destroys rub Der insulation of wires so quickly as common mold,' said Charles Splitdorf, head of the Splitdorf Laboratories" Moisture has little effect and wires have been known to keep their cover ing intact for many weeks lying in a bed of moist iron rust, but failed in a minute or so when brought into con- tact with mold. A house that is painted before the walls are entirely dry, is likely to abound in mold, and the only temporary preventive of inn mediate deterioration is carbolic acid, and even this does not serve to save the insulation unless constantly ap- piled.
 THE SLEEVE VALVE MOTOR.
 So insistent has become the demand among the progressive American man.