The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-22
THE AUTOMOBILE WORLD

A good roads convention was held
at PineVille, KY, the past week. Pine
vile is located in the mountains OF
Southern Kentucky, and the meeting
was under the auspices of the noun
taineers, who have found that good
roads increase the value of their real
ty holdings.
A company has been organized at
Louisville, KY, for the manufacture
of electric automobiles. The concern
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $4,000, and plans are being
made for the establishment of fac
tory Both pleasure and commercial
vehicles are to be made.
The Chicago Automobile Club has
instituted a new form Of amusement
for it's members and their families. 1t
is what is termed a Family Tour,
on the same line as the sociability
scheduled for April 22d has received
% entries up to date. The route will
be from Chicago to Halliday and re-
turn
At the present time automobiles are
used for the collection of mail at Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Mil
waukee, Cleveland and Columbus
(where they were recently installeO
The service was also in vogue at Buff
falo and Washington, D. c., up to
the expiration of the yearly contract
September 80, 1910, when, after being
duly advertised, no satisfactory bids
were received.
The Automobile Club of Delaware
County, Pa, has issued the second
number of it's official organ, Club
News" which in addition to other in
tereSting matter contains information
concerning police speed traps in Della
ware County and vicinity. The club
L., rNf TNn1o
ware County and vicinity, in which
the various types Of highways are
shown.
Wisconsin good roads enthusiasts
are much elated over the passage by
the State Senate of the Donald Good
Roads Act. The bill carries a yearly
appropriation of $350,O00 for good roads
purposes, this sum to be distributed
among the counties which make ex-
penditures for highway improvements
along lines laid down by a commits
sion of experts. The commission is
to consist of the State geologist and
dean of the College Of Engineering of
other members appointed by the GOV
ernor, all to serve without remunera-
ton.
A well-constructed and satisfactory
car should be capable of travelling be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 miles, and the
most economical way to cover this
distance is by continued service from
one car, if for no other reason than
that the first time a car is used it is
made secondhand and depreciates
from 20 to % per cent. not as ser
vice article, but from a selling stand
point. Therefore, if several cars are
used to travel q distance that could
be covered by one car, with deprecia-
ton reckoned on each of the several,
he "a onSt1v than
with one, car, with depreciation in the
first instance only and maintenance
throughout it's full usefulness.
Automobile racing is about to lose
another of it's efavorite drivers in the
person of Willie Haupt, the Philadel-
with the intention, it is said, of be-
coming an air pilot. Haupt, who is
following in the footsteps of Ray Har-
rOun. is expected to make several
flights at Mineola in the near future.
The average motorist is much more
apt to entertain approximations regard
ing over than under imitation of tires.
Yet the former is not likely to result
in harm, while the latter does so with
out shadow of doubt
Motorists Of southern Oregon have
laid plans for a most active season In
highway Improvement work, it being
their desire to make the roads in that
section as good as any in the North
west. The Booster Club, of Cottage
Grove. Ore, will purchase a rock
crusher and maintain it through the
coming summer. 1t is proposed to
build 20 miles Of crushed rock through
Lane County. starting with Cottage
Grove as a center, and working each
way. Among the other places in the
southern part of the state engaged in
plans for road work this season are
Roseburg and Grants Pass. At the
latter place an automobile club was
recently formed, and an active high
way campaign has been mapped out
The Roseburg Automobile Club which
consists of farmers and prominent
business men, is endeavoring to inter-
work.
According to the figures of the Mas
sachusetts Highway Commission, au-
tomobiling in that state has increased
80 per cent during the last year, and
up to April list motorists have paid
the State in registration fees since
January 1st more than a quarter of a
million dollars. The receipts to March
30th, inclusive, were almost $4,000 in
excess of those for the corresponding
period year ago and greater than re-
ceipts to April 30th in 1910. There
have been registered so far this year
almost 10000 motor vehicles of which
d
no separate account was kept of the
commercial vehicles, but it was esti-
mated that for the whole year there
were about $4,000 registered. Almost
700 manufacturers and dealers have
taken out registration certificates
against little more than 500 last year.
There has been a big increase in the
number of chauffeurs.
An inventory has been compiled by
the Detroit city controller, showing
that municipality to have in use ~
automobiles and trucks and Is motor
cycles. representing an outlay of $103,-
73S The automobile plays a conspic-
uous and efficient part in the police de-
partment, seven patrol wagons, sew
en-passenger touring car, a truck and
twelve motorcycles being in use. The
fire department has an engine and a
combination hose wagon and six auto
mobiles for chiefs and officials. The
board of public works has five cars
and the park and boulevard depart