The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-25

cars owned by 130- persons in the
 county seat the average value is es. timated at $1,200. a4
 In weighing the load on each axle it is only necessary to drive the front
 wheels of the car on the scales, and then the rear wheels. The correct load per axle will be obtained if the car is in horizontal position while
 being weighed.
 Major Richard Sylvester, superinten-
 dent of police in the District of Co-
 lumbia, has prepared a draft of a bill
 which he will present to the District Commissioners for approval in which he fixes the penalty for automobile stealing at a term in the penitentiary
 Washington automobile owners have suffered to such an extent, recently, that drastic measures are considered necessary. The penalty at present for
 taking an automobile by one who has no right to. take it. usually for the purpose of a joy ride, is but $40 fine.
 Cylinder oil which is. drained from the crankcase of a motor, having a circulating system, after every 500 miles of se,may be used for the gear. set if mixed with grease. The oil is merely charred and is slightly stringy from the wax which has been formed in it. This wax like constituency is the very qualification necessary for a gear lubricant in that it holds the oil to the gear. The oil should be drain ed into a pan mixed with grease un- til the mass assumes the constituen- cy of the regular transmission lubri> cant familiar to all automobilists, be- ing neither liquid nor solid.
 In painting radiators avoid smear ing on any heavy body of pigment The less body of paint applied to these parts of the car the better, for ob- vious reasons. First, get the surface slick and clean and then put on a ment that will stand about every pos sible condition in the catalogue of hard service.
 Gray or brown metallic paints are used to advantages; likewise aluminium bronze paint is doing we'll for this service. Asphaltum preparations in doing nicely when applied in thin body. The trouble has been that the mesh of the radiator becomes clog ged with pigment, whereas under correct process this condition should never occur.
 Tight bearings consume needless amount of power The wheel bear ings, especially, should never be too tight. They not only wear, but also consume an unnecessary amount of power. If the owner of the car ad- usts his own wheel bearings, he should remember that the bearings should have a barely perceptible play. In the cup-and-cone type, for instance. the ground, as it should be when the adjustment is made, an almost im- play should be observed atl the rims. The play should be no more than the mere feeling that it is not tight After the adjustment has
 | l,a f;rI, check may be made upon it by spin hing the wheel free, if it is a front wheel. The wheel should swing like l pendulum several times before com ing to rest
 Monograms on the big pleasure cars are being more largely used this sea- son than ever before. In the mak- make the initial of the surname pre- dominate over the initial of the Chris ian name, the surname being given attention through the me- lium of attractive color effects.
 :. Difficulties attendant on the light md tail lamps will largely vanish if | before lighting the wick is first turn- d up for about half an inch and then l urned down to it's proper height. The 1 effect is that of squeezing | he oil up into the upper part of the WICK where IL Will more readily lS- lite when the flame is applied.
 In establishing carburetor connec- ions, lead washers only should be lsed, as leather or fiber is apt to be 1 by the gasoline, leaking un- ons and clogged jets being the re- ult. Most modern connections are made with ground joints, which re- uire no washers at all; if they become eranged it is simple matter to rem Ter them tight by grinding them in with little crocus powder or emery lour and oil.
 A novel law will become effective in lentucky, June 18th. which will be of interest to motorists, as 1t makes 1t ossible for persons having dogs in-l