The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-14

Oh0GT 01G SpSC1e1l pOI1Cc pO~SISS gently granted a number of members of the Hoosier Motor Club, Indianapo- lls Ind, for the purpose of aiding the Police Department in enforcing the speed law, several arrests have been ] made of reckless motorists and fines ] imposed.
 To compete with the motor car, as
 he expresses it, Rev. Louis Magin. pastor of First M. E. Church at La Crosse, Wis, is trying the experiment of holding outdoor services, the steps
 of the church being used as the pull pit All motorists of Lacrosse and visiting motorists have been invited to drive up to the church. remain
 seated in their cars and participate in the services from the curbstone. D. M. Clark of Prescott, Ariz-. road superintendent of Yavapai county, is transforming his 40-horsepower. motor car into "a road-bui1ding utility The rear seat has been discarded and re- placed with a. big air compressor. This apparatus will be driven by power from the autos engine and attached thereto will be big mine drill When the Tenodeling is complete the auto mobile drill will be used in boring on 1 the Copper Baisin Road. which is to
 be widened and repaired. It is ex- peeted that it will be very valuable in rock work s>
 All top dressings, renovators and the
 like should be put on car surface sparingly. A thin, uniform applica- tion is more beneficial, invariably, than a. heavy volume of material. All ClOIn IOT I1G LOp Si1OQ1O SOI 6 systematic brushing out. and the leather furnishings likewise require at tention. Clean white cotton waste will take Up dust and dirt from the leather upholstery. To clean parts around buttons and tufting, an oval ehiseled sash tool, such as painters use in, in washing EsS up work Tor I varnlshlng; ; other removable furnishings need to be taken out of the car often and put un- der. the vacuum cleaner indeed the X-a ho a justment can be put inside the car and made to take out every atom of loose dust and dirt.
 During the cold. moist days of au- tumn the car should have storage in quarters with sufficient prevailing warmth to dispe1 moisture. Moisture through the process of washing is to greater or less extent injurious to the finish or to the color under the protection of the finish. Moisture is a subtle medium, and it penetrates spaces often deemed impervious. When gaining a foothold under a body of paint it's progress is certain, and the undoing of the finish is sure. It may not undermine the paint structure in a day or night, and possibly not in months, but once seated it works per fate. Garages and repositories are often inadequately heated during the bad practice, and to the car owner an expensive one. Other things being equal the varnish will wear longer and
 maintain its luster more uniformly when given storage quarters uniform ly warmed
 Cost of maintenance of fire motor apparatus shows wide variation. A chemical and hose combination costs Shelby, Ohio, S2.60 per month for main tenance, including repairs, gasoline, oil, etc. The motor displaces two horses s38 for the two This represents sav- ing of $35.40 to the city Der month, or over 90 per cent Kennedy partment finds that triple combina- tion displacing three horses costs $10 per month The horses cost $17 each. through the motor of s41, or better than 30 per cent. Savannah. Ga, a city of about 100000 population, has effected saving of $2,225.7S in five equipment, according to Chief Ba1lyn- tyne. This city is completely motor ing two chiefs cars. The pumps are all gasoline except three, which are motorized steamers and are held as re- serves. Chief Ballantyne states that the motor pumps save from three to four men, rather make that many more available fire fighters in each company.
 The top should at this period of the year receive constant attention, for now are the days of hard usage With days of improper storage. If, when
 
 road service, it is folded up irnnedi- ately upon it's return to storage guar ters without drying off, and without the necessary cleaning operations, the top is sure to become very soon the shabbiest-looking part of the car Into 12-quart pailful of tepid water whip enough CaStile soap to create suds, and with soft sponge clean off the accumulationS and freshen up the en- ame1. This, in fact, is about all the treatment that the hand-buffed or the machine-buffed leather top should re- ceive at any time so long as the en- anel continues in good condition. Dry off the leather with 8, chamois skin. If the same weak soap solution, dry off, and, when the wear of the rubber has progressed sufficiently, apply a. good, reliable dressing, preferably one bought ready for use.
 New light has been shed upon the question whether pneumatic tires may be inflated wits carbonic acid gas from a small bottle containing this gas in liquid form, without injury to the tire or risk of finding it def1ated in short order by leakage. Labora- tory experiments of older date on the diffusion of carbon dioxide through tion in doubt, but recent tests by F. Steinitzer which are recorded in t'Cium- mi Zeitung'' are more nearly conclu- sive- A solution of 10 to 15 parts of glycerine and 20 parts of glue in 100 parts of water is recommended for producing a gas-tight coating on the inner surfaces of tire tubes. The tests related partly to absorption of carbon d1oX1de by rubber and partly to the