The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-22

charge of this division
 Charles Y. Knight who now resides at Coventry, England, near the great Daimler works, is about to furnish ammunition to the biggest campaign ever undertaken by the Royal Auto. mobile Club. This information is conveyed in a letter received by an automobile engineer who recently was Inventor Knights guest in a trir through foreign automobile factories where the Knight engine is. being iri- stalled in the output of cars. Gaso- line, or as it is called in Great Brit ain, petrol, has advanced in price steadily during the last ten years. Nc motor organization has done more tc1 ward trying to find out a remedy for the glowing cost of fuel for motor cars than the Royal Automobile club. Resolutions have been introduced to provide a way for preventing further increases in price, but when 1t came to experimenting on a substitute for the fuel that has scared to an almost prohibitfve figure in the last few months, the most practical suggestion came from the Knight engine inven- tor. MT. Knight has opened a la- boratory in the big garage of his Warwickshtre home where he is con ducting experiments with whale oi and other indigenous fuels with the hope of finding a commercial substi tute for petrol. He couples a knowl- edge of mechanics with that of chem istry. With the addition of two, more Packard patrols to it's equipment, the Detroit police department rounds 9 public safety squadron that ranks among the best in America. The rear wheels are being. equipped, with sev- en-inch pneumatic tires, marking an other step in the evolution of a mo- tor vehicle adapted to the slap ban.s continuous service of the police. The change from five and one-ha1f to seven-inch rears was engineered by Commissioner Frank H. Croul who has led the country in the modern izing of the police patrol system. The first set of .seven-inch tires is in good condition after 5000 miles. When the two new cars are delivered, there will be eleven guarding the welfare of Detroit citizens, two ins the fire de- partment and nine in the police ser vice. eff I had to take those cars at the end of the first year and throw them into the river, we would still be saving money for the depart ment," said Commissioner Croul. "As they are good for five years at least, the. investment is distinctly worth while from a financial viewpoint. In the matter of efficiency, there is ab-
 
 car with two men will cover as much territory as three horse-drawn wagons with six men and give vastly better service. We have worked out dOve- tail dispatching system by which the cars may be shifted rapidly as the need of the hour demands. The larg- est factor of saving is the reduction in the number of men. l shou1dn' t care to handle this department any longer if I had to give up motor patrols. Every horse has been elimi- mated. Nearly all of the emergency ambulance calls in Detroit are hand led by the motor patrols. The crews go through course of instruction under the direction of the police sur geon. The number of sick and in- jured carried in year is approxi- mately 5000 persons. The department has compiled maintenance figures on seven patrols in service from May 1, 1911. to May 1, 1912. The items are: Tires and tire repairs, $3,760.74; mis- cellaneous repairs and paintings $96S.2O; gasoline. $1,4s7.5s; lubri- cants, $265.21 The total for the sev- en cars is $6,481.73. The number of calls responded to in the year was 32,939 and the mileage S1,599.
 With banners flying and bands playing, ,,thes transcontinental Alec true truck 9f GhaFles w. dena4fad Toung < ra Co.,;
 
 Philadelphia on it's 4,OO0 miles trip to the Pacific. It was gala occas- ion, the start of this first coast to coast delivery of goods by truck form manufacturer to a customer. Never before has a motor truck been ac- corded such a demonstration. From the time it took it's position, heading parade of half a thousand scom- mercial vehicles; until it left for New York, there was a continuous round of enthusiasm. All told, twelve states will be passed through and sonre roads in the far west will be travelled for the first time by motor truck. From Philadelphia the main route is through New York. Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleveland. Toledo. South Bend, Chicago, Des Moines, Omaha, Denver, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Reno, Sacramento and San Francisco. Two drivers are piloting the truck on it's Journey. Records will be kept of the operating cost. with a view to showing the relative economy of mo- tor trucks and railroads for inter urban hauling in various parts of the country.