The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-06

A motor mart to cost almost a million .do.lars.-is to be erected in St Louis, Mo. It will occupy the south side of Locust Street from Twenty third Street to Jefferson Avenue. Hen " Leschen, millionaire manufacturer of wire rope, is the packer for the pro-
 Forty-five tons of license numbers, being the total weight of the 45, GOO sets which 1t is estimated will be required by T linofs motorists during 1912, have been stacked in the basement of the State Capitol at Springfield. They are packed in boxess each box contain Ing 100 numbers, and the huge pigeon filled, leaving more than three-quar- ters Of the entire consi ignment scat tered over the cavernous basement
 To reduce the complexities which in vo.ve the general field of automobi' e operation the Society of Automobile Engineers has suggested a system of standardized gear control one in whi h like movements always will produce like effects It represents mere concentration of present general prac- tice to accepted form, and nothing mere yet its adoption will mean that as far as gear shifting Is concerned the handling of all cars will be alike.
 A Chicago cheese manufacturer, a Frenchman by births is so impressed with certain make of American ight delivery wagon which he Is using in his business that he has sent sim liar car to a friend in France. advis- ing him that in his opinion it will serve the friends purposes better than any car made In his native country. Were he in need of it, that sort of boosting would soon start the maker of the car on the high road to fame
 There are only a few technical facts which 1t is really important for the notorist to know in connection with the acqulring of q new machine. valves and the setting of the magneto armature and circuit breaker. Not on should all fntermeshing gears be plainly marked SO that once dfsmount- same relation, but the owner should be able to discover for himself. with out expert assistance, whether the ad- juStMent between the gearing and the last bit of mechanism which 1t drives is correct. With such Knowledge in mind. It is a good plan to practice 1t comes back from the repair shop.
 During the past year there were constructed, under State supervision. 60.sS mi es of highway in Ohio.
 the mails made in Atlanta, Ga, shows that collections could be made in one third of the time formerly taken by a horse and mall wagon The experI- Ieved the government will adopt the system.
 The Contest Board of the American Automobile Association has sent out letters to all clubs and promoting or ganizations throughout the country, asking, them to select Gates for con- Indianapolis has asked for Decoration day and Labor day for speedway ra- ces; Philadelphia has asked for the second Saturday in October for FsTr- mount Park road races application has been received from California for a date about the middle of May for the Santa Monica races, and application has been made from Chicago for dates in August for the E1gin national stock chassis races From present inc5 ca lions 1t Is apparent that 1912 will be an active one in the road racing he d.
 According to the Inland revenue re- turns. which are the most reliable ob- tasnables there are 75,600 privately owned cars in the UrTted Kingdom of Great Britain. while in addition there are probably 10000 commercial vehicles Of all kinds: taxicabs, motor buses. si9ht-seeinR vehicles, mat vans etc. London has the lead in the num- per of commercial vehicles, the total number of motor busses plying for hire being about 1900, and the num- Der of taxicabs between 1000 and 8, 900. The great majority of the busses are
 With the ending of the present year. Massachusetts was about g. .O00. .0aO richer as a result of the use by it's citizens of motor cars; this, of course not including the enormous revenue derived from fa-Fng the motor car plants and the other factories ah1lsated with the industry There were, ap- proxinateIy 5000 more cars registered over last year.
 Returns from ten different European countries show that there is a toSal of 223, ,2s2 motor cars in use In those king dons and republics at the present time, with England the leader The count Ts interesting in view of the general 'ack Of information along these lines, and is as follows:
 UnSted Kingdom. 75.600