The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-05
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of coffee. This came about becauss
 during the last fifteen years, the au-
 tomobile has boomed the rubber mar
 ket, so much so that people in South
 America, who raised conee, find less
 profit in 1t than the rubber indUstrgs
 and the coffee crop is being neglected
 Undertakers have adopted the pow
 CT wagon readily and generally h
 this great humanitarian industry the
 demands come at all hours, for death
 waits on no man. Speedy service c
 better than delayed service, particular
 ly in case of death and thus the un-
 dertaker has to have an adequate
 wagon equipment. The undertaker8
 who have taken up the automobile
 with energy have found that thelr ra-
 dius of usefulness has been doubled
 without enlarging their equipment
 First in importance to the world e industry, has been the progress ach1eVa
 ed by the automobile business wagon during the past year. At the begin hing of the present year every line of business in the land that requires the transportation of gods uses sons
 form Of commercial vehicle. During
 the past year the use of freight auto
 mobiles has increased remarkably ana operation under varied conditions ha8 demonstrated betterment of servica and economy resulting from their use
 Among the newer fields into wi1icai the automobile truck has been intro duced with success is in the service os land and development companies. The trucks are fitted with seating accom- podations for passengers. They ara generally of from one to two tons t8 load capacity, and have scots for from ten to twenty passengers. These trucks are used frequently to trang@ port purchasers of houses in outlying sections to the steam or electric une9 that connect the suburb with the citya
 Persistent and ever-increasing de- mands For labor and fin1e-saving auto matic dumping bodies have led to th8 production of many ingenious devtce8 for meeting the requirements of heavy service. Cranks, chains, gears, lev CTS and auxiliary power apparatus ara all made use Of with varying degrees of success for raising either one end or enc side of a heavily loaded body so that the material contained may lo8 made to slide down the inclined side or floor of-tffe body Co the desired Uu- loading place. Most of the improved dumping devices which have been study of the particular demands to bs met and of intelligent application oe the knowledge gained from this study to the mechanical details of the cOns struction.
 The French Grand Prix is unique by reason of the distance to be covered. It has been decided that the test shall comprise a distance Of 1,2OG miles to be covered on two consecutive days the ears to be placed In a garage uL- - der military guardianship at the close of the first Jay, and only handed over to their resp psctIve drivers a few min utes before the start of the second day. It is considered by the racing board that the value of the cars can only be revealed by a Iong-dfstanc9 test of this nature. Although there is only one race, and one first prize of $4. .no0 together with a team prize Of $2.- 900, there are two distinct classes, one being for light cars having a four cylinder motor Of not more than 5000 c.c, with a minimum chassis weight of 1,T63 pounds, and the other for cars without limitation of power or weight rho 4cr14 Ia arr calIy the same as those in force for last years race at Boulogne-sur-Mer the only difference being that the min lmum body dimensions have been re- As these cars will probably average 63 to 64 miles an hour for the full distance, they will be quite as ina- pressive as the bigger racers, and may indeed succeed in winning the first prize, for it is doubtful If the big cars, having more stoppages for tires and fuel, will put ID a higher average.