The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-05

The first funeral procession conn held in the District of Columbia was l that of Paul Peck. the aviator, who
 was killed by a fall from his biplane in Chicago.
 The Watertown CWis.) Motor Club. organized three months ago with sew enty-five members, has completed a sample stretch of road, the principal value of which is to illustrate the small cost of maintaining ordinary highways when proper methods are used. A stretch of one mile of dirt road between the western city limits and the village of Ixonfa- has been scraped, the stones removed and a split log drag applied after even the lightest showers, and it is today one of the finest pieces of highway in Wisconsin The expense has been approximately s6o for three months wesrk.
 Car buyers and owners who are par ticular about the colors employed should get assurance from the builder or painter as to the quality Of the used. The wonderful handsome lake tones are of little value unless dur able. The scarlet lake is seen best oyer. a ground of English vermiion. Munich lake may be used over a deep wine color, and crimson lake needs a deep red ground color A plain black ground is about right for purple lake. All the lakes require a. de1icacy of treatment not usually applied to the less transparent pigments. Surfaces cannot well be too nice for them, and the greatest care must be exercised in bringing the colors along until they are finally safe under varnish.
 By the automobile manufacturers of Indianapolis. Ind, agreeing to sub scribe $330, 900 to the project of buying crushed rock for a transcontinen enta1 highway from New York to San Fran cisco, the movement for practical road construction by the automobile indus try has advanced one step further in- to the realm of the practical. The plan of securing from each automobile of per cent. of llis gross business for three successive years gives prom ise of becoming feasible. This has been demonstrated by the attitude of Indianapolis. and the motor interests of that city have agreed that there is another $50, 900 coming. In the first bile concerns agreed to the proposition and signed the documents. The three not ready to sign are heartily in ia Vor of the movement, but due to the matter.
 In burst of scientific enthusiasm the French Government at one time entertained a project for rendering it's African colonies independent of out side sources for its power by culti- vating the humble peanut extensively also for fabrication In an attempt to demonstrate t1le feasibility of the plan peanut oil was employed in rum ming a small internal combustion en- zine at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and with successful results.
 When carbonization in one cylinder is found to be much greater than in any of the others, the condition of the piston rings should be examined, as it is more than likely that the rings have shifted so that the. slots are in Ene, of oil to work up into the conbus- ton chamber. Excessive carboniza- ton otherwise may result from poorly fitting rings or a scored cylinder. If cylinders, excessive fabrication, the use of an over-rich carbureter mix ture or poor grade of oil are the three possible causes, each of which should be investigated carefully.
 pr. Carl Duisberg, who was one of the principal speakers at the session Of the Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry in New York, in treating the subject of synthetic rub- Der, stated that in his opinion while the production of synthetic rubber has been attained from the viewpoint of chemistry, it is still a. long way in the future as a commercial possibility. He has used automobile tires made of the substance and said that he had tray eled 1, 900 miles upon them. Price and other factors as well are the main req sons for the delay in synthetic rubber reaching a, commercial level, accord ing to Dr. Duisberg.
 The use of metal bodies for automo- piles has served to develop quick ways of painting and finishing such sur primary coatings is one of the time saving items connected with the paint ing of the aluminium or sheet steel body. |, The oven, or drying room, which is coming to be an important ad junct of the automobile paint shop, is also serving to facilitate and quicken need not be classed as ovens or hot rooms. Correctly they are drying rooms. They are. first, close rooms from which, except during periods of and into which it is possible to in a volume of dry, hot air suf- ficient to hasten the drying of all paint and varnish mediums. This is the main mission of the drying room.
 Uuless acetylene engine starting de- vices are properly installed there is liability, not only of developing engine but of achieving poor sue cess in starting The inlet for the gas to the cylinders should be so ar ranged that the acetylene will not be blown directly against the points of the spark plugs, but rather, so that the true combustIble mixture of gas will reach them. Otherwise sticky carbon deposits will be formed that will quickly foul the points and prevent proper sparkling.
 For the fabrication or worn gearing the use of graphite and graphite 1ub- ricantS is particularly recommended. As in other applications, it's purpose is to prevent the harsh abrasion of high spots in the working surfaces, and to serve as a, preventive of cut ting should overwork or under-1ubri- 1 ation at any time raise the temp pera- ,ure of the gear surfaces above their safe operating limits
 By widening the gauge of it's s1eds | ,o the standard 56-inch tread, the | White Pass and Yukon Railroad Com oany has removed one of the obstacles l 70 the use of the autofn obile in Alas | xa- Heretofore the gauge has been l ,6 incheS and a. result the snow packed under the runners in such a l way as to make traction exceedingly 1 difficult for a car. The use of auto | mobiles in the far North as a sub- | ;titute for horses is being consider d in a, practical way.
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