The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-02
Automobile News

cars, in the Russian Empire. St. Pe- tersburg has only 1.6OO cars.
 Even the inhabitants of China, are srutomobile, and numbers of CelestiaIs are driving about in them at the pres ent time.
 Chicago is to have still more auto mobile ordinances. according to some sf its aldermen The latest law pro- posed will compel all cars to slow down to five miles an hour at street
 In the German market. goggles in which the glasses are made of quartz perfectly colorless and transparent and so much harder that their polish ed surface never get dulled or scratch ed by the action of dust and grit Quartz also sheds water better than glass and clouds up less readily.
 nant at the proposed scheme of Mayor Preston to pass an ordinance tTnpos- ing local license on automobiles. ion. as they now pay the highest reg istration fee of any state in the Un- ion, and in addition they pay person. al tax on their cars, up to their fullest
 The Health and Hospital Board of Kansas City. Mo. is up in arms over gasoline Some garage owners seem- ed to think the board "easy," and charged it's members a, special i9ll high fts1 orders one of the official cars filled at prices which appear too high, the en- the gasoline out of his own pocket.
 Only s6 per cent. of the licensed white. Negroes seem to have an es- tablished place in the field This is the result of the lower wage for which craze @ age Of chaureurs is 2a- years. only two men in the State having H. censes who are over 30 years of age rnen holding licenses Is 5 feet inches The average weight is 1eo pounds.
 The method now commonly used TOT and cars charge is to deduct from the first cost of the machine the cost of the tires. and also in the case of an battery which are renewed from year to year, and to take as the annual depreciation charge the remainder di- vided by the assumed life of the car. For example. if the car complete costs s4.0oo, including $4Oo for tires and $4oo stunned to have a life of ten years. the annual depreciation charge is H.0O0-| soQ) divided by 10 equals $320-
 careful that the gasket used to pack the joint does not project into the combustion chamber If It does. the projecting parts are liable to become fneandescent, and cause pre-ignition knocks and perhaps backhring into the
 Much trouble is sometimes occasion cd in tire valves by their becoming clogged by small pieces of rubber from the washer in the screw cap of the valve This happens usually when undue force ia used in screwtng down the cap A good remedy consists in and placing them in the cap over the rubber washer. The rubber gives tome spring to the leather. which will not be out as rubber may be.
 Accordine to Government statistics compiled from the 1sos-1s1o census of manufactures. one cent of each dollar Of American capital is now employed in the automobile industry. The num- Der of wage-earners in the industry is other industry, while the wage stand ard figures out approximately high CT than in other industries, SO that that the industry is economically un- produetfve can be disregarded. s
 If the motor on cranking will run for a half minute and then stop, look to the gasoline feed line. A stoppage in the pipe will lessen the flow of gasoline. so that the noaG chamber of the carbureter fills slower than the motor consumes the fuel. As. result the motor stops until the car bSretsr hlle Y, cn agaln out he the nin9 Iemeo Ans other cause may be a sticking float in the carbureter If the float is stuck in a high position the flow of gasoline will be curtailed or even stopped
 The right of a passenger on an au- tomobile sightseeing car to sue both
 
 of the vehicle which collided with the car for injuries received in such collision has been upheld by a Kan sas City court. The plaintiff in this case was seated on sightseeing au- tonobi1e, and was injured when the motor car was run into by a trolley car. He brought suit against the au- toEnobile owner and the Street-car company. and the court. while dismiss ing the suit against the automobile owner, upheld the action against the Etreet-car company.
 One improvement connected with caT is the dark room. This depart Inent, adjoining the varnish room. is equipped with shutters and dark cur tains With the vacuum cleaner it can in a short time be made clean The heating capacity is equal to any where from TO to 100 degrees It is provided with a system of ventilation through the ceiling, which furnishes pure fresh air in quantity sufficient 4o assist the drying of the varnish It is a room in which the freshly var nished surface set for anywhere from 24 to 4s hours at temperature of not less than 70 degrees takes on a high, sharp brilliancy quite unattainable in a room flooded with light
 There are at present about 120 auto cordfng to the United States consul in that town Of these, about 40 are privately owned. and the rest owned are rather adverse for the machines, all the streets being paved with cob bIestones. The average life of set of tires on one of the public cars IS 9 days. Gasoline sells for 90 cents a gallon. In spite of the condition of the streets. the cars are quite popu- lar, and have superseded horses for social functions, such as balls we'd dings, etc. The charge for hiring is k3 for the first half hour and $2 for each additional half hour.
 Tire service bureaus are now be ginning to consider the approach of winter and to give out sage advice concerning the care, that tires should receive during their winters rest. One bureau states that 1t is perfectly easy -I--n inc fireS with xvhich a