The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-19
Automobile News

A number of automobile owners driv- CTS and others identified with the mo- 1 tor-car trade have organized the Fra
 ternal Order of Honk Honks, which
 will have it's headquarters at Ander-
 son. Ind.
 Mississippi statistics show that dur ! ing the past two years $5, S67, 900 in
 bonds have been issued for road inn
 proverner1ts, In nearly every case the i bonds brought par. This does not in-
 cl1de expenditures for this purpose made from funds on hand. In addi- i tion auton obi1e clubs and individuals have contributed considerable sums for road improvement
 1 Several months ago the Columbus l (Ohio) postoffice permitted the mail i collectors, who had been operating 2 | the automobile collection wagons, to an allowance of 1000 for maintenance. i Since that time the collectors have be- come mechanics, and are making quite a saving by making all adjustment 1 themselves.
 It has been discovered that in the city of Philadelphia there are at pres ent on the statute books thirteen sep arate ordinances governing and de- fining the rights of various classes of vehicles. Maximum speed of 10 miles an hour is provided within the city limits under penalty of a $25 fine. France is at present showing de- cided preference for what nave been termed baby cars-Smal1, light, two seaters, costing little more than a first
  the same upkeep cost. Up to recent 1y, these machines, have been produc- t ed by firms of comparatively little inn portance, but ruInor has had it that one of the larger companies will enter the market.
 Highly interesting and exhaustive experiEnents, involving for the first time the use of the automobile in wireless telephony, have recently been made by E. c. Hanson. of Los Am geIes, Cal. One of the most recent ex- nRTir0RptS int on Toa Mountain of a message s~at over the ranges from Long Beach, s5 miles away The current was Supplied by the lighting storage battery with which his car is equipped.
 The use of wire wheels, which is ip the eye of the American builder to- in Continental Europe. A few years ago England was the only exploitation ground and because John Bull brought it out France and Germany ago France took it up, and now one of the best. engineering houses in detachable wire wheels will be stock equipment. This company has further announced an average temperature re- duction of ss per cent in tires on wire wheels due to the rapid radiation of heat from the tire through the metal wheel rim and it's spokes. Added to this is the reduction in rim weight on the wheel and the consequent ad- ding of hexibility to the car when on the road. Here also comes longer wear on tires and brake Things.
 In the movement which is now under way to remove from the automobile the last VestigeS of offenSiVeness in street traff1c, systematic investigation of lubricating oils. has been taken up with so much more vim as the same line of research promises to remove also the last uncertainty in the con trol of the thermic functions of the internal combustion motor The most important work looking to the avoid ance of nauseouS odors in the exhaust gases of the automobile has been done by the Royal Prussian Bureau for the Testing of Materials. and showed that, by first removing those components of the oil which are soluble in ace tone odorous exhaust was obviated Another important step was the con struction of the Ossag oiI-teSting ma chine by means of which the physical properties may be deteTminel1. D: