The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

Cleveland Ambulance drivers have
 declared war on Police Chief Kohler's s
 order that ambulances must not ex-
 ceed speed of eight miles an hour
 while carrying accident victims to the
 hospitals.
 That automobile riding develops the
 chest is the opinion of New York
 tailor who states that the girth of
 a mans chest increases on an average
 of an inch every two years after he
 begins ito ride regularly in a car. At recent meeting of the Motor Club of Harrisburg, Pa, each mem Der of the commit tee on good roads
 was assigned to a certain section oi
 the roads leading into Harrisburg tc look after the condition of the same and report all roads in need of imme-
 dlate repair.
 How France manages to keep the number of automobile accidents down is illustrated in the following incident which occurred recently. A speeding motorist, winse car had killed pc destrian, was sentenced by the coilri to serve one month in prison. to pay $200 annually to each child of the vic
 tim until the child attains it's major fty, and to give the victims widow 5000 in a. lump sum- lvf Maryland and other motorists are warned not to be tempted to scorcI over the new State highways lest they fall into the hands of the law. The patrol of the State Roads Commission
 have been instructed to take the mum. ber of every nsGcaline that exceeds the legal speed limit of 25 uniIes an hour and those numbers will be handed foveq to State Motor Vehicle Counmissionel Roe. The commissioner can either impose a fine. a jail sentence orsrevoke licenses. rhesdIdag of blind touring are now
 past; the art Of route making and
 rot1ts describing has been developed
 as never before, and to-day the tou-
 rdst can traNek Srom ocean to ocear
 witlDoaH stopping to consudt with na, lives of amy community as to Wha1
 course to follow. The driver receives his route instructions from the Occb pant of the other half of the front
 seat who in turn gets them from tho open tour book in his lap. This lRath-
 erJbOund volume, in fact, contains more valuable road information be- tween it's two covers than could bt
 vonchsaned by a whole army of viii
 lage oracIes or oldest settlers
 An AngeTfcan motor car has beer 1 the first to cross the oontinen of Aus
 tralias distance of 2.600 miles, oa l which 1000 mffeS were uniuhabited. Inner tubes often come in cardboard
 boxes. These afford ample probectior while they aHe stored on the dealers shelves, but not when placed in thk car.
 Caicagols city council, in it's efforts | to minimize motor car acctdenfE haS passed am ordinances designed to com. l pei drivers of motor cars and riders
 of motorcycles to stop a,t all strees l crossings when street cars have stop: ped to take on or discharge passen-
 gers
 Professional chaufceur:s of Baltimore
 |, new motor car laws which provides
 that professional chauffeurs-that is men who drive for wages cars than are hired out-shal1 pay s for their drivers licenses while others shall pay
 but $2, and have started a fight against
 it Fl .s . : a ; . l It is better to remove the envelope entirely from the rim 4and to drive
 slowly with no, tire at all than to rist | the consequences of running with il deflated This should be the proce. dure if it is found impracttcable to re pair the leak on the road. In conHec-
 ton with running on the rim, it isAs I good plan to wind 1t with a heavy rope such as is carried by most drivers al a tow line. Driving in ruts has an exceedingly bad effect on tires and should be
 avoided wherever possible, even though at, some sacrifice of speed and com IOIt. hV6u III SO1C Sdnu, IIlS tOITl d
 the, sides of the ruts causes. unduf wear on the sides of the castings, al
 points where it is not designed to re. fsistg abrasion. The result of habitu- l al neglect of the precaution will be 9 I tendency to blow-outs
 F Metal and leather tire trunks are tc be strongly recommended as the best protection possible for the extra tires Often shoes are seen on the roofs o1 ! limollsines or other closed cars. witt mo- protection whatever. In such . position@ they get the full effect of al l'thef clements to a much greater extent
 than they would even if uncovered
 and amounted at the side or the real I of these cars. In such exposed DO ESitionS the substantial tire trunk is al i most a necessity,
 l Never carry envelopes or shoes un-
 covered, so that they are exposed te 1 light, to temperature variations and tc
 oils and grease. Strong light, such as
 sunlight, has a tendency to make tires
 brittle, so that they will crack ir places. This at the same time takes
 away their elasticity. Tires, when
 stored by the man who knows, are placed in dark rooms, where the tenn peraiture is kept as nearly constant
 at 50 degrees as possible, for temper
 ature variations age them premature | fy.
 40 to 60 cents a gallon, and this ie probably one of the main reasons why | there are not more touring cars among the owners Of motor cars. The many light cars offered by European ! manufacturers are designed to afford economy in gasoline consumption and are not powerful enough to make pos
 sib1e long tours over hilly roads. Ii l is the modern low-priced car export l uumzzzM1znm