The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-19

to-day are good for at least 6VUO II ordinary care is taken to get the most out of them. Cases are on record where they have run from 5000 to IT, 900 miles in ordinary service.
 Automobile dealers at Hamilton. Ont. have raised the retail price of gasoline from 20 to 25 cents a gallon This rate has been charged for some time by number of oil and gasoline dealers in Ontario, but it was only last week that the Hamilton supply houses fell in line.
 Sure, we are going after the chauf- feurs!' exclaimed the owner. Dye suppose the owner of the car gives a darn where it is, as long as he gets good service and the place isn't too in this garage that I've never seen the owners of since they've been brought in here. So there you are, sir. The chaufeurs bring us the cars. < Among the formalities of transconti- mental truck touring perhaps none IS more edifying than the very necessary one of inspecting and reinforcing way side bridges. The inadequacy of the modern highway to modern needs IS something to be endured, but the in- adequacy of the average county com
 missioner's Ideas with regard to bridge construction is more serious. Rotten wooden bridges are menace
 that lies in wait for every motorist travelling an unknown way, but 1t re-
 Quired the advent of the truck to make their ridiculous antiquity perfectly ap- parent.
 The city of Philadelphia recently ad-
 vertised for sale all the horses used by the street inspectors and highway commissioners, and at the same time bids were advertised for furnishing au-
 tomobiles to take the place of the horses. This marks the commence ment of a plan to house all the city owned machines in one garage. also a change is to be effected in the sys-
 tenn of handling the machines. At present every city official who is en- titled to the use of machine has one, with a chauffeur, which is at his disposal only. A new plan is to be put into operation by which any ma chine in the garage will be at the dis posal of whoever is entitled to one. By this it is hoped to save money through keeping the machines and ch1uffeurs busy.
 With a dual Ignition system if 1t is found that while there is no trouble about running on the magneto side, the engine develops insufficient power or misses on the battery, it is fairly safe. to look to that equipment itself for the difficulty. Despite their sup posed uniformity, dry cells are prone to considerable variation both in strength and length of life. As far as the storage battery is concerned, the mere fact that it is charged fre- Quently does not necessarily guarantee its proper performance. Improper charging. insufficient electrolyte or electrolyte that is not proper den- sity may upset it's action sufficiently current and one of short duration. If the coil works at all, on the other hand, it should work as well with the battery as with the magneto, and therefore, under the conditions nazned;; 1t should not be tempered with.
 The latest university to establish a course in automobile science is the University Of Southern California. This has secured Stanley Smith, c. F., Of Los Angles, as professor of auto mobile science and operation.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Hale, of Chi cago, who have arrived in Paris after an automobile trip in an American car during which they covered 2,6s2 miles in Europe, explored 20 Alpine and Ap- penine passes. But what is most re- markable is that they had but one ac- cident, when they lost their fender in a snowbank
 The fight to allow automobiles in the various national parks is being Wag- ed with renewed vigor. Representa- tive Rucker, of Colorado, recently pe- titioned the President to issue an ex- ecutive order permitting machines in the Yellowstone National Park, Yo- semitic and California Park.
 A machine operable from either end, like street car, has been evolved In England, and it is probable that the first car will make it's appearance on London streets in short time. The 'bus is steerable from either end, and when it is desired to proceed in the reverse direction, it is only necessary for the driver and conductor to change places
 When starting a motor by hand care should be taken not to rock it excessively, by swinging 1t back and forth against compression. Where this is done particularly if the spark be timed to occur pretty close to dead center. there is considerable risk that ignition may occur just as the crank starts to swing in the reverse direc- tion, causing a heavy back-kfck
 In the event of a badly damaged gasoline feed pipe when means Of re- pair are not at hand, it is we'll to bear in mind that the car can be driven for considerable distances by repeat ed filings of the float chamber of the carburetor All that is necessary is to remove the spout from squirt can, rinse it out, and use it as a means of conveying the fuel from the tank outlet to the carburetor.
 Taking up a sport which has proved to expensive for other localities, Vii chita, Kan, recently amused itself with a motor polo game, in which the ponies were replaced by stripped au- tomobiles. The ball was an ordinary | and the goal between posts 60 feet apart. Three 10-minute periods brought tie score of 1 to 1. and the | startling sight of one of the machines turning a somersault, quite after the l fashion of pony, on quick turn. No l one was hurt, nor was the car, which | was righted and went on with the game.
 Prominent among the tendencies in l automobile design which have charac- teriZed the past two years is that of | changing the steering wheel from the right side of the car to the left and | the gearsFiift lever and emergency | brake lever from the right side to the | left or center. To-day it is much discussed question as to which type of drive and control should be made stan dard, the number of companies chang ing from the right-side drive to the | left type during the past season mak- ing the status of the right-side drive as a standard construction somewhat doubtful
 Unique among the wagers that have been made involving automobile trav- el and globe trotting is an agreement which pr. H. Benton Young, of Tren- ton? N. J., and William B. Kumpf. of Mt. Holly, N. J., have attempted fIIlAIl xx,ik1a ivy hof