The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-27

IuTe des- gnS well suited Tor lncorpora-
 tlon in the cOwl or scuttle dash.
 Credit for the six-cy finder design is
 generally given to England, though
 1t is apparent, from the records, that
 finders was a gasmobile, built in this
 country and exhibited at the New
 York Show of 1901.
 Where in former years the list price of car represented the price that the
 buyer was obliged to pay for the pre- else items enumerated and described in the catalogues and prfce-lists of the selling concerns, to-day, in a major ity of cases, it includes a varied as sortment of equipment ranging in va
 ue from $1OO to $2.5O per car.
 A new car will require a greater quantity of oil than will an older car which has fully found itself. The
 new owner should not spare the oil
 with the idea of ecOnomizing in this respect, as on a new car it will be 1 found that the bearing surfaces have not worn to the same smoothness and snugness of fit that they will have af- ter the car has been run for some time.
 The use of salt of the common or
 garden variety is by no means recom-
 mended for use in the cooling sys em. Chemically pure NaCl is a powerful
 non-freezing agent and its use would not be attended by the dangers that
 are coincident with the use of com
 mon salt However, the solution ad-
 vised by many authorities consists of denatured alcohol, glycerine and Wa
 ter, with a small quantity ofSalcohol
 added.
 It IS somewhat amusing to note how
 many makers still feel that they must
 build a car with a hood or bonnet
 that is impressive of strength- They
 are afraid to produce short bon
 net, lest the buyer will think the car
 has little power. This is an uLsa is
 factory rate of affairs and one that
 should be rapidly corrected. The
 shorter the bonnet, the more room
 there will be for the body and the
 more opportunity of suspending the
 body between the axes.
 One important difference between the
 commercial vehicle industry abroad and that in America is that construc-
 tional design is more orthodox in Egg land and France than in America. more difficult for a new. company to start out in the manufacturing busi- ness in Europe than it is here. With us a man may have been butcher of commercian vehicles. Such condi- tions are not possible on the other side.
 About 4Oi per cent of the total out put of American tire factories may be designated as non-skid tires. In cost they range from IS to 20 per cent. higher than ordinary tires of the same size Some of the factories make a run as high as three-fifths of their products in this line. But several of the characteristic companies are only taking up this branch of mapufacture and in future the indications point to a larger proportion of non-skids all around
 Next year the annual automobile show in New York will be held par tially in the Palace, according to pres ent plans, but in addition to the pres ent building there will be another giant structure situated in the inme- diate neiehborhood. This vii be building desigped to fill the place of Madison Square Garden, but with larger seating capacity. The. plans for the new structure are still in the hands of the architects but the orig inGl draft has been approved by the New York Central and the alterations necessary are simply matters of de- tail.
 The use of demountable rims is in creasing. These rims are now stock equipments with a great many car bIi derS, whereas a year or so ago but Eew of the hIgh-priced makers listed dernountab bIe rims as options, to-day these same makers sell them stand ard equipment, and cars listing at un- der the $2, ,O00 mark are sold with these types of rims. The rim builders are constantly endeavor1ng to produce a type of rim that can be sold as stock | on cars listing under $1.500. With all ! cf these rim builders the great aim is to produce a rim without any loose | parts, that is rim that can be chang | ed without having to entire,y remove l
 
 lost easily.
 The only reason that a tire of the non-skid type is not ideal for speed | work is that tffe additional weight of | the tread is. not regarded as an advan- | tage in racing. The tire factories un- iIe- in stating that a ear equipped with l r 1n-skid tires requires only enough | additional power to cOunteract the | additional weight of the treadS. The | fact that the surface bearing upon the | ground is cut up by the protuberanees in the treal is reckoned an advantage | IT. the matter of traction without inn l posing any disadvantages in the way l O. friction. The manufacturers insist | that the only difference in speed on a | reads and one with non-skids is the 1 almost inapoee cia ble degree resulting 1 from the difference in weight of the l res DectiVe tire equipments.
 The automobile was origina 'ly | equipped with springs similar to those | used on carriages, but it was soon | found that the requirements of the | new situation were very much unlike | those of the old ore. The great speed | of horSeless vehicles created more vii | orat1ous and shocks on the road, and i while the shape and strength of the | springs could be developed to a certain [ degree excessive deformations and 1 consequent breakages of springs were | not unfrequent. To limit the move | ment of the springs and to check their | recol, which is especially dangerous to i the life of springs, special devices ] were designed. These are either aux | Hilary springs or they comprise a me l in which the shock is trans formed into friction or absorbed by | forcing 2 fluid through narrow pas sages.
 Green is a most popular color this winter for motoring clothing, both for | men and women.
 The King of Siam is a motor enthu- siast and bas several machines in the royal garage at Bankok.
 In addition to enDtYing the luDrI- 1 cator and washing with kerosene it is well to flush the sight feeds and oil distributing pipes also.
 A municipal garage wi be estab- ished by the City of M Minneapolis, and in it will be stored and maintained al the municipal motor vehicles.
 Graphite is one of the best lubricants known for ally purpose, the only ob- lection to it's use in automobile cylin- lers being that it is likey to clog ID the nil pdmps and leads
 A motoring sage of Atchison, Kan, says: It's a good rule never to splash mud over the dress of a lady who nay be walking near car. Dresses 2 Te T1iybf he ]