The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-28
Automobile News

E Stone garages are more eXpens1Ve' but they have the advantage of hold a way that the portion above the garage can be used as servants
 The State Highway Commissioner of Ohio has made. his plans known in reference to road building Tor 1913. He will request that the legisla- ture , % one of tbe ss eoun ties in the States $a0,OO0 each lie will ask the legislature to provide for a one-half mill levy for good roads construction during 1914
 Feeling dissa tisfied with Hong dis tance''> control from the East. group of motorists of Los Angeles, Cal, nave taken steps to form q rival automo- bile body, and no less than A Los Angeles automobflists have signed declaration of independence from the American Automobile Association. They propose to form Western Au- tOmobi1e ASSOcia tiOn.
 Hunting by automobile has become a. favorite sport in the ranch region of South Texas. Tt is now a common practice for parties of sportsmen 10 take a spin over the ranch roads into ness and return with a load of wild game The cars are also convenient for hauling in the game. It Is not an uncommon thing to witness the literally loaded down with the fruits of their rnarksma nship after very successful hunt for deer. jack-rab b1ts cotton-ta11 rabbits, possunls, badgers and coyotes.
 The possibility that the Balkan con troversy and the attending depression the price of automobile tops advaIc- ing is suggested by the fact that much of the material now used in making the high class motor car top covering is of mohair, which is imported from Turkey. the home of the famous Angora goat. The best mohair ma terial for their use is not made in the United States. but is rubberized after it reaches America, and lining added to it before it goes to the factory to go over the frame work of the automo- bile top.
 Plans are on foot providing for the formation of a company to handle trucks. Merchants doing 8 general business, not large enough to warrant establishing a, delivery system of their own, will be able to send their pack ages to customers through the new company which would guarantee safe delivery.
 One of the latest anti-skidding. de vices to appear has been patented It consists of a. pair of specially con structed hollow naudguards to contain sand. These are substituted for the A valve is provided, operated by handle from the drivers seat When the ear starts to skid on a slippery road, pulling, the handle releases the
  of the tires and stops the skid
 There is no room for green hands of the city of Paris. The Govern ment driving license, delivered after practical examination. is the least important of it11e requirements, Vor the operator should be able to drive mechanical skill is considered of stin greater importance. In order to be street sweepers, all applicants must successfully pass the following tests; Forge a small part according to assemble various forged parts, bear ings, pul1eys, hywheels, crankshafts, transnissions. gearsets ball bearings, etc.: case hardening, brazing, solder ing, the making of pipe joints for automobiles; complete dismount1ng Of gasoline motor, assembling same of lubricators. also cooling systems by pump and thernO-SyphOn and with and without fan: fitting and regulat- ing a carbureter for gasoline or ben zoI: fitting and regulating an ignition system by magneto or storage batter ies; fitting and regulating clutch; change certain parts in a gearset and a differential; assemble and regulate brakes and steering gear. Finally, the candidates must find the causes of a breakdown in a motor and rem to verify the condition of a machine before taking it lout Arrangements have been made by the Paris n11n1c1- pality for the gradual displacement or all horse-drawn vehicles for street sweeping and watering.
 COAST TO COAST ROAD
 PLAN IS TAKING SHAPE
 The plan to build a stone highway from New York to San Francisco to be ready for those intending to tour to the Panana-Pacif1c exposition in 1915 is a project not so visionary as might be thought The idea which ori ginated with Carl G. Fisher of In dianapOlis, Is monumental enough. MT. Fisher is not in for any profit to him ed the idea. merely through public spirit. Definite progress Fhas been made toward an accomplishment Of the proposition
 "The plan is to create a fund by subscription from motor car and ac- cessory manufacturers and dealers, each subscription to equal 1 per cent. of one years gross earnings of the subscriptions will be divided into three or five annual payments, as decided by national committee to be elected la ter by the subscribers. The fund thus pledged easily should exceed $1O,- GOO. GOO.
 .'The assessments are to be made payable to trust companies to be here after selected, which shall furnish bond to the association for all. money so collected Not a dollar of this money is to be spent until the entire subscription of at least $10, 900 is guaranteed. If for any reason the plan should fail of accomplishment the money is to be returned to it's donor with per cent interest added. '+StiH further revenue is anticipated from memberships issued to individual automobile ownersEa $5 membership a $1OO membership and a $1, 900 mem bership-for' which an ocean to ocean