The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-15

There is no lack of chauffeurs for the 90-horse- power motor hook and ladder truck in one Detroit station. for every member of the company has learned to drive the machine.
 Automobile owners in Fl Campo. Tex, are considerably worked up over an ordinance that limits the speed of machines through the business district to six miles an hour
 It is charged by pr. E. A. Hanley, president of Franklin College, Ind, that the Baptists of Indiana have more money invested in automobiles, than they have in Franklin College.
 The automobile school started by Fire Commissioners Cole, of Boston, to prepare men for the proper handling of the $5O,0OO worth of new motor fire aparatus which he is planning to purchase, is proving very successful. and there will be plenty of skilled drivers.
 In order to teach children to keep out of danger of being hit by automo- piles while on the street, it is plan ned to teach the pupils in the elemen- tary schools how to cross the streets. This new course claims Cleveland, Ohio, as it's birthplace, and comes at the suggestion of Chief of Police Koh- Her.
 Concrete highways require practical ly no outlay for upkeep and are of in- determ1inate durability. Macadam highways on the. other hand, require sometimes as much as $1 900 per mile per year for maintenance, If kept III first-cIass condition, and improve mer1ts in their construction are not keeping pace with the increasing de- mands of modern traffic.
 Hinder Louisiana conditions tar sur facing is expected to give splendid results, where basic construction is good and where traffic is not unusual ly heavy. Following suggestions al the Good Roads Congress, experiments are being tried with shells with tai used as a. binding material. A sur face material. formed of an emulsion of tar and crude petroleum is. also be-
 In an endeavor to improve the ia, cilities for repairing tires on the road firm in Germany has brought out cement in cake form The cement is of the consistency of soap, and can be carried in the pocket or anywhere in the repair kit, simply. being wrapped in a piece of paper. When about to use it, the motorist cuts off a slice with his pocket knife and melts the cement into the cut by means of a heated piece of metal. The whole re- pair does not take more than a few
  ed and ready for the road in ten min utes. s rsy
 necessary for city service, it has distinct value" says D. H. ;Haselton1 superintendent of the Regal Service organization When a motor is run ming properly, the explosions from the cylinders are uniform and have a dis tinct, healthy tone, but if one cyiln- der should leak compression or have a defective spark plug, the sound from the exhaust will readily indicate the construction. While it will not indicate the particular cylinder, 1t will tell the driver that his motor is not running properly and anca,5gspes ae%spas onr lnr testers, to make frequent use Of the cut-out while trying out car and we find that this plan makes sure that the explosions of each motor are regular. From the tone Of the exhaust one can tell whether he IS ob- taining the proper mixture in the. cyl finders. A large, heavy exhaust indi- cates too rich a mixture. If not 100 rich a mixture, t, it will indicate that tn espark is too far retarded or the