The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

ed from this country that is demon strating to Europeans the possibilities or motor car construction
 The tool boxes, that for so many seasons have burdened the running boards, are being removed in many of the new models. The tools are being carried in cases under the front seat, taking the place of the gasoline tank, which Is being positioned under the back of the. chassis frame. With sev- eral makers the battery box, also a running board decoration, has been removed, and for next season will be snugly supported in a bracket under the main frame parts, where it is en- tirely hidden from view and much better protected than when outside. With those concerns still using acety- lene for lighting the gas tank is being concealed, and with. the many. con- cerns adopting electricity the neces~ saFy battery is hidden under the framework.
 After a car has been driven few thousand miles it has had time to linn Der up, and whatever fits may have been on the tight side, will have had time to free themselves or seize. Brake connections in particular should be carefully gone over and the road wheel bearings may need a 1-32 inch shim to take up side play which
  tory. Cars should be copiously oiled in every moving part after delivery for month or so, in order to polish parts that may have been left some what rough. An inadvertent gouge of the tool in turning may render a shaft tight in it's bearings, but with jud1c1Ous fabrication the high spots can be, so to speak, worn off. With out the aid of oil, plenty of trouble may ensue.
 The Frenchman and the German have done much to set the pace of body styles. Many of the most laud- ed features of body design in our leading cars of to-day are limitations of the French and German. The Frenchman is an artist in lines and curves He, as no, other person, is competent to interlace the concave and the convex, the converging and the diverging to atfascinat1ng com designs that from anothers hand would be radical and extreme, but with the detail of his art, he adds what is apparently an insignificant curve and produces a dynamic design. The German, on the other hand, has gone. more into the mathematics of body design and construction, He has taken the extremes of the faddist, the wind resistance ideas of the. enthu- siast. the touring conceptions of the oWner-driyer, the racing instincts of the speedster and his sawoven these in to his seven passenger touring car. in- to his Limousine, into his imperial li- mousine. his Berlne, his landaulet, and his broeham and coupe. He has produced a commendable design, a design that works economy to the chassis pants and comforts er to the owners and his passengers. Nt
 All the sweet girl graduates of the Trenton, N. J. high school envy Miss Rose, Kohn, one of their number. When Miss Kohn finished her term. in June her fathers Commencement present with 8 Studebaker ''30'' coupe, driv- which she is now piloting on the Trenton streets and the fine highways of Jersey. Indiana claims the oldest. and and Medy Blish, aged respectively. eleven and nine, recently drove their Studebaker t'20' Roadster from theiI. home in Seymour, to Indianapolis ana balck-142 2 miles, fin a day. For. sew eral miles they had an exciting race with a. Studebake O. coupe, driv- ens and owned1 by w. H.. Moore uf 4Kokorno, aged S8, who has toured all over the: Hoosier state and never lets anyone else help him in7 taking care of his car. .ta
 Prince Edward Island is probably the only place in the world where .au- tomobiles are prohibited, except Ber- muda., While both of these islands have consistently kept up the barrier against motor cars, there is a pros pect of reopening Prince Edward Iel- and. A. R. Brennan, prominent citizen and publisher of Summerside, P. B. T.. has begun an educational ing against automobiles due to reck- less use of them when first introduc- d.
 Since the announcement of the new Metropolitan Motor Speedway was made last week, all motordom has been talking about the project and dozens of inquiries for further details have been made at the offices of the Metropolitan Motor Speedway Asso- citation, in the U. S. Rubber Co.'S new building, 1784 Broadway, New York. To have so near New York City mo- tordrome and stadium, which can be reached for ten cent fare is bound to make a popular appeal. Chief Engineer W.aB. Strang has just ar rived in the East from Kansas and is making his headquarters in Newark, which will be the company's engin- eering office and headquarters for the contractors and others working on the construction of@ the plant. Strang. who will have general supervision of all structural work, has some remark able examples of engineering to his credit, including the Long Island Mo- tor Parkway, which extends for 40 miles from Great Neck to Lake Ron konkoma. The work of moving building machinery to the site already has been started and surveyors are at work on the tract. In. erecting this rnotordrone and stadium, those building it will be able to profit by the mistakes made by others in put