The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-13

The London ire brigade mas at ldSl
 dispensed with solid tires on runa- bouts or tenders. substituting pneumat-
 ic tires in their place.
 In ten months American makers
 have shipped to other countries 12,196
 automobiles, worth almost 13,0O0, 900,
 with Canada accounting for about a
 The latest invention for covering
 automobile footboards is a mating
 made in picturesque designs from al-
 minimum. One cannot slip on it, and its metallic. composition makes 1t easy
 to clean. It is also almost indes-
 tructible.
 The census report shows over mill lion and a half more horses In the
 United States now than ten years ago, and an increase of over a billion dol
 lars in the value of all the horses. It fernains for motor vehicles to dis Place oyer 2o,0OO,OOo horses in the iUnIted States.
 sGA German inventor has taken out a
 patent for warming the rugs or car pets on the floor of the automobile. The run through the carpet, and the cur rent being turned on, the result is a sufficient amount of heat to keep the passengers feet comfortable in the winter.
 The automobile will soon be running over a section of the Congo territory.
 which echoes its tales of barbarous deeds of mutilation in connection with
 
 Already the motor trolley has leapt out across portions of the land, the line threading dense forests. Prepa- rat'ons are on foot for the making of plated scheme being to link up Broken Hill, Bwana Mkubwa and Luembe.
 Engineers of the Pennsylvania State Highways Department have completed the surveying of sixty-five of the routes for main highways carried by the Sproul main highway act of 1911. Included in these routes are 2,755 miles, all of which have been survey ed. and of this length 621 miles has been plotted. These dirt roads will be taken By the State, June 1st next, and maintained. by the state highway department. The toll roads will not be surveyed until they have been ta- ken over.
 By mixing pulverized phosphores- cent material, such as sulf1de of cal ciurn. phosphore tied zinc or sulfide of barium, together with a trace of bis muth, with a binder material, such as ge' e'atine, lac, geloSe, etc, paint or (water color body) is obtain ed which may be used for rendering any part of an automobile luminous in the dark, provided 1t has been expos ed to the rays of light or heat pre- viously- It may be vanished over or not. and st is not affected by rain or weather The color may be any one desired
 Every n1otor-car owner should under stand the fabrication of his car before he takes 1t upon the road for the first time. If the owner does not care to drive, bGt turns that part of the pleas ure over to the chauffeur, 1t is upon the latter that the duty of keeping the rerair bills as low as possible will fall, and upon whom the life of the car depends. The general principe es may be readily Erasped by the aver Ise business man since they are merely a rToduce Of common sense and do not involve any dark and mysterious me chanical secrets.
 An inkling as to how far the ac- tual production of coal tar will go Tn the improvement of roads may be had from British statistics on the subject. In 1889 there was an oyer-production If the tars and it was contemplated the tendency has been to reduce the tar production at the gas works, while the steel mills turn it out in ever-in- creasing degree. The coal output of Great Britain rose to 263, ,774, 900 tons in 1908. Out of this total, 100000 tons were used at the gas works. The to- tai tar production was at the same time 1.100, 600 tons, of which 750, 900 tons from the coke ovens and 100000 tons from the steel mills.
 An agreement has been reached in San Francisco between the police de- Dartment and the Automobile Dealers Association, whereby new traffic rules will be prepared and put in force. The most important relates to speed, and 1t has been arranged that no fixed lim1- .ation shall be put in force; instead, it s expected that drivers shall proceed 1t a rate of speed consistent with the -raffic conditions.
 The ordinance designed to regulate motor vehicle traffic in Chicago. which 1as been presented to the city coun- il, makes many radical changes in the present law, and Is believed to be he most comprehensive and fair meas Ire that has been prepared. Mayor EEa-rison had a hand in it's drafting, while the Chicag go Automobile Club and other motoring organizations were in preparation of its various
 Among important automobile races .his year is meet at Old Orchard ,th and 9th motor cars will race at every standary distance known to promoters. Short sprints, long-dis- l -ance drives and special record trials | 70 Irse will be 500 feet wide and two | niles long, conditions that will permit | ,f terrific speed. As every class of ,ar will be raced according to the | American Automobile Association pro- a wide representation of man. lfacturers is assured
 Special pipes. are now turned out | Or use by motorists. The bowl is he smokers face and avoids strong | lraughts.
 Although the names of those actual ! y interested to the extent of putting | ID money are withheld, the project | O build a $1, 500, GOO motordrome on the i Jersey meadows, just across from New York, has made headway. Announce- nent has been made of the organiza- | ion of the Metropolitan Motor Speed 1 way Association and its requirement | If 330 acres in the Newark meadows. An enormous motordrome, two miles 1 Lround, with large parking space, | ind seating 100000 people, will, 1t Is | tated, be constructed on the site. The l rack will be egg shaped, 60 -fet in | width, built of brick on a roadbed of | ritrifed tile.N The inclosure will be l utilized for athletic meets and aerial | contests. It is said physical work win probably be started about Feb | uary 1st.
 Tn admitting that the Federal Gov has the power to bui'd na- ional roads, President Taft in his re- sent speech to motorists did much to ettle the question of the constitution I right of Congress to appropriate ederaI funds in aid of a national sys- em of improved highways. This dec T-o fiOn hy PrasidaOf oOtYpIaT |