The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-20
NEWS OF THE
AUTO WORLD
Trusts Raise Price Of Road Oil
So High Road OiIlng May
Be SET Back

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The electric signal.
Running with a rich mixture is a
prolific cause of carbon trouble.
The Army and Navy departments
are beginning to consider the fuel
question, though most fuel oil is used
The Navy is preparing to ask Con-
some oil field in California, set apart
rs a reserve oil supply, if the price of
fuel oil goes much higher.
An order issued by Superintendent OF
Police Robinson of Philadelphia, pro
hibits automobilSts from using high
power siren horns. The order states
FatuS is equipped with the high power
sirens, private automobiles are de-
barred from using such warning sig
nal
wisconsin municipalities which have
been using oil for laying dust and pre-
serving macadam streets aid road
ways, are wondering if thG recent
action OF the Standard Oil Company
in sending the price from 80 and
$3.50 to So. so and $500 will affect that
grade of oil use for street work The
material is the final residue of Pc
troleum after distilla ton
Kerosene carbureters and matters
turning on the use of kerosense as
fuel in internal combustion engines
will be discussed by the Metropolitan
section of the Society of Automobile
Engineers on February 9th. Near
" thirty manufacturers of carbureters
and engines. who already have kero-
ssne-burning appliances, or who, are
known to be at Work on LQ<9 pTOD1en1,
have been invited to attend and dis
cuss the. technical aspects OF the cues
zion.
The practice for compression pres
sure in the modern touring car aver
Rges about IS pounds to the square
aneh, cold There are some cars,
however, which finally did run as high
as SIS ana 80 pounds, although it is
very undesirable to go quite as high
rs the latter figure in a small or
nediun-powered car used for touring
purposes If compression is above So
pounds it would be we'll to reduce it
Take eompr esSion, however, by guage
which can be inserted in the spark
plug aperture rather than by at
tempting to determine it by volumetric
Eomputatton
N ffreawork on the road, don't lay
the inner tube down in the dusty or
muddy road for it will collect dirt
khat may be carried in the casing, to
ALSO, 1t Is poor policy to hang the
tube over an oil lamp for there is
sure to be Oh ON the OUTSIDE that will
get on the tube and rot it.
Missing or popping back into the
rarbureter at high speeds is usually
due to a weak Gnixtlre the high speed
out If the trouble is round to be not
in the mixture, 1T is in the springs on
the intake valves. which are so weak
that at high speeds they cannot close
ed Fitting new springs will eitmi-
nete the trouble.
between the. points Of the vibrator. or
circuit breaker, coils and high tension
maEnetoes being provided with con-
densers to prevent th@ In case a
brilliant spark appears between the
points and a weak 0ne at the plug,
r4he condenser has broken down. This
the coil or magnetic should be sent to
the manufacturer
Gasoline in the motor under-pan. is |
rather dangerous, as it may become |
f6d M 6<a1 fir Tez71ea "
it comes from a leak in the gasoline |
line and this should be remedfed at !
once In some cases flooding the
fcarbureter is necessary part of |
starting, and by this more or less |
gasoline will escape into the under |
pan every time the motor is started. |
IF this is the case, it is a, good plan |
to fit a funnel under the carbureter |
to catch all overlooking gasoline. A |
tube should be fitted to the snout of !
the funnel to lead the gasoline |
through q hole in the under pan, and |
so to the ground In any case. it is |
d good plan to get into the habit of |
inspecting the under. pan occasionally |
and of draining it of its accumluIa4- |
ttons- Much can be told of the per- |
Torrance Of the under pan, as the |
presence there of a quantity of oil or |
water will indicate leaks somewN1 ere.
The total PROJECTION s during 1872,
accord1ns-te the I1lgllres~~given by
types OF pleasure and commercial cars. |
While these figures may seem very
high to the uninitiated, the fact that |
the companies located in Detroit alone
produced over 200, 900 cars will serve |
TO show that the totals for the eoun-
try are fairly reasonable. The total |
number of cars produced in 1912 to sell |
at $3.50 and under was 1853, rep
resenting a value of $195, 900 600. Those
made to sell from 81, $50 to 81, 900 num-
bered 100, AS, and sold for S163, 600, 600.
Cars made to sell between $1,000 and |
IS. 600 amounted to s. S91, and had a |
selling value of $1z2. Ooo, 900. while those
commanding more than $4,000 tOtaled
81, 1862 and represented an approximate
aggregate sum of 12,50O, 600 Accord
ing to such figures are Obtainable
and the estimates of regiStrating Of
dcials in the various States, the total |
registration, 1.025,S2s, for 1912, was
made up of approximately the follow
ing: Gasoline pleasure cars, 941, 222;
gasoline trucks, 1851; electric pleas
ure, 29,268; electric trucks, 5,637. With
of automobiles in each State to the
population, the figures given by the
State Commissioner of Immigra ton |
place Wyoming at the head of the
Df the population, or 22.6 cars for ev-
cry thousand people. Iowa, stands sec
Dnd in eaF7populat ton ratio, with a |
car to each forty-seven people, or 21.3
ears per thousand population. and In
diana third. with automobile to ev-
Fry fifty persons, or twenty cars per
thousand The other States all have |
Jess than twenty cars to each thou
rand of the population. In this con
nectio4l is is interesting to note that |
kration, are very far down on the list
=feuFteentfl,-asNew York
sixteenth Pennsylvania, thirty-third |
and California thirty seventh The
State having the fewest cars per pop
nlation is Arkansas, which has one
automobile to every 700 people, or 1. 43