The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-09
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
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mistress was exempt
The Touring Department of The
Automobile Club of America takes
pleasure in advising the motoring
public that the quarantine has now
been lifted, and his dOgship may tour
through Tarrytown now without fear
of nolestation by the local authori-
ties so long as he continues within
the confines of his masters car.
WARNING AGAINST FROST
A warning to automobile owners to
prepare against sudden frosts was is
sued this week by Stewart McDsnald,
vice-president of the Moon Motor Car
Company. S'During the fall, with the
likelihood of sudden changes of
weather, automobile owners should be
fortified against the freezing of the
water in the radiator.
ga storm with a drop in tempera-
ture OF 20 days may come up any
night, freeze the water in the radia-
tor crack the cylinders and cause a
great deal Of needless expense and
trouble The easiest way to avoid this
danger is to Introduce into the water
an anti-freezing compound.
"a stock preparation of this sort is
sold by supply houses or if that can
mot be procured ordinary denatured
alcohol will serve the purpose. One
quart OF alcohol in the average car
win be sufficient to preezing down
to temperature of zero
--Sometimes owners drain the water
out of the radiator to safeguard
against freezing. This is certainly
an effective method but the incon-
veniences attending the refilIing make
the use of an anti-freezing mixture
desirable
Hydrant water should not be used
IN repIenishing storage batteries, US
Z ed In connection with electric starting
and lighting of automobiles. accord
ing 20 Stewart Mcdonald. Only dis
t1Iled water should be used in stor-
age batteries. People seem to have
the impression that any water that
is good enough to drink or wash in
is good enough for storage battery
The presence, however, of chemicals
such as iron and phosphates, while
just the thing to tone up a week
stomach plays havoc with a storage
battery. Constant addition of these
chemicals, even in infinitesima1
/ amount Will soon weaken the battery
so that it is absolutely worthless.
Therefore in putting water into the
batteries. always put in distilled wa
ter This water, added to the batter
les every two or three weeks, is prac-
tdcalIy ali the attention they need.
The electrical part Of the starter and
lighting systems causes little or no
dffficu1ty '2'
Recent meetings of the Henderson
Motor Car Co. interests developed the
fact that q low priced car with the
Z Henderson name plate and kerosene
burner Is to be the latest indianapolis
I innovation The remarkable success
OF the Henderson car in the Indiana
1fanufacturer's Tour to the Pacific
coast Is Fastening the announcement
Of the low priced Henderson. In that
tour, Ray Harroun drove q Hender-
son the entire distance, using only ev-
cry day coal oil for fuel and making
the record of less than 81 per passen-
ger for fuel from Indianapolis to Los
Angeles distance of over 1000.
The ever increasing cost of gaso-
line is causing automobile owners
throughout the country to demand a
cheaper fuel Gasoline prices aver
age from 20 to 22c per gallon; coal
oil OF kerosene is obtainabIe at or
sc. It has also been proven that kerr
osene is not only locomotive, but lu-
brfcatfve. It oils the motor as well as
runs 1t, thus effecting a saving in oil
consumption.
NEW CROSS CONTINENT RECORD
When Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Snod-
grass. of Los Angeles, Cal, arrived in
New York, September 6, they COM
pIeted what is said to be the first
American motorcycle history.
They left Long Beach, Cal, on May
- and spent but five weeks In actual
travel The remaining time was de-
I
along the route They rode $500
miles ON the tour.
While crossing the desert, the cou-
pie met with some of the most inter-
esting experiences of the entire tour
After entering the SANDS and striking
out on what they supposed to be the
right trail, they brought up at the
close Of twelve miles travel at exactly
the same spot from which they had
! started earlier in the morning. They
had lost the trail soon after startfne,
and had simply travelled around a cir
cult Through the heaviest sands the
couple were able to make about thir-
ty-ffve miles a day.
Throughout the entire trip Mr. and
Mrs. Snodgress travelled independently
OF restaurants and hotels. They
pitched their tent along the road at
nfghtfaHs and made camp at what
ever place they happened to be stop
ping.
Little mechanical trouble was ex-
perfenced by the traveller during the
whole trip. The motor gave no no
tfeeabIe signs of strain, and the entire
equipment held up remarkably we'll
But one tire was punctured, and that
only at the very end of the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass arrived in
New York in the best of physical
condition after the long tour.