The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-04
MOTORING NOTES OF
TIMELY INTEREST

On the subject of the high cost of
gasoline, the following from the Stan
dard Oil is interesting:
/, 1.-The total production of crude oil in
, the year 1911 was 10000, 900 barrels
The total production in the year 1912,
as far as this can be gathered from
reports at the present, will be some
what less. The total production for the
900 barrels.
"Only a certain proportion of this
supply produces any commercial guam
tity of gasoline. The gasoline produc-
ing crudes in 1910 figured 126, oOO 900
barrels; in 1911, 127, o00, 900, and in 1912,
124, 900, 900, approximately.
I'm 1910 there were 300, 600 cars in
service; in 1911, $4,000; in 1912, near
Iy 900, o00s and 1t is expected that 1918
will bring this UP to 100000. In ad-
dition to the cars, there were In ser
vice in 1912 $1,000 motor trucks $4,000
motor cycles, and 10000 motor boats.
These figures do not include the
enormous number Of stationary gaso-
line engines of small size for farm and
country use, which have been put on
the market I'm the last two or three
years.
Increases in the exports OF ANTONIO
biles, parts. tires, and motors all
showed great gains in 1912. There were
4s per cent. more automobiles sent to
States, the total sum involved being
nearly 81, 10000. There was a gain of
more than 81. 000, 600 in parts exported,
the 1919 total reaching - 800, 600. Tires
showed more than So. 2e0,0 900 exported,
about $500 600 worth more than in 1911,
and there were engines worth in ex-
cess of 81, Toe. 900 exported as against
only about 500, 900 worth in 1911. All
this time imports Of cars have been
decreasing, although the change last
year was slight compared with
1911.
Sales Manager A e. Schwartz is in
New York with the new Interstate six
cylinder car which he has just brought
from the Muncie, Ind, factory for the
inspection Of eastern agents. The new
car has 1S2-tnch wheel base, and, of
course, is equipped with an electric
light and self-starting system.
Harry S. Houpt, has resigned his
position as manager of the Alec Com
American Locomotive Company and
will shortly leave for a brief vacation
trip In the south.
There has just been issued in book
form a Dictionary of Automobile
Terms" compiled by Albert H. Clough,
associate editor of The Horseless
Age The material originally appear
ed in serial form, and has since been
thoroughly revised and considerably
augmented.
In addition to a record attendance
from Long Island. the Brooklyn show
drew people from all parts of the coun-
try Cars were sold to people living in
Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachu-
sets, Maine, and Ohio. Herbert L.
Carpenter, president of the Brooklyn
Motor Vehicle Dealers Association, on
behalf OF the committee expressed his
appreciation OF the support extended
to the show.
Frank H. MARTIN has been appointed
eastern sales manager for the Stew
art-Warner Speedometer Corporation,
with headquarters in New York. He
succeeds Arthur J. Inderr1den, who re-
Gently became sales manager for the
| Jones Speedometeri Company. Previ-
ous1y, Martin was manager OF the Fire
stone solid tire department in Akron.
Knocks and pounding in the motor
can be accurately located by cutting
piece of q inch round. coId-ro1led steel
two feet long and soldering on one
end small tin can SO the rod will
come in contact with the end of the
| can and act as a diaphragm to the
car. Put the end of the rod on the
motor in the place where the noise
seems to come from. BY moving the
rod to various places a point will be
found where the knock is Ioudest It
is here the trouble lies.
The United States government has
! been asked to take an interest in the
big pathf1nding tour which the Indi-
ana Automobile Manufacturers As
| ISOLATION is promoting for the propos-
ed transcontinental stone motor car
road Colonel E. f. Glenn of the
Twenty third Infantry, and command
ant at Fort Benjamin Harrison, In
dianapolis, Ind. has called the atten-
| ton OF the War Department to the
| Importance Of the proposed highway
| by requesting permission to send
| company of infantry on the tour, the
soldiers to ride in a fleet Of five mo-
tor trucks as a denonst ration Of the
| possibilities Of this method Of trans
| portation for the army.
Eighty miles day over the worst
roads IN Copper Cliff, Ontario, is the
conspicuous performance of two three
ton Ke1y-Springheld trucks. Albert s.
| Hol1ey, the local manager, has sold two
other trucks to the Canada Copper
Company as the result of this excep-
tionaI work.
Motorists in the South American re-
pubIfcs are going after good roads with
a zeal that promises to make their
highways among the finest in the
world" says H. f. Fletcher, United
/ States minister to Chill, who recently
II purchased a Chalmers '@Thirty-six''
I'VE passenger touring car.
"As rule the highways in Chill
4 have excellent natural foundations, in
many localities the roadbeds being of
solid rock. Until tue advent of the
motor car there, however. little atten-
ton was paid toward the upkeep of
the roads and frequently they were so
Uttered with small bou1ders and sand
as to make travel by automobile an
expensive, unpleasant, and somewhat
hazardous undertaking. Now the mo-
tor enthusiasts are organizing and are
pushing the good roads movement
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