Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-06
DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD
Rhode Island Leads Country in Road Improvement-$100, 900 Prize For Dscoverer of Practical Motor Fuel Growth of Notorious Service in Europe-American Manufacturers Excluded From Brussels Show.

noticeable increase in the sales of American cars. The use of the light and inexpensive touring car and run about has shown a tendency to become more general, and American manu- lecturers have succeeded during the year in placing a number of such ears through their foreign agents. These cars have generally given satisfaction, but some users have complained that they were not carefully put together, although the materials used were of the best This was the only complaint which the consulate unearthed after a number of inquiries. The statement was made by the consul that the American low priced car is the only kind that can be sold successfully in Italy in competition with italian makes. Their price there is of course considerably higher than at home due to the duty, freight and selling com missions.
 have been compiled by the office of public roads in Washington, D. C., the state of Rhode Island leads all the other states in the percentage of roads that have been improved. Not less than> 49.1 per cent. of the roads in the smallest of the 4s states in the union has been improved. Massachusetts is second with an even Az per cent. and Indiana follows with 96.7 per cent. Next in order come Ohio, Connecticut, New Jersey, Kentucky, Vermont and California. the latter having 17.S7 per cent. The states of Wisconsin, New York, Maryland, Utah. Tennessee. South Carolina, Maine and Michigan range from Is to 10 per cent. North Dakota, which has only .23 per cent, is at the foot of the list
 The annual automobile show to be held in Brussels, Belgium. next Jan aury, has the following peculiar re- str1ct1on: NO foreign manufacturers wi 6Tp1i with the native makers, excepting they have exhibited in at least three pre- yious automobile shows In the Belgium capital Makers of American cars. therefore, are practically barred from showing their wares, as only two of them exhibited last year, and none for three years in succession. Although they will not absolutely be refused ad- mission, they are to be treated with so little courtesy when making appIi- cations for space that they probably will decide to stay away of their own account. It is the intention of the show committee to keep newcomers from 'tbufting in'--that is. entering into the exclusive circle of older firms.
 A dispatch from Paris says a prize of s10o.o00. to be contributed to by all the chief motor-car clubs in the world is to be offered for a new mo- tor-car fuel. rendered necessary by the rapidly increasing price of petrol. The new fuel must. be easy to manufac- ture with substances of which there is a constant supply such as alcohol, and which are not likely to fuctuate in price except with general alterations in money values
 When the carburetor or float fails and a new one Is procurabie, getting home" is a matter of using ones wits. Generally it can be accomplished by cutting down the supply from the tank So ng to correspond with the flow through the needle valve.
 When the driving wheels get into mud Sc deep and SD slippery that trnc- tton cannot be maintained. 1t Is Rood Biaa fa $f3Eew d1sf aand S51s afrauv