Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-16
DOINGs, IN THE AUTO WORLD

passed by the city council of Chicago; the ordinance also carried an amend ment which provides that an individ- ual, firm or corporation which puts an unlicensed driver on a public vehicle becomes liable. for any damages re- sulting from the chauffeur's driving and operation of the vehicle
 A relief cock with a handle that is vertical when the valve is closed is liable to work open if the plug loosens through wear. While the best way to cure such a trouble is to throw out the. offending cock and buy a new one with spring to keep the plug tight as it wears, another method is to fill the hole in the plug with a piece of brass wire carefully shaped to the contour of the plug, and drill new hole in such a position that the handle will be pointing downward not upon it.
 An automobile company has just delivered it's first car with wire wheels this being a little six'' Prince Henry type touring car. It is not strictly correct to say this is the first car the company has ever built with wire wheels, as it's original models in 1900 were built with similar wheels but were subsequently, discarded in favor of the artillery wood type which has been in vogue since. Several ad- vantages are claimed for these modern wire wheels which were not so prom inent in the old original type, among these being the opinion that they rad fate heat away from the tire better than wooden wheels, also that they possess a little more resiliency. On the other hand the sharp angle which the outer spokeS must make as they leave the rims subjects them to the liability of damage from stones in passing over rutted roads and they are also considerably more expensive to manufacture than the wooden type.
 Although several manufac actures have built cars equipped with this style of wheel, it is not likely that there VIII be any sudden change to this type, as it takes some time for the general au- tomobile public to become accustomed to any innovation of this sort. The company has planned to equip custo- mers' cars with this style of wheel on special orders for 1914. but it is the opinion of the engineers that as long as good second growth hickory can be obtained, there is nothing better for an automobile wheel everything con- Sidered.
 Jacks, like almost everything else, occasionally are left behind and are wanted when they are not available. In such an emergency a car can be very satisfactorily raised by running one wieel-or two, for that matter on a stone or piece of timber until it is sufficiently high for the purpose, D1OchlHS up IH0 GAl0 WllA LluPp0r UT stones, and then removing the stone or block from under the wheel by de- fiating the tire.
 A number of the party of English engineers and members of the IS. A. E,' made side trip from Cleveland to Akron. to visit a tire factory. The thing that struck the English visitors most during that visit was the idea of specialization that is being devel- oped in American tire factories. Sev- eral years ago America looked te Eu- rope for ideas. not only in the struc- tural tendencies of foreign motor ears, but also for tiFe= designing" said E, 1R. Hall, chief of the experimental de- partment, and one of the representa- tives te the IS. A, E." But now the tables are changed. It is safe te say that America is several years ahead. In this country we have special tires made for different classes of work, special tires for electric and gasoline cars special tires for trucks. Tires are. being built more for the particu- lar work they must do than formerly"