Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-27

l Il-&a ktsHiIe was lHe Ollly state in which
 there was neither death nor accident. l New York headed the list with 2s2 1 accidents, in which 62 met death and l ssS were injured. Pennsylvania's 120 accidents were responsible for IT | deaths and 119 injuries, and came sec ] ond on the list.
 New Jersey, with only 93 accidents l to her credit killed 19. In Illinois there were 50 accidents, which resulted in 12 deaths and 64 injuries Fashfona bIe Providence was exceeded only by New York and San Francisco in the n11rn-
 per Of its accidents. Chicago, PhiIadel- pnia, Boston and other much larger cities being left far behind.
 Rhode Island, small as it is. had 40 aocldents, killed five persons and in 1ured 44, while Texas reported only
 live accidents. no fatalities and only four injuries.
 Weight is~not essential to strenutI,
 III automobile construction, says A H
 Holmes, chief engineer for the H. H
 Franklin Manufacturing company. "AIl
 good automobile engineering practice
 tends more and more towards a reduc-
 ton in weight rather than adding to
 IL Ih1s IS probably more noticeable
 other familiar forms of mechanical
 design.
 The development of the problem of
 weight in an automobile Is largely
 similar to that in the bicycle. The
 g..
 cumbersome affairs that did not last
 long and that were hard to run The
 same way with the early development
 or the automobile. Everything about
 the construction was heavy The mo-
 tor was heavy. and this necessitated
 heavy supports, these supports meant
 a heavy frame, and heavy frame meant heavy springs, and so on all through the car, each piece of heavy construction made additional weight necessary in some other part and nothing was gained in strength; weight was simply added to carry weight.
 Tt is easy to see how weight in one part adds to weight throughout the whole ear Take a big, high powered, heavy motor-thfs requires heavy quires 3, heavy drive shaft, a heavy drive shaft makes a heavy rear axle necessary and the weight of the drive system makes it necessary to stiffen construction throughout the chassis and to add weight to carry weight.
 ''The lighter the motor, the drive system and the running gear. the lighter the construction necessary to carry them. And in any motor car light weight means greater ability and lower cost of operation
 The highly developed methods of treatment oA materials which are in use today makes 1t possible to secure very great strength from comparative ly very light weight. so that light weight with strength, which rneans greater ability and greater economy, Is largely a matter Of design.
 When an automo obile is being drfv- en over rough roads every bit of 1 weight is constantly pounding on some l part Of the car. In light weight ear 1 this pounding effect is taken up in the l springs and 1t fs so divided and dis | tributed that 1t Is in no way de- I structive to the oar
 The automobile Is not a stationary | piece of machinery, subject to wear | and strain from only certain known | directions. but 1t is a piece of naohin cry that is constantly meeting stresses and strains from all directions The l greater its power to absorb vibration the work it has to do.''
 In blaze of glory that rivai1ed an ,peratic night, the New Haven annual show opened Saturday 'ry on Meadow street. All indica- ions at the present time point to the most successful time that the city las ever witnessed. There Is more l md every inch of this, with the ex- .eptfon of the necessary area. for the isies, is taken up in splendid ex- libits of the latest models of the mo-
 The hall has never before been so 'eautifuIly decorated. Garlands of rosted lights are strung from the enter to all points of the hall and re set off with the low-hanging turkish ceiling of green and white fore than IS miles of this draping lao been used to entirely cover the interior of the building. Every inch f this bunting has been freproofed to insure against fire. The booths are arpeted in green Brussels rugs and re connected with white 1atticed work ,ach of the pillars standing before the ooths are surmounted by large glazed lectrfc bulbs. The show will continue very afternoon and evening to March l
 inclusive. Is
 There are none of us so old that we o not remember our first important E urchase. Whether it was a pocket nife or suit of clothes, if our own loney paid for it we can all recall the leasurabIe anticipation, the almost cree joy with which we awaited the pproach Of the monentous occasion. nd even the disappointments and an oying after experiences, if that first urchase was not up to our expecta- ons, fail to dim the delight in the snse of power and realized ambition .hich came when we laid down our 4oney and walked away with our first exclusive possession Since men are "but boys grown up," loat o8 1s have thax same feelsnE of .