The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-30

largest per capita, or 1 for every 81
people. Similarly, motoring has
grown rapidly in Canada, which now
has nearly $4,000 cars in active use,
about 1 car to every 323 persons
Meanwhile the exports of American
made cars continue to grow stead
i1y Latest reports show that do
mestic exports of automobiles and au-
tomobi1e parts, not including engines
and tires during the month of No
yember last, amounted in value to ST.
100000.
Thirty miles an hour has been fixed
as the speed limit for motors operat-
ed by the South Bend, (1nd.), police
and fire departm ent.
Following the example of several
other States, Massachusetts, may pro-
hibit the use of tail lights that may
be extin guished from the seat.
During the year 1912 there were i'm
ported into the United States 49,
100000 pounds of crude rubber, an
increase of nearly 100000 pounds
over the figures for 1911, which in
crease went largely into automobile
tires.
!. 1t isn't always the case that a, stick
ing radiator cap is held by rust. Elk
pansion due to heat may be the cause
if the motor has been running hot,
and some of the cold water meant for
the interior of the radiator will loos-
en- the cap if poured over it.
Noise in the differentiaI is not al
ways a sign of poor fabrication, but
is often due to faulty meshing of the
gears. A hum or singing note is
produced when the driving beve1
meshes too deeply IN the differentia1
beve1. Moving the two further apart
into the correct relation, will stop the
noise. Most cars have an adjust
ment for this purpose.
The question of whether or not it is
constitutional to compel a notor1st
who has been implicated in an acct
dent to stop and give his name and
address to the victim or to eye-wit-
nesses, is being raised in Minneapo-
lis, MINI. The State IaHv makes such
a provision, and an automobiIist re-
Gently arrested under this law raised
the question of constitutionality.
About $40 a day per person is the
cost of touring Europe by automobile.
according to figures cocpiled by Wal
ter Hale in an appendix to an account
of various motor tours in Europe and
the Near East, by Louise Closer Hale.
In England, gasoline costs little more
than it does at home, but the country
inns in many cases charge more than
the London hotels. France is the
motorists paradise yet gasoline costs
around As. cents a gallon. This is
compensated by the low cost of 1iv-
ing, for in the smaller towns on the
Routes Nationa1es the hotel bills Will
seldom average over So a day, incIud-
ing tips.
1t sometimes happens that the mo-
tor has to be prinaed. on the road and
there is nothing at hand with which
to take the necessary gasoline from
the tank. There are a number of
makeshifts, however. A rolled up
handkerchief, a, sponge on the end of
a string, or some waste will absorb
gasoline and may be squeezed out
over the cylinder pet cocks. A good
way is. to take a, tire valve cap and
lower it into. the tank by a piece of
string. One capfuI to each cylinder
should be about the right quantity of
gasoline to use If a hand pump is
carried, close its intake valve with a
piece of tape, and use it a. suction
pump. 1t may. then be filled with
gasoline by simply dropping the hose
in the tank and drawing up on the
handle.
An analysis of 1918 chassis display
ed at the New York exhibition shows
that the horsepower of the 6-cylinder
car in America averages higher than
that for Europe, as might be expected
but that there a gradual reduction is
that soon the American 6-cylinder will
be as low in horsepower as the for