The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-24

I Of Oct. ZSth next OI LnlS am OUEl | $5,000 will be ih the form of awards i trophies and medals for decorated l cars A large entry list is practically | assumed and it is quite probable that the Tercentenary automobile pageant will be the biggest automobile parade ever held in this country. This cele= bration is. to comm enorate the 300th 1 anniv versary of the beginning of char tered co1nmerce ins New York.
 THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.
 Lincoln Highway lateral markers will eventually cover the United i States for the purpose of guiding tourists everywhere toward the fa- nous Highway. The sign comprises l a 15-fnch zone of white, with finch band of red at top and bottom. stTo Lincoln Way is 1ettered across. Be- heath Is an arrow. pointing the way WAR FAIs TO STOP BUSINESS.
 with reference to the effect of war on business, the following letter to dealers has been sent out by Alvan MacauIey, Vice President and General Manager of the Packard Motor Car Company:
 ssOur car orders are considerably ahead of what I thought possible, and they continue to hold up in a surprfs- ing way, despite the fact that we have been passing through the dull period of the summer, when most of our patrons are away from home. If we didn't know that the war condi- tions were ser1o ous, we would confis dentIy expect a record -breaking fall business. Perhaps we are going to have 1t anyway, since more than 2 month has elapsed since the war started and our business has not suf- fered.
 There is business in considerable quantity to be had We are getting it right along; getting moro of it than we thought it was possible to secure. Business men seem wiling to deny themselves almost anything, rather | than go without their cars Perhaps that's the explanation of the ssitua- ton. If so. dealers should avail themselves Of the fact.
 IGNITION SYSTEMS.
 tsIgnition systems for autom obiIe motors have been Improved, notwith- standing the popular faith in the magneto,' said MT. Peck, distributor in this territory for the Haynes. sThe magneto has been the standard sdurce I of ignition current for the past few continually designing and experi- menHng in an endeavor to substitute | a better system, and the results have been highly successful.
 The magneto is necessarily limit l ed in it's output due to it's construc- 1 ton. A coil of dne wire wound on a piece of iron is reyolved between the 1 ends of the horse-shee magnets to produce a current of electricity This current is alternating in chaRafi CT l and reaches its maximum intensity l at but two points in each revoluti on of the coil of wire, being of zero value at the two intermediate positionss fConsequently unless the spark is I SO timed as to occur in the cylinder when this current is at one of these points of greatest strength. "a. feeble l spark or none at all is produced. To get the best results from a. motor, the | spark must be advanced or retarded as much as forty-five degrees or more to vary with the load and speed, and it is obvious that tile spa~k can not occur at it's maximum strength at all points throughout this range. The usual practice is to time the nnagneto l on a. compromise basis, and use the lower values of the magneto current at the correspondingly low ef11ciencies.
 sThe modern Ignition system that has gained much prominence this year lis the combination of the distributor, 1 the transformer coil, and the storage battery current. The distri butor va rtess but little from that used on the magnetic. This system is used on the Haynes Light Six with admirable re suits Current is supplied from the storage battery at constant strength at all times regardless of the degree of the spark advance. The spark is just as intense and as hot at the low speeds as it is ats the high speeds, and starting in cold weather is
 made easy.
 <'Not only is the desired spark ob- tained, but the system has proved | to be entirely reliable. together with extreme simplicity The battery is kept charged by the generator used l in the starting and lighting system, and a set of dry cells is provided for any emergency, the same as in the magneto system of ignition. With the starting and lighting system, the storage battery is regular equipment, so that this new system has eliminat- ed one part, the magneto, instead of adding any additional parts
 EXAMINATION OF DRIVERS.
 The suggestion that all automobile drivers should be subjected to an ex- animation testing their proficiency be- ! hAfT7