El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
GASOLINE GOSSIP
News and Notes of Many Sources

The Kenosha Retail Motor Car
Dealers association is planning TO
hold its second annual show in ke-
/ nosha, Wis, March 9. 10 and IL the
show will be held in the Coliseum, as
a year ago
Dealers have leased the Auditorium
and basement for the annual show at
Grand Forks. y. D., which is 10 be
February S-11.
Including space previously reserved
by members of the Detroit Automobile
Dealers association, Detroit. Micn-,
there are now So exhibitors on the llse
FOR the annual Detroit show
The United States government has
announced that tires may be shipped
by parcel post.
The construction OF a connecting
link in a proposed highway to run be
tween Wichita Falls and Fort Worth
Texas. a distance Of about Joe miles,
viii be soon started
AT the close Of last year the total
number Of licenses issued in the prov
ince Of Ontario. Can. was 31.700, Of
which 25.300 were for cars owned in
Ontario and $500 for American cars
coming into the province Up 20 the
present over 10000 this years licenses
ers and 5000 by outsiders
There are $1,000 motor vehicles. in'
GLIDING both passenger cars and mo-
tor trucks. supplying the army in
France
It has been shown that the average
American car has about one cubic lnch
piston displacement for eaen ten
pounds of its weight. Each maker
owl dor
OF an individual maximum displace-
ment of so cubic inches per cylinder
are necessary to propel his cars TO give
them the necessary ability the an
ferent classes Of cars group themselves
in about the following groups Up TO
2O00 pounds $500 pounds TO $500
pounds. 5000 pounds and above
It is obvious that the fOur-cylinder
motor with 200 cubic inches displace-
ment. this being the multitude OF the
fifty cubic inch maximum piston as
placement per cylinder will handle
the 200O-pOuEd car very well. while
the six-cylinder Of the same individual
cylinder displacement will take care
Of all cars as high as $500 pounds
Above that there is no dqRbt multi
cylinder engines will be Employed
Every pound OF metal or wood in
an automobile that is not working Is
as useless to the owner as the mud
that collects inside the tenders And
il is worse than that for it cannot
be washed off and il costs money TO
carry about from place to place
The board OF motor vehicle head
light inspectors OF Baltimore has IS
sued an order that only headlights IN
which the front glass has been sand
blasted or ground so that the upper
three-fourths OF glass has been sub
jected TO this treatment VIII be per-
mitted 10 operate in the city
Milwaukee motorists are permitted
TO wash and clean their cars in public
alleys. If they obey certain rules. &C
cording 10 a decision of the city at
torney's office, given at the request
OF the department Of public works The
rules are somewhat humorous;
You must have on proper apparel
You must not use loud, boisterous
or profane language
You must not damage the paving.
You must not dump the dirt washed
from the car into your neighbOr's yard
You must not use so much water that
the alley and intersected street are
flooded
There is a possibility that the Phil
adelphia Motor Speedway association
viii hold meet during the latter part
OF April.
Dallas. Texas now has an automobile
dim light ordinance. It provides a
fine of from s. to $500 for a violation.
IL applies only to the corporate limits
Of the city. A move is on foot 10 have
the legislature pass a dim light law
that viii cover the state.
When the engine fails to start after
a reasonable number of revolutions,
the best thing to 90 is to prime IL by
either showing the carburetOr choking
device way in, or by pouring a little