Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-28
LIGHT REGULATIONS
FOR AUTOMOBILES
Police Instructed In New Law,
Which Becomes Effective
Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Dover. Jan. ga meeting OF the
State Highway Department police
and inspectors and their assistants
was held here, yesterday afternoon. In
the Senate chamber. and State Sem
ator Wallace Handy Of the automobile
department. In the Secretary Of
states office, when police officers and
inspectors had presented to them the
new law, effective February l. requir-
ing certain LENSES or automobile lights,
Ia to be enforced.
The department has had $4,000 cards
printed, which will be placed in the
hands Of every automobile owner, set
ting forth clearly the name OF tho
lenses approved by the state and
other matters pertaining to the focal
adjustment Following IL list OF the
approved lenses
| Alfeco, Alvo, Bausch 4 Lomb. Ben
ger, Brown Denector, Clamert- Coma
phore, Clear Type r.; Conaphors
noviel type Il; Conaphore. clear type
r; Conaphore, NOVEL type F.; Dillon
type e; Flexo; Ford green viso,
headlamp complete; Ford II. Greer
Moon: Holophsne no tilt No. 1855: Lee
Knight: Lagalite MIL; Liberty
Macbeth; Mckee type d; Mckee typ,
l.; Mckee type NJ; National; Onles
headlight controller; Patterson, Safer.
lite; Shaler roadlighter; Suess Rol
model c. Two-way light dis; Uni
versai. Violet ray.
To comply with the law motor We
hicle owners must use one OF thu
above-named lighting devices; keel
bulbs and lamps In adjustment; use I
bulb whose candle power shall not ex
coed IS In the vacuum type or IL II
the gas-flled type.
The following instructions are giver
for making adjustments. Focal ad
ljustment; (A) Stand the car on lcve
ground In a dark place. 20 feet from
. wall.
Obj Remove the lenses. turn on tn,
headlight and cover one lamp Will
focusing the other.
(C) For focal adjustment No.
move the lamp bulb backward or for
ward until the spot cast on the wall 4
the smallest that can be obtained III
most cases Tho adjustment IL made b.
turning the screw In the back OF tn
lamp case, or by pushing or pullinI
the bulb; only q small movement 4
necessary. With this adjustment tn
center OF the lamp iiament 10 At tn
focus OF the reflector.
CD To find focal adjustment Nc
2, set lamp for adjustment No. 1. an
then move it forward until a darl
area appears in the center OF the ligh
spot. Then move It back until tn
dark area just disappears. This
the proper position.
(E) Focal adjustment No. 3 Is half
way between No. 1 and No. 2.
CD To make focal adjustment Nc
4, proceed as In making No. 2, bu
move the lamp bulb backward instea
Of forward.
, Tilt-The list gives the downwar
, tilt per 100 feet. This Is the distanc
that the light spot should be belo,
the level OF the centre OF the lamp
at a distance OF 100 feet. At rs fee
. Ii would be one-fourth OF this. Thi
adjustment can be made at the sam
time as the focal adjustment. tn
beam from the two-heAdlights shoul
be parallel. Headlights should be ad
justed with the car fully loaded an
on level ground.
Condition Of lamps-Refectors mu.
, be clean. polished and free from dent
and other imperfections. The lam
bulbs must be held rigidly In plac
Electrical contacts must be well mad
|, and the lights steady.
The Ford green visor Is approve
. only where the complete headlamp
installed.