} PAGE TWELVE m------ 7 MLL SHOULD HAVE LicHTS : i i : AUTHORITIES | NOT ATTENDING | Auto Drivers Could Not Get || TO THEIR DUTY. By Insisting That Vehicles Shonld Be Properly Lighted at Night, Accord. ing to Regulations, ; That the provincial ang municipal authorities ought to take the neces. sary metion to have all vehicles tra- velling at night equipped with some lighting device is shown by the nu- merous accidents which are happen- ing continually on the country roads, In this city during the last three weeks four accidents have become known to the Whig, and each of the four might have been prevented had the vehicles been properly equipped with lights, There will be more of them continually and then finally public opinion will awaken to the need of the legislation and demand the action, Last evening a Kingstonian driv- ing over the bridge at Kingston Mills collided with a man on a bieyele, and in the accident there was grave dang- er of the horse seriously injuring the bieyelist, This is typieal of the other accidents, The lights of automobiles are suf- ficient for themselves, It is impossi- ble, however, for the lights to search out what is coming over the brow of a grade or at the side of the roads. Often car drivers avoid ae idents only by applying the emergency brakes, and such conditions lare not reason able. A light on all vehicles would show where there was danger and the necessary precautions can be taken in time to avoid danger. bh tii ch tet COPY -y i Auto Jokes. | "Why do you ci'i your automobile a Mivver?" . "We don't always," replied Mrs. Chaggins. "When we speak of it in company we call it a motor car, But when we take it to a repair shop we call it a 'flivver,' hoping it 'will influ- ence the man to be easy with the bill"--Washington Star, . Recruiting « Officer -- How about Joining the colors? Have you any one dependent on you?" Motorist--Have 1? There are two garage owners, six mechanics, four tire daalers, and every gasoline agent within a radius of 125 miles, Fudge. As the motor-car dashed through a little village the driver pulled up with a frantic jerk, A man was standing right in front of his ma chine waving his arm violently, and shouting, "Stop! Hi! Stop!" "What's the trouble?" snapped the motorist, "Is it a police trap? Be. cause, if it is, I wasn't driving more than twenty miles an hour--" "That's all right, sir," said" the countryman, blandly . "I ain't no policeman, Only my wife has been invited to a wedding. to-morrow, and 1 wanted to ask if you conld spare her & drop o' gasoline to clean her gloves with."--Fit- Bits, "How do you feel about Prohibi- tion?" "Haven't yet made up my mind," replied Mr. Chuggins, as he paused in pumping tp a tire. "I'm wiiting to see whether it'll cause fewer empty whiskey bottles to be smashed in the highways or mote of thea" Wash. ington Star, "What did you do yesterday?" % CPsmythe took me for a drive out a the country in his new car" 'Has Psmythe got a new car?" "Well, he calls it a car, but I'd call it a thunderbolt." "What kind of a car is jt?" "It's this kind of a car: The man who is driving says: Isn't that a fine view ahead of us? © And you say, "Yes, wasn't WP" Cleveland Plain Dealer, : "How's the little old flivver going now?" "Fine," replied Mr. Chuggins. "Run it every day? 0. We have to alternate. One day we buy milk and the next we buy gasoline, We can't afford both on the same day."--Washington Star, Anthracite has been produced trom peat and even from cellulose by a European sclentist in his laboratory, | GASOLINE SHORTAGE 1 | FELT IN KINGSTON Much Last Sunday and The war d a very direct effect on the motor 8 in this coun- try and last Sunday and Monday many of the 1 drivers found. that contemplated trips had to be cans celled because of the searcity of gasoline. Hundreds and hundreds of car drivers went to their favorite garage, diove up to the red pump and then were greeted after they had stopped their engine with the words, "Sorry, Sir, but we have no gas." It was reported that the transpor- tation of the tank cars had been somewhat delayed owing to the diffi- culties of sending it over the rails. The wells did not stop or lower their produetion, but the trouble arose in bringing the liquid through to the consumer. The promise is now made | that here will be no repetition of the trouble. Kingston is not the only place that suffered from the Mack of gasoli Napanee, Gananoque, Odes a, ker, and other places near y also short or tneirely out of it. dealers who were fortunate enoug to have a few gallons cut down tl allowange to "each driver to two or | three gallons to make it go as far as| possible, BINDING MATERIAL NEEDED ON ROAD To Prevent Rapid Decay--Tw New District Roads Badly Worn. The absolute need of some binding material on the roads in this part of the country is being very Siearly de- | monstrated now with the inc in automobile trafic, Two years ago the county author- ities built at some expense a splen- did road from the Junction of the |, Bath Road to "Heathfield," on the York Road, and on the Bath Road to the first bridge. Both of these piec of highway, after only two seasons of use are so badly worn that motor- ists take other roads instead of them. The same conditions apply to the Harrowsmith Road and to other highways which have been built up recently. In speaking of these conditions a well-known road expert says: "These roads should have some top binding matter which would prevent their rapid decay. On Princess street and on other city streets we find the ef- fects of improperly applied oil. It leaves smooth hard patched, with deep holes all through it, On the country roads ho effort has been made to keep the fine road bed in good condition and jt is being broken up. : My suggestion would he to lave all roads properly built and then properly coated, and experienced men to take over the maintenance, so that the heavy initial cost of your good roads may be justified." Tire-Bumping Made Easy. To make tire-pumping easier, board can he nailed at an a tween the floor and the side-ws the garage . This angle makes much easier to pump the tire, and as the hoard raises the pump, one does not have to. bend over so far A couple of metal straps are placed over the foot-plates of the pump, so that the pump does not have to he held down when pulling up on the handle. If the pump is fastened near the ¢ aor- way of the garage, any wheel of the car may be brought near the pump by simply moving the car. Every owner should have two tire pumps, one wrapped up and always in the car, and the other to be used in the garage, ------------ Henry Ford informed friends at the Detroit Athletic Club in Detroit the other day that he had just noti- fied France that that country could have 12,000 Ford tractors. He is now working on from six thousand to seven thousand for England, and all of these will have to be deliver- ed before America's demand. is met. A well made sedan body does not make a heavy awtomobile or change its performance any notable degree from that of the touring car, it merely gives the increased comfort and protection and style charapter istic of the complete enclosure." THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918. | in The Automobile World _----y Grinding Valves. } Begin ti yy Temoving ft} her s rt from beneath ju i rest. T hie Spring must be ed by means of a spring r, to be purchased or ome, the tension of the }spri wed, the support is taken ont. > valve may then be remov- ed fron guide Vhen the cylin- fder is fitte t alve plugs, these li af « , ber wed, if the i ¢ , the work [is just 'as easy. . As each valve is fe- v 1 o ked with may be put back in its nning the grinding oper- at up the ope into the cylinder w a piece h, so that the grin $ y not fall {into the « Also Isee that the tappet is d s far as { 2 only to The i i { pitted, or it 1s a bad es It is then oscillated on its seat for a means a Screw ce and bit or di the rinding tools nov vatlable L Aft eration the > 15 Tey gasoline and wiped Iso wiped If 1 even lete, other und again obtain ctric Cabs. the growing eur is em recent. employment by Vaxicab and Transfer 3 1 to operate elec They are only em the day, from 7 to 6 they receive the same vages as the men The an 'electric vehicle need hours' training to become f the hly competent. axicabs in Detroit have successfully for three fyears, and n 100 cars are in use "taxicabs arc also din | Several fuse in Chicago ar t. Louis. { tre-------- | Our idea of e ultimate inferno: {After changin tire, and pumping same, on a slushy road in a cold sleet, trying to dry one's self on a {paper towel. | reirni. mm----------. t EXPLAINS OPERATION Of The Augustine Rotary Internal Combustion Engine. The engine Is equipped with an el- ectric starter, says the Motor Maga- zine. It has a simple mixer to sup- ply the fuel. It air-cools itself while |: in action, and, as it rotates, the bear- ings, shaft and oil are kept cool hy the incoming gas. The gas is trans- ferred to a vaporizing chamber, where it is heated, and all turned into a dry, fixed gas, and is "'pre- compressed' 'by the heat. As the ex- haust ports open, the inlet ports alan open and get a full blast of dry gas under pressure, which drives all the burnt gases at full speed out of the exhaust. The engine can be started by turn- ing on the switch of the magneto, pressing the button of the self-starter and the engine is in motion. When stopping the engine turn off the switch, then all the cylinders charge themselves with fresh gas from the vaporizing chamber and are ready for the next operation. The engine can be started with a coil and battery, if desired. Some of the engines are built re- versible by simply adding a sleeve to reverse the inlet and transfer ports The engine is most simple to op- erate There is no v iy to change any of the adjustments or the tim- ing of the ignition, fpr there is only one wire, and as the engine rotates it comes into contact with each cylin- der and fires--1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6. in edeh revolution, which gives a perfect, congtant torque. Aged Man Motors Far. J. E. Stele, of Ashland, Ore., 60 years old, haf\driven his touring car G3.000 miles. He has) averaged as high as 24 miles on a p: line, even when the car was loaded with cooking utensils, bedding, and hunting accoutrements, Within the past few weeks a movement has been started to pro- mote the regular inspection of brake equipment by every motorist This movement is endorsed by lead- ing individuals and organizations In the automobile industry throughout the country. Spark plugs should not be forced into position by severe wrench ac- tion. They should be set firmly against a copper asbestos gasket with but little more force than can I be applied with the fingers. AAA a LY Gray-Dort engineets think in terms of bad _, roadsaswell as good */ "vones. This . series of twelve tests is designed $0 take the wncertointy owt of tire-buying. Tube-Shape Perhaps you have noticed that some inner tubes be- come creased or cut or otherwise injured with- out any seeming cause. Such troubles are due nearly always to the fact that inner tubes, with the exception of Michelins, do not. fit properly when in- flated inside their casings. Look at 'the Rhictographa reproduced below. tube on the right is a Mich- elin, the only tube made circular or ring-shaped to fit the casing perfectly and naturally. The tube on the left is typical of 'all other makes. Both are inflated to the same pressure Compare the two. Michelin Tubes are used by most motorists and en dorsed by practically every tive dealer. They are unsurpassed in quality and vet are reasonable in price. This tube is typical of all makes other than Michelin. Such tubes are simply straight pieces of tubing cemented at the ends. Notice the shape this tube takes when inflated. This tube is a Mich elin-- the only tube made ring-shaped like the casing, thus ours mg perfect fit, with- > destructive folds, wrinkles or this Spots. these tubes are inflated to the same pressure FOR SALR BY: LEADING GARAGES AND HARDWARE STORES Edwin Chown & Son, Distributors. Etienne Planche, who built The new Gray-Dort embodies the Pugeot motor. Built by a corps of motor engineers i; Ty. decylinder motor isa who did one thing well-- triumph of smoeth, economical build Gray-Dort motors. all the good features that won instant success for former mod- speed and power. The chassis concrete-- smooth city street or rough rutty road--good going "or bad going ~they figure on them all. For instance, take the matter of springs. The rear springs in the Gray-Dort are 50 'inch full cantilaver. Or the starting and lighting Westinghouse. The motor designed by GRAY-DORT CHATHAM In every detail you will find care--the careful work of a man who jcys in his task, hidden though it be. The men who make Gray-Dort drop forgings which you never see, take as much pride in the finished car as does the president of the company. It is this spirit of manufac- ture that has made the Gray- Dort an honorable, a reliable car. It is the minute atten tion to detail, the shorn Je mand for unequi quality that is bie dian motorists to it. ' MOTORS, LTD. ONTARIO In the United States--THE DORT MOTOR CAR CO., Flint, Michigan is sturdy and quiet. The springs are long. - The upholstery is deep. The equipment is ab- solutely complete from elec. tric starting and lighting to the tools. New lines of beauty have been given this model. The five-passenger touring car is $1,195; the three-passenger fleur- de-lys roadster is $1,050; the Grays Dort special, beautifully finished and with extra details of equi ment, 15 $126 above the List." Al prices are f.0.b. Chatham.