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Running a Newspaper Plant with 

 an Automobile 



AS a result of a blizzard last Decem- 

 ber, all of the towns along the 

 New York, New Haven and Hartford 

 Railroad between Stamford and Mount 

 \'ernon were without electric light and 

 power, since they draw their supply of 

 current from the high-tension system of 

 the railroad. Mount \'ernon, which has 

 its own municipal plant, was the only 

 exception. 



Popular Science Monthly 



This little automobile furnished the power for an entire 

 newspaper plant, which had been crippled by a blizzard 



The publishers of the Neivs and 

 Graphic, of Greenwich, Connecticut, 

 were unable to operate their presses. 

 Manager Barton thought of utilizing a 

 portable gas engine, but this was not to 

 be had. He happened to drop into an 

 automobile agency. The manager of- 

 fered the services of a touring car. A 

 few minutes later the machine was 

 backed up in front of the newspaper of- 

 fice and one of the rear tires was re- 

 mo\ed. \\\i\\ very little difficulty the 

 jacked-up wheel was belt- 

 ed to the main driving pul- 

 ley of the shop, the other 

 wheel being allowed to rest 

 on the ground. Soon the 

 twenty horsepower engine 

 of the small car was run- 

 ning not only the two big 

 cylinder presses, but the 

 folding machine, the power 

 cutter, and several small 

 job presses as well. Need- 

 less to say, the paper ap- 



peared on time to the amazement of the 

 citizens of Greenwich, who had not ex- 

 pected to see newspapers for days. 



Wandering Motion Pictures 



CARRYING movies to the people 

 by automobile is the latest ad- 

 vertising scheme of a well known 

 motor car manufacturer. The car not 

 only carries the apparatus, but sup- 

 plies power for driving an electric 

 generator which furnishes the project- 

 ing light. 



A small dynamo is bolted 

 to a two-inch plank, which 

 ni turn is fastened to the 

 running-board of the car. A 

 pulley attached to one of the 

 rear wheels of the auto, 

 which is for the time being 

 jacked up from the ground, 

 is belted to the generator 

 and the power for driving is 

 thus transmitted from the 

 car's engine. 



The switchboard control- 

 ling the current is hung 

 upon the windshield and the 

 screen is attached to any 

 covenient building or bill- 

 board. 



Scenes about the plant of 

 the manufacturer are shown upon the 

 screen and it is claimed that the entire 

 outtit can be unpacked and put into op- 

 eration in a few minutes. 



THE largest commercial gasoline- 

 engine has been built for installa- 

 tion in a double-ended ferry-boat used 

 for the transportation of trains across 

 an arm of San Francisco Bay. This 

 engine weighs nearly fifty tons and 

 develops six hundred horse-power. 



This car not only carries the apparatus, but generates 

 the power for the motion picture machine 



