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Russwin 
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Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company 
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
No. 26 West Twenty-Sixth Street, New York No. 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 
- The Standard for Excellence - 
in Builders’ 
Fine Hardware 
P. &F. 
CORBIN 
N. W. Corner 
Eighth and Arch Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 
FACTORIES 
New Britain, Conn. 
With Correct Designs in 
all the Leading Schools of 
Art is found in the produc¬ 
tions of 
ITEMS FROM AUTOMOBILE TOPICS 
A nice question is up for decision in a 
Wisconsin town. It appears that a 
policeman came along and impounded 
an automobile which he found standing 
by the curb apparently deserted. When 
the owner came to reclaim it he found 
that the pound-master believed that he 
.was entitled to $20, the law prescribing 
a fee ot fifty cents per animal in pound 
and the car being one of forty horse 
power. 
Significant words were those uttered 
by Calvin Tomkins, president of the 
New Jersey Water Ways Association, 
spoken at the Good Roads Convention 
held at Atlantic City. The State, he 
urged, should not wait for national 
action in this matter, but should enter 
upon a system of inland waterways and 
highway improvements. He recom¬ 
mended that the Delaware and Raritan 
Canal be deepened; that advantage be 
taken of natural conditions to develop 
an inland waterway along the coast from 
Cape May to Gay Head; and that, no 
less important, a network of good roads 
be woven all over New Jersey between 
her cities and connecting their park 
systems with one another, as well as 
providing access to the natural beauties 
of the State. 
“Sane motoring” is a phrase we are 
beginning to hear considerably about. 
It means a lot. Opinions as to what 
constitutes “sane” motoring will differ 
widely, of course, but it will scarcely be 
contended that the reckless driver is 
included among those who motor sanely. 
The best proof of the prosperity of 
the Middle and Far West, notwith¬ 
standing the year of financial and indus¬ 
trial depression we have passed through, 
is found in the large and steadily Increas¬ 
ing volume of trade , in automobiles 
which is transacted in that section. 
Two things are to be avoided in 
replacing spark plugs, one being too 
tight adjustment in a hot cylinder, which 
makes it almost impossible to remove it 
afterward; the other being the breaking 
of the insulation, if of porcelain, through 
contact with a wrench. Socket wrenches 
if made too narrow in the neck, will 
often cause fracture of the insulator 
unless held perfectly in line. 
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