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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.

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���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

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