Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1921, Page 70

rg " GOODYEAR GHEEL RECORD SYISHE Truck Beats in Speed, Then Exceeds Its Own Best Run. The Goodyear six-wheel truck, which recently smashed the record between Akron and the Pacific coast, broke its own records and all exist- ing transcontinertal truck records on the return trip between Los Angeles and New York city. For the 3.507-mile journey under all kinds of road conditions the truck broke the tape at New York fn € days 15 hours and 23 minutes actual running time. The total elapsed time was 12 days and 14 hours. The average ¢d for the entire trip was 21.9 wmiles per hour. This included the climb over the Rockles and the Appalachians, the drag through’' muddy gumbo roads in the Missiseippi valley and over scores of stretehes of unimproved highways Trip Via Lincoln Highway. The trip was m; ver the Santa Fe trail to Kan: v and via the Lincoln highway through a consider- able portion of the 1] The fa: run was ade in 17 s through o and Arizona. ~ From rsey City, 93 miles, New - M Phihde)phi; l:n d < just 3 hou e including the s, M D. Scott. sportation at the| Goodyear factory, was in e of the trip. P car difters from other trucks in that it has six_wheels, with the drive connected with the four rear| Wheels. All are equipped With pneu-; matic tires. The truck has a maxi-| mum speed of 45 to 50 miles ani hour. This is the first time that & transeontinental jourrney has been attempted by a six-wheel vehicle, and the results are pronounced highly satls- factory, and as marking an important atep forward in motor transportation. Designed for Maximum Speed. The truck was designed to secure a maximum spegpd with a ‘minimum wear and tear on the roal, as gov- ernment highway experts have de- monstrated through repeated tests that a heavy truck fitted matics gives less than one-fourth of the impect on the road t same weight truck equipped withy solid tires does. i ] i By distributing the weight of the car over six wheels instead of four the jar on the road is still further diminished. MANY TIRES REPORTED “PREMATURELY AGED"I Are your tires old men at forty-five? mcllu)ull)‘ all tires received by the big companles for adjusiment are prema- turely aged, their vitality used up. Tt is easily possible for your tires; to stay young and to live to a good; ripe oid age. rhe best preserved tires. like men. | are the ones whose strength is safe- guarded. This does not mean that a tire will live longer because of dis- use. Both tires and men Wwith noth- ing to do age rapidly. 5lullpallon of the strength andj vitality built into a tire will quickly} Screp It. But disease in tires. as in men, can be cured. It is easily pos- sible to plug tread cuts against water seepage, causing separation and rot. The vulcanizer is the surgeon with- out whose expert attention abused tires would soon die. The trained man nips troubles in the bud. Miller tire men say such a man is always on the lookout for underinflation. Tire conservation boiled down sim- ply means exercising a little care 10 preserve the vigor of the tire that the motorist may get out of the tire all of the miles that the manufac- turer built into it. Any other course spoils the pleasure and profit of driv- ing, and besides is extravagant. It is juestion of a square deal to the nd_protection against the thou- and one forms of abuse which ort its life. USE TOWER IN DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN KNOXVILLE ' wx ¥ne Method Seen in Re- duction of Insurance Rate on Automobiles. Knoxville, Tenn., has installed a tower used in connection with trafic regulation. . Mr. E. M. Haynes, chief of police of Knoxville, states that aince these tewers have been installed in Knox- ville the Insurance on automobiles for accidents has been reduced 35 per cent. Thess towers are equipped with a siren for use in conmection with ap- proaching fire spparatus, the siren warning giving plenty of time for motor and horsedrawn vehicles to pull alongside of the curb and for surface cars to come to a standstill. The towers are also equipped with electric heaters in the winter and electric fans in the summer. Chief Haynes states that since the installation of these towers there have been very few automobile ac- cidents. Knoxville has a population of ap- proximately 78.000, according to the fourteenth census of the United States and is one of the four largest cities in Tennessee—Natlonal Police Bulle- tin. —_——— Forest lands are cultivated in Swe- den with as much care as if given to farms in America. SRR e, HUGE REPLACEMENT Should Be Shunted Next - | Year, Normally. Startling figures are brought to light in a bulletin issued by John N. Willys, president of the Willys Overs land Company, to the' Willya-Overe} land organisation. The figures indicate that almost 3,000,000 cars should be repiaced under normal conditions next yea! Prior to last year the number of aut mobiles that passed out of existence amounted to approximately the numse ber that were built during the fifth year preceding. “Up to January 1, 1921, 11,839,488 motor_ vehicles had been built in the United States since 1899. Of this number 613,695 had 'been exported. Registrations during 1920 ameunted to 9,211.295. This leaves 2,014,483 cars worn out or discarded. “Of this number 596,965 were dis- carded in 1919. This is very close to the actual number of cars bulit in o Il el First Compare Quality of its quality. and of finish. ‘When your inspection amazed, that so much THE TREW Telephone S e INEN itz Then Ask the Price Were it possible, we could wish that no cus- tomer could know the price of this new Reo Six Sedan until he had first informed himself its See this Reo. Compare details of coach work Then, when you have convinced yourself that there is nothing you could desire that is not incorporated in this Sedan:— has prepared you for a $5,000.00 quotation —ask the price and be of quality, so much of beauty—so much of value—is within your reach at the price of this Reo Sedan. MOTOR CO. 14th Street at P Main 4173 This and Other Closed Model Reos are Being Shown in Space 33 at the Closed Car Salon Y IN AUTOS 1S SEEN =52 Willys Says That 3,000,000 | ET The world demands today - that the resources and technique which have been applied to the building of destructive weaponry shall be turned henceforth to the fruitful arts of peace 1517-19 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. 1914, the actuat figure being §63,045. 592,000 but during 1330 only cars were discarded. It is ’ “During 1918 built, that the financial etel: heldi mndmnw 8300 duction in_the Unil That year reached. 8 were bullt. It now seems at net more :.hnfl:.‘nmlnn of these | conditions continue during that year|the Mississippi river at Fulton. G e h cars “We now come face to face with ‘were | the fact that in 1917 there were built 1 any other state in the Union.” fgure added to the normal accompanied by officials of the state i 3 ®|total of cars held over and-mot re-|NEINEY deparinen’ Boe JuS <o MARK FOR LINCOLN HIGHWAY placed in 1920 and 1921 glves & total |y, 0 °0 A1 SNERCECOP, T OFCL e | OAKLAND, Calit.—A plan has been of almoat 3,000,000 cars which, ac-|gstate. This trip was made In order [Proposed to erect a majestic redwoond cording to past figures, would nor-|that the governor and the highway |Kateway to mark the spot where the mally come in for replacement under|officials might see the completed |Lincoln highway, following the Foot- 17 .care | normal conditions in 1922. stretch of permanent concrete im- |hill boulevard, enters Oakland. Sut- probable | ‘“‘Even allowing that subnormal |provement extending from Geneva to [rounding the highway portal to the v. |city from the continental side will be cars will be year on|and allowing that cars may with Small spoke at Joliet, wh 2 grove of redwood trees with & rus- account of the same conditions which | the present great increase of good |lunch at the penitentiary. tic glen in its midst, in which ents in 1920. In|roads last longer than before, we are |paving program for 1922 com tain will play. Those interested e to ex- still unquestionably the prob- |the construction of 1,000 miles of ad- |the plan hope that its development B e e e, Sy | on el y wou! re. !market in 1922 that we have d as VAY, st g ity e LA ever |ard as the Lincoln highway acing half mil- |ability of the greatest replacement |ditional road of the same high | will ‘lead to the equipmient of a2 ! municipal camp-ground for motorists “If this program can within the portal. experienced.” the governor. are sold through (onsumer Plan —-a new way for you to buy better tires for less money Yeou buy HOLYOKE CORDS at factory-to-consumer price, yet get exren local service, becauss you buy them from a factory branch store right in Washington, D. C = 1720 14th Street, if you act quickly and secure one of the 300 registrations o allotted to Washington “This is & new way to_buy tires,for untl now, if you bought direct from a "“"‘7&’:' wlt had to days for your tires, You could get no local service, nor see the tires before you bought them. Inthe CONSUMER PLAN, you get the factory-to-consumer price, and you receive the servics that was lacking in the old tire purchasing methods. Mail the coupon now—and make sure of your registration You may not need any tires for a year. Still, the saving is so great, it will pay you to get your registration at once, before they are all taken, so that you can save the money on the tires you buy next year, and every year HOLYOKE CORDS show th unusually fine tires by the exceptional mileage they are giving under severe conditions — on heavy d:tvy t:uycl:sr,-edelivery vans, taxicabs and fimclfiefs‘unumwdlnnphrwv?a‘n. Your tire on HOLYOKE CORDS is protected by a manufacturer of strong finaneial standing. Holyeke fiatioml Bank, Holyoke. Chamber of Commerce, Bradstreet's, and R. G. Dun & Ca's Agercies. If you want mileage — Use HOLYOKE CORDS. Mail the Coupon—And Learn the Plan New England Tire & Rubber Cs., 45 Broadway and 57th St., New York City. D TIRES. A Special Proposition is offered to local men.who wish to be associated with the CONSUMER PLAN. Manufacturers, Merchants, Truckmen, Doctors — all who are large users of tires—are urged to send in the coupon and learn about the CONSUMER PLAN of buying better tires. J Individual Car Owners —we have a similar proposition ‘for your m:. NEW ENGLAND TIRE & RUBBER CO. Store, 1720 14th Street, Washington, D.C. - c}‘q X Qf ice, Broadwag and 57th Street, NEW YORK CITY “buying HOLYOKE Please mark with a cress X the CONSUMER PLAN you ape interasted in. Tezicab Decter’s Juiab, Bt Ce¥oeu Truek Delivery Tires [] VanTires [] VIEW THE LINCOLN ROAD, |be carried to completion, Iilinols will AUTO SPRINGFIELD, Ill—Gov. Len Small, | 1oy¢ more miles of paved rosd than J Ee w | 17 TEW TORE AVE .