8 SAVING TREAD OF MOTOR CAR TIRES Firestone Expert Tells of Care Necessary to Lengthen Life of Tire A very common form of "tire wast age" is the unnecessary wear on the tires tread caused by a careless use of the car brakes, the Inaccurate ad- I justment of the wheels, or the lm- j proper use of anti-skid devices. Of ( these, probably the most common Is j the careless use of the brakes. Knowing how to stop, when neces- j sary, is considered more important*, than a knowledge of how to start the ! engine, therefore, the use of foot and j emergency brakes is taught to the new car owner, early, lacking the wheels will not bring the car to an immediate stop; the momentum and weight will cause the rear wheels to slide along for a considerable dis tance and grind off the tread of the tires in the same manner that street car wheels are ground liat In spots. Avoid letUng In the clutch quick ly while the engine is running fast — Buch treatment Is not good for eith er car or tires. Spinning the driv ing wheels in mud. snow, or on slip pery roads may grind oft the tread rubber and sometimes snag the cov er along the entire wheel circum ference. Anti-Skid devices are helpful, un der certain conditions, but great harm will result from continued use when not actually needed. Some de vices are noisy and there is a temp tation to fasten them tightly to the Ures, causing the cross grips to cut and gouge into the rubber cover and fabric underneath. When cross grips become worn, sharp and rough, they should be replaced, otherwise cut ting of the (.over cannot be avoided. Another common cause of excessive weai on a tire tread is faulty align ment of the wheels. Your car should be inspected occasionally by a me chanic to correct this fault. Unnecessary Wear on tile Side Walls l'robably one of the most common * and inexcusable abuses of tires is t driving them in car tracks or deep 1 ruts. The easiest riding road is some- s times the hardest on the tires. J There may be times when bad f roads cannot be avoided, but side t wail injury to the tires under such circumstances should not, in fair- { ness, be considered as an indication t of fault in the quality or construe- v tion. 11 It is possible, under very severe { conditions, to wear tnrough the side . wall rubber in a very short time, but ordinaily the wear indicates neg lect. If it is necessary to drive oc- casioually over bad roads, reverse ■ the tires, i. e., place the worn side 1 toward the car, vulcanize rubber over < the most worn parts, to protect the ' tabric iroin moisture and disinte- < gration, and it will be found that ( the normal service from the tires will not be greathy affected. Rough streets tempt one to drive i in car tracks. It is more comfortable ■ lor the passengers and may be econ- • to protect the car, at times, 1 from bumps and unusual vibration : by running in car tracks, rather than t over rough, cobblestone pavements, and the tires won't be injured no ticeably by doing this occasionally— It Is the continued practice that shortens the mileage. , Quite often the pavement along Inside edges of rails is very rough \ and may result in cuts to the rubbei and bruises to the fabric. Rails on hills are to bo avoided as much as possible as they usually have sharp, j thin splinters on the edges, which i are liable to cut or puncture the j tires. Neglected Cuts The service of tires will be abbre viated, to a considerable extent, if outs, punctures and snags are neg lected. Too much care cannot be ex ercised in this respect. The elasticity of the rubber per mits a cut in the tread to expand : when under the weight of machine and in contact with the road. In this way, such foreign matter as Srit. sand and pebbles are forced in to the cut. With each revolution of the wheel, the accumulation of for eign matter acts as a wedge and fur ther forces itself between the cover j and fabric of the tire. It is not un- ! usual for these lumps or "mud boils," if neglected, to cause a com plete separation of the tread. It Is pretty generally known that gasoline, grease, oil, and other fatty substances are solvents of rubber. Oiled parkways and roads are not particularly harmful, especially aft er the oil has soaked into the road way. If garage floors are not kept clean and tho tires stand in a pool of oil, the treads soften and the traction strain in service stretches the rub ber in a wavy outline. Probably the most damage is ex perienced from grease in differential housing, working out into the brake drums and then onto the sjde walls of the tires. This may result from loose bearings, too much grease, or from using grease not suitable for the differential. Grease and oil can be very easily removed by a rag saturated with gasoline. Editor's Note. The fifth article of this series, which will appear in next Saturday's Telegraph, will explain the cause of rim cuts andpoint 'out the dangers of tread attachments, "reliners" and "inside protectors." tectors." Armleder Representative Visits Local Agency J. Morris Wray, factory represent ative for the O. Armleder Co., of Cincinnati, makers of the Armleder motor trucks, was in Harrisburg to day. The Harrisburg Welding and Machine Works are distributors for the Armleder trucks In this terri tory. Mr. Wray says the factory is working day and night to meet the demand. In addition to the regular truck works the company Is build ing nine hundred ambulances for war purposes. The claims for the Armleder is simplicity for construction. Mr. Wray said that there were from forty-eight to seventy less number of parts than on the average truck. Mr. Wray has been co-operating with G. J. Danner, who has charge of the tales for Armleder trucks In this vicinity. f" ' —\ S-Passenger Touring $725 S-Pasaenger Clover-Leaf Roadster ft J Ensminger Motor Co. THIRD ami CtT>rBKIU,ANT> STS. BkU SATURDAY EVENING, APPERSON WITH SILVER IN N. Y. Famous Dealer Takes on Pio neer Line; Cowden Now a Factory Distributor R. J. Church, salesmanager for E. L.. Cowden, distributer for Ap person cars, has Just returned from the factory at Kokomo, Ind. He an nounces a new contract for the com ing season, whereby E. L. Cowden has secured direct factory connec tion with the entire Central Penn sylvania territory, under his juris diction. Their experience with the; Apperson and the endorsement they j give It by assuming such a large con- | tract Is backed up by the judgment j of C. T. Silver, said to be the largest i distributors of motorcars in New j York city. Mr. Silver has just an- j nounced his alliance with Edgar & I Elmer Apperson. of Kokomo, Ind., 1 in the designing, building and mar- i ketlng of a new 8-cyllnder Silver- j Apperson car, which will be offered ; in a wide variety of open and closed models and will first be shown when the curtain riscf on the New York automobile shows, the first week in January. The automobile trade and public have speculated with considerable curiosity and interest as to what car would find representation in his palatial building on Broadway at j Fifty-seventh street. As a matter | of fact he has been offered "the dis-1 tribution of upward of forty cars in the last six months, and either per sonally or through trusted lieute nants, has carefully investigated the merits of practically all. The Apperson Brothers, with their enviable experience and reputation. j new and modern factory, amply j financed with their own money, ap pealed particularly to him, as pos sessing that degree of merit essential | to the carrying out of his ideals. At the Apperson plant -he found a skilled organization that had run the whole gamut of motor car evo lution. He found it under the per sonal control and supervision of the Apperson Brothers, whose name and fame date back to the very infancy of the motor car industry. Twenty-five years ago they built the first automobile in this country, and this car is now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute at Washing jton. Ever since they have ,ex ] erclsed an Important influence on jthe industry, bringing out from year to year, a constantly Improved pro 'duct. For quality, sturdineas and rpeed, Apperson cars have always ranked with the best. It will be re called by many that Barney Oldfleld first became famous through ' tho consistent victories of Apperson cars, which he piloted. It Is a striking and perhaps a happy augury of the new connection, that this year—l9l7—marks the Sil ver anniversary of the Apperson Brothers as automobile manufac turers. Best of all, Mr. Silver found the Apperson Brothers both ready andj willing to co-operate with him in ; his ambition to place on the mar- \ ket a car that would set a new stand- ! ard in completeness, thereby com- j | blnlng Apperaon skill and experience j ; with Silver Body craftsmanship, i C. T. Sliver has been responsible for much of tho development in spe j cial automobile bodies. Silver bodies have for years been famous for their distinctiveness .always typifying ad [ vance style. Inadequate chassis I dimensions and sturdiness, however, ; have hampered the development of Mr. Silver's ideals in the past. The new Sllver-Apperson chassis ideally | meets these requirements, and the full weight of this experience will ' find expression in Ills now creations, ; which will incorporate in addition i to his own original Ideas, every worth while feature of all tlto leading American and foreign cars, with the objective of combining more beauty, grace and comfort than anything yet offered. I ' * | Tortuous Mt. Wilson Conquered by Sealed in High Gear *T*HIS nine mile climb from near sea level to the rarified atmosphere of 6000 feet elevation, through three miles of dismal fog, around 120 turns is |j only another one of the many records achieved by the eight cylinder KING. M It is a car which may be conservatively described as economical, jj considering its high power and bigness. Its all-around competence, especially on hills, has surprised and delighted many. 1 • THE REX GARAGE AND SUPPLY CO. I 1917 N. THIRD ST. -b . King Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan lmiiTP=| UK TWO VIEWS OF UNCLE SAM'S NEW TORPEDOES READY FOR V-BOATS The upper photograph shows a giant torpedo just leaving the tube at the testlhg grounds at Sag Harbor, N. Y. The lower picture shows the splash of the torpedo after it struck the water. Each torpedo is tested in this way. It is shot into the water and followed by a submarine chaser to be picked up when it has spent its force, if the torpedo runs true to form it is accepted By the government, and it is believed, sent on its way to the North Sea. there for use against German submarines. New Executive of Smith Motortruck Board Announcement has just been made in a circular letter sent to the stock holders of the Smith Motor Truck Corporation advising them that on August 7, Messrs. J. and W. Seligman and Van Emburgh & Atterbury, of New York, acquired the control in the company, of the interests form erly represented by 12. I. Rosenfeld, and that Mr. Rosenfeld and asso ciates have resigned as directors of the company, thereby severing their connections -with the Smith Motor Truck Corporation. Messrs. J. and W. Seligmaji in connection with Messrs. Van Em burgh & Atterbury have purchased a note issue of $750,000 which will provide the necessary additional cap ital to handle the rapidly expanding business of the company, i Jasper A. Campbell, president of | the Coe-Stapley Manufacturing Com pany, of Bridgeport, Conn., the larg est manufacturers of automobile ac | cessories in the world, has been elect ed chairman of the Board of direc \ tors to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rosenfeld's resignation, j Charles T. Danforth, of the firm |of Van Emburgh & Atterbury, has also been elected to the board of directors. Mr. Campbell is a native-born Southerner, his birthplace being! Pendalton, S. C. He is a well-known and successful businessman of New York and for the past twenty-five years has enjoyed the confidence of tho business and banking world. He is tho unanimous selection of the commercial and new banking inter ests of the company for the import ant post he will now fill. Although great demands are made upon Mr. Campbell's time, he will be active in the management and will spend much of his time in Chicago. The program that has been laid out for the future is one that makes the new management especially con fident, as It Is to be one of progress and promises to be most profitable to the dedlers. This organization places the com pany under the control of one of the HAHRISBURG iWli TELEGRAPH largest and most successful banking interests in tho country and insures a sound, conservative and progressive backing that will rank second to none in the entire country. It is safe to say that perhaps no other event in the history of the Smith Motor Truck Corporation will be conducive to its future pro gress and prosperity. Oldfield Makes Many Records With Firestone* Eight world's records shattered within the space of four days is the remarkable feat accomplished by Barney Oldfleld, veteran "speed demon" of auto racing, and the most popular driver on the track. All eight records were made in St. Louts I on a circular dirt track, five of them against time and three of them against Ralph De Palma. Oldfleld drove his "Gold Bug" equipped with Firestone Super Cord tires in all th< events without a mis hap. In his lifty-mile exhibition run against time he broke five records in succession. Three of the records set by Louis Disbrow have stood since 1912. The other two were es ; tablished In 1914 by Disbrow and Bob Burman. Oldfleld ran one mile in 46 seconds; five miles In 3.53:6; ten miles in 7.56:2; twenty-flve miles In 19.28:8 and flfty miles in 40.47.6. The exhibition was elec trically timed under the auspices of the American Automobile Associa tion. Three days later he won two or the three events from De Palma and set new world's records for five, ten and fifteen miles in competition. These records had stood since Jan uary, 1915. Of six dual meets be tween Oldfleld and De Palma, the pilot of the "Gold Bug" has won four. Oldfield gives due credit for his victories to the power-saving of his Firestone Super Cords. In St. Louis he reiterated a statement made on a recent visit to the Firestone factory that speedway records now depend • as much upon the tire makers as the lautomobile manufacturers. Auto Department Now a Feature at Nuss Mfg. Co. The Nuss Mfg. Co., Eleventh and Mulberry streets, this city, have add ed a new department to their fac tory known as the "Auto Depart ment." This department will be in charge of Mr. Shermun, of Phila delphia, a radiator expert, who will Sivo lils personal attention to ma- King and repairing of radiators, fen ders, windshields, gas tanks, lamps, etc., also repairing and remodeling of auto bodies. This step was deem ed necessary on account of the in creasing demand for the band in struments made by them, each de i partment will be managed separately I to give better service to both classes of work. Take Advantage of the OLD PRICE S2OO to S3OO lower than other ears in its class thai are selling now at raised prices. ° Soptombor 15- Studebafcer Priees Increase The FOURloupiric? car will be inereased from VCT) /o I(JjU The SIX tourixuS *>*l3Bs Studebaher is the last to increase its price -thanks to lond-term contracts for raw material-divintf the ear buyer a big saving if he 5 ° birgs a Studobafeep ear NOW! Four-Cylinder Models # 11 A Six-Cylinder Models Unscoll Auto Company ; Touring Car ... 985 1050 _ Touring Sedan 1700— 1850 Every-Weather Or 1185- 1250 147 s(>Uth LaHlCrOn St. 5760 AU pricesf. o. b. Detroit • . AU price*/. o. b. Detroit * NASH ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE CAR Owner of Jeffery Plant Will Market a New Model Bear- j ing His Own Name Even back in the days when the automobile lurched along on one cylinder, C. W. Nash, then in the carriage manufacturing: business as pired to bull'd a motorcar bearing his name. For twenty-five years he has been building and selling carriages and automobiles. During that time he has seen the motorcar, industry out grow its cradle and watched it ri3o j from a small, discredited beginning! "o the proud rank of third industry in the United States. In its riso to | has played a leading role, having j headed some of the largest and most| successful automobile companies in the United States. But his lifelong ambition is soon to be fully realized. For he is just about to formally announce the birth of a car that bears his name and reflects his experience and. ideals. The work which has been accom plished by the Nash Motors Com-! pany within the duration of a single year could only be achieved by an organization composed of experts ml their line, men who knew their] plans were right and went thead. | A when Mr. Nash entered j j the field as a manufacturer in hisj ' own name he looked about for a j j factory site. Pie Inspected person- j ! ally practically every motorcar plant of consequence in this country. The result of this sifting down process was the purchase of the 100-acre Jeffery .plant at Kenosha. It was fully equipped with men and ma chinery and building a high grade i line of passenger cars and trucks 9 3 | per cent, complete. From the men who have previous ly been associated with him Mr. Nash swiftly assembled a strong or ganization. They were all men of long experience and proved ability, engineers and merchandisers of highest caliber. As Nash distributers came men of high financial respon sibility who had made big profits before under Nash leadership and as proof of their confidence in him and his organization, gave up other lines which they had been handling suc cessfully to take over Nash con tracts. Thus In a remarkably short time was perfected one of the most complete manufacturing and selling organizations in the business. Meantime the engineering depart ment was hard at work on a new Nash car. Into its make-up they ' have put good .materials and excel lent workmanship. By applying the AUGUST 2, 1917. most modern principles of motorcar practice they greatly simplified its mechanism. Now, thoroughly test ed and bearing the Btamp of appro val of the Nash organisation, this car, a little more than a year .after the formation of Its parent company. Is about to be announced to the buy ing public. There has been much speculation as to the number of cylinders, size and price of the car, but owing to the fact that Mr. Nash has built cars of various types and prices it Is almost impossible for even the trade to guess with any degree of accuracy the typo %f the new Nash car. Motor Truck to Develop Big Inland Empire Confronted In Its plan for develop ment of the creamery Industry in the great Uinta basin 'in Utah by a transportation problem , probably moro complex than any which has been faced in recent years by a creamery concern of like size in the United States, the Mutual Creamery Company found its way out last week when it purchased a Garford truck and bought a trailer to go with it. The truck will bo placed in serv ice between Vernal, Duchesne and Helper. It will make regular seml weckly trips, hauling the raw ma terial, which is cream, from Ver nal and adjacent points to Duchesne,, where the Mutual company's cream ery Is located, and hauling the fin ished product, which is butter, to the railroad shipping point ut Helper. A vast inland empire, including millions of acres of some of the finest agricultural land in the United States—the Unlta basin has lain practically dormant for years be cause transportation facilities have not been at hand for the market ing of its products. Humors that railroads would build into the basin have flown thick and fast, but as yet the country is with out a road, so the Mutual Com j pany Creamery Company has de- I cided to solve its own transportation j question. The truck It has just purchased has a capacity of one ton, to which must he added the almost two-ton capacity of the trailer. "I think the putting on of an auto transportation service such as this will mean the Intensive development of the creamery Industry in the Unlta basin," said Carlyle Hall, pur chasing agent for the Mutual Cream i ery Company. "For the first time the farmers In . the basin will be purvlded with a cash market for their produce. I j look to see the business developed 1 until still more motor transportation j will he needed and If our auto truck experiment proves a success In this field It will be repeated In other sections similarly situated. "I am convinced we made no mis take In choosing the Garford truck. We a thorough examina tion of the field nnd arc convinced the Garford is tho sturdy money saving vehicle required for this hard service. T cannot say too much for the Garford." MAXWELL MAKES THIRD RECORD Makes Montreal to Quebec Run in Four Hours and One Minute By breaking tho Montreal-Quebec road record a Maxwell car driven by Bay McNamara, road engineer of the Maxwell Motor Company, Inc., of Detroit, has established within two weeks three of the most important toad records for the Dominion of Canada. Making tho run between Montreal and Quebec In 4 hours and 1 minute, the Maxwell shattered all previous automobile records and also beat the fastost express trains by I minutes. The record-breaking records are: Windsor to Toronto, 6 hours and 60 minutes. ' Toronto to Montreal, 11 hours. Montreal to Quebec, 4 hours and 1 minute. The Windsor-Toronto run covered 275 miles. Between Toronto and Montreal the car went 360 miles and the distance from Montreal to Que bec Is 180 miles. On the run from Montreal the Maxwell pilot carried an official greeting from the manager of the Windsor Hotel to the manager of the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec. The Krontenac manager had the message and a picture of the Max well photographed and hung on the wall of the hotel office. ' There wore no accidents to the motor car and the Maxwell engine performed marvelously on all of the runs. The overage speed of the Max well on the last intercity run was 45 miles an hour.. While establishing these mag nificent records, McNamara has been logging the roads of the Dominion and the information is being pub lished for the benefit of Canadian motorists. "The road, while winding and dotted with dangerous curves, has a magnificent surface that would be perfectly safe for touring in a rain storm," declared McNamara, who stated that the Montreal-Quebec highway was by far the best in tho Dominion. ' "Numerous shrines, real old French towns, beautifully kept farms and a 1 splendid view of the winding St. Law rence river are features of the foad. "It is the most interesting bit of touring I have enjoyed in a great many years." McNamara has toured : nearly every Important road in tho United States. Observers In the car during tho Montreal-Quebec run were Veil McNeil, of the Montreal Gazette; Mr. 1 Chandler, of tho Montreal Herald, and Mr. Bryan, who is connected with an automobile accessories house. The observers made affidavit to the ■ time in which the Maxwell covered ■ the run. 1 Before leaving Canada McNamara " will make Intercity runs from Mont- I real to Ottawa and from Ottawa to • Windsor. He will also log these roads.
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