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Wire Wheels the Sensation of Local Show and 1913 Season By K. T. McKinstry. (Manager Firestcne-Columbus Southern Co.) I don’t know so much about wire wheels as I ought to in undertaking an article about them. All 1 do know for sure is ihat we are going to show them on one of our cars at the Jocal show, and that we are going to give them .i thorough try-out on the Firestone-Columbus line. We also suspect that they are the coming wheel in America—though we aren't at all cer tain about it yet, and are only experimenting. I suppose the biggest improvement in wir< wheels over wood wheels is the fact that the;, increase tire mileage. There are many reason why they do this . One of them is that the present wood rims and spokes are made of ma terial that is a non-conductor of heat. Thi means that in warm and hot weather the li,at piles up in the tires and can’t escape. Ami what heat does to tires is well known. With a wire wheel the metal is a good con ductor of heat. The heat stored up in the tires is carried off by the wire rim into the wire spokes and in -that wat dispersed harmlessly. much as a cup of hot coffee can be quickly cooled by leaving a silver spoon sticking up in it. Increase Tire Mileage. foreign experts tried six experiments with 40 taxicabs equipped with wire wheels. In this experiment an improve of tin per cent in tire mileage was noted. Os course, that was tre mendous. But suppose you could guarantee a man a saving of 25 per cent in tire bills as a result of wire wheels. Wouldn’t he fairly jump at them? There is some question of the rela liv- durability of wire and wood h' '"-. Careful experiments were made . ith the aid of a bumping machine and lex left us in doubt. When wheels . ' in Europe were tested the wire p., id up the better. When those made America were put over the bumps : i, wood wheel showed a'slight supe rim-in. Tin advantage wasn't enough be conclusive. Spoke Wood Scarcer But this brings us to another ad .: i .ig, wire wheels. The supply . suitable for making spokes is .. mg xbausted rapidly. It will be ,ii -( .■ t time before really desirable will lf< almost impossible to ob in. This means that some other ~u<i. b-ss desirable because weaker and ... /.liable. wili be substituted. When - the wire wheel will have all the ■ (Mintage in durability. Our company has niade experiments • .it seem to prove that a car will do non- work on less gasoline when iii ni.-i’ with wire wheels than when qnipiied with the ordinary wood v? els. In a mere matter of speed a car equipped with wire wheels showed i :al seconds advantage to the mile over the same car equipped with wood wheels. <«ne ri-asun why wire wheels give an ■* %jfr‘ r _ X sm 14 KO '' S'* t k— < <■> <£-?| gWSfcWjk, jfegjppg WB>\ i sM aBMgWy/ '■• wWwl ' L.• / ,_- ~ * r l\ I his Distinctive Elegance Now Possible at $3250 The Secret Behind our Offering of That Which Highest Priced Limousines A fford —How $ /750 is Saved ’ - T~'HERE is no waste or unnecessary * extravagance in the HUDSON limousines and coupes, yet these cars embody in every particular the same rich luxuriousness and distinctiveness tor which makers of 1000 to 2000 cars and we know of but one whose output has reached the latter figure—must charge you from SSOOO to S6OOO. There is a sound commercial reason for securing such luxuriousness as they build at $1750 less. The secret lies in this fact: We build 10,000 cars this year. The maker of the SSOOO and S6OOO limousine builds less than 2000 pleasure cars. We buy materials in from five to ten times the quantities he does. On some of the parts of these cars we need pay only half of what he pays, though we get identically the same things. It is not won derful then that for approximately $1750 less you can get the same thing in the New HUDSON “37” limousine that last year you were forced to pay SSOOO for. FULTON AUTO SUPPLY CO. DISTRIBUTORS 56 East North Avenue J. W. Goldsmith. Jr., President -a sjtj advantage in speed is that wire wheels are lighter. A 34 by 4 wood wheel with tire will weigh something like 78 1-2 pounds. This same wheel in wire weighs but 48 1-2 pounds. Another feature that looks good is the quick detachability of the wire wheels. A car equipped with wire wheels needs to carry but one spare wheel. This fits on either front or rear. This spare wheel weighs only 11 pounds more than an extra tire and rim. It can be changed in 30 seconds after the wheel is jacked up. One nut tight ens tile extra wheel in place. Tn the matter of appearance, of course, it is only a question of taste as to whether you like wood wheels or wire wheels the better. Personally 1 think I like wire wheels. However, other people will think differently, per haps. I guess, after we get used to either kind, we shall like the looks well enough. Should Be Cheaper. Os course, we can't tell anything about the eventual cost. The reason is that only small numbers are being made now and we have no line on what they will cost if they are produced in quantities. At present, with our cars, they are an extra. I don’t imagine they will be if they prove a success. I positively do not go on record as THE ATT. ANT A GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1(i. 1912. WATCH RUBBER TUBE OF ACETYLENE GAS SYSTEM Occasionally in cold weather a flicker develops in the acetylene lamps and the driver generally places the blame on the burners or tank. As a matter of fact, the seat of trou ble is usually the rubber tube, in which a small amount of water has collected through condensation. The easiest way to drain this tube is to cut it at its lowest point and after draining it thoroughly, connect the two parts by a short section of copper or brass tubing* By doing this the line may be drained with little trouble whenever it may be necessary. The tubing making up the gas system should, of course, slope downward from the tank to the draining section and then up to The lamps, so that any water formed by condensation may be kept from the lamps and the tank, and anay be removed easily from the connecting section inserted as described above. saying that our company favors wire wheels. They don’t. But they are ex perimenting and they may reach that conclusion. As for myself, I am like the majority of motorists—open to conviction. I’ll say this, however, I believe the wire wheels we are showing at the Au ditorium will attract attention and 1 believe that Southern motorists will give wire wheels their first real thought this year. If they really carry off heat and thus save tires, they will be a boon to those of us who drive cars in Dixie. Creators Os SSOOO Cars RECOGNIZED artists in designing beautiful bodies —men who created SSOOO and S6OOO closed cars —were em ployed to construct the HUDSON lim ousines and coupes. And the mechanical perfection of the car is made certain by the fact that it is the creation of 48 picked engineers from 97 famous factories of the world. These men had a hand in building over 200,- 000 automobiles. They worked under the direction of Howard E. Coffin, America’s foremost designer—the man who created six cars, more than any other engineer, and never built a failure. Our closed cars are electrically self cranked. They are electrically lighted, and have a full complement of lamps, consisting of beautiful dome lights, running board illuminators, head lights and side lights. Come see these products of Master Body Builders at our Exhibit Rooms. THESE CARS WILL BE AT THE SHOW Hudson Limousine “54.” Flanders Colonial Electric, f r~T . I fey I D I floH PM J I t w ft X. 18 -rJHCff ■ .--A. I 'K '* £“ ; jwoay ■ i X . . tU-'P’iPN ■'M VAA'\V/AB o ■ x '* r JB gSI • —thi - . -—- - —— ' Buick Touring Car. Stevens-Duryea Phaeton' 1.000 CARS FOR AUTOS The Pennsylvania railroad has just placed an order for 5,090 more freight cars. Os these 1,000 are intended solely for the transportation of automobiles, while the remainder are of the stand ard box car type. In June the road contracted for 4,875 cars, making a total addition to rolling stock this year of nearly 10,000 cars. The cost of rolling stock this year will ! -:'- Wfe Saft’sfacft’on | (O 1 Takes Three Firsts at the Auto Show , OPULAR approval and satisfaction make Pthe awards. The Velie still further in creases its leadership among cars sell ing from $1,450 to $2.000 —with no ad c=r vance in price. |LI I The Velie is the first popular price JEFFT motor car to include a Gray & Davis Electric self-starter as regular 1913 equipment. The Velie is the first in its field to adopt a Raybestos multiple disc clutch. The Velie is the first car to employ Silent Chains instead of usual Gear Train. These refinements of construction have hereto fore been confined to the higher-priced cars. The driver of a 1913 Velie, man or woman may start the car from the seat by the simple pressing of a pedal. The big feature of the —in winter and summer—is perfect service Brief Specifications Velie 40 Motor 4’ /2 by 5 1 /. Wheel base, 118 inches: tread, 56 or 60 inches. Tires. 36 by 4 inches on Firestone demountable rims. ELECTRIC SELF-STARTER Guaranteed Gray & Davis electric motor geared to fly wheel. Posi tively starts every time tinder adverse conditions. CLUTCH Patented, dry plate clutch, inclosed in fly wheel, with Raybestos fric tion material. TRANSMISSION Three-speed selective on Timken roller bearings. DRIVE Shaft fitted with double Spicer uni versal joints. AXLES I-beam front, with Timken roller bearings. Full floating rear with Timken bearings throughout. REAR SPRINGS Three-quarter elliptic, 54 inches long. IGNITION Bosch high tension, dual system: all wires encased, producing clean appearance. STEERING GEAR Located at left side of car with control levers in center MOTOR COOLING Honeycomb radiator and large cen trifugal pump of bronze. Water pump supported on trunnion pro ducing automatic alignment with shaft. “The Name Insures the Quality” 453 Peachtree St. Motor Vehicle Co. pass $20,000,000. During the year 8,000 old cars have been sent to the scrap heap. The 1,000 automobile cars and 3,000 of the freight cars are being built at. once by the Pressed Steel Car Company and the remainder will be built by the Pennsylvania at its Altoona shops. OMAHA MAKING SHOW PLANS. OMAHA. NEBR., Nov. 16.—-The reg ular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Omaha Automobile Show asso ciation has been held and it has been decided to give the annual show from February 24 to March 1. PUMP AND CAM SHAFT DRIVE Usual gear train construction has been entirely replaced by the silent chain drive. GASOLINE SUPPLY Positive pressure feed by means of plunger pump on cam shaft CRANK CASE Made of copper-aluminum alloj CRANK SHAFT one and three-quarter inches in diameter, offset three-eighths of an inch. VALVES Two inches diameter in clear, op erated by valve I.inches diam eter. UPHOLSTERY Luxurious upholstery, over-stuffed type, 10 inches in depth Hand buffed leather throughout BODY I Perfect straight line design, with curved side panels and shrouded dash. ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM Gray & Davis constant speed Generator. Charges 120 Ampere hour storage battery. EQUIPMENT Mohair top and envelope, wind shield, speedometer, five demount able rims, tire irons, Gray & Da vis Electric Lighting Generator and Self-Starter, and Electric Horn i and tools. PRICE Price $2,000 F. <>. B Moline. f * 1 */2 •* 3 * nnd 3 ton enpocities. a Simple E lift inc * Acces'dfible * Economical ’ v for Otmorr/ratiaa ' W ■’ l < The * St. <, GEORGIAN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS. J He will have a clutch that always engages gently and effectively with no clashing or racking of gears —a dutch that can’t slip, that won’t grab or jerk. If you are a prospective owner or dealer you are doubtless seeking a car possessing good value— that is, a car built for service and satisfaction, and at a price that assures you value for your money. We honestly believe you will find it hard to get as good a car, and impossible to get a better, at near the price as our new models. You will find embodied in all Velie models every up-to-the-minute, thoroughly tried-out, and really meritorious improvement. You will find a car that is strongly built, has power and speed in abundance, has grace of line, is luxurious in ap pointments, and has comfortable riding qualities. Brief Specifications Velie Dispatch Motor. 34£-inch bore: 5*4-inch stroke. Witeel base, 113 inches: tread 56 or 60 inches. Tires, 34 by 4 inches, on demount able rims Carburetor, 1-lncli Stromberg SELF-STARTER Gray & Davis Electric Starter. Same as used on Velie 40. CAM SHAFT DRIVE As in the Velie 40 construction, no gears are used. In their place the more advanced construction, employing silent chains. IGNITION Bosch High Tension Magneto, with special timing flange. LUBRICATION Constant level circulating system by means of plunger pump. CRANK CASE Made in two sections of copper aluminum alloy. CRANK SHAFT t\-inch diameter, offset 's-inch. VALVES 1%-inch diameter. Valve mechan ism completely Inclosed. STEERING AND CONTROLS Left hand steering with center control. Savannah Auto Qub Making Plans For Run On Thanksgiving Day Will Be Good Roads Affair—Spe cial Prize for Women Drivers. SAVANNAH, GA., Nov. 16.— A Savan nah automobile scout car has been Kent out to make arrangements for the one day run which will be held on Thanks giving day. in the car were F. F. Gaines, chairman of the technical conr mittee; Harvey Granger, president of the club; Arthur W. Solomon, secre tary; Frank C. Battey, chairmaui of the good roads committee, and A. B. Moore. The commissioners of Effingham county met. the club officers when they reached .Springfield and the Screven county commissioners met them at Sylvania. The run will be in the Interest of good roads in the several counties to be traversed. Women will be among those who will make the journey, and a spe cial tfophy will be offered to the woman who comes through with a perfect score. SOLDERING IRON FOR SCREWS. When you are dealing with a small screw that refuses to yield to the bland ishments of the screw driver, try hold ing a hot soldering iron to the screw head. This will often do the trick by loosening the rust between the me.tal surfaces. Heating a screw head, as above mentioned, and then soaking it with kerosene over night, will bring out any but the most recalcitrant screw. CLUTCH Velie patented dry plate clutch. Same as on Velie 40. TRANSMISSION Brown-Lipe, three-speed selective. DRIVE Propeller shaft fitted with double Spicer universal joints. AXLES Front, T-beam sections, drop forged from <ine piece of nickel steel. Hear axle floating type with extra strong housing. REAR SPRINGS Three-quarter elliptic, 49 inches long. ___ UPHOLSTERING Best grade No. J machine buffed leather over deep springs. Cush ions 8 inches deep. ELECTRIC LIGHTS Gray & Davis Electric Lighting system, same as Velie 40. EQUIPMENT Mohair top und boot, rain-vision windshield, speedometer, five de mountable rims, electric lighting for five lamps, electric, starter and tools. PRICE $1,500 F. O. B, Moline, 81.