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IIEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1913.
IS A FINE ART,
Lad of 8 Years Is Driver HERE'S 9000 DOPE SUCCESS SECRET
Of Mammoth Hudson Car
Breaker Strip Very Important Part
of Product, Says P. W, Litch
field, Goodyear Expert.
By P. W. LITCHFIELD.
Factory Manager the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co.
A representative of one of the
larger tire companies recently re
marked that so many tires went to I
pieces at the breaker strip that he I
thought they would discontinue the !
use of the breaker strip altogether, j
This reminds me of the Irishman |
who thought that on account of the
fact that so many people who were
killed in railroad accidents were in
the rear car, that the rear car should
be left off. The breaker strip is put
in a tire to take the shock, which ob
structions in the road are liable to
give to a tire, before they can reach
the organic part of the tire. It plays
no part in the strength or efficiency
of the casing, but is simply an armor
belt around the outside of the tire to
protect it from injurv
The body of the tire, to give the
best results, is made of fairly close-
woven fabric placed at an angle of
45 degrees. The tread rubber, to give
the best wearing qualities, is made
thick and tough, and while in service
exerts a drag on the fabric, tending
to pull it loose. The breaker strip
should be put in with the threads
running around the circumference of
the tire, instead of at an angle of 45
degrees, as this more effectively takes
up the shocks without transferring
them to the carcass, and better re
sists the drag on the rubber pulling
it away from the tire fabric.
Service of Breaker Strip.
When sharp stones or glass cut the
tread rubber, in many cases the abra
sion in stopped at the breaker strip,
preventing the water and dirt get
ting down to the main fabric, thereby
preventing the tire being w T ater soak
ed or sand blistered to quite an ex
tent. As the breaker strip is the
nearest fabric to the road, it receives
all the cuts, vuater, dirt and sand, and
should be made, as far as possible, to
resist damage caused by them. For
this reason, we wish an open fabric
which can be more effectively united
to the rubber. On the other hand,
we wish a closely twisted yarn, tight
ly woven, to avoid becoming spongy
when water soaked, thereby letting
go from the rubber. We believe that
our rivet fabric is the best compro
mise between these two qualities, as
it is made from closely twdsted yarn,
tightly w T oven. to make it as water
proof as possible, but leaving large
holes at intervals through it, which
results in the formation of large
rivets of rubber, making a fabric
which is more closely united to the
rubber than any ordinary loose woven
fabric, ...nd at the same time it is more
waterproof after the tread has been
cut.
Always bear in mind when you have
breaker strip trouble, that undoubt
edly this has saved the tire from
much more serious injury at a much
more vital point in its construction.
To obtain the best results from
breaker strips, there should be a
cushion of rubber between the break
er strip and the main fabric of the
tire.
FOR AUTO OWNERSI III CAR SELIIIIC
Ray Harroun Demonstrates the "Don't Exaggerate,” Urges Rad-
Superiority of Kerosene Over ford—“Be Honest and Gain
Gasoline in Tests. ! Prospect’s Confidence.”
Ray Harroun, winner of the Indian - ; That the successful motor car agent
| apolle speedway 500-mile rdcs inT911. [ mutt believe absolutely in the car
land one of the best-known racing he is selling, or sales will be a fail-
drivers In the country, recently'. uruvud ure, is the belief of H. R. Radford,
| In several tests that kerosene, costing vice president and general manager
one-half as much as gasoline, will "f the (’artercar Company, Pontiac,
give more miles per gallon! tw'ice as MKh. In a recent bulletin Mr. Rad-
much mileage, dollar for dollar; more ford told his agents that If they did
speed: practically as good accelera- not believe every word they told their
tion and no more carbonUatton or j prospects they mu* either quit auch
smoking, than gasoline. The tests I talking or get busy and sell them-
were made under the strict observa
tion of a writer for one of the well-
known trade papers, and consisted of
‘Rail Birds” Dope
On 500-Mile Race;
Figures Are Given
Desperate Effort to Lower 1912
Record of National Will Be
Made Friday.
John Maurice Albright, ,Tr., of Richmond, Indiana, recently
drove 54 miles alone and unaided. Here's his "mount.”
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., Thinks
Automobile Safer Than Horse
and Buggy.
Giant Strides of Popular Automo-
bile Challenge Admiration
of Motor World.
That a great powerful six-cylinder
j car capable of developing 65 horse
power and over, and that thinks noth-
60-mile-an-hour
| speeds, should be controlled and driv-
ien by a small boy of 8 years of age,
! weighing just one pound for each
; of the car’s horse-power, is so note
worthy that J W. Goldsmith, Jr.,
leading automobile dealer, calls
special attention to it.
John Maurice Albright. Jr., of Rich
mond, Indiana, is a “kid” driver. He
“We will build and ship 100 Hup-
mobiles a (lay from May 1st on," inches
said C. D. Hastings, general leaner » ■ 1 - ” ^
a cross-country run from Chicago to
Indianapolis and on the Indianapolis
speedway.
In Ills test, Mr. Harroun used an
overland Model 69-T. five-passenger
touring car, with four cylinder mo
tor. 4x4 1-2 inches, and weighing^
with load. 3.380 pounds. He also used
one of the new carbureters, on which
he ha$» been working for the past
two years—so designed a,s to utilize
kerosene as motor fuel. In traveling
the 224 miles of all kinds of roads
between Chicago and Indianapolis,
Mr. Harroun used 13 gallons of ker
osene, testing 43 degrees Baume, three
pints of oil and two quarts of water.
selves.
“It is one of the most important
things." said Mr. Radford, “that the
agent be enthusiastic and a real boos*
ter for his car. He must be able to
make strong statements, but unless
he feels that he is telling the truth
he cannot make others believe him.
The old way of selling your goods to
others and then going across tits
street to buy for yourself 1« past.
The agent who is trying to sell a
certain oar. wishing all the time that
he had the agency for another, will
never be a success.
“In going over the results obtained
by our own agents I find that the fel
lows who are most sincere and most
enthusiastic in their statements al
ways sell the greatest number of
cars. I remember once overhearing
At an average speed of 20 mile^ per one of our representative* tell a pros-
hour, the result shown was 17 1-4
miles per gallon of kerosene, 596
miles per gallon of oil and 448.2 miles
per gallon of water. In the entire
run the motor did not miss once, hai
normal power, the smoking was bare
ly noticeable, and in every way per
formed as if running on gasoline.
Though slightly warmer than when
gasoline was used, the motor wa* in
pect that the fiber filler on the gear
less transmission would weaT for 15,-
000 miles, even when the car were
driven up 50 per cent hills which any
driver can do, and of course the lls-
tsner would not believe it. if (hi
had said from 5.000 to 7,000 miles,
which is true, the prospect would
have believed him. and at that the
advantage over the cost of oil In the
of Hupp Motor Car' Co. “Every one and weighs «5 pounds. He drives
.... , n msr Hnnsnn r*an minuted »rwl in iiAr-
at the factory is actively interested
to see that our production reaches
this standard and each department
has taken it upon its own shoulders
to see that 100 Hupmobiles leave the
factory every twenty-four hours.
“Our new factory manager. Mr.
a big Hudson car unaided, and ife per
fectly competent to take the car any
where alone. He recently drove from
Richmond to Indianapolis, a distance
of 54 miles, without the slightest de
lay or difficulty, in the remarkable
time of two hours and thirty-five
minutes. From Uambridge City to
rr , , i .1 j lull! LI 1“£1. 1 X UIII \ u.Ill UJ 111s,v v-1L j LX
Humphrey, who has been connected ,„ dl u the tjrne was ,. onsidrr .
with Ihe aulo business since the days ; than that made by the
of the one-lunger, entered our or-1 » *. .
electric interurban car.
ionization last winter, and since then | The photo h was taken at olen
has been making rapid progress In | M1Uer Park Richmond. Indiana,
increasing Hupmobile production , where the partyi consls ti„g of Mayor
I Zimmerman (in front seat). and
our factory in the last year and the
plant is now nearly double the size
it w r as then.
Looking Backwards.
"When we moved into our new
others, were driven by the Albright
boy.
This feat was commented on by Mr.
Goldsmith as evidence of the fact that
under reasonable and sane legisla-
plant a year ago this month the ; tion the operation of an automobile
floor space used for manufacturing (is actually safer than the driving of
Hupmobiles comprised over 150,000
square feet. In September last 25,-
000 square feet were added in the
horse or horses.
Young Albright is?not a big boy
yet his little feet and hands are
shape of a final assembly room where possessed of ample strength to bring
nothing but the finishing touches are J a powerful motor car to a stop with-
put on Hupmobiles. Next we needed in own length, when traveling at
extra space for stock, so a large store a moderately fast gait. The slight
house was built which accommodates strength of a child, when intelligent-
Hupmobile parts to the tune of 10,000 jy use< 3 i j s perfectly capable of instant
square feet. Also a couple of stor- , control of these powerful machines,
ies were added to the block test a matter of fact thousands of Hud-
which enables it to “chugchug’ at the son cars are driven by young girls
rate of 103 Hupmobile ‘32’ motors 0 f slight physique and since this car
Every day now at the Indianapolis
Motor Speed way can be found several
“rail birds” who are experts on mo
tor car racing. They are watching
the cars practice for the 500-mile
race Friday. All their speculations,
deducted from the performances of
the cars in practice, concerning who
the winner will be this year and just
what the time will be, have to be
necessarily based on last year’s per
formance. The National car won
last year with an actual running
average of 81.72 miles per hour. The
National is not entered this year and
a desperate effort will be made toj
lower this record as it is generally
conceded to be but little honor in
merely winning the race if the rec
ord is not lowered.
The "rail birds” call attention to
the fact that the fastest “lap” made
last year by any car was made by
the National. A “lap” is two and
a half miles find in the 196th lap the
National had a speed of 87 1-2 miles
per hour. There are 200 laps to be
made for the 500 miles. DePalm&’s
Mercedes which was the National’s
strong rival for first honors made
its fastest lap in the third lap with
an average of 83 miles per hour.
DePalma went out of the race in the
197th lap. It will be seen that in
the 196th lap when his car was “fail
ing.” the signal was given the Na
tional to “let her go” and it was in
that lap that the National made its
fastest time. The National was al
so signaled to make two extra laps,
five miles, after the race was won
just as a precaution. DePalma’s
ear was delayed four minutes at the
repair pits and the National was de
layed 14 minutes for tires.
per diem. A big shipping dock was
built, together with a boxing depart
ment. for foreign shipments, and this
increased our production average an
other 10.000 square feet.
“This leads us up to Feoruary, 1913.
w hen v> e invaded the old Grabowsky
Motor Truck plant, where Hupmobile
men, machinery and material now
hold forth on both low'er floors, about
50,000 square feet of extra space, so
that the Hupmobile factories com
prise at the present writing over 245,-
000 square feet of floor space
A Huge Tent Goep “Hup.”
“But that’s not all. The other day
people in the vicinity of our shops
w r ere surprised by the appearance of
a huge tent adjoinijig the executive
building, which sprung up over night.
It’s to be used for assembling pur
poses and a test department.
‘Even with these increased activi
ties we are behind in our orders.
Ever since the opening of the season
w e have been going at top speed, our
unprecedented export orders having
kept the factory' at full capacity all
during the winter months. Last
month’s business shows an increase
of nearly 100 per cent, over any other
month in the history of our com
pany.”
GOODBYE SAID TO HORSE
IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT
AUCKLAND. May 24.—New Zea
land claims to have the largest fleet
of motor postal vehicles in Aus
tralasia. The last horse was sold
from the postal department's stable
early in December.
WORLD’S BIGGEST GARAGE
INSPECTED BY BENSON
On a recent visit to California Sales
Manager Benson, of the Studebaker
Corporation, inspected what is saiu
to be the largest one story garage «n
tr:« world. The building houses the
Studebaker representation in River
side— Dundas & Gamble—and is built
• »n the mission style of architecture,
it has often housed more than 200
cars over night.
Beauty Is Not All
In Oakland Machine
Says J. H. Eccleston
is electrically-cranked there remains
no single feature that is beyond their
ability to handle.
FRENCH TAX SCHEDULE
TO GIVE MORE REVENUE
PARIS, May 24.—-The French gov
ernment : ; preparing a bill giving an
extra 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 francs to
be utilized solely for the maintenance
of the principal routes nationales, as
the main highways are termed.
It is proposed to raise this money
by a special tax on automobilists, but
the owners throughout the entire
country have registered a decided
protest on the ground that the pres
ent tax is sufficiently high, when it
is considered in connection with the
duty paid on gasoline and oil.
no way overheated In any stage of the gear transmission would have been
run. ; apparent.
Four Fuel* Used. "The motor car agent, like every
On arrival at Indianapolis, further
tests were made, four different fuel
being used. These were kerosene
testing 43 degrees, kerosene testing
49 degrees, motor spirits testing 62
degrees, and gasoline testing 60 de
grees. On the first quality of kero
sene, a mileage of 22.2 per gallon
was attained, while gasoline produced
only 20 miles per gallon. The cost
of the kerosene, 8c per gallon, was
exactly one-half of that of the gaso
line. In ton miles per gallon, kero
sene was again the winner, showing
26.64 ay against 24 with gasoline. The
cost i>er ton mile figures show .0029
cents for kerosene and .0067 cents for
gasoline. The cost per mile for ker
osene was shown to be .0036 cents,
and for gasoline .008 cents.
other business man, is coming to the
point w’here he must be absolutely on
the square, and I am gl&d to say that
very few agents are to-day even try
ing to misrepresent their cars."
FEWER MODELS WANTED,
BUT LARGER AUTO TOTAL
Every Argument
Smasher for
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Goodrich Tires
Best in the Long Run
MANCHESTER, May 24 — Accord-
ing to the Manchester Guardian, one
of the noticeable features of the re
cent North of England show 'Was the
very evident tendency of British mo
tor car manufacturers to concentrate ,
their efforts upon the production of
fewer models and the construction of
a larger number of machines each
year.
It is ttatterstood that <»5e of the
largest British makers has announced
that it will produce approximately
4,000 machines during 191:# This is
in marked contrast to previous prac
tice in Great Britain.
STAKEHOLDER CARRIED
ON AUTOMOBILE JAUNT
In a veteran Studebaker car that
had been driven more than 60.000
miles. E. D. Hopper made a privately
conducted reliability run from his
home in Joplin. Mo., to Detroit and i?
now on his way hack. The trip won
a wager for Mr. Hopper, as the car
required neither repairs nor adjust
ment between Joplin and Detroit.
Three observers were carried, one - f
whom was the stakeholder.
* Goodrich Tires are an .advantage to.
any car they are on.
The makers of practically half the
entire 191Soutput of automobiles real
ized this when they bought Goodrich
Tires to equip the cars they are making.
You can get Goodrich Tires pot on nny
car you buy or own if you specify them.
Goodrich service comprehends so
much more than the mere making of
tires that you should familiarize your
self with it.
Goodrich tire users and dealers find
Goodrich service stations^always ready
to co-operate with them.
A Goodrich Route Book, mapping
and detailing the tour you plan, will
be sent you free whether you j use
Goodrich Tires or not.
The Goodrich folders telling how/to
avoid the common tire injuries will be
sent you free, withoutwregard to 'the
the tires you use.
Goodrich service in its*broadest sense
is for the betterment of'motoring.
But it Is the service that Goodrich
Tires themselves give their users which
emphasizes the fact thatGoodrichTires
are best in the long run.
There never has been a ‘‘had year”
with Goodrich Tires. One reason is
that there are forty-three years of rub
ber experience in every one of them.
Your dealer will supply you with the
Goodrich Tire you need.
The Goodrich principle bf unit mold
ing was a development of our twenty-
seven years of experience in rubber
manufacturing preceding our making
of the first American clincher tire—
sixteen years ago.
That principle has never needed
changing. All Goodrich Tires are made
by our unit molded method. Whatever
style of Goodrich Tire is best suited
for your needs it’s the same kind and
quality as all other Goodrich Tires.
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General Sales Manager of "Car With
a Conscience” Puts Utility
Ahead of Fads.
“We have often boasted that our
car is the rr.of't beautiful on the mar
ket,” says J. H. Eccleston, general
sales manager of the Oakland Motor
Car Company, "and we believe that
we have a right to make that claim.
But the beauty and distinction of our
car, its exclusive features, are not
without their utilitarian value. The
esthetic and the practical have been
happily united, for in nearly every in
stance every idea of beauty has its
reason for being on the purely practi
cal side.
"Take the aluminum steps, for ex
ample, a feature that is a part of the
general distinction of the car.
“Another feature that gives the car
distinction is the use of a double drop
frame that makes the car low in ap
pearance and somewhat rakish. The
practical advantage in this is that it
gives a low center of gravity and it is
therefore almost impossible to turn
turtle. For the frame reason the pos
sibility of skidding is almost done
away with.
“Some have thought that our Y-
shaped radiator was just a fad with
us. but. like the other features thai
give character to the car, it has a le
gitimate use. This design allows ad
ditional radiation and therefore our
cars have more cooling surface. The
genuine German silver covering en
ables the owner to have a monogram
or other mark of identification en
graved on the front of his car.”
LORD KITCHENER’S POLICY
TO USE CONVICT LABOR
CAIRO, May 24.—Part of Lord
Kitchener's policy in Egypt is the
construction of trunk roads by con
vict labor. The new Alexandria-
Cairo road. 130.5 miles in length, will
be opened in the near future with
suitable official ceremonies.
You Want a Six
Why Buy a Good Four When You Can Get
a Much Better Six at the Same Price!
THE
Fully Equipped $128S.OO fr. O. B. Factory
THE LITTLE SIX STANDS FOR
“The Best in Motor Cars.’’
Perfectly Balanced Motors.
Platform Spring Suspension.
Transmission on Rear Axle.
Phone
Ivy 1969
You Owe Yourself a Look at the Little Six
Before You Buy
“Little Four,” a High-Grade Runa-
bout for Particular People Equipped NpDT/v/
Johnson Motor Car Co.
455 Peachtree Street
Left-H»nd Drive. Cfenter Control.
Clean Running Boards.
Electric Light Dynamo.
Attention to Detail.
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Agents
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