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THE OMAHA SUNDAY 13KK: DECEMBER o, 1000.
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PNEUMATICS ARE THE BEST
Give Longer Life to a Car Than the
Solid Rubber Tires.
JUST A FEW MORE PUNCTURES
I'.uralaa; Capacity at taa ' la-
rrrasaal and ftrpalr tost l.r
imrd hr the I se of Air
t'asalaas.
An Innovation In Die construction of
motor vehicle In the use of pneumatic
tires on the trucks built by one pt the
manufacturers. Though an Innovation,
this has been tested long enough so that
tht cumpany is able to announce that
their use, result In a lower cost of up
keep than doe the use of solid rubber tlre.s.
To the fart that In tliilr construction un
necessary weight Is eliminated Is dm- the
possibility of successful us of pneumatic
Urea on the. wheels of the trucks. A car
equipped .with pneumatic tires can be
driven at a speed ranging on an average
of fifteen to twenty-five miles per hour
upon average roads. Those tires nilnlmtae
the jar, and this not only lessens the Jolt,
but reduces the strain on the truck Itself,
which results in a minimum expense for
the operation, up-keep and depreciation.
Consequent upon this Is a maximum of
continuous service and high earning- ca
pacity. Incidentally, In mud and deep snow
chains can be successfully used on pnsii
matlo Urea and will stnnd considerable
wear, whereas If they are used on solid
tlraa the rim of the wheel will destroy the
chain when It strikes a hard object; and
without chains a car with solid tires Is
holplexs In heavy mud and deep snow.
In discussing the results secured and the
use of pneumatlo tires for trucks the fol
lowing; la made by W. F Kneip, engineer
of the commercial car department at the
franklin automobile factory-
"In tha operation and manufacture of
motor trucks the great question Is the cost
of maintenance and up-keep. This subject
Is of greater importance than reliability ;
Indeed, reliability Is actually involved In It.
For example, it would be possible for us to
conceive of operating a motor truck which
was absolutely reliable, but which at he
same time cost an excessive amount to
maintain. Of course. In spite of Its relia
bility Its operation would have to bo dis
continued, as It could not compete wlvh
others which could do' the work more
cheaply.
Works for Three Horses.
"We will confine this discussion to trucks
of 3,000 pounds capacity and under. For
such trucks or delivery wagons to show
Increased earnlhRs over horse transports
tlon their speed must be much greater. In
dolivery service such a truck must displace
from two to three. liorse-dtw wagons.
"In the past designers acted upon the
ansumptlon that reliability was the real
key to success With this In mind they
pounced on our long suffering and over
worked friend, the pneumatlo tire, and
threw him out bag and baggage. The Idea
was that an hour lost now and then, due
to a puncture, constituted an Inwurmount
ahla barrlr to tho use of pnuematles. So
far, we will all admit that, other things
helng equal, (he puncture-proof tire Is the
brt to use. But It was soon found that
In ordrr to make satisfactory showing
a,nlnt horsea the trucks would havs to
run at an excessive high speed when
equipped with solid tlrea. When It was not
ncctssary to run then, trucka at high
speed the drivers generally did so anyway.
"Tho result was that the trucks began
to oome apart quite rapidly and spent eon
"Mttable of their time In the repair shop
TI:H Interfered with reliability and In addi
tion greatly raised the sum of the Items
of tire cost and repairs to truck mechan
ism, Thla was not all, as It waa found
thnt these high speeds had a tendency to
loosen tlrea so that they would come off
on the road. To apply one of these tires
generally necessitated the removal of the
wheel and thu use of a huge, clumsy
mechanism whl.l, took a man and a helper
to operate. Thus when a tire came off on
tho road is WB, u caa8 of e,th(,r oomIn(f
home slowly on the rim or waiting for a
nw wheel. These things Interfered quite
decidedly with reliability besides costing
money. The poiltlon of the operator of a
single truck In, h. small town where thore
was no tire-applying machine was par
ticularly unenviable.
Tire Troubles Perplexing.
"To overcome this tires were finally de
veloped that would stay on till worn off
This last kind was worse than the first"
because the operator, In order to save
woney on tires, would let the tire wear
down until It haa practically no cushioning
effect. His expense for repairs would be
two-fold. '
."In. the meantime makers of pleasure
cars were studying the pneumatic tire
problem. It was found that there was a
relation between site of tire used, weight
carried and speed at which It -was carried
Given a certain weight and a certain speed'
larger tires would lower the tire cost per
!? "',.! "ttm" tl,ne ""- areater
i liability from the tire point of vie- bv
eliminating the danger of blow-outs and
minimising the danger of puncture ,
"In a sense tho problem la analogous to
retail and wholesale buying, for when tires
are bought It la simply a case of buying
so many miles. When larger the, are
bought larger packages of miles are pur
chased and the rate la cheaper. The only
objection to this arrangement i, that It
makes the first cost look high. That Is one
reason why so many ao-calltd cheap cars
are- unsatisfactory to their purchasers Bv
the use of large tires, however, we have
eliminated lost tires, the wasted time In
stalling new tirea and most of the lost time
Bl,t repairing the mechan
Ism. Therefore, the reliability Is actually
Inn-eased about 100 per cent, while the sum
of Items of tiru cost per mile plus i.pa4
to mechanism Is reduced.
ar Mileage Uonbled.
"At the same time by Increasing the safe
ava.iuble speed the capacity of the truck
Ir day has been Increased about M per
cent, and all this at the expense of an oc
casional puncture, which can be easily
remedied by the cheapest sort of help In a
half hour at most. We must not We sight
of the fact that cutting down the cost 0f
rr pairs on mechanism also Insures a far
lower depreciation charge, so that sum
mitig up the question of the us- of p.leu.
maiio In place of solids, we find that with
I hem:
"I. Tire roet per mile l uK.ui n. Ran.e
or a little grealvr.
i Earning t-apu.-.ty is lucrta d about
W per cent.
'. Uipntlaikm is decicartd about t.r
Cent. "
"i. Repairs to ninuauLm decreased abeut
T) per cent.
"&. Reliability, r total number of hours
worked out of total number of chances Is
Increased wonderfully.
"In fact, the use of pneumatics confines
the troubles of the boss of the repair shop
to minor adjustments and to the repair of
, punctured Inner tubes'"
! Ulfrrrrat Mow.
Tummy, aged t, had asked hi mother
for a second piece of pie at dinner.
"When I was jour slse." said his father
reprovingly, "my mother allowed me to
have nly one piece of pie."
May., papa." rjliifd the little fellow,
"artn'i you glud yoy boa id with us now?"
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American Motorists
1 Invading Europe
Plan of Government to Impose a Tax
ii Not Meeting: with Gen
eral Favor.
In the day when Mark Twain wrote
"Innocents Abroad," the pioper way to
visit the historical places of Europe was
any old way you could reach them. Now
the Way to aee Europe to the best ad
vantage Is via motor car. The good high
ways and beautiful scenery of Franre and
other European countries have attracted
many tourists who love motor touring for
Us own sake, while the advantages of a
motor car for traveling rapidly, comfort
ably and Independently of railway trains,
have recommended It to tourists who wish
to visit both the usual and unusual points
of Interest on the continent.
The vsrlous sntomohlle and touring oi
ganlsatlons have mnde touring abroad
more attractive than ttiH In the early days
of motoring, by having simplified the for
malities of customs, passports, routes, etc.
Heveral of the national and International
organisations now supply trltychs and all
lieoeesary Information and papers In such
form that an American can tour abroad
practically without bother. Also, the ex
press companies cooperate to take the bur
den of shipping cars off the hands nf the
owner. Commenting on the great number
of Americans who tour Huron in motor
curs, the Paris edition of the New York
Herald, says:
"There are so many doorways Into France
that It is practically impossible to deter
mine accurately the number of automobll
lets who annually pass through for the
purpose of touring over republican high
ways. Such figures as are available, how
ever, show that the touring season, Just
closed, brought n larger ntfmher of auto
moble visitors from American and England
than any preceding year.
"It is not always realised what a valuable
asset the American and English automobit
Ist Is to France. The average automobllist
remains one month. The American rarely
stops less than six weeks, while the Eng
lishman Is satisfied to "run over" for a
much shorter period. Tho minimum expen
diture of a party of touring automobilists
Is 50 franca a day for each person, this
sum representing hotel accomodations,
food, upkeep of the automobile and Inci
dentals, but Ignoring amounts spent on
works of art, presents and other Items. In
view of such a train of gold the proposal
of the French government to Impose a tax
on visiting automobilista appears to be un
wound policy.
"A feature of the development of foreign
touring Is the number of Americans who
now visit Europe In American automibilea.
Everything has been made so simple by the
various associations that the American
automobilint ' plana for a tour through
Europe with as little fear of difficulties as
if he were about to make a run through the
Hcrkshires.
"The extent of thla movement Is shown
by the fact that three leading factories
have opened a Paris touring bureau in
the last two years. H. V. Wilson, the head
of the Packard Motor Car company's
Paris office, says that from January 1 to
September 30 he was In touch with more
than 200 Packard touring parties and ex
pected to have a total of 250 at the end
of the year. 'The actual number1 Is doubt
less greater than this,' explained Mr. Wilson."
Macadam Roads
Not Made Properly
Such it the Opinion of Delegate! to
the Farii Good Roads
Congress.
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RAILROAD PROJECTS IN IOWA
McKeea Motors from Omaha the Mala
Fall for tha New Local
Mars.
A new railroad line Is projected extend
ing from Oskaloosa to Montesuma to be
built thenci to Malcom and on to Tama.
The road Is to operate the McKcen motor
cars that a to built by tho Union Pacific
railway, Omaha. The road Is to be built
by money subscribed by people along the
line. When all the money Is secured in
that way which Is available, It Is proposed
to Issue mortgage bonds to the extent of
$16,000 per mile. The bonds are to bear 6
per cent interest. Those who have the
scheme In mind are not going to pay their
money to promoters, asking them to take
their local assets and finance the road.
They are going to finance it themselves.
The people of Atlantic did this same
thing some three or four years ago and
their railroad Is running northwest from
that place seventeen miles. Montezuma
needs additional railroad facilities: Oska
looaa could make use of more miles of
road and the project is looked upon witi
much favor. A new line ef road Would
almost double the price of farm lands
contiguous to It and hence there ought to
be much enthusiasm among the farmers.
The Iowa cities which expect new lnt?r
urban lines during the year 1910 are Ot
tumwa. Oxkaloosa, Iowa City, M.irshall
town and Sioux City. Not muoh Is behu;
said In relation to Interurhans at t'ed.ir
Ilapldn. Nothing is contemplated at Do
Moines Ilea Moines Capital.
MAKINQ SAFETY THE CHEAPER
Xer Hallroad Rlantllng- l)eH-e Re.
.luces Risk at Less Cost Thaa
IV reeks I avoir.
The Erie rrli.vad has Instituted a twelve
mile experiments! section of sn electrical
automatic ralho.'d safety signal system
that promises . much for the safety of
ruilionil travel. The enelna baa i.n,.v.
arrangement that "connects with Hi third
rail. In the rab ale Instruments that Will
britK the train to a stop the mumcnt It
enters a blurs on which there Is anothe-
iratn or n nroittn rail, or any other ou
structloh. The train Is stoppid auto
matically. Then the engineer tskes down
his te eplmiie and calls up the nearest sta
tion and asks what Is the matter. He can
alto talk with u,s other engineers on the
!in. A time-mcter, similar to the paper
dlfk lime clock of the watchmen In big
bi'liaings, renders it Impossible for him
to make a false report as to the time he
received the danger signal and what he
did. Another signal In the engineer's cab
is a rreen light that bums as long as the
track is clear, but goes dark as soon as
a danger xone is entered. A push button
In every station will stop Jny train along
the track for ml es. As soon a the sta
tion agent pushes this button the train
comes to a stop. The engineer calls back
to find what It U all about. The egent
explains and gives orders.
Aside from Its first and primary m.
portance as a safety device. It ran be
operate.! In connection with local and long
distance telephone service tin the first
experiments mr.de a few days ago the en
gineer and a passenger on a fast-moving
train in New Jersey telephoned to the
editorial rooms of a New York City news
paper, and could, they declare, have eaallv
talked wluj Chit-ago.
That this sort of tystem may be grn
eil y adopted and applied to railroad
service sewn. lo be likely, .. ilM n.uiia
Hon and operelioa will be lees costly to a
railroad than thesis of rolling ,(0,.k
is being constantly soiaohed up In the
wirka that have become so frequent they
hardly count any more even as In.portam
ttvins of ben s. Col ter s W eekly.
eciaiit.g that If an automobile destroys
a macadam road It Is a sure sign that the
road has not been properly constructed,
Philip Henry of New York, a delegate to
the recent Good Roads Congress held In
Paris, addressed the Bridgeport Automo
bile club last week on the subject of motor
vehicles and roads.
He said that while the I'nlted States
boasted of as well constructed highways
as Europe, the method of maintenance
could not be compared as In France, as
soon as a road was completed the govern
ment Immediately assigned a force of men
to cover a certain mileage and carry on
the work ofvlmprovement. Tlw method Is
very slmlltir to that employed by the rail
roads In this Country.
At the meeting of the congress In France
the general effects noted were that the
fast-moving automobile scattered the dust
gravel on the surface of the highway and
eventually wore it down until the bed was
exposed to travel. It was also decided that
In order to keep the highways In good Con
dition It would be necessary for the motor
vehicles to abide to a speed of eleven or
twelve miles an hour, thtis lessening the
friction of the driving wheel on the surface.
Speaking further, Mr. Henry said: "If
automobiles destroy a macadam road It Is
a sure sign that it has not been properly
constructed. Where traffic Is light the
macadam highway Is very efficient, al
though If the number and speed of the
machines Is Increased this form of road Is
unpractical."
He told of the various treatments which
had been experimented with In the foreign
countries, none of which had been found
to be of epeclal advantage. Sea water hud
been found to have Its advantages over
fresh water, while sprinkling with a pe
troleum solution seemed to be advan
tageous. A conference similar to that held In
Fiance will take place In Hrussels next
year, and at that time Information based
on actual experience gathered by the dele
gates will bo related.
Drawing his own conclusions. Mr. Henry
said: "We are far ahead of the European
countries In dealing with the road prob
lem, although their system of maintenance
Is far ahead of ours. I have ridden over
the roads which they claimed were de
stroyed long ago. although they were .far
better than ourB."
A)) That
the Name
Stands For
ONE OF NATURE'S PARADOXES
Of All Oarer Material, Xothlaa; Com
pares with Mlneraloatlcal
Vearetable.
Of all the queer materials which nature
seems to have provided for no other pur
pose than that man may show his In
genuity In their use, nothing compares to
that mlneraloglcal vegetable, asbestos,
which tn its native state Is both fibrous
and crystalline, elastic and yet brittle,
a stone which will float, and which may
be carded, spun and woven like flax or
silk. Asbestos In mined in practically every
section of the globe and the asbestos of the
various countries differs as greatly In ap
pearance as does the foliage of the. trees
and plants native to each. It Is alike In
but one feature that It Is absolutely Inde
structible, no known combination of acid,
even, affecting the strength or appearance
of Its fiber and the fiercest flames leaving
It unscathed. It Is a nonoonduotor of heat
and ot electricity.
Some varieties of asbestos are as oom
pact as marble and will take the highest
polish; others have loose, silky fibers.
"Mountain wood" Is a variety presenting
an Irregular, filamentous structure, like
wood, and other varieties, taking their
names from their resemblance to the va
rious materials are rock cork, mountalw
leather, fossil paper and fossil flax.
Asbestos is really a variety of amphibole
or hornblende, composed of separable fila
ments, ' with silky luster. Its colors are
various shades of white, gray or green,
passing Into brown, red or black. Although
as perishable as grass It Is older than any
order of animal or vegetable life on earth.
Asbestos has been put to a thousand
practical uses. In London and Paris fire
men clad In asbestos clothing and masks,
practically defy tho flames, being able to
actually pass through a base if no longer
time Is required than the period during
which they cart hold their breath. Asbestos
roofing will eliminate all danger of fire
from falling sparks. Millions of feet of
steam pipes, boilers, etc., are covered with
asbestos, which causes them to retain all
heat, while the same material forms a
frost-protection for gas and water pipes.
Asbestos would seem almost Indispensable
to the electrlo engineer, as many parts of
electrical devices through which the cur
rent passes become bested, and were It not
for the nonconducting and heat-radiating
qualities of asbestos, which Is Introduced
tho apparatus would either be put out of
commission or completely destroyed by
short circuiting.
One of the thousand special uses to
which asbegtos la applied Is for covering
walls. Instead of plaster, which must be
tcdlouely applied, allowed to dry, finally
covered with plaster of parts and polished
a single Coat of asbestos Is put on the
raw bricks. The -wall may be covered as
soon as built and a room th! walls of
which were completed In the morning can
have by iflght a smoothly finished Interior
as smooth as glass and as hard as' stone.
This glossy surface will not crack, for.
while perfectly firm, the asbestos is elastic
and It Is, moreover, fireproof. New York
Trlbuiu'.
LEGLESS, STILL A HUSTLER
The Cheerfal I'at Casey. Wttt More
ihau Half a Mao, Searching
for Wife.
"Petty annoyances" of married life are
said to, have led a professor of chemistry
at the University of Illinois to commit sui
cide. His baby, aged 14 months, had a
hsblt of crying while he was at meals, and
this so worked upon the father that ho
wrote a note to his wire bidding her good
bye, look cyanide of potassium, and niade
his exit.
Turn from this picture, if you will, to
that of Patrick Casey, thej cheerful beggar
picked up by the Chicago police. Casey Is
scarcely more than half a man, being
minus both legs and an aim. But 1 he
tired of llffe? Not a bit of It. Not only
la he enamored of existence, but he Is look
ing for a wife, whole or In part, fractional
humanity gladly received. "I can wash
dishes,' says the hopeful Casey, "sweep,
scrub the floor, sew on buttons, cook a
pretty good meal, and sing a song with
any man." Mors power to yoa, Casey,
beggar though you are! May yeu get a
good wife and all tha babies joxr heart
longs for. Cblcaga Tribune.
raarfal alaaaater'
of deadly microbes occurs a hen tin oat
aud lung dtseaves are treatod with l'r.
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Will be shown at the Corn Show, Dec. 6 to 15.
Built to Last and to Endure
Won a Perfect Score in the 1907 Glidden Tour
We will exhibit two models of this powerful,
staunch Car at the Corn Show Dec. 6 to 15.
50-H. P. Seats Seven
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