The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-23

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TO MAKE sooo RoADs-wHAr
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FOR the I'm pressmsst sf the raelis E.sds
ksaas-ue. To ss,ar. Their AasPtisu-
The subject Of wide tires on wsg
ons and oiner vehicles Is dessIvedly
attracting q considerable amount OF
attention in North CafolinA At the
present time. IL is n matter OF grea,
importance in every country. bat es-
pecially Ia States like our own, where
we must, at least for - zoe years 10
come do most Of our hauling over
dirt roads.
The following notes are sabmiits j
as q contribution 10 the discussion Of
the subject:
wIDyTIRE LAWS IN OTHER sTATEs
AND COUNTRIES.
Ia Michigan there is rebate of
one fourth of the road tax on all
property 10 all persons usiug only
wagons hauling 500 pounds, or over
with tires three and half inches or
over.
In New York there Is = rebate of
half of the road-tsx (total rebate,
however, not 10 exceed Si) allowed
to all persons using only wagons and
other vehicles drawn by two horses,
| with tires not less than three inches
wide.
In Ohio, general statute makes II
unlawful in any county having ma
cadamizs sd or gravel roads, for per-
sons or corporations or firms 10 tran -
port over these roads, In any vehicle
having a tire less than three inches
in width, a burden of more than two
thousand pounds. II the use of wide
tires is important or macadam or
gravel roads, how much more i'm
portant is it on earth roads'
| In Indiana, Kentucky, Vermont,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
laws have been adopted looking to
the encouragement of the use of wide
tires.
In Wisconsin there is a rebate in
taxes equivalent to the tax on all
wagons using wide tires; and this
has resulted in an extended and
2 growing use of wide tires, with most
/, beneficial effects on the roads.
wide tire is in common use, and the
hind and fore axels are often OF diff
= ferent lengths.
In France tires are generally foul
e to six inches wide, and the fore axe
b fourteen inches shorter than the rear
I Thus the rolling or packing caps city
Il on the road, from each wagon !:
Z from sixteen to twenty-four inche ;
= In Germany wagons must hav'
tires at least four inches wide, AM
8 lighter vehicle tires at two and ;
v half inches wide.
" In Switzerland heavy wagons mus
have tires six inches wide, and light
l. er wagons and other vehicles mai
+ rover tires in proportion.
l. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS SHOW ADvAN
[e TAGEs OF WIDE TIRgs.
20 In Candagua county, y. Y, fe'
r years ago, a company hauling ston
N adopted wagons with front tires fou
inches wide, and hind tires six inch
es wide, and fore axels shorter tina
hind. Some people ridiculed II
wagons, and delared that the mans
re gers of the company were crazy. b
these wagons steadily improved Il
It. roads aud reduced cost of haulir
TX twenty-five per cent. The result wi
a great victory for wide tires al
es good roads. Other people in Il
an community are beginning to u
od wide tires.
Experiments by the Studebak
Wagon Company, in Indiana, ma
da few years ago, found the haulil
he even on ordinary macadam road
In there was a decided gain in usil
wide tires; and for haIling abo
,es farms on sod and ordinary field
an there was very great advantage
raj the use of such tires.
al Experiments recently made
:. Utah showed that on fairly stiff Sc
~ grass and farm meadow lands, fol
~ per cent. heavier loads could
hauled by the same team and VIZ
~ on using three inch tires than will
oA wagon using one-and-ah alf-inch ii
Some recent tests in Ohio show
,rs- that on meadow and freshly pillow
ing land the same team could pull d.
lily Bile the load on wagon with thr
nd inch tires than it could pull on
I'D, wagon with tires half I
and width. And with the use OF
three-inch tire on the ordinary ca
II. roads of the country it was fol-
,en that increase in the load over t
,en haule with the narrow tire was M
and ly as great.
~ And again, in Missouri, some
oap< evnorimenfs showed that oil
self cent experiments sno~eu 10. Ia W W
res oioe . 600 a.
wagon, with narrow tires (one-s
gro a-half-inehes wide), could draw
D., the same sward, 3,24S pounds O
otel wagon with three-inch tires, a 6
the of 41.6 per cent.
half Advantages in the use of tue '
IS in tire may be summarized as foilt
} all Cd Larger loads can be hauled
% Less injury is done to road
.b;a (3) The travel with wide-tIre
81. ons actually benefits the roads,
her rolling and packing the surface.
Fhis- HOW TO SECURE THE ADOPTION
mall WIDE TIRES.
There cannot be much differ
liable Oh oPiaion oo .:ssa hr. ,ha 800
th question for US to consider in
connection is, how we can best
cure their adoption in North Ca
Ina. Two plans are suggested il
pgard following notes:
send Cd After . given date, tW
Book. more years in advance, make
short misdemeanor for any person to
'aper. wagon with tires of less than {
DIR. "a &C. :,
'road- Puiieo W wv I,
hOuld Ior Wagon PuIeu W iuu' ~
impose fine of say 50 per an
4. after . certain date, on all pc
Nl lne;no ma 0on tires Widfh less