The sun., 1908-06-21
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

Trouble with sires has lost several races and
proved the biggest diniculty in the path Of the
tourist According to william Mitchell Lewis.
president Of the Mitchell Motor Car Company.
Is has Just begun to be realized that the tires them
= elves are not always responsible.
I'VE have adopted the principle, says N MI Lewis.
we as ss' the es o the @ s
big reduction In the expense OF cars ar ,upkseG
nis: : ns g aeaRss
14Mh Sut the @ automobile builders are also helping.
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WI Ting fang. Minister from , China: :us recently
made q trip from Chicago to South Bend. Ind.
In studebalsr car and spent Day there Inspect
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and they drove in through the factory gates. s.
the so ss's ana % tho o oo
they continued their trip over the roadway and
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vehicle plant Whenever they came 70 id oniiapg S
hHsn nsS an 10 an evsor " and descending Would
make the circuit % Of the az desired s eS eSot ana
A simple nstie device now being placed on the
mfraey n Enewb ey as sn9 sbe Hartford hood RAT
tllng OF the hood. while It Is little thing and does
not reflect on tho construction Of car Is annoying
The Hartford hood anti rstleris strip Of flexible
USe IL Width and about Inch shok slotted
at either end. When placed over The centre Of the
end and hsn sueEod down rmy On &c sids o.
rubber. lakes up Whatever vibration there ma, Be
@ srsds Of rubber. fast black in color that Is, wIlI
not bloom with age. Patents have been applied
The recent !rsa AI,omo1s Club Club sAn 5ssASS "
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only I had is trouble he Ias! aaE.s br9ssn
m yIad IN s saSS aad tho fo
i.;sss ass Sesh .Ss S @ climbs fSd I'd
sDssss sa % d Sn Staring
fastest, and these cars ran second In all the three
s esss Tss un Sta s
Corraghl hill and on Rossbeigh sands The Eold
RsdH ne Fora rSr fspssns is
formAnce of last year.
The initial gun in the campaign for the season
OF 1909 has been nred BY Charles A. DueIr Of this
city' Mr' DucLt' piohcot III "o nu'oluoptio oes
FLAX factory. zone tread may be thicker yet not
the Ingredients In II. Treads are Of composition
material, and In some quite quantity OF mineral
Ingredient such as white lead, isussd: This weighs
more than rubber and so tread OF that sort might
be heavier though not so thick, and yet not wear
ceptive point that tread OF the heavy car type
may be moro spongy than some other because
more rubbery and wear more roughly. looking
festhery all the time but wearing longer than hard
tread
In Wow of the general interest in the subject OF
quick tire change J. NJ Gilbert OF the Continental
caoutchouc Company has arranged a contest for
pdfes 10 viii bo held at the headquarters OF the
street, next Friday afternoon, June 20, be.
tween Z and o'clock. Everything Will be- ar
taEsn with stop watches. The competition Is IN;
tended mainly Tor ohauheurs, but any one else viii
be allowed Cd compete II ho wishes,
The oder includes prizes amounting 70 SB-n0
for the hrst, e5 for the eecond-to tho person re-
placing ready nated tire with another one In the
wheel i jasSed up and a fsw nuts removed. ths
puncturcd tire with Its demountable rm 10 slipped
on and tho new tire. already inflated and on itn
own rm 10 put In place and the car ls ready 20 20
on. Three trials will be allowed. The prizce VIII
be paid In gold. IL Is expected that there win be
over he city have already become expert In the
handling OF tho ready hated tires.
An announcement Of Importance In tho petroii
business world was made Lass week when " wee
Icsrncd that The naIno OF the e. =, ThomAs Detroit
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