Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
AS MOTOR WHEELS GO ROUND
Calculating the Records They VIII
Make in Plain Figures.
6OOO, O0o-H HORSE POWER IN ACTION
The Pace Of Last Year OutcIassed in
speed. Number Hnd Pover-VR-
rfous Statistics Put In
Odd Way.

Aggregate figures related to any industry
are always interesting. but those bearing
upon American motordom are specially
fascinating because each new set formu-
lated strides forth into virgin territory at
this stage OF the industry. The total pro-
duction Of American automobiles Of all
classes and descriptions during 1910 was
close TO ls7.O0o cars. The total rated horse
power under the A. L A n formula was
6OJc 600 in round numbers.
II each car Travelled an average OF ten
miles a day the total mileage for the year
Of the new cars would be 6g2 so 600. or a
little matter OF g7.a2 times a. Tar as the
distance around the world on the equator,
OF over seven times as far as the sun Is
from the earth.
II a car does not DO an average OF ten
miles a day IL is not giving fun value TO
its owner and those that accomplish less
than that moderate figure are certainly
compensated for In the totals by the cars
that are driven forty or fifty miles each
day and those that run 10 miles or more
once q week.
Running at twenty miles an hour this
vast pile Of mileage would be accumulated
in q half hours time, leaving twenty-three
and a half hours in each day for additions
u the total That the astonishing sum is
unduly conservative, the fact may be noted
that the tire man, a person who is con-
cerned strictly with cold. hard facts, when
he is guaranteeing his product TO con-
sumers. says that the average daily mile
age 10 about twenty-five.
On that basis the distance Travelled By
the cars Of 1871 during one year would ap-
nroximats !. 705. S75. 900 miles, or 81. rs tines
other way the figures would read: Akron,
O., the center Of the automobile tire max
ing idustry, has a population OF about "a
0Oo Now. Il every person in Akron pos
sessed a car Of 1911 make and there was
a smooth, broad boulevard along the course
Of the equator from Quito on the west
coast OF South America. across the Pacific,
through the Philippines, touching BOrneo
and then shooting straight across the In
dian ocean TO the African coast. then
pIunging into the wilderness OF the dark
continent crossing the great lakes and
silent forests 70 the sandy beaches OF the
Atlantic and straight across that body
Of water 70 Para, where the principal ele-
nent OF Akron's industrial prosperity is
derived. thence through the dense Amazon
tuuEfes 70 the Andes and mounting the
length crawl over the summit Of the passes
over three miles in the air.
WrappinE Mileage Around the Earth
Suppose the whole city OF Akron, seated
behind the wheels OF almost 5000
automobiles OF 1911 and having All the
population OF Evansville. Ind, sitting
alongside Il IN the front reat. TO the left
in most cases. but 70 the right where Fords
used. And then the rear seats Of the
touring cars, demi-tonneaus. rumbles, etc,
suppose thar the entire population Of Chic
opee Fails. Mass some 25-oJ8 souls were
comfortably ensccnsed. the whole caravan
could make the circuit Of the earth az
Tar a. mileage is concerned without equal
ing the actual mileage made b. one year .
product Of the American automoblls fac
tories
But thar r. only 4 starter Experiences
mas shown that the average cnnsumDu ton
Of gasoline may be eonssrvativsly placed
AZ about seventeen miles a gallon In
some cases r. IS more and some less, but
seventeen miles 70 the gallon 10 not &
Wild figure Al that rate the tourists
would use about I0o00oooo gallons on tbs
TIP. or about glTAs08 barrels. This Irtls
item OF freight would IN u,5S freight
ears OF average size used By America
. railroads Figuring twenty cars 10 a urair
and a train 20 a mile, the line Of Easoiin'
freight cars would stretch almost from
4 New YORK 70 Denver and leave about 10
miles Of track Up toward Cheyenne, Wye
% Accommodate the freight trains losde'
z with IubricatinE oil
Estimating the cost q gasoline a. I
I cents a gallon which is also a shrtnldngi,
modest figure. the total cost Of fuel 70
the sreat Akron pilgrimAgs would b
In the neighborho0d OF gl5108.ao0. In 0the
words the owners Of ls1 cars would spen
that amount IN a year for gasoline Q
say nothing Of lubricauon-
C0nEfder the Tire.
Take the subject Of tires A ulileaE
Of soc IS guaranteed by many % IA
leading makers o. shoes Thus In IN
Akron pilgrimags. each OF the @.o0o Gal
J would require i've sets Of shoes IN maxim
the big TIP That is twenty ures for eac
machine. or u80Oo0 some tire make