New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12

kinsSland Cove, once picturesque dent
in the cast shore Of the Hudson River at
TarrytoWn. is no more. Its twenty-four
acres have been filled in TO make room for
the expansion of the Maxwell automobile
factories. Roads Of macadam, some OF
cindcrs and others Of concrete now circle
the new buildings in course Of construction
and the sites Of those eventually to be
built
The theory 81 the Western motorist who
believed that he got better mileage by
grinding of the letters If the manufactur-
ing companys name from the sides OF MS
tires is not practical" says J. 4. Braden.
OF the Diamond Rubber Company. AL
least. il is not so With Diamond tires.
This motorists idea was that projec-
tons Of stones or frozen mud IN rough
reads are likely 20 strike the letters and
tear out chunks Of rubber.
For one thing he does not realize. PROD
ably. that with the name gone he cannot
receive consideration from any tire con'-
panv IN case of a claim. The Diamond
name. which is low on the side walls IS
not embossed high enough 70 OFFER resist
ance 10 distractions when fully inflated
tire is used. Conditions so severe as partly
10 chafe the letters would chafe the side
walls if the name were not on.
ITO Illustrate. a notorist with tires OF
large cross section might get into rut
not large enough 70 admit his whole TIRE
So, which event most Of the wear would he
against the side walls The chahng of the
name would be only incidental 70 the chat
Ing Of the entire side wall
f-2f
mobile is 2 luxury that II ii in some meas
IRE an expense As a matter ~ rac''
vood light car. costing relatively little for
upkeep. is probably a wise economy. l'es'
TUESDAY Francis p. Adams, ereat-grand-
son Of John Quincy Adams. purchased
Hudson ~" When ordering the car MT
Adams said: Il am buying THE au'omophe
sinoplv for the sake OF economy. i've IN
the suburbs. and have TO take hack 10
and from the station every day. have
decided that IL is much cheaper 20 run
medium sized automobile
TIE irnportunities Of the motorists II the
South have been so insistent that the CO.
lunhia Motor car COMPANY has agreed 10
nut through a number Of cars designed 10
Ht the very wide roads Of the Carohnas and
mart Of Georgia. The standard b-inch
tread used i'm all makes ~ high powered
cars doesn't track in the Southern ROADS
and special 6o-inch track vehicles are no"
20 he made
u Re wonderful what a trifing thinS-or
arrarsntlv triAing thing makes all the dif-
fe-e,,ce when - comes 20 breaking speed
ro~orde And vet. when tho speed is ap-
nroachinr one hundred miles an hour II IS
mot go wonderful that trife should make
n difference II n mile or 50. or perhaps
even q little moro in sixty minutes.
According 70 eminent authorities on mo-
,orovcre racing and speeding against time
close attention 70 details ~ the Good, ear
Tire and Rubber Company's experimental
danar,ront for motorcycle tires is rospon-
s;hta for H.. blue streak tire recently
breakiuc all motorcycle sDeed records IRON
Go miles I'D TO ninetN-tvO miles, at Whlch
distance the machine ran out OF SasoIene'
The Alden Sampson Manufacturing COM
naD,. the truck division OF the United states
Motor Company. several days ago ostao-
iisbc6 what probably As a record IN motor
truck shipment fot one DAY "hen $500
worth of freight and deliver motors wee
sent on their way from the factories to al
narts Of The country This amount repre-
eerts Inc value or thirty-eight Sampson
vehicles Thirty were ~ 1H" POUNDS GO
nacitv six were fve-ton trucks ana two
we're four-tou trucks
Residents IF Canton Ohio are having
Tho ot,Dortlnitv Just now of seeing a Strik-
inc denonstr ton Of tho durability OF Cad
iiisc cars The Cadillac dealer there has
ON exhibition the chassis ~ MoGel -
CadUIac which he bought IN July, 1901 II
loo been I'm continuous livery ana demon
stratinc service and has covered l-6"O
miles
The Marion Gemi-coupe on exhibition AZ
tho salesroom Of Charles +. Riess 60,
Eastern distributors of the Marion. No. 40
Broadway is o very attractive innovation.
!, las Ucht body. which ftS snuGly 70 me
"40'-torpedo roadster and adds but seventy
&C mounds 10 tho weight Of the car