The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-16
PLANNING TO MAKE +
FEWER TIRE SIZES
A Step Which Will Be Satisfac-
tory to Every One,
Seemingly.

The Society OF Automobile Engineers
is working to yeduce the. commonly used
sizes Of pneumatic tires to twelve, or in any
event not more than sixteen, a step that
undoubtedly will be popular Car owners
under a new system will have a better
chance in the first instance of finding the
car fitted with a tire adapted to the weight
and other requirements OF the machine.
Tire manufacturers will hail this action
with delight because it will free them
from the expense and bother Of building q
great many different sizes of castings
Dealers in tires will be pleased because
II will mean a smaller variety of sizes
to be carried in stock. but a greater guam
tity OF castings of the sort that are sure
sellers. In fact. Judged from every angle.
the new plan is one that Is satisfactory to
every one
The need of such curtailing OF lines Is
greater than the average motorist realizes.
Some tire makers carry as many as fifty
sizes on their price lists. and those in ex-
cess of thirty-fve are common. As II to
point the moral. new price list OF tires
which arrived yesterday at this office con-
tanned quotations on no less than forty
| three separate sizes. some of them ex-
traordinary measurements that they
hardly can be called for more than once in
q great while.
incidentally a FLIP has been given to
the making Of small sizes by the settling
of the patent suit between the Maxwell
Motor Company and the Carlson
Motor and Truck Company. The
Maxwell Two cylinder motor infringed
the Carlson patent. The settlement
which has just been made permits
10000 Maxwell cars of this type
that had been put out of commission
L . L,.s.,, 4.
| parts to go into operation again. This will
mean activity in the Maxwell parts plant
at Newcastle. Ind. where repair parts for
| all these cars are 10 be- had, as well as
new business for "A lot of tire concerns.
/ The Standard oil Company. which is n
big user of motor trucks. only last week
bought three three ton Whites with tank
bodies for the Standard oil Company of
Indiana The White is part OF the equip
h1ent OF all standard Oil concerns.
special sedan just completed nv the
Peerless Motor Car Company is of stream
line design with a short, low sedan body.
! There are two doors. one on the right
! and one on the left side. The former
opens into the rear or passenger COM
partment and the former into the drivers
! compartment
Four seats are provided for passengers.
two front and two rear. All are of the
| chariot type with arms between them.
one of the front seats swings out OF the
way. So that il il possible to pass from
the front To the rear compartments OF
the ear without getting out. Special
toilet cases. cigar lighters and other de-
vices for the convenience of the pas
sengers are provided. The upholstering is
done in gray spanish leather
The motor speedway at Seattle. which
row is beng built viii have lis first race
meeting ON July II and ~. following
close upon the events at Sioux City and
Tacoma. Prizes amounting to $50. 00C
Will be given, IL il sad. among them
"A $1,000 trophy 10 go 10 the winner OF
the feature event. $50 mile race foi
cars of $50 cubic inches and under.
The speedway is to be one and quar-
ter miles around. built with a concret.
base and an asphaltum surface. Grant
stands to seat 10000 persons and parking
, space for 3.Oos automobiles are othe'
features according to Frank Lowry. VIII,
10 general manager.
col Kirby e. Pardee is back again lr
. the automobile business in New York
having made arrangements to handle
the car-Nation and the keeton ears II
this territory. He is to he supervise
p of the American Noiturette Company o
New York, which has the northern hal
0 81 New Jersey the eastern half OF New
York and the western part of Connect
O cut as well as the metropolitan distric
0 AND Long Island. The Car Nation is
. poru1,r priced touring model of goo,
0 lines.
l Tho Mercedes car which Ralph ~
Palma Will drive at indianapolis has
motor of the aviation type with six stee
cylinders of the sort that has won nearl!
! all the living contests in Germany the pas
year. 1t develops 100 horse power
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