The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
REMARKABLE TEST MADE
WITH GOODRICH TIRES
Con>,'nE stunts md I'M Climbing in
Chicago show Gaaoirur Bili>
Can lie lowered.

Tic =. f. Goodrich COMPANY is will
!4 lEo,D 10 WsHali INA! Sner{ m9iorst is
Goodrich Silvertown Cord tires will do
t t[, sSsoiene cars. II is SHOWING
any kind of service condition
Test after test has been made BY the
Goodrich Company ia Akron. as the
result Of which il is announced that the
Goodrich StlVortoWn Cord tire will cut
down gasolcuc bills. often as much as
- per cont; that it will increase the
showing as much aS ] . rcr cent greater
horsepower developed; that it win rivo
more mileage. that it VIII enable the
notoriSt 10 start quicker. steer easier
a I,i,c Go osj inTtnGr. S,nd WI sivo him
which arc The greatest enemy Of tires.
t. &. TibhittS. advertising manager
Of tho Il i. Goodrich Company. spent
Two days in Chicago last week with
~ TN" Gooorich company, aud whiic
there conducted series Of tests ON
their results
The car used was not = testing car
nor one specially cquinpod for the OK
pcrim.nts conducted. 1t w1s ono which
rs IN daily use, ana was drafted for tho
tests on a f"w moments notice.
THO main object OF the road tests was
car When equipped with the Goodrich
S,lN,crtoWin C0rd tires as AGAINST an
results Of the tests were certainly inn
prcssive.
W ilh inc eng me Killed.. ANA
available. the car was put through a
series OF coastinc stunts i'm Lincoln
Park on tho slope leading down from
the Grant Monument to the level boulc-
ward. Also it was tested on Il couplc of
Stccp hills north OF Glencoe. to rci fix
urcs on its momentum on an upgrade
alter coaSunE down hill. ON the latter.
Win standing start. the car mad" an
average specd, OF 10 - miles per hour
on fabric tires. When these were re-.
placed with the cord tires The averae @
speed with 10 80 milcs-about IL per
cent increase in %uccd
The excess distance covered with the
cord tires on tho down-and-up hill
coastinG was ninety feet. This on an
TRES took the upgrade bu; a small dis
lance. the cord tires carrying the car
almost all tho way to the top of the
finishing hill.
coastinE from standing start, in
tiucoln Park tho cord tires showed a
Wonderful efficiency over the fabric
tar
IN the Glencoe test tho maximum
speed. from standing start. with no
power developed NY tho ordinary tires.
vas twenty miles per hour as aEaiust
twenty SIN miles per hour on the cord
Tires The fabric tive equipment at
tanned the twenty miles per hour near
" at the foot OF the incline. while
the cord tires were giving thcir iwcntv-
siN miles per hour at the point where
the fabrics We're only giving fifteen
miles. demonstrating most EFFECTIVELY
the greater responsiveness and buoy
.tncN az the cord tires
''rh" chief point i'm all this" saws Nj,
IlhhittS, lis that IL demonstrates con-
cluslN"ly the value Of our claim tina,
tcodrlrh SiINortown cord tires actually
deliver added service which heretofore
the motoriSt has only expected from
his engine, gears and accclcrator In
"ihc' words. iAcy, give more engine
;;asolenc. and on the latter point alone
! cannot 500 how amy motorisi can
tan 10 be tremendously impressed. Tho
beauty Of the cord tire is THAI NOT
only do they offer the motorist All this
economy. bat along with IL they really
Any man who rides i'm a car equipped
with fabric tires and then changes his
equipment 10 our cord tires viii uu-
derstand what mean when hc realizes;
rho sOftncss, comfort ana luxurious
nupNancN tncN give 10 riding"