The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
Notes of Live Interest to the
Motor Trade. Local and Foreiqn

Weather is an able ally Of the motor
truck salesman. says C. X. Norton, Pack
ard truck sales manager, In commenting
on the recent rise In truck sales. HIS
observation ha. shown that seasonal
changes OF weather are meaning more and
more In the truck Industry every year.
Careful business men are beginning to
take oognizance OF the effect OF the
weather on their horses. As an i%llustra-
ticn they quote from the ofncisi p~ublica-
ton OF one OF the largest express COM
punies In the country. as follows:
Vow that warm weather Is upon US
this subject OF caring for our horses be
comes particularly important. There are
two periods Of every year that are most
distressing for our animals-the extreme
cold season and the extreme hot season.
The heat doc. Ear more damage than the
cold. In Chicago - few years ago. when
the th-rmometer was around ZOO In the
shade for a Few days work bSrses OF
every sort and degree died at tho rate OF
nifty a day more than normal"
{. T. silver. president Of the c. T. Sill
yer Motor Company. reports no letup In
the tremendous demand for Overlands.
This condition obtains not only In his
home office in New York. but In the
kers branches a. we'll The untitled or.
ders on hand are the greatest In the his
tory OF his business and he Is straIning
every EFFORT to relieve the congestion. 80
that no bad feeling VIII be caused among
the hundreds % customers waiting for
delivery MIR. silver has issued drastic In.
structions 10 his sales managers that un.
der no condition Is one customer to be
favored over another In the order In
which customers bought they are to re-
ceive the cara.
Harry Grant, driving Il sunbeam In the
recent Chicago Derby. was responsible
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oval In the first place he smashed the
we,'ds preyious nS41,,op rsT9rd,Mhigh
distance OF 500 miles without once stop
ping at the pits.
Tire experts agree that Goodrich sii-
yertown Cord tires were the big factor
In Grants Unusual performance The
speed-it must be remembered that Grant
hnished hfth. at an average OF si3 miles
per hour-showed Practically no wear.
OF the tread worn ON. In year. pas,
where other make of tires were used
tire troubles not only lost races bat caused
a car coming down the straiRhtsway with
'reads ripped 10 ribbons was part % tn.
expected thrills. However, not only the
shown. but the residence Of this cable
cord constructed tire as well.
Tn. Ford Motor Rand. consisting OF
hfty-nve skilled musicians left for an
extended tour to the Pacific coast on
Juiy, 20 Every member OF this band is
S CO 1ps ,"' anI PSniy Ri. s 1f one rSTa M t5ST
to the San Francisco and SAN Diego ex-
positions Is complimentary. a tribute Of
sppreoilt!on by The company to the splen-
DID musical work OF the band. which has
been achieved without. In any way. inter
given OF their own time for much prac.
tice; They have studied hard. they have
NAT al IA Ia $1,000
cal organization. which takes trs, rank
with any others In the country. not ex.
cepting the best professional bands.
In one mighty effort to jump production
ahead Of demand the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company last week placed contracts
calling for the immediate extension Of
doubling OF sin story separate factory
building and the erection Of a Firestone
restaurant, Thi, latter building viii be
win be about 100 feet square, with a foor
space Of about 10000 square feet. These
fee, OF noor space to the present factory
and will enable the F!resione people to
The original Irres,SSne factory wa.
tires we're hrs, made Thirteen years Sse
the entire ofnce force. To-day over zoo
persons are required to handle the ofnce
~ ~ a. 'fAs W 'ANH
GERS, department heads, branch managers
superintendents and other helpers total
ling about t,000 persons.
The Empire tire makers aspire to hav,
their tire the poorest possible conductor
Of heat, for the friction OF the road al,
He'd to the temperature OF a summer daS
has a tendency to warm up a tire uu'
duly, A tire 30 heated soon dries out
loses Its spring, gets brittle, cracks and
blows out before II should Much Of the
a - plil.4ua M ~ Ira u husnl on \
company's knowledge that the absence OF
free sulphur Is a protection against fric,
'ion and all the evils that follow in Il.
train.
An indication OF the manner IN which
big tire manufacturers can reduce tht
price OF tires through lowering the over
head cost OF operating II revealed by the
recent installation OF u low pressure stenn
turbine In the power house OF the Fedora
Rubber Manufacturing Company OF Nil,