The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-02
Automobile News
Large Dividends Declared.

A stock dividend of 100 per cent. raising the capital from $6O0,00O to $1,200, 900, has been declared by the Haynes Automobile Co. The declafa- sh ort1y after the pay1nentAof cash dividend of 22 per cent. The com pany, even with the increased capi- taIization, is at the present time pay ing cash dividends of. per cent. per month. And the stock of the com vailing price when MT. Siberling took hold, to 225.
 Motorcycle for R. F. D. Men.
 A high compliment was paid to the motorcycle with side-car attachment this week, when Postmaster-G General Bur1eson modified his recent order affecting the use of the motor vehicle by R. F. D. men to include the motor cycle side van With a vehicle of D. men can get around as well as with an automobile and at less than one third of the cost.
 Past Year Improvements.
 Developments of the motor car In- dustry in the past year, briefly sum- marked:
 Predoninance of electric equipment for starting and lighting and other purposes.
 Appearance of the first American eight-cylinder stock model ear.
 Fullness and variety of standard equipments.
 The large number of inelosed types of cars on the market.
 Prominence given the V-type ra- diators by some leading makers.
 The luxurious holstering, as in the splendid limousine models dis played.
 The insistence upon clean running 71nl h ,--V-i<1-
 The strides made for the absolute safety of the machine, especially shown by the convenience of appara- tus for the driver.
 The perfection attained by the power driven air pump, doing away with the 1aborious hand method of inhating tires. 5
 The presence of denounfable rims showing the progress of the, tire man ufacturer in securing the well being of the individual rl1otorist.
 Saving Tire Bills.
 A hard and fast rule for the inna- ton pressure in a tire of a given sec tion really cannot be laid down ac- curately. Various rubber companies have estimated various imitation schedules built Up as precisely as they can determine, but these are not positive--there are important items to be considered bes1des the size of the tire.
 If a tire of a given size were used always under a given load, it would be an easy matter to say just what it's infation pressure shoalld be.
 But it is. not.
 Aside from the varying weights of the different cars on which tires of given size may be used, the passen- ger load varies continually.
 When tire is under a, load it's side walls are subject to a certain amount of distortion or bending at the place of contact with the road. When the pressure inside the tire is properly adjusted to the load, this distortion of the side walls will not be sufficient to injure them. If the tire is not suffi- ciently inflated, the side walls bend under the load beyond the safety point, resulting in serious injury
 The only safe method of detern1in- ing whether or not a tire is properly inflated is by measuring the degree of distortion of it's side walls under its lead. Experts have devised g. sim pie, accurate instrument for this pur- pose-the tire caliper.
 This is a small, compact ca.lfper easily carried in the pocket and ready for use at moments notice, having two scales, a si ze scale and a load scale. It takes but a, few seconds to use it. Simply measure the size of your tire at the top of the wheel on