The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-06
Hot Weather Reveals
TwO-in-One Weakness
Repaired Tires Succumb to Heat, as Stitches Break
And Cement Softens-Fe Owners Get Sat-
isfaction From Process
BY MONTE soHN.

The two-in-one tire process must go.
The pian seemed logical enough. and
In theory at least II looked like an
effective scheme.
Unfortunately for a great many mo-
florists. however. the reclamation of
two old tires into one new tire. good
for $500 to 1000 miles," IL not n sue
cessful propositions; not at least. for the
motorist.
When the first Of the two -one"
companies opened up early In the pres
ent year. motorists fiooked to their.
doors with pairs of old castings. for
which. on the payment Of n compare
lively small sum. they would get what
was practically q new tire.
And why notf
System Plausible.
The man explained so easily. so con-
vincingiy-the mere matter of putting
a little cement between the two old
castings and sewing them together by q
iockstitching process seemed so simple
n process TINT many motorists wondered
why nobody had thought OF It before"
Then thew went home and brought
down their old tires.
The number of car owners who got
any kind of service out OF this process
Is negligible. A few OF them did get
good service out OF such a reclaimed
combination. but the luck of these mo-
ment. IA
advent OF warm weather, the deficiency
O. the tGo-hIn,ope process as Wss55inEttSen
heat Of the streets and the softening OF
this cement. the drying out OF shellac
and bursting Of stitches" has caused
a veritable epidemic of blowouts among
..gl.. laeA e. hA tn. ana
salesman.
Brings Out Weakness.
As the sumemr advances the ineffi-
cheney Of the stitching process will be
more marked. The friction between
greater and trouble will come to these
tires In large quantities.
Possibly these concerns themselves
realize this even more than the unfor-
IL is--to be most charitable in criti-
cism-unauestionably a failure. And the
best argument against II is that II II
were effective. factory branches OF
prominent tire manufacturers must have
Installed before now.
The following well-merited COM
plant from local automobile deal
er IL self-explanatory. Because
Friday night is the weekly occasion
stage an endurance contest to see
which of us gets tired first. In the
literary scamper which goes to make
up this department. we could not
attend the meeting mentioned. So
we delegated Mr.. Barnhart to send
us the result of the conclave.
In view Of the fact that the great
majority Of dealers knew about this
meeting. the following IL decidedly
depressing:
Dear Sir:
In response TO your inquiry for
report on the proceedings Of the
GoodRoeds meeting held last FRI
day at the Chamber Of Commerce.
desire to say that much to my
surprise and disappointment there
were but three dealers besides the
writer who were present-Mr.
Horner, OF the Buick; Mr.. War
rington. Of the Chandler, and Mr..
Saum. of the Gish Garage.
There has been so much talk
and criticism Of the road to Fred
ericksburg that the writer and
Mr.. Grant, Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. in their eort to do
something that would eliminate
the constant complaints relative
to the Chopawamsic Swamp, call
ed a meeting OF the automobile
| dealers and others identified with