El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-08
UNITED STATES MOTORISTS WILL
USE 100000 TIRES IN 1915
Combined Daily Output of More Than 40 Factories
viii Reach $4,000 Castings, Which Number viii Be
Used in This Country Alone; There is Very
Little New in Tire ashions This Year

~ YER 15,Ooo,O0O pneumatic tires
will be needed TO care for the
- motor car business in America
in 1916. says Motor Age There are
today in excess OF 2,200. 600 motor cars
registered in the country. Add to THIS
perhaps 100000 cars that viii be huliI
BY July ], 1916. When you have added
these cars TO those already registered
your total is 100000 cars tive ~ e
tires TO each car and you ssl a totdL
Of 1850, 600 tires needed some cars
will require more than five tires, but
five is a conservative average
To produce this number OF tires
there are today 80 tire factories ma
are manufacturing pnei matlc lreh-
Some Of these produce more lnan "
600 tires a day, others build fSVO, otn-
ers 1000. others 800, some 100, some 90,
and few but 40 ures a cay y III
Akron is looked upon as the tire Mecca
of America. a title it properly deserves
vet other tire centers are spr1nslng UP,
the state OF New Jersey, occupying 4
mid position between such populatioh
centers as New York and philadelphia
being A particularly active tire center
one which while small in totals IS de-
veloping at rapid rate
10000 Tires Daily.
To manufacture 14.500,000 tires In a
year means TO do this in 800 working
Gays. Divide 1860, 900 by 500 and you
get over $4,000; in other words, our
tire factories for home consumption
viii have to produce approximately
80 600 tires a day to meet the demand.
This will not take care of our export
trade, which is developing, so that II
will not be surprising if production
may reach $4,000 n day
Not for years, il ever in its history,
has there been so much activity in the
tire field. Expansion is in the air IN
the vicinity Of every tire factory. New
buildings have been going up all sea
nj 10 nf construction
is greater than ever. In Akron the Dig
companies are adding enormously 10
their plants, some of them increasing
their output so percent in other parts
Of the country some factories are
doubling their capacity The enormous
output Of cars during the past year
has necessitated these additions as Wen
as the prospects for Increased car OUT
puts for 1915. This numerical growth
is alone responsible for nearly all the
tire factory development, but IN sddl-
ton comes the increase IN export puSi-
ness. Several tire factories nave sbeen
getting a share Of war business IN
solid tires. During the year the eX-
port trade to South America mas IN
creased and the business TO AusSraIia,
South Africa and Canada mas laAeh Il
part Of the output
mands factory additions have been the
program Of the past year: tle r., oIi M
increase in the number of cars IN use
from year to year creating correspond
ing. Increases in tire factories
Few Changes in Tires.
The American tire industry Is fortu-
nately free from the annual mooel
milestone that is clinging TO the motor
car business Each autumn does not
bring out any new announcements OF
the 1916 line OF tire NODES NIlte 70
the tire makers and ask thell toi ~, "
changes they have made in their tlres
for next wear. or visit their factorles
and 20 all through the stages OF TIRE
manufacture and you VIII Ilu1 sCdISe-
iy a trace Of any sucn ~ ~
Wisp as an annual model. II the tlIe
maker has a new anti-skld tIead 10
announce he announces IL IN july %
October. according as ne Is pIepaleu
to meet the demand IL ne mas q new
hard r1,bber base solid tire FOR trucks
he makes his announcement Wheh
ready. and there is no laDeiins II an
annual model or anything OIL me klhu-
Il just goes down on 1he Pi ~ ii9t a.
one more type OF size
There are few changes made N pneu-
matte tires from year 70 year ne III
counter has been wen w9Iheu ou e-
There is very little of AIDING q new
la1-er Of fabric. The thickness OF tread
the formation OF the bead OF pslss s S
the general problems have oeeh WoI Aeo
out for several years, consequence ~
is NOT disappointing TO get the reply
'''rhere is little If anything new IN our
tires as an answer to the question:
What is there new IN your 1lIes no.
1852 What new noutls hafN -"
brought out? What are the improve
ments9
Many Experiments Made.
10 NOT infer that the tire makers are
idle FAR from it They all have their
corps OF tire engineers Instead of an
eneineerinE department at the tire fac
torv it is generally designated the
Izr~e tire makers have a corps of
Srsduated engineers and the walls and
fa6Ies are covered with blue prints,
lust as in a car factory Draughts-
men are busy the year round Con-
sultstions are going on every day and
conference on design and manufacture
are q part of the regular program. Go