The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
ARE PAID TO
WEAR OUT TIRES
.,,N1IFACTURER ADOPTS
'',r plan TO TEST MO-
roR CAR CASINOS.

!. new job that will at once
he envy of the average mo-
Though it has been created
Ultimate benefit. Imagine
!, . tire-tester, being paid to
.ti,r but drive big fine car,
!, country and wear out tires.
M sound quite reasonable I'M
consider that a tire manufac-
M other real means of
= what his tires will stand, for
.S,t acquire this knowledge in
l.ro4orv. Nor will the rigid
,,tion of each process of man
70 insure the long mileage that
!, buver expects. To the tire
No actual fundamentals of a
4ira are strength and wearing
i and the only logical method
tsrmining these is through ac-
,rorience in the service that
ear drivers give their tires in
mo over roads, good and bad,
parts of the country.
h this method of testing tires
nv any means new to the B.
drich Rubber company, its i'm
nee is reflected in the recent
M of five more units to the
sDys original tire testing fleet
n which, for the past several
has been making its head
pB at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
original feet Of fourteen cars
sde Akron it's headquarters I'M
NV in February when the Off
decided to move II south. 1t
rlv recently that orders were
ed bv this feet to dispatch one
cars Immediately to each of
I've new territories to form a
us for the additional fleets
were created. Large numbers
w cars had already been pur-
to bring each unit up to it's
bed quota Of five cars.
Pacific Fleet will cover all
y on the Pacific coast and learn
q the motorists there have to
nd with in tire wear. The noun
fleet will climb the rocky trails
ellowst0ne and Glacier parks.
prairie feet, with its headquar-
IN Kansas City, will scour the
Of Missouri and Kansas. The
feet will fight the sand stretch
nnes0ca and Wisconsin. The
al feet, now designated as the
fleet, will continue to cover
outh with Chattanooga as It's
4 and the Atlantic feet will
among the hills and valleys
York and New England. This
manner in which the wearing
eS Of the tires will be measur-
every type of road in the
States,
each Of the cars in all six
ate two drivers, each spending
hours a day on the road. Che
ping eight hours are utilized by
y ines in noting the effects on
3 ars as we'll as the tires and
g after their upkeep. Each
keeps q detailed report of
he has been and what has
&ns5.
#nusJ not be assumed that these
4 maintain excessive speed for
2are obliged by their employers
only observe the motor reg
nS OF their respective terrific
Pug to remember all the coun-
OF the road in meeting or pass
lner motorists. Safety First
De their watchword.
~, %
ing 1915, with but one fleet
Eng the total mileage covered
lIed to 4,688,412 miles or six
H. =. and thirty round trips be-
Ne" York and Frisco. In gas
alone these cars consumed
Il. ana thirty round trips be-
II as well as the medium and
cars are used.
w. {. Greer, chief of the de-
aeht department. of the Good
OiM.pany says, I'VE are firm in
s!el that these big fleets of
sung cars are real factors in
ana better tire building for
saao!e us to know accurately
'''ce that Goodrich tires give
consumer in each section of
II. Ila,ry and it is all part of the
w program which gives to the
u7- Jne highest possible ser