South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-24
JINGLE SAM NOW
GREAT CONSUMER
OF RUBBER TIRES
Demanded Not Only for Motor
Cars But for AirpIaneS,
and in Enormous
Quantities.

Uncle sam. already the largest
consumer OF rubber tires. is now
entering a new field that will aug
ment his tire BIN TO even greater
proportions A new demand will
arise from che adoption OF IT,. cir
plane as carrier OF United States
mail. Last week announcement was
made al Washington that the post
office department is accepting bids
from airplane concerns for air mail
service between New York and
Texas. Already committees in sew
eral cities along the route are busy
seeking suitable tracts Of 500 acres
or over Tor use as landing stations
Cor the bird postmen.
Airplane tires have been manu-
featured by the 3. r. Goodrich Rub
Der Co for over 10 years. Glenn IT,
Curtiss was the first airplane manu-
facturer TO adopt the pneumatic
tire on "a substantial scale. Wright
Bros used skids i'm their first ex-
periments. and were slow to see the
practice biuty Of rubber tires. The
plane in which Curtiss made his first
long flight the one over Lake Erie,
was equipped with Goodrich air
plane tires. Tires used in aviation
evolved from the bicycle tire. Tho
first tires used by Cprtiss at Ham,
mondspOrt. y. Y, were bicycle
tires.
Tires. such as will be used on the
postal planes are Of special cor
struction and differ i'm many re-
spects from automobile tires. Air
plane tires are built upon the priu-
ciple of least weight with the great
est strength-they must lend great
speed In starting, have exceptional
strength 90 withstand hard. direct
blows and sideshocks i'm landing. ana
must be unusually resilient i'm order
20 absorb shocks evenly. Airplane
tires have TO thick tread and have
no breaker strip. two essential fea-
lures Of auto tires. Rubber OF eX-
cepuonal quality Is used i'm the side
wall and tread. giving maximum
nexibiiity The most widely used
airplane tire in America is al
adaptation TO air service of the
cable cord construction which has
proved so successful In Goodrich
Silvertown cord automobile tires.
Men of authority on aviation pre-
dict that thousands OF airplanes VIII
be in the postal service Ave years
from now. Airplane mail service be-
tween New York and Washington IS
10 be esta blished about April 18TH,
according 10 the recent announce
ment by Postmaster Gen. Burleson.
The program calls for one mail
daily each way The machines to DE
used Will have maximum speed
OF 100 Tiles an hour and viii
carry 900 pounds OF mail The rate
Of postage viii probably be % cents
AN ounce.
our larger cities are planning for
immense activity in aviation This
statement. made by Alva Bradlay
chairman OF the Cleveland chamber
of commerce airplane committee,
voices the sentiment prevailing n
New York Boston. Chicago and
other large cities irrespective OF
whether the government makes
Cleveland station on an airplany
postal route. we expect 90 go ahead
ON the project with the idea OF
having a station 10 serve CONNER
cial and pleasure planes as wei
as those OF the government"
Tn "a speech before the AerOnauti-
cal society OF Great Britain. Capt.
Il. st. Green. g. r. Ae A.. one Of
the foremost aviation engineers of
the world. made the following state
MONT como ar.fs rtr tia, rtrrr-r... .s.so
tion: "I have often been asked II
think flying viii ever become an or
binary means OF travel NV answer
g. that I do not think know 4.
will become so. Ten years ago. an
attempt Co dy from place to place
WAS considered suicide five yeas
ago il was an adventure. today. t5
many OF MS 10 is "a very ordinary af-
fair. A few years more and we shall
laugh 20 think Of the airplanes O.
which we are now so proud. We
shall saudder at the risks we ran.
and We shall travel with comfort.
speed and safety"
The automobile and allied indus
tries see the hand writing on the
wall They are making preparation
Tor the Future. one large autOmO-
bile concern has turned over large
part OF -heir resources % the ex-
tensive manufacture Of airplanes
The p. y. Goodrich Rubber co. IS
planning 90 meet the futures de-
mand for airplane tires Nanufac-
turers of radiatC - and other ac-
cessories ARE comG-Cncing 10 realize
the immense field opened mp 10y tho
airplane.