Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
YEARLY TIRE AVERAGE
SHOWS LARGE INCREASE
Drops From > to Considerably
Under 4-I}ciicve Royal Cords
Have Broken Record.

one OF the noteworthy features re-
SardinS the manufacture of automo-
bile tires in this country is the fact
that during the las; Ave years tires
have improved so greatly in quality
that the average or number of tires
used OH an automobile during Il year
has dropped from five to considerably
under four.
This drop has cofpc. TOO. In the face
o! an increase In winter driving so
large as 10 be 4 vita! element In the
calculation. Many ears now operate
twelve months in the year. but in
spite Of this increased ;,criod Of SER
vice the average annual consumption
Of tires per car has rapidly and speed
ily fallen.
Not only has The length OF life o:
tires become greater. but the quality
OF service rendered by them has i'm
proved 10 such an extent that tire
trouble :s now tho exception rather
than the rule. Motorists Of decade
ago considered themselves lucky II
they could finish journey OF Few
hundred miict, without aome form OF
tlr. trouble. Today IL is no uncom-
mon thing to drive across the con
;inent and back VITA no 0tncr ,ire
mishnps than thosc caused by pune
lures y class OF misfortune for which
tho tire manufacturer can be held In
no way to blame. -
The return 20 normal times is ike
Is 10 see the average consumption OF
tires go To still lower levels. The
war period Was manifcstly an era OF
cxtravaGance. Evary one nhd plenty
OF money and such n small Item OF
expense az new tire was hardly
sufficient 10 get many motorists 10
show proper respect 10 their tires.
Many castings which gave only good
IL. would returned record
breathing pcrforma ncce had they been
properly treated.
with the return 10 normal Times
and with money Tess plentiful car
owners arc certain TO watch their
EXPENSE bills more closely. The cX-
crclsc OF only moderate degree OF
average mileage secured from tires
above any hitherto reached
SO far ~ known, IN" nssi record
;hat OF 81 Boston merchant. who got
2a.I52 miles on a set Of United States
Royal Cords. lie attributed this phe-
norncnal record TO the care given TO
the tir"s by his chauffeur
Dr. Rice. OF Northampton. Mass. has
tecently reported two Royal Cords.
one OF which gave 2G.1Go miles and
ether 2i.GG0 miles, rhe ulird on" is
still on the car with 36.soo miles 10
81 credit and looks TO be cape ole ot
many miles more.
n (. =" Hit'. u 'N'IN'Ua ~ -h''. :
igan. Just completed round "trip 20
Los Angeles. Cal. on nDyal Cords.
on this one journey. he covered s.
800 miles Going or' he had ono
puuc'urc and returning three pune
turoE.
The roads were sood.'' he said.
until | got into Sew Mexico AMI
Arizona. and there began the test on
tires. climbing mountains with rocks
SO sharp that thought my tires
would soon he cut To pieces. through
canyons which wcr. about as bad.
aud then through the desert. I only
got one had cut. bat II does no, leak
In fact. IL st!ll has Michigan air in
Il. and the tire has never been re-
paired. 'Tiras that will stand the
trip shat mlac have are ccraInly sat
.s:actOry. am still using them and
expect To get scvcra! thousand miles
more out % them.