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EL PASO HERALD
Week-End Edition, May 6-7, 1916.
17
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SAYS "FATIGUE DF STEEL" IS
PORTS IN DECORATED CAR PARADE
GOOD ROAOS Iff I TO
BUSINESS MD P LEASUOE
Continued Overstrain Tells on Machine Just the Same
As It Does on a Team of Horses; Overstressing
Leads to Breakage; Once Fractured, Frame
Will Never Give the Same Old Service.
California's Great Road System Impresses Vice Presi
dent of the Studebaker C orporation;the City, Town
and Farm Dwellers Are All Benefitted; Exten
sion of City Delivery S ystems Made Possible.
T
FELT IN OIEBLDHED TICKS
LOVERS
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T11&KB is a similarity betwMn a
motor truck and a team of horses
not apparent in their Treat out-
.rd dissimilarity; both are subject to
fatigue from overwork; steel sets tired
i -nt.11 as muscle this point of like
i -s la brought out in an address
.uainst the overloading of trucks by
J seph Husaon, a technical expert on
i he motor truck, delivered before the
Motor Truck club of New Jersey. Mr.
iiuwon, who Is an associate editor of
the Commercial Vehicle, said on the
c ihject of "the fatigue eteel:"
' Because the frame of a motor truck
is made out of steel Instead of flesh, it
docs not mean that it Is not subject to a
faliKue similar to that of the man or
I" ast of burden. We all know that a
i. um of horses overloaded day after day
t. raea so fatigued that it must be
. m n several days to recuperate before
i an do other work, or else becomes
m k and ailing This period of recupera
i ion is necessary in order that the
b. J.SIK rebuild the tissues on which
ih'ir hauling efficiency depends. Bach.
lhe are overloaded it becomes
linn
harder and harder to rebuild these tls-
tin s to their original strength. If the
cm rloadlng practice is continued day
iftcr duv without sufficient recupera
uf periods the hordes finally wear
i h murlves out long before their days
or usefulness should be ended.
ui'atlKiie of birrl."
I xactl) the same change as that
vliKh takes place in the tissues of the
lic.r.'.p takes place in the steel of the
motor truck frame. True, the fatigue of
ere I is much slower than that of flesh
tissues, but it is there. Just the same.
1 he frame of a motor truck is designed
a ,i beam to carrv a certain specified
luid. just as a girder of a railroad
inline is designed to varry a certain
nunibir df locomotles and trains of
coabts The molecules of the steel
filming the beams in each case move In
i eli t ion to one another Aheu loads are
applied. Of course you cannot see the
movements of these molecules with the
naked eye. but science has proved that
they do move When the loads applied
are nut greater than those for which
the beams were designed, the molecules
. turn to their original positions, and the
uciii nBBumes a set or Dana ana aoes
not return to its original position after
me ioaa nas been removed. The steel in
this ease is said to have reached its
elastic limit, or that load at which the
beam will not return to its original po
sition after the load has been remoui
1hen Trnclc Is Overloaded
"This is exactly what happens when
the frame of a motor truck is overload,
ed. It assumes a permanent set. Just as
it is harder and harder for the flesh
tissues of a horse to recuperate after
each overload period, so the steel of the
truck frame is less able to withstand
overloads after it has once assumed a
permanent set. Subsequent continued
overloading tends tb pull the steel
molecules apart. This results in
a fracture of the frame, and a truck
with a cracked frame is a makeshift at
the best, even if repaired at considera
ble cost, the use the life of the steel is
gone. The frame does not respond to
uie loaas carnea ana is liable to crack
in other places. The cheapest way out
of the ditficulty is to buy a new frame
or frame member, and this can not be
hadJor a sonff, so that overloading is
decidedly expensHe on the frame
"The same molecular action which is
set up In the motor truck frame also
occurs In tho springs, but to a some
what more marked degree, because of
the vibration -which they have to ab
sorb. Overloading of the frame means
overloading of the springs Although
these are made of a higher grade of
steel than the frame, to absorb the
greater shocks and vibrations to which
they are subjected, tho steel molecules
move in relation to one another under
leach load applied and do not return to
their original positions under continued
overloads. In the words of the engi
neer, the steel becomes overstressed
and generally breaks when the next
overload is applied.
I.I ml t of the bprlncs.
"When the steel of the springs has
nearly reacneu its elastic limit the lat
ter are not as capable of absorbing the
shocks as when in their original condi
tion, so that springs which have been
continually overloaded can not cushion
the driving mechanism to the same de
gree as was intended by the designer.
The shocks which are not absorbed by
tho springs are taken up by other struc
tural members of the chassiB which are
subject to the same fatigue as is the
frame. The front axle and the rear
axles of either the shaft or chain-driven
m l j. nliT.iKR,
Vice President Studcbnker Corporation,
,Tn ' '" i"" 1 recent earn ii ul ot can tonio there were four tU; orated automobile parades. The three
ports shown above won much praNe for their unique decoration. The center car was onglnallv decorated in
honor of the Hoo-Toos. with the black cars. It carried a representation of the Alamo in the tonheau The photo
was taken at Tort ham Houston, the three cars being manned by company F of the 10th infantry
In the fatigue, overstressing and event
ual breakage of those pan;
"The overloading of the frame and
enrlnas is transmitted directly to the
wheels. Overloaded wheels tend to get
out of true and eventually rack them
selves to pieces. Flat wheels also super
induce additional shocks, which must be
taken up by the springs or other chassis
members, thus causing the latter to
withstand more stresses than those for
which they were designed.
"Besides the injurious effect of fiat
wheels on the truck chassis they have
perhaps a greater effect on the prema
ture destruction of the tires. Truck
overloading, whether causing flat
wheels or not, has a Try serious effect
on the tires, causing greater liability to
cuts, separation of the base from the
tread, overheating causing disintegrat
ing of the rubber, a greater friction and
strain of skidding and a weakening of
a dual tire if its mate is Injured. All
these Increase the tire maintenance cost
and are directly attributable to overloading"
if ear ins
AUSTRALIAN RECORD
IS SET BY OVERLAND
News has Just been received by the
ti nil to nave back to their original no
sitions after the loads have been re
moved But if the loads are greater types are called upon to absorb some of
man Liioae lor union me ueams were me shocks originally Intended to be
designed, these molecules can not re- taken up by the springs. This results I
Willys-Overland company of another
record broken by one of Its cars, a 1916
model Overland getting a new mark in
Vustralia a short time ago by making
tne run from Albany to Armadale a
distance of 238 miles In six hours and
32 minutes, one-third of the running
time made b ythe express trains be
tween the two points. The former
record was seven hours, 28 minutes and
56 seconds. The average actual speed
wag 28 6 miles per hour.
The run was made by Charlie Lewis
who holds the 150 mile championship
in Australia, and Arthur Anderson of
tho firm of Anderson and Adams,
Overland dealers in Perth.
FSTENTJNTEST
TJ. S District Court Re
strains Rival Concern
From Using Machines.
A decision of general Interest to mo
torists was given by the IT. S. district
court recently in the case of F. A. Sel
berllng against tire manufacturers al
leged to be infringing on the patents
of Mr. Seiberllng for a tire making
machine, which Is now used extensive
ly by the Goodyear people.
The Goodyear company contended
that the Seiberllng-Stevens machine of
1902-3 was a pioneer invention and
paved the way for the present day
seml-automatio tire making" machine;
that the Seiberllng-Stevens machine
was the first produced to make auto
blle tires and that the Goodyear com
pany developed the first practical ma
chine for making tires automatically
that is now In use. This Goodyear con
tention Is now confirmed by the dis
trict court decision.
Prior to 1902 auto tire casings were
made by hand. A diminishing few are
still made that way. The rubber in a
tire casing does little of the hard work
of sustaining the load and stresses in-
OUR ANTEDILUVIAN ANCESTORS!
BY F, OPPER
t cident to forming a cushion between
me automoDUe and the road Tne nara
work Is done by the layers of cotton
fabric that confine the air and form
the real structure of the casing. Cas
ings are built of r.ubber-impregnated
fabric a layer at a time, is important
that every part of each layer bo
stretched to the same tension, so each
part of each layer will bear an equal
part of each shock. Loose layers
shirk their duty, layers stretched too
tight do too much work and a tire
is no stronger than Its weakest point.
In the day of hand-made tires the
tire maker depended entirely upon the
the strength of his arms for stretching
his fabric layers.
Realizing- tho uncertainty and Ineffi
ciency of the old way and the desir
ability of a mechanical apparatus for
laying up the fabric F A. Seiberllng.
thsn and now the president of the Good
year Tire and Rubber company, and
W. C. Stevens constructed, and in 1901
patented, a tire-making machine. Like
other pioneer Inventions, it lacked some
mechanical refinements, but Goodyear
tires were made on It and the machine
was proved to be practical
Later improvements were made upon
the original machine and by 1908 al
most all Goodyear automobile tire cas
ings were machine-made. This Is true
today Moveover, more than one-half
the tires made In the T."nited States
now are the product of Goodyear pat
ent tire machines and new licenses are
still being issued the latest less than
two weeks ago
About three years ago another com
pany installed tire-making machines In
Its factor, without taking a license
under the Seiberllng patents. Good
year maintained that these machines
infringed on the Goodyear patents, and
the Firestone company was notified
and asked to discontinue. The notice
was not complied with and Mr. Seiber
llng sued, with the result noted this
week. Judge Kllllts' opinion ends
thus "Decree will run for the platn
tlff, finding both his patents valid and
Infringed by defendant"
It was In 1907. when the Seiberllng
Goodyear machine was perfected and
Goodyear began making practically all
its auto tire casings Dy macnine, tnat
the companVs real growth began. This,
Goodyear officials maintain, is because
the machine method permitted the mak
ing of a better, more uniform product
than was possible under the old meth
od Maximum strength could now be
built Into tires with an exact gauge
and knowledge of results In 1907
Goodyear made 28,685 tires; In 1916 the
Goodyear output will exceed 3,000,000
tires, facilities are now being provided
for the production of five and a half
million tires in 1917
MANUFACTURERS SHOW
THEIR RESOURCEFULNESS
Manufacturing conditions in the United
States In every line of industry hare been
radically changed because of the many new
conditions Injected into tbe situation by tha
world war Probably no one Industry has
been so widely affected as the motor car
business Automobile owners and the pub
lic generally, have little or no conception of
the difficulties which have confronted the
automobile manufacturers during the past
J ear. It has been only through the re
sourcefulness of the leading men In the in
dustry that cars could be produced fast
enough to come anywhere near supplying
the demand and even now everyone of the
more prominent concerns Is far behind In Its
orders.
Order Sulzberger's Majestic Ham or
Bacon today for breakfast tomorrow
"Dellciously Different." Adv.
TO some people good roads mean
simply an advantage for the mo
torist; a convenience that was
created and Is maintained exclusively
for the motorist's benefit, enabling him
to get from place to place comfortably,
safely and on time.
I am forced to admit that good roads
do add much to the pleasures of tour
ing, and that the better the roads the
more fun people get out of driving
their cars. I recently returned from
California, where anyone can readily
note Just the condition I mention. For
in California people surely do eninv
life, there are more automobiles per
capita than in any other state; and
the people who own cars use them
more than the people in any other
state.
And what of the roads In California?
Only one opinion can be expressed.
These roads are excellent. They seem
to lead everywhere. They enable one
to visit all of the most beautiful spots
in the state. And they are kept un
welL
Good Ilondi Mean ITosperlty.
Tet rood roads moan more than an
opportunity to get out on tours from
the health giving and pleasure stand
points. Good roads are closely bound
up with progress and prosperity. They
promote the more widespread use of
automobiles, and statistics prove that
automobiles and prosperity always go
together.
It is fair to say that good roads
benefit everybody, the city people,
those who live In towns and those who
live on farms. Of course, the fast
growing use of motor cars the fact
that automobiles are now considered
practically a necessity for everybody
has been the biggest single Influence
in awakening this country to tbe fact
that money expended In good roads
extensions and improvements Is money
well spent.
We can all remember how, only a
few years ago, city people paid little
attention to good roads, and how farm
ers were even opposed to the expendi
ture of funds for the betterment of
highways. That, of course, was be
fore automobiles came into such wide
spread usage; In the days when motor
cars were considered an extravagance
and. In fact, were generally owned by
people of wealth.
Ilanished Isolation, of Farms.
Good roads and the automobile have
taken people out into the country.
They have banished forever the isola
tion of farm life. They have increased
health and prolonged life. They have
onnhiort nnnnlA to die In and put bet
ter efforts Into their work as a result
of the relaxation and broadening out
experiences of tbe week-end trip Into
the country
The prospect of buying an automo
bile and receiving the benefits of good
roads has spurred the ambition and
stirred the imagination of the man who
walks or uses street cars. He wants
to be independent. He wants to get
beyond the limited vision that of ne
cessity must be his Just as long as he
is bound to a life of pouding pave
ment and clinging to street car straps
For traveling only around town he
may feel that he cannot afford an au
tomobile: that he doesn't get his
money's worth in use. There Is where
good roads come In, enabling such a
mad to enjoy country driving and
broaden out.
Stimulate riualnes.
Good roads have been a stimulator
o' business. By means of good roads
an outlet to the congestion in cities
has been afforded. New towns have
sprung up. Automobiles have followed
or proceeded good roads, as the case
may be, with the result that dreary ex
panses have been transformed into
thriving communities. Farm values
have been Increased. The monotonly
of farm life has disappeared.
Business concerns, because of good
roads, now deliver goods by motor
trucks out Into the country to points
where in the paet they would not have
dreamed of handling in any way except
by railroad. The result is that thov
now make deliveries the same day
whereas It formerly required all th
way from three days to a week by
freight
Bonnd to Be Extended.
With the further development of
this country, good roads are bound
to be extended. Improvements are
bound to be made. It is no Idle dream
to sav that within ten rears there will
be -few If any unimproved roads left
In city and country alike it Is an
predated that business follow the
route of the best roads. Actual e
periences. often unfortunate ones will
more and more stimulate sections of
the country which may have lagged
behind to spend the necessary money
and by bnlldjng better roads, brinz
back the thriving activity that wmt
elsewhere.
The people of this country are liter
ally up "on their toes ' statei. coun
ties, commerce boards, automobile
clubs, clvlo organizations, and even
Individuals In the interests of good
roads. There are practical reasons for
such activity. In a word. It Is con
sidered good business.
A Sure Start
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Service Station
202 W. San Antonio St.
J f Should be put in first-class
I OUT Car conditicnfor along TOUR
ING SEASON. It is advisable to have it thoroughly
overhauled. Our
Complete Machine Shop
trained mechanics and long experience enable us to
give you the very best in auto repairs.
Phone 325 Charles Rdder 618lexasSt.
"Ha, ha! Mr. and Mrs. Stonehatchet are having awfully hard luck!"
"How so?"
"J?YerrI they try togfre a society skating c arrival their pet dinosauras comes along and walks across
the pond! There he goes now!"
m-hmmi i
Comes to El Paso With
a Full Fledged
Tire Service Station
We Are here to serve the car owner to the best
possible advantage through the dealers' chan
nel. This service station is in charge of Mr.
C. K. Chapin.
The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Compa:
406 MYRTLE AVE.
WB SI-LL,
OAKLANDS
OX TUB
Guaranty Time
Payment Plan
IT COSTS Q MprtB.
Oakland Auto Sales
Company
. IT. KIMOnn, General Mirr.
407 Myrtle Avenue, EL PASO, TEX.
it. C. CAKR, Manager r.i Paso Sales
"Sixes" $870
"Eights" $1685
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