Show ESTIMATE OF TIRES USED BY FORD CARS Quo Ono million two hundred fifty thousand thousand thou thou- sand tires tire for this years year's production of ofFord ofFord ofFord Ford cars is tho the estimate made by officials at t the tho Ford factory in Highland Park j I Mich ch This immense quantity will be bo supplied sup plied by four loading leading American tiro tire companies The tires arrive arrhe in dail daily shipments of sufficient quantities to keep pace with ith the tho production of theFord tho the Ford factory Each carload contains about sots sets of tires so that during the months of January February March and April when the tho factory a tory production production production pro pro- was around 11 1100 00 cars daily approximately approximate three carloads of at tires were required for each days day's tion W With th sets of tires to a freight ht car caf carit carit it will require cars care or a train approximately five and one one- half hal miles lon lone Iong to bring the years year's tire tiro supply to the 1 Ford ord ord factory The tires are ares all shipped less loss valve caps and fittings tho the inner tubes bein being in the casings Upon their arrival at I II I tho factory tho the tires are assembled on wheels inflated the fittings attached and sent down to tho car assembly from where they leave leewe as parts of completed com corn cars Tho The department where tires are arc assembled assembled as as- on wheels is an interesting one from a n spectators spectator's point of view Here tho the bi big men of the factory its and its keep their muscles in shape The record for assembling assembling as as- tires on wheels was made mado bv by a a Pole who weighed something noar near Mo 50 pounds Ho assembled tir tires s on n wheels t in a day and kept up the pace for days at a time timo That is ho completely com corn tired seventy five cars every eight hours bours Ono One of tho the visitors at the factory recently figured red out that if every fry tire tiro received a at the tho Ford factory this year travels tra in the course of its lifetime miles an and this is a estimate o or 01 tho the life of a tiro tire on a Ford the years year's supply of tires will h have ve traveled a total distance istance of miles or times around aroun tho the world before the last one is scrapped |