Show alb AM ghou effs mauj W 29 HARD ROADS SAVE automobile WEAR the owner of nn an automobile would no doubt be greatly astonished by tho the result if he were to stop and figure how much lie he was losing because of bad roads and how much he would save if he could always drive on hard roads take gasoline for instance you enn can go 12 miles on a gallon of t gasoline on a bad road and 15 on a hard surface at 25 cents a gallon and nn an average of 20 miles a day or miles in tit ten months touring sea season soll you are losing 20 a year if you travel on bad roads on the question of tires one tire manufacturing company hua has the following to say bay while miles which we guarantee Is generally speaking tile the most that can bo be hoped for on ordinary roads it Is not too much to say that the average tire will give nearly twice this amount on roads such as they fire are building in california in other words miles will be nearer the lie average life of a good tiro tire when the roads are what they should be while only halt half of that mileage Is now the average with good luck on the present condition of roads on oil the lie subject of do depreciation pre clation on ion your machine a 11 lending leading auto truck manufacturer saya we know as a general rule that an average of 83 33 13 1 3 per cent of the p potential economic life of a ma motor toft truck ruck Is abstracted by the pounding and cr crystallization ys augmenting effects of poor roads as against hard bard roads cut the tire and depreciation figures into two or three parts isyou if you wish and the result will still astonish you add to the loss on gasoline and depreciation le pre clation the loss of oil and then add to that the value added to your machine by enlarging your area of traffic and the comfort and pleasure which you will derive till all from tile the smooth road finally figure the number of automobile tom to owners in your county or state and when you get through you will appreciate that this loss would build hundreds of miles of hard roads every year |