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Show W i'&vU e ..asMhoWMv. rF-- . THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8 I 20, 1921. t Slabs Declared Superior to All Other Types for Auto Traffic. Concrete Elastic' Prove Coverings SHOy Costly Experiments; Hard Bases Are Advocated. NEW YORK, Fet). concrete jlab road, about eight Inches thick add of uniform depth across tha road, par-bwith an increased fhlckneas Integral supporting curb block on tha edges In sore locations, is tha type Of road that should b built in this country," iMJ' William E. WtUlamd in discussing road construction at tha annual masting of the Society of Automotive Engineer. Only thrss road surfaces hav given da satisfaction for autoroobQ traffic, olared Mr. William asphalt, brick and oncosts slabs. Thus far tha ooncrst slab ortho is tbs only on worthy of eon (deration for such t raffia Marry paopls think that the roadbad should bo alaatie and that tha asphalt and brick surfaces furnish alastlo eondltlona Experience has prosed that an asphalt surfaoa will not stand np under heavy truck tnffla Tha brick surfaoa eomes nearer to the of the oencrot slab surfaoa than asphalt." Sound principles prove themselves in timet of stress, and Ton cannot afford to bny a used car without first seeing onr mechanical cone used cars, all in first-claslist of dition. We have over fifty to select from large and small and of every make.. Our plan makes the way easy. Eem em, ber, we sell the best used cars for less money. i s high-grad- , " deelr-abili- ty Theory Discarded. Mr. wmiaroa pointed out that tha idea that an asphalt surfaoa is necessary for the riding qualities and preservation of tbs vehtole is an old on. It has been threshed out In railroad service and In ether Una with the reault that the elas--. tlcHr in a roadbed la found to have been a mistaken idea. The best roadbed Is an absolutely solid on with as straight a sorfao as can be obtained. "The road surfaoa," declared Mr. Williams, "should be as nearly rigid a It Is possible to make it It is a mistake to make a road sur- face which is expected to band under the movement of trafflo even In the least amount that ia preventable, for rslbl way tha road is destroyed." Mr. Williams asserted that th asphalt brick .surface road .. surf tee road, or th must have a concrete baea The asphalt and brick surfaces aid the concrete base but slightly in sustaining beam loads or In providing a wider distribution of the road over the surface soil or sub base of the road, whereas if the equivalent of the thickness of th asphalt and th brick, and particularly the oost of laying these materials, is expended in producing an extra thickness of th concret slab a stranger load sustaining surface will-b- e obtained than is possible to get at the same east with any supplementary ceidng, - suoh ao asphalt or brick. According te My. Williams, It costs mom TD Y M . to MARMONSl Steel as Aid Is Questionable. "In my opinion. said Mr. William, 'the automobile vehicle world will profit by laws that will prohibit anything toabove take load and fores trailers a five-to- n care of the heavyweight loads" Mr. Williams added that reinforcing with stee) In a concret road slab is of doubtful He say value except In special ease that the maximum tire load of the maximum truck load Is the factor to be considered. and not .the weight per inch of lira The concrete surface will withstand more per Inch than any rubber tire. "It Is the beam trngtb of tha concrete slab that counts; In other word the amount of load per square foot of area on the subbass which the slab must distribute. Is what we have to look after," concluded Mr. William A convenient receptacle to have round the garage fo cleaning bolt nuts and other small parts ia mad by removing the bottom from a coffee tin and soldering in its plaos a coarse--wirscreen. The parts te be cleaned are then placed In th tin, th cover put on and the reoeptabhy is shaken in a largwpaii containing kerosene or gasoline. tirl and grease is separated from the by tbe oil and Is allowed to fall parti through the Sensation of Show - one-pou- t mesh. Motor. They built their car, in the be-ginning, so thatit would be t tiro It was a sane, to-da- y, : 1 The reason Dodge Brothers Motor Car Is now strong in sales is thatrsix years ago, Dodge Brothers were thinking less of - - . They looked forward to the day when that name alone would be sufficient to sell all of the Dodge Brothers Motor Cars their great works could build. to stand well Wasatch 9664 to lay tha asphalt or brick for- a given of depth than it does for the same depth according to Mr. concrete., Therefor Williams, brick and asphalt have no chance of being competitors for service on s' motor truck highway, as th concentrated loads planed upon tha wheel when tbs heaviest trucks are considered runs as high as from four to sight tons under a single wheel. The crushing beating value of th concrete at 1000 pounds per square inch Is able to oarry th load, but th bearing valu for many subsoils Is not. Mr. Williams .said that many remedies have been offered for correcting road that on clay or failures.. On of them alluvial soil aubbases there should be four Inches or euahlon a three placed thick, of porous material such as sand or cinder that will permit the subbase to drain out and remain in a more uniform condition under varying weather conditions. . In some localities th sand subbaa seems to indicate that this, Is the correct thing to da .. The reason Dodge Brothers Motor Car etands well today is that, rise years ago. Dodge Brothers were thinking of to-da- y. PEOPLES AUTO MARKET Zoffee Tin Provides Method of Cleaning Creasy Bolts Miniature .t v We Loan Money on Automobiles We Buy Automobiles, When Priced Right GOULD BATTERY SERVICE STATION 629 South State cars they built, but for tbe kind of motor car they built. test and trial. ap r Master. Salesman AGdod.Name-T- he SPECIAL SALE of auto nern VriiliU duringWEEK UOIjI papq m 9 sales only as something sure to ' follow if they built a car that deserved well at the hands of the . Six years ego. Dodge Brothers devoted themselves to the ao--. tual construction of such a car, and kept on steadily making more and more sure that they had produced it. people. A shortage of anything except caah In these days of surplus Is uniqu Never thelee officials of the rubber industry ar unanimous In thfelr predictions of an scut automobile tire shortage before th early days of summer, according to reports emanating from Akron, Ohio. Analytical surveys comparing present consumption of tires with present production show indisputably, say rubber comare pany statistician that reserve-stock- s shrinking rapidly and will be almost enexhausted before tirely - the heavy buying days of th aprtng. During th past few months sine tire manufacturers curtailed production consumption of tiros has greatly exceeded production. Orest inroads have been made Into th surplus of 10,000,000 tires which said to exist last September. .was N According to 1020 auto registration figure there ar now 0,205,213 motor vehicles In us Figuring conservatively, each car uses three and one-hatires ett-sjword pw 23,406, 33 tires are needed annually, or about 2,710,004 aach month, exclusive of those needed to equip new car Production since last September hat been at th rat of not more than 1,400,-00- 4 tires a year, or about 600,004 each month. Consequently, 2,004.000 more tire ar being consumed each month than ar being manufactured th production' fats ths rat of being lust about consumption. Th Surpluk stocka which existed last fall ar rapidly dwindling as a result How long It will be before they car which will give each buyer a minimum of trouble and a max-imuof satisfaction, and quite another thing to build such a car. Six years ago they thought of Rubber Manufacturer Predict Scarcity Because of Great Consumption. simple philosophy which thought of every, man of woman who bought one of their motor cars as one who must be made a friend for the flituro It is one thing to conceive a building and selling motor cars and more of building and deserving good will. TIRE SHORTAGE -W They- - were not thinking, then; of the huge immediate market for motor cars, but of the surer, sounder, more permanent market for a food motor car. ' Because they thought chiefly of their good name six years ago, and every day since, Dodge Brothers Motor Car stands well and sells well, the world over, They wanted their name to stand not for the quantity : of motor to-da- y. " ' lf atat ono-four- th X disappear entirely can easily bo computed. The aurplua of laet fall cannot bo eouni-J- d upon to ward off a when th full buying movement shortage atart It Is said. It haa been greatly depleted already, and U must be remembered that there must be a normal aurplua of over 5,004,444 tire to permit th functioning of th n system. If a larg percentage of motorist be-fbuying Simultaneously th affect will be- - obvlou Whatever aurplua of tin may oxlat prior to that time will be ex- -' hausted. dealer atocka will b depleted, and many motorists will have to wait until production again catches up with eon- - i sumption. The possibility of a spring Ur ahort- by th ' dlatri-butto- bo safely accepted as tha baala of th demand for motor vehlolea hi 1(21. Add to the L 500.000 replacement ear th new owners who automatically step into tha breach aach year and th lowest possible minimum of demand on tha automobile industry during th coming year which la going above 2,000,000 vehicle will call toriea to produce. Av 1221, th biggest year in the history of tha automobile industry. Motor. tha hous was demolished and soattared to th four wind How I escaped being torn to places I do not know. . . Good Lordl . GENTLE REMINDER. ejaculated little Mr.. 1 almost for"Th atorm hurat upon us so suddenly Meek. That reminds m w had no warning of It approach, regot to do an errand for my wlf Th lated th tornado victim. In an Instant American Legion Weekly. in Ivin Chalmers Longer-Lif- e Means Better Investment The grandness of a motor car in vestment kodged today oo two principal count Abe coat of upkeep tod replacement daring the ownership of the car. Its rake after a definite term of eerrice. Measured by tbcae standards, tbe Cbalmen b the soundest investment ip the motor car field today,. re-e- ak Remarkably Low Upkeep Touring Car.faW) Itoadator . ......... 2080 - for these advantages. And back of it is the general excellence ofmaterial and workmanshipof the car. Endorsed by Experts Tbe principal of the fad, pre-heati- as accomplished in the Chalmers motor, .has been endorsed by both the U. S. Bureau of Standards and a Committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers. These experts found that the fuel, as ts done in die Chalmers motor, vastly increases motor efficiency, reduces the necessity for motor overhauling and lowers upkeep costs. We would like the opportunity to in person the soundneaa of a aimers investment. Touring Car. 2228 ... S2ta Sport Car Price P. O. S. Salt Lafc City South State Street" Officials of Akron rubber companies are optimistic regarding th outlook for 1221. They point out that th rubber industry was On of tha first of th larg industries to sense the retrenchment movement and curtail production accordingly, and henca will be on of tha first to be favorably.affected when normal eondltlona return. i ! Coup . Soda , HERE is always the charm of discovery about the Chevrolet Car. ' It is in the unexpected test that you find 921 Heralded as Biggest 'ear in Automobile History During a period ef temporary curtail ment wild rumors fly and prophets of disaster gather unaooustomea audience. As far as pessimism refers to th motor vehicle Industry, wa have lust ana basic In till there war loot to remember. built in this country 2,421,200 motor cars. Th life of a car in this country la averaged at between four and five year Therefore, there will go to the scrap heap In 1221 practically 1,600,000 motor vehicles AD these must be replaced, and thla may vtLOANIZINO THATS BIGHT 13 years experieticG means your cx-a- in TAYLOR MOTOR CAR CO, , 127 ver. pre-neati- Chalmers cost of upkeep is remarkably low. Replacement charges are reduced to a positive minimum. These facts directly affect the resale price and give the Chalmers aa unprecedented value as used cars. Tbe wooderfidChahaew motor b main. aa It responsible The Product of Experience thalr cars thla winter wbo formerly placed them In storag If th weather continue mild It can be safely atlmated that several million mors Urea will b required in th aprtng than if tho weather had been sa- money's worth In out its real strength. Each long hill renews your satisfaction in its and on each new-ruits riding comfort Sower, - in many waya. Chevrolet convenience and completeness of equipment become more and more indispensable n -- .in . do - everyday-use- . 4 the most gratifying revelation comes whefn you divide its total upkeep cost by the number of miles run. . But , CARLISLE MOTOR COMPANY South State Murray, Utah . Phone Murray 483 MEET US AT THE SHOW WE TRADE 4875-7- 9 f- ... ...... ....STMS SOM The only place in town where yon can get this i Phone Wasatch 2183 NON-SKI- RETREAD Special prlo Soar Kla Mirhln MER 7 i $7X3 Tor gpUt rim ' CARTER TIRE & VULCANIZING CO. SS E art 4th So. 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