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Show HARD ROADS SAVE GASOLINE They Also Result in Much Less Wear and Tear on Tires, Springs and General Comfort. In tests recently made at Cleveland, O., a five-ton truck carrying a full load averaged 11.78 miles per gallon of gasoline over a concrete road and but 5.78 miles per gallon over an earth road In average condition. The truck was tested over seven different kinds of highway. On the earth road the mileage per gallon of gasoline was as above noted, 5.78. On fair gravel, 7,10 miles per gallon; od good gravel, 9.39 miles; on fair macadam, ma-cadam, 9.48 miles; on fair brick, 9.88 miles ; on good brick, 11.44 miles, and on concrete, 11.78 miles per gallon of .gasoline. According to the above figures, for a jnan who drives his auto 8,000 miles during the year and assuming that 4,-000 4,-000 miles of the total will be over me--dium to poor roads, the balance over iair to good roads, the cost of gasolint) would be $40 to $50 In excess of what Iv would be If all of the road wa made of concrete. Besides the extra expense for fuel, there would be a big saving on tires, springs, general wear and tear anJ comfort. |