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Show Paper Car Wheels. I- making paper car wheels, 120 to 1" i.i.vors are put together with flour p.ij ? nnd subjected to a pressure of oii'J ions while at a temperature cf 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The blocks nro then turned In a lathe, slightly largci than tho tiro, and tho hole is liored for tho cast Iron center. In turning, th" paper blocks make a shaving that resombles strips of lo.uher. Tho average lite cf the tiro ot a papei wheel Is anout 300,000 miles That represents about ono snd one-quarter Inch wear. Tho centers do not seem to lie uffected by service and they aro always good for renewal of tlies unless somo accident hupiu'-.s Hi them. |