be ag 5 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916 res VERLOADING OFTEN I~ ereerrerem-- APretty Drive SAUSES BLOWOUTS. Will Welcome Suggestions. : From Kingston Tire is Limited as to Weight It : : : \ * oT : Can Carry -- Regulate the |! h \ casual study to the automobile Th : . hi : Amoum: ot Freight. | ions ob" a - TO naa in permanence of the hat thi iece i full of holes.| "The world is o to the man 0 i » hat in ime "" an will state with the cap --even TE it is a Ford," Blow-outs from overloading occur | motor-car industry. It has proved that belief by being in the first line that it has been that way for some} has often been said, and it fs being | quite frequently because many OWn-| of commercial firms in Kingston to have cars as part of the equipment, ers fail to realize that a tire is limit- and now has twa that have proved their worth. weeks. proved true every day. Kingston A Be Lha ; The whole question of roads and people without cars do not realize |ed as to the weight it can carry. In response to many requests on the part of its readers, the Whig road building is of great interest at what a magnificent country they live An overloaded tire, is in a some- | . o : : the present and theopinion of 'in. It has been said, "If we had | what similar position to a tire im-| has allotted this séction of the Saturday issue of each week to - discus as great an expert as Prof. Scott is' New York state roads, 1 would get | properly inflated. In the lat'er cose, gion of current automobile topics. valued highly. |a car," but that is foolishness. It is| however, it is lack of air that allows Knowing that the motor-driving readers of this paper are interested the undue strain 19 be brought on in the subject, the Whig will welcome any suggestions as to improving the page. 2 preferable to run forty miles an hour | the side walls of the\tire; in the for-| ; fact that the professor's information on the great question of roads is jright was the building of a short | plece of macadam on the approach to the city end of Barriefield bridge. He predicted that this would not. stand for a month of wear and any- one interested enough can find out Stores By the Freich Army Well equipped store trucks from | disinfecting clothing and for wash- 'which commodities are sold to troops ng nen, that th has boon 15 a € War has bee P~ slang the front arg now an estab- sponsible for the almost complete Hshed feature of the French Ary. | elimination of, the wood artillery The high cost of living in France is| wheel. For tick service the cast most severely felt by the mem in the | steel wheel is generally employed active army, for they are obliged to| by the French and Italian armies. purchase at the few village stoves! The British while large users of cast open just behind the linés and have | styel wheels xlso employ a percent- and have the fancy prices Imposed | age of disk wheels. For ambulance on the plea of high freight, danger | service and light trucks, particu- and scarcity {larly those with twin pneumatics at It was to remedy this unsatisfac-|the rear, the steel disk wheel is in | over a good road trying to pass every » ! . {other auto on the way, or better to| mer, the overweight is" too great for Daily Inspection | take a4 pretty road and. within the |the possible air pressure, as well as . | speed-limit thoroughly enjoy God's!the strength of the tire. Therefore, tory condition that the military' au-|a decided majority. Americyn trucks To Sa E Se own beauty. ithe depression will generally be se- fully inflated: { blanket, made of selected long fibre thorities fitt up a certain number | brought into Europe for army ser- ! Ve Xpen A run of five miles takes King; | ver enough to cause damage. AR , cotton, is also popular. of 3% ton trucks as general stores vive are fitted with wood wheels. tin | etonians over the prettiest roads] Sometimes it is not convenient to ' .: and gent them out to travel among | The advantage of the metal wheel { Without exception in North America. ayoid gveridading Sn regular i : : s Jam ei pe Opies ate stithe the various armies in the field. | over wood is that it requires not at-; The motor car is like everything One of the most popular is that to Mires, 10 witich Sage Barger ly Touring Hints | When packed the legs are folded flat All kinds of necessary articles like- | tention. This is particularly import-|else--it must have care. You can- Dr. Black's farm at the end of the | shou d e used. na that the Keay. wh . [ant ar rear i ae: ly to be required by men in the field | ant on military service, where trucks | not expect to rum it 'day and night front road. From the city hall one I stands 0 re S20R that Rh hea : . I \ ) ~--candles, soap. shoe laces, towels, have to do a very great variety of {Without paying copsiderable atten-| passes along King street, a pretty ler Ure, with its gre Aer a sabachs paper, ink, shoris, socks, brushes work. While some trucks may have | tion to the proper oiling of the parts, drive, by two parks and skirting tha is capab 0 2s 'mor Bae het and simple medicaments--are to bc|to run on a fixed schedule, many |8nd attention to minor defects be-' water fof the full length of way | ter service than the regular found on board these travelling others have to stand for weeks by for mmier camp use. The Texas regular rize and always have them | Su Pp at | ee > | tration sulfcas a Touring and camping are now in-| a Souvivation Sultcafie sq pach teresting motorists. The tents de-! "88 IS ' . pending on the automobile in part [2nd the simple rearrangement of fore they grow into big opes and add | drive over' five miles of tree-edged | The large tire costs a little more, but stores and are sold at practical the roadside; fully loaded, probably hot nor cost price. These trucks have defin-| with one pair of wheels expoded to ite routes through the small towns | the sun and the other fully shaded. and villages in which troops are|It has been foynd too, that when a quartered during their rest periods | truck Kas been set on fire it becomes from service in the trenches. Ata total loss if fitted with wood first adopted as an experiment, this wheels ¥dr-the spokes burn out and service has proved an immense suc-| it is impossible to tow the vehicle cess and has been extended to the | home. If fitted with metal wheels whole of the French army. ithe truck can always be salvaged; Recently the French authorities | In most cases a burned out truck can decided to equip and send to the be put into commission at compara to the upkeep. | Every day before using the ma-| chine a fairly careful inspection of all essential features will pay big divi- | | See" to the back lash in the steering wheel, and if it is more than about one-eighth turn, adjust the steering gear =o that this extra play is taken| up. highway that is neither dusty. The par that ean drive slow- ly or "throttle down' as the saying is, proves its worth along here. The dends in the end; says Motor Print. | road is good but winding and narrow | through neglect to have small cuts Look at the steering connections to | and though not of use for speeding|in the tread repaired when they first see, if they are too loose or rattle. !is almost too pretty for anything but| make their appearance. water enter these cuts and estroy the | fabric a quiet uninterrupted run. Only a' good neighbor can appre- ciate good neighbors. it has never yet failed to repay the U oiding inconvenience. lear. . % n ANE SONY i . | straps changes the shape of the bag 1ser, both in saving money and av- of Suppart come -in several differ from suitcase to camp pack bag. Chinese red chinchilla cloth coats are the latest for wear as extra | wraps. The coats are made in the full, mannish raglan model and are finished with the new narrow strap. {belts and black leather buttons. The Remedy: Do npt overload your | inew familiar military pockéts adorn Re up te the weight of it. [ Camel's 'hatr blankets in tan mal * | the sides, and a change pocket is in- arger gize tires in preference to the the lightest and waimest blankets serted under the right cuff. Sometimes Hlow-outs are caused ; 3 Pneumatic air mattresses are great comforts of the campers, They are so made as to do away with the need of a pillow, are easily blown up| and are light to carry. Sand and 10 Test the make red nection. front a series of cars especially eq-| tively smal cost, provide dit can be wiring uipped for giving shower baths, for{ towed to the repair shop. Canadian Engineers at Barriefield INTERESTED IN ROADS, Camp, the road to the camp came up + | for discussion, The only solution of are in aligment 5 BVRRY Fore EHO DRIVES 2 0 problem on this thoroughfare Of course, snothing may be the * MOTOR €AR connections to | that no terminal has Jar-| or is ready to break con- Look at the oil level in the motor, See that there is enough! water in the radiator and glance at the wheels to' make sure that they sure v X loose A AA ii, {would seem to be a paveme , aes 3 {cording to his prone Payson! The | Matte r, but it best to be on the | road once properly paved : with | safe side and to catch any trouble in : " . : qe making rather than to wait until Worse Than [slight but continued maintenance at-| i a 1 hap . any on tention would last a life-time. Al | NG ol w mi will several | ready * price of 4 pavement has/| : sat a ; ; ready She HM i in of 3 i Pays Tet has {dollars to get a tow home or to a 0 I f Re « B repairs, nearby The oiling of- roads is beneficial - {if used correctly, but oil does not is City Roads Are Far ie Those In The Country -- Prof, Scott An Expert Talks About The Matter. : it t} cost "Every man who drives a motor-car : ; whether on roads of this or any other | meet the requirements of fast auto district hooomes a student of roads." mobile trafic The oiling of the road said Prof. Thomas Scott, road expert } 10 Barriefield Camp was a mistake. of Queen's University to the Whig n | Olling generally, if used with dis- few days ago and the statement jg | cretion, Ss of some value. On Bar- borne out hy fact. | riefield a heavy layer of stones was One of the greatest drawbacks to | "8ed in filling up the worst holes, the selling of automobiles in Kings- | and then a coating of oil was put on. ton and district is the fact the roads [IT Some places the stones have been of this vicinity are certainly not all | Worn to dust. In gthers there is the that could be desired. A regrettable | POSSibility of the bil holding the fact is that the city roads are far | #harp stones fy sue, a way as to ruin worse than those in the country. The 1 every auto tiré that passes over, Whig had d very interesting inter-! "Oil would have been good view with the professor and the talk [that piece of construction on brought to light @ surprising fact | cess street about the Bath road," hat practically all the road construc- | said the professor, adding with a - tibn of this part of the country wag | smile that there was an example of wrong, and amounted to almost athe lack of progressiveness in using Waste of money. The officials who | the experience of other places. - ' pr were responsible had not taken ad- "The traffic on this piece is quite An illuminated hand for day or vantage of the experience df other | heavy, but nothing in comparison to night signalling to the man behind places, and were, to use the profes- | Barriefield hill road. The road would Is of brown celluloid and is fitted sor's term, "one lap behind in almost | make a firm surface that would have |over a tubular battery lamp, which every piece that was built." 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