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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1913
Page
13
The Kerrville visit featured Mr. and Mrs. Rigsby as Schreiner guests. The Pierce-Arrow limousine completed a high altitude run and crossed the Guadalupe River six times before returning to San Antonio in under four hours.
Experts stress the pneumatic tire’s enduring mileage and high resiliency as essential for smooth riding and engine protection. They note substitutes fail to match air filled tires in durability, wear resistance, heat handling, weight support, and ease of removal, with punctures as the main drawback.
Practical advice for motorists covering tire care steering alignment engine fouling fluids and simple field repairs. Tips include proper tire inflation, avoiding punctures from debris, using kerosene ether mixtures for lubrication, renewing cellulose curtain clarity, carrying fire tape, priming fluids, avoiding over-tightened screws, loosening seized bolts with kerosene, graphite grease on spark plug threads, cotter pin spacing, correct inner tube protection strips, wheel tightness, and fender straightening with a wooden mallet.
A period essay argues that only a small portion of crude oil becomes motor gasoline and calls for expanded refining or new fuel methods. It projects large potential gains in motor fuel and power if a broader range of petroleum products and alternate fuels are developed.
The 1913 season will be the biggest in Chalmers history with strong leadership in California and Texas among medium priced cars. By March first two thirds of the year’s production had shipped as dealers seek higher allotments and nationwide selling contests reward top performers.
The article warns that tuning for high idle speed neglects real driving needs. It argues proper fire and pulling power under heavy load matter most, noting that lean mixtures cause popping in the carburetor and misfiring, even if high idle performance looks good.
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