Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — A Tire Better than the Pneumatie. [ARTICLE]

A Tire Better than the Pneumatie.

A bicycle rider was slowly wending Ids way out Arch street toward Broad a few day ago when he wns hailed by a man of about 60 years, who said he wanted to ask his (the wheelman's) opinion of a bicycle tire which he had recently invented. “The tire is solid, but it has Just ns much elasticity as this one, if not more,” explained the man ns he pressed the pneumatic tire. “You can put it on the wheel in an Incredibly short time, and when it is once on need never to be taken off, as it will never wear out I have spoken to several bicycle dealers in regard to It, and they all assure me that it will bo a success.” “Your fortune is made,” said the rider, “if it is as elastic as the pneumatic tire.” When asked of what material it was composed the man only shook his head and declared that It was a better tire than the pneumatic. It is certain that such a tire as this would be hailed with delight by ’cyclers, as they would not then be In constant danger of a puncture, and would not have to pump air into it every few days.—Philadelphia Bulletin.