The San Francisco call., 1901-10-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Results Of the
AUTOMOBILE
ENDURANCE CONTEST
Under the Auspices of the
Automobile Club Of America" From New
York to Buffalo, September, 1901.

we quote the 1OllOWlnS from the 'CyCle
and Automobile Trade Journal of Octo-
Der /, 1901:
"The White Steam Vehicles.-The
White Sewing Machine Company, Cleve
land, Ohio, entered four of their steam
vehicles in the run, one in class A and
three in class Is. These machines made
better combined record than that of any
other make of either steam or gasoline
vehicles. Two of them undoubtedly Sc
cured first-class certificates, with an av
e-age of nearly fourteen miles per hour
for the entire run; another averaged in
the neighborhcod of twelve miles per
hour, and may also secure a first-class
certificate. The two first named had the
best average speeds next to Bishops,
ranki1 E second and third, respectively.
"At many of the controls the White
wagons would follow this powerful Pan
hard in enc, two, three. four order. and
the most excellent performance of the
machines was the talk of the run.
'"The flash steam generator used in
this vehicle has shown itself to be highly
efficient and trustworthy. Not single
mishap of any kind happened to the gen
orator or engine on any of these car
riages; ?gEhs good work Of tbe white, osrr,.g.
was especially noticeable. During the
rainy days, when the roads were IN the
worst condition they used less than a
gallon of water per mile. Every one of
through to Buffalo, and could have turned
around and made the trip back again to
New York over the same schedule.
1.-The steam generator, which is the dis
tinctive feature of the White carriage,
consists of helical coils of seamless tub
ing, placed one above the other and sur
rounded by a casing of insulating mate
rial and at the bottom the heat is applied
by means of burner"
A. L. Clough, in the "Horseless Age"
for September 49, 1901, says:
mint nj nnVp1tV
the first public appearance in America Of
the flash boiler. 1t certainly earned for
table performance which it made, which
was perhaps the most interesting feature
of the test. The future of the flash boiler
will be watched with. great interest,"
Hugh d. Meier, in the same paper:
"The majority of the machines in this
contest were stock machines and most Of
them were only recently out of the fac
tory. Many of them, particularly the light
steam carriages, should never have start
ed on this run. No matter whether these
light vehicles covered the distance in good
time or not, they were decidedly out of
place. Had they been in charge of men
not thoroughly familiar with all their de-
tails none of Them would have reached
Albany. One of these light rigs received
a new engine route. Boiler priming
a source of trouble to most of them,
and no doubt the strong wind at times
interfered with the fire. From these trou-
bles the steam carriages with flash boil
ers were exempt; their burners being
properly inclosed they, We're not affected
by wind or weather. Note-The
as having flash boilers.)
'"The schedule for the third days run
and h the
last machine starting sixteen minutes
after the first. The distance was eighty
two miles. The Whites If finished second
four White carriages caused more talk
than anything else on the run. Their
striking snow-white finish compelled at
tention from the very start, and as the
run wore on they proved themselves as
good as their looks. Before the run was
half over their performance gave steam
that put the gasoline vehicles on their
mettle. If they gave trouble that fact
was remarkably well concealed, and in
justice it must be said that there is not
the slightest evidence of such a thing
DIR. F. H. Bangs of San Jose made the
run from San Jose to the top of Mount
in White. steam carriage-less than
one-half the time the same trip was ever
made in. The white" steam carriage is
as simple to operate as an electric motor,
with none of the disadvantages of excess
sive weight and expensive power and re-
pairs. We have no water glass to watch;
impossible to burn out the steam gen.
orator; no pump or fire regulation by the
operator-it being only necessary to turn
on and off the steam, steer the machine
and use your brake in operating it.
1t is honestly built of the very best ma
teriaIs and workmanship, all of which are
fully guaranteed. We have, we believe
the best automobile ever offered to the
market, which has been proved time and
again in practical tests We feel safe in
asserting that there are more repairs
necessary in one automobile of any other
make to keep 1t in proper working order
than on ten whites
The white steam carriage uses less
gasoline and water than any other car
riage, has less, expense for tire, mainten-
ance and other repairs, and on the
whole, can be operated with far less ex-
pense to the owner, as well as with far
greater satisfaction, than any other auto
mobile ever built. Is this what you are
looking for?
IL YOU have had unsatisfactory expert
ence with cheap automobile you have no
one to blame but yourself, for in automo-
biles "the best is surely the cheapest"
Our reputation for manufacturers of
only the highest class Of machinery,
which has been maintained for a half
century, is a guarantee of perfect salts
faction.
WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
Corner Stockton,
San Francisco Cal.