Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

w L. Herring. president OF the Atlantic
Automobile company OF Council Bluffs.
said: The victorious Ford car No. 2. win
ner Of the New York-Seattle race, reached
Detroit September 20 on it's return trip
across the continent. September % it re-
! sumed the run TO New York via Walker
vile. Can Toronto, Buffalo and Albany
In New York the car. which has success
fully completed what undoubtedly ranks
as.one OF the most remarkable automobile
trips ever undertaken will be given a place
of honor in the big pageant OF the Hudson
Fulton celebration A sheaf OF honorable
records has been garnered by Smith and
Scott, the crew who took the car through
to Seattle ahead OF all competitors and
have brought 1t east once more. The first
/ and greatest OF these OF course. is the
| transcontinental record established by the
/ car-twenty days, fifty-two minutes from
! Atlantic to Pacific Between New York
and Denver a mark OF days three hours
was set; Buffalo to Cleveland, 1875 miles,
seven hours, thirty minutes; st. Louis to
! Kansas City, twenty hours forty minutes
I Starting from New York June l In the
/ oCean-to- ocean race, the car has covered
$500 miles since that time 100 on the
western run. and $500 since the completion
/ OF the race at Seattle. Before entering
( the race the car had a mileage Of $500 TO
it's credit, so that up TO the time OF its
arrival in Detroit It had covered the stu
pendous total Of 10. 400 miles. Upon arrival
at Detroit the car was met by band and
forty cars and triumphantly escorted 1t to
the Hotel PontchsrtTsin, where Mayor
Breitmeyer delivered a short speech. The
! return trip brought the car through the
states of Washington, Oregon. California,
| Nevada, Utah Idaho, Wyoming Colorado.
Kansas Missouri. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana
ard Michigan
The workmen have been putting in over
time trying 10 complete before the arrival
OF the Ak-Sar- Ben throng the new sales
room at the garage Of the II. e. Friedrich
son Automobile company
c. F.. Louk has taken the agency for the
Empire. This makes his list the Msrmon,
the Holiday, the Haynes and the Empire
Manager Lewis r. Doty Of the Omaha
branch OF the Maxwell has taken a tenn
porary office on Eighteenth between Far
nam and Harney and will show some OF
the new models of the Maxwell this week
He win remain in this building until the
new garage is completed on Farnam.
Guy L. Smith spent several days las
week in Kansas city,
Denise Barkalow will show the new isl'
Packards this week.
Colonel Derlght will show the Stoddard
Daytons this week This car is said to be
. oil the "a ge in the east
W. H. Hosford was in Sioux City las
week looking after an exhibit Of the Velie
The sale OF vehicles by William Drum
mond will extend through AkSar-Ben
When he has room he will square himself
for the manufacture OF automobile tops
and wind shields and for the sale Of the
White
George Rsim manager for f. r. Kimbsll
said:
"Oue u the new 1910 Cadillac Thirtisi
made a remarkable "Trip on Wednesday OF
this week negotiating the distance between
Detroit and Louisville, KY, in twenty-five
and one-halt hours.
The distance between Detroit and Louis
VILE is 42lla miles and every possible sort
and species Of road condition is encoun
tered between the two points
The behavior OF the car Is OF intsres
B in view % the fact that a. IL the first o
the new 1910 - 1dels. with large eng .
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