Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-01
ID. ooo MIIes by Auto which, Soc.

Ten thousand miles of running with
out stopping the engine is an automobile
trip which was a few years ago I'M
dreamed of. and which even today is one
that few manufacturers of cars would
dare to attempt, none in fact other than
the Maxwell Briscoe company. This
great mileage is by no means hard for a
car under ordinary conditions, at least not
for a Maxwell, but the fact that the engine
OF the Maxwell car must not stop while
making this distance is what makes the
trip difficult and in all truth it is the
most strenuous task ever imposed on an
automobile engine. However, it is feat
which the Maxwell car is now perform
ing and likely to consummate, a feat
which will give the engine that is used
in the famous Maxwell car the position OF
par excellence of automobile engines in
America.
The run which the car is now making
was begun at 10 O'Clock on Thursday,
March IS. when President L. r. Speare
of the American Automobile association
cranked the engine in front Of the Bay
State Automobile association, Boston. 1t
Nas he who started the engine v hich has
since been running day and night, carry
/ ing the car with its driver, observer and
two passengers over the roads between
Boston aud Worcester, in six round trips
7 or nearly 45O miles each day. This num-
+ Der of miles is far below that possible for
a Maxwell, but is the number made in
order to keep inside the speed limits of
+ the state. However, ii n the fact that
the engine must run so long without a
stop that makes this one the greatest ever
held in America, for, as has been stated,
/ it is a nonstop engine run such as has
never before been attempted since the in
PRODUCTION Of the automobile.
1t is haro to conceive just what a run
OF this kind means, but some idea OF the
immensely OF Tie task may be imagined
from the fact that on the run the car will
travel three times the distance from New
York to California and the engine will
have to run about 600 hours, day and
night, in snow or rain, and will have to
perform its functions withouta let-up or
an adjustment. The present nonstop
engine record Of $500 miles was made by
Maxwell and it now looks as though it
will be Maxwell that will set new
mark that will be beyond attempts of all
others for wears to come. and IL success
fully accomplished will be considered one
OF the greatest automobile and engine
performances ever made.
The attempt TO establish the new rec
ord is the result OF the great confidence in
the Maxwell product that is hel5 by F. J.
Tyler of Boston. Il was this that caused
him about one month ago to issue a chal-
lenge TO all manufaci urers for a long dis
lance nonstop run. For a while after
the challenge was made il looked as
though q number Of cars would take up
the gauntlet thrown down in behalf Of
the Maxwell, but as the time for starting
the event drew near the expected accept
ors OF the challenge withdrew, one BY
one, for one reason or another, until f.
nally there were none left to try conciu-
sions with the sturdy Tarrytown product.
This being the case, Mr.. Tyler decided to
send the car out after the record and so it
is that since March is at 10 O'Clock in the
morning the car has been pounding over
the roads OF New England, and as yet it
has not been necessary to as much as
raise the hood that covers the engine.