The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
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Prescott, Waitsburg and Dayton ant
permitted residents of those cities t.
make an inspection, and the o. r. & n
officials were the recipients of many
congratulations for the enterprise
shown in the improvement of the pas
senger service.
Members of the local Commercial
club, we'll known business and profess
sional men, and newspaper represen-
tatives were guests of the company or
the exhibition of the motor car, anG
were afforded an opportunity of wit
Messing the operation of the 12-cylin-
der, 200 horsepower gasoline engine
located in the front end of the car. AS
many of the passengers were autoists
the mechanical construction of the mo-
tor was we'll understood, being on the
principles of an auto motor.
Some doubt was at first expressed as
to the practicability of the machine
but after their run to Dayton was
made, everyone aboard was satisfied
that the car was all that had been
claimed for it.
Leaving Walla Walla at lis o'clock
the car, which is the first ever operat-
ed in this section, arrived in Prescott
at 1855 o'clock, having maintained
an average speed of a little better
than 80 miles an hour.
Hills were no obstacle to the new
car, which promises to revolutionize
traffic conditions in this part of the
state, and on one of the heavy grades
between this city and at Prescott a
speed of 81 miles was recorded, the
engineer demonstrating to the salts
faction of railroad men that the motor
car is all that has been claimed for it
To further prove the strength of the
motive power, a car of lumber on the
siding at Prescott was switched
through the yards, the motor NOV
ing the load with apparently as much
it.
Ladies Make Trip
AS guests of the 0. r. & n. company
on the initial trip of the motor car
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Morrow, Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Drumheller Mr.. and Mrs. j. M
Crawford, Miss Myrta Baker, Mayor
Eugene Tausck, Fred Greenville, A
G.. Moore George E. KellOugh, j. G.
Scott, j. w. Langdon, F. w. Kaser
S. B. Calderhead, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Burns, Plat P. Morrow, officials OF
the company and newspaper repre-
sentatives. The car was comfortably
filled, and on the trip to Dayton all
passengers were afforded an OppOrtun-
ity of inspecting the engine in the
front spOrtion of the car AT Prescott
and Waitsburg people boarded the car
and when Dayton was reached the ca
pacity was taxed. On the return from
Dayton every available seat was occu-
pied, as many Daytonites came down.
remained for an hour, and returned
with the car at Z: 80 o'clock last night.
Built in Omaha.
The car which is a 55 truck, all
steel passenger Carrier, WAS DulIl HI
Omaha. Nebraska, by the McKeen Mo-
tor Car company, and is fitted with a
200 horsepower gasoline motor. the
largest made by the McKeen company
It has a maximum speed of 60 miles an
hour but owing to unfavorable road
bed, this speed was not attained yes
terday. Every known appliance fol-
comfort and convenience is in evidence
on the car, including Cottier ventll-
ators, round dust-prOof windows and
asetyiene gas lighting devices BY sys-
tenn of ventilation a complete change
of air is afforded every four minutes,
making the motor car free from
draughts and the discomfort so notice.
able on other carriers.
The motor car is SO feet in length.
divided into two compartments. the
front end being for baggage and the
rear for passengers, with capacity or
A people. The baggage compartment
is twenty feet in length, and on an
other style of car without this section,
IS people may be accommodated. Hot
water is used for heating purposes.
and all practicable safety appliances
have been employed to guard against
danger
No Vibration.
In order that the main body of the
,ar be rot shaken by the vibrations of
the monster engine, that portion of the