Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-25
MAXWELL RECORD
IS REMARKABLE.
DETAILS OF 10,0O0-MILE NON
STOP RUN
ENGINE RAN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS
WITHOUT STOPPING
Great Demonstration Accorded the
sturdy Car When It Came Back
TO Its Stop In copley
Square, Boston

Details of the recent remarkable ~
O00-mile nonstop record run OF the
Maxwell four-cylinder, thirty-horse-
power touring car have been received
in this city by j. l.. Conwell, manager
of the MaxwellBriscoe-L Los Angeles
company for Southern California.
After nearly twenty-six DAYS OF con
tinual travel the Maxwell finished It's
gruelling trip in a blaze of glory
which radiates across the country
some of the brilliancy of truly Won
derful performance. At the finlsn Oh
the long journey it was accorded re-
ception such as no other car mas ever
received in Boston, bringing to an enu
feat such as has never been accom-
piished and not likely to for many
wears to come 1t brought to an end
a performance which a while ago rev
thought could be accomplished, ana
the amazement at the oonsummatlon
of the trip was greater even than tnat
occasioned by the daring of the Max
well company when 1t started the car
out of Boston March IS for run OF
10000 miles without once stopping the
engine.
Thousands Witness Close
When the car left Boston at the start
of the run, several hundred people
were on hand to give 1t send-oH, a
mere handful. however, compared 10
the number that greeted it in Copley
square after 1t had made its wonder
full run of 1904 miles, at which time
the engine was still running as
smoothly as at the start. or. as Charles
]. Glidden, who rode in the car, on
Monday said. as smoothly as any car
he had ever ridden in. 1t was a small
crowd that sent the car away at the
start. too, as compared with the num-
her that rode the last few miles or the
trim in automobiles behind the long
distance car, forming an automopiie
parade larger than any that Boston
has ever seen. And when the car came
to a stop In Copley square " was
greeted by these and several thonsand
additional people, who sent up
mighty cheer whec l.. X. iSpeare,
president of the A. A. A, tHfned OIL
the switch, which act stopped the en-
rine. lust twenty-five days six hours
and twelty-one minutes after he had
started It, 1t was a royal reception
accorded a royal car, reception Wen
earned, for the engine had performed
seemingly impossible feat and mad
broken ali worlds records for long
distance nonstop runs.
6o6 Hours Unbroken Run
For sos hours and twenty-one min
utes the engine had ceaselessly per-
formed 1IS IunCLlOHSsf IOb OiiSS ~ vi
that time occasioning the least bit or
trouble. doing everything it was called
upon to do, accomplishing feat never
before attempted, one that few weeks
before was thought Impossible. just
what Ii means for an engine TO run
this length of time without once stop
ping for even the smallest fraction OF
a second lis hard for one to imagine.
Most of all, 1t means that an engine
must be perfect in every detail. IL
means, too, that every part, to the
smallest bit of wiring, nut or bolt,
must be properly placed and in per-
feet relation to every other part, bit
of wire, nut or bolt, and in fact every
thing must be mechanically perfect, or,
as the Maxwell motto has 1t, simply
perfect and perfectly simple.
Engine Never Stopped
\ During the twenty-five and frac-
tion DAYS that the car was on the road
for twenty-four hours day. the en-
CINE worked smoothly in every part.
and so far as it was concerned 1t could
not have worked better There were
tire troubles on the road, to be sure,
and a few broken springs which crys-
talIized as result of the continual
vibration with never rest, nothing
against the springs or the steel useu
in them, however, as the same abuse
they received would undoubtedly cause
any automobile springs to do exactly
as they did. However it was an en-
CINE test that was made, one that was
satisfactory in every respect, test
never before attempted and one that
is hardly likely to be equaled In a
great many years, IL ever In making
this test the engine was forged to do
in less than one month what no pri-
yate owner would ask an engine to
do In as many months as this one did
in days. 1t was work, in fact, such
as no engine has ever before been
called upon to do, yet 1t did it's work
V perfectly and made the longest non
stop run on record, the travelling
- greater distance than has ever been
Travelled by any passenger vehicle UNI
der it's own power record OF which
the Maxwell Briscoe company is jus
tifiably proud; proof conclusive of the
perfection of the American motor in
general and the Maxwell engine in
particular.
Gasoline Average Small
While on the run there were used 1853
gallons of gasoline, 119 gallons of oil
and seventeen pounds of grease. This
Is a much larger amount than really
was necessary, much more undoubted-
ly than any private owner would use
on a trip of the same length, but there
was no sparing of expense on this trip
Yet, In spite of the free way in which
oil and gasoline were used the car
averaged 1917 miles to the gallon of
gasoline from start to finish, stopping
time included.
Though 606 hours were used on the
trip, carefully compiled figures show
that the car was standing STILL with
the engine running. just 80 hours and
40 minutes, equal to nearly so miles,
figuring on the average made on the
road. This time was used in taking
on gasoline and oil, changing drivers
and observers. changing tires, broken
springs and a rear axle. The latter
was made as precautionary masure.
found afterward, however. to have