El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-28
PAS Miles:
OneCharge
In Baker
Chief Engineer Gruenfeldt
Again Breaks Worlds
Mileage Records.

NilicdSc NcCOIuS.
De-p1te cold weather, high winds
| a rain storm and tire trouble. Emil
| Gruenfeldt, chief engineer Of the
Baker Motor Vehicle Company, driving
| broke all worlds mileage records for
! electric automobiles "Wednesday, No
] vember 9, when he drove PAS miles on
| a single charge. The total running
time for the trip was nineteen hours
and twenty minutes. giving an average
Of 1855 miles per hour. Charles G,
Steinnauer. automobile editor OF the
Cleveland Leader, was chosen observer,
and at no time was out OF sight of the
test car. The odometer on Mr.. Gruen-
feldt's car was checked constantly by
another instrument on the Observers
car. At the end of the run Mr.. Gruen-
feldt announced that the Edison forty
cell battery used In the test would be
capable of an even greater mileage
after further use. Although not
green" the battery was still too
new He further stated that the
strenuous trip proved the high eff
cheney Of the Edison battery and the
entire absence of friction in the shaft
driven Baker, and with this car chaI-
Ienged the world
Adverse Weather Conditions.
The run was started from the plant
OF the Baker Motor Vehicle Company
at 1880 a. m, November 9. and the
route chosen was over the roads of
Cuyahoga county just west of, and in
GLIDING the suburbs of Cleveland. AL
though Mr.. Gruenfeldt was advised that
the U. S. weather bureau Of Cleveland
reported an Official temperature Of only
A degrees Fahrenheit and that the
wind was blowing at the rate OF twenty
miles on nour. the intrepid engineer,
with a grim smile, started the juice
and headed the car into the wind
The run was continued without q
single stop until o'clock in the even
ing, when a five-minute stop was mada
for lunch Starting the car again Mr..
Gruenfeldt continued until 1855 Thurs
day morning. satisfied with the re-
back to the factory, a stop made while
the night Waterman was routed out
and the car placed upon the floor UNI
der its own power.
Rain storm Breaks.
The first 100 miles was recorded an
o'clock in the afternoon when the car
was easily doing fifteen miles per nour
in a strong side wind. Two hundred
miles was recorded at 1920 o'clock,
when a rainstorm, which had threat
ened all day. broke. At this time the
car had made 211.5 miles at an average
speed OF 1872 miles per hour. TIE iast
AS miles were finished in the rain,
drenching Mr.. Gruenfeldt ana rencer-
ing the roads slippery and treacherous.
To make matters worse the 'front.' tire
developed slow puncture and gradu-
ally fIattened, reducing the mileage OF
the 14HiS was not re-
paired until after the run was COM
pleted.
When the dash clock recorded 2:55
o'clock. Thursday morning, and the
odometer recorded 2444 miles, weather
conditions became so disagreeapie rnat
car to the factory and enjoy a much
deserved rest. For the third time the
Baker electric has broken the worlds
mileage record" stated Mr.. Gruenreidt
when he had finished. 81 am not only
satisfied with the efficiency Of the Eds-
son battery and the Baker frictionless
construction, but am ready at any time