The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
GOOD WORK OF THE
SPEEDW[LL CARS
Manager L. v. Lynch Receives
FIattering Report of Record
Made in Endurance Run

L. Y. Lynch. local agent for the
Spee6well cars. has received the in
formation that one of the features of
the recent endurance car of the Roches-
ter automobile club was the behavior
Of the Speedwell car which participated
The Rochester club has made it a
custom TO hold winter endurance run
each year, believing that the condi-
lions furnish a far better gauge of the
ability Of competing cars than can be
had in contests during favorable
weather and ove- roads which in con-
sequence present no obstacles.
The Speedwell. in addition to win
ming a perfect score in the endurance
run. was put through what was prac-
ucally a nonstop run for three days.
The day before the contest the motor
was run continuously for nine hours.
The first day Of the contest carried the
cars from Rochester 10 Syracuse. a
distance OF 97lS miles. through the
snow; the second day the distance on
the return trip was l0l miles. The
~peedUel motor was not stopped nor
stalled on either day, despite the heavy
going encountered over practically the
entire distance. running for nearly IL
hours the hrst day and nine the second
As to gasoline consumption. another
recOrd came 10 the Speedwen Only
= gallons OF the fluid were required
for the run OF Sth miles, while half
-allon more made the return trip, Civ
~ an average for the two days of
nearly i miles per gallon. which may
oe considered high, considering the
conditions.
The Chase motor car company is in
receipt Of letter from John @. Wood
wsrd gi,,tfs Of Of cornGH cncH
for Fn1tpsr chase 'SSr Truck OF which has been
d. - forwarded to W. II.
Durphy, local agent
for the Chase delivery wagons, which
sr,ca Ks for itself we wish advise
you that the Chase full paneled top
wagon we bought from you some time
tion As you know. we bought this
gon without seeing a sample or
knowing anything further about the
wagon than what we could learn from
the advertising sent out by the Chase
motor truck company on the arrival
Of the wagon we were very much sur
prised TO see the excellent workman
snip that had been done on the wa gon
box. the painting and lettering was a
perfect lob. and was admired by some
OF our best wagon makers here. AS far
the engine and running parts of
the wagon are concerned, all we can
say Is that we have had no trouble
with them al all, This wagon is doing
our delivery in the city of Omaha, and
avera ges from so to 40 miles per day.
We shall probably want one or two
more OF these wagons early in the
spring
3. J. Pratt, coast manager for the
Fisk rubber company, has received
the ftolloWing Jet
Fire Wagon t Ter from the tac-
Using Fisk Tires 'oaa newsnaner
Continental Rims on Auto Fire
very generally by all papers, TO
the effect that the combination auto
mobile owned by the fire department
Of Sprip pgheld, Mass, had been equipped
with Continental demountable rims.
Following this, the usual reasons for
deciding on this equipment were given,
ana the artlcle ended with statement
that the Continental rim was accepted
because OF its safety and the speed
with which changes can be made.
-5s W-est cnringfaId 5ena rtment ana
not the Springfield. The Springfield
department. uses, on Its SIX pieces of
able rims and bolted tires, and would
not now consider any other under any
circumstances"
The Denver representatives of the
Chalmers motor company are putting
Hard stunt for strator through one
Chalmers Car OF the most trying
~------ femnted by nse-
tor car The machine is making a
round trip daily between Denver and
colorado Springs. and the schedule calls
for 20 trips in 50 days The run is $50
miles q day which, although not a par
-iCularlE long one. involves a climb to
-n altitude OF 1900 feet There are
uIa1E places on the road which severely
-rest { 2 powers of the largest cars even
ir 4 single run. a number of the daily
frips have already been made. and there
las never been moment lost for ra-
pairs or adjustments