Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-08-08
FROM new YORK
TO SAN FRANCISCO
The e q. o. T. Expedition Reaches
Phoenix.

The big fifty H. touring car which
left New York April goth for Honolulu
over the route which is known as the
b. 0. T. Trip, passed through Pboa-
nix yesterday stopping at The An
mex, on its way to San Francisco
The car arrived here exactly on time
according TO carefully pre-arranped
schedule, and while nearly two months
nave elapsed since it left New York
CITY, yet when the total distance Gov
cred is considered the car has proved
10 be record breaker. For instance.
instead OF coming directly from Nev,
YORK, 1t started west via South Caro-
una, passing through all the Soutb
Atlantic states. then it turned north
again as far as Pennsylvania. passed
through the Appalachian chain at
cumberland, through West Virginia.
and into Ohio via Tennessee and Ken
lucky, and then nearly directly west
1t has made an average daily run of
about 100 miles, and the fact that II
mas mad an absolutely clean record so
far as automobile repairing is con-
cerned, is surely a good word for the
standardization car.
The trip, however, is a purely busi-
ness venture and is not a route maker
or an automobile advertisement in any
sence of the word. Mr.. B. O. Tilden.
President of the American Sanitary
Works of New York City and an au-
thorlty on sanitation, is accompanying
the car on its entire trip. and it is in
the interest of the product of his own
factories that he is making this ex-
tended tour
Before the visitors return to New
York. they will call upon the forty
representatives of their company in as
many cities in the country. and to-
gether with the statesmen of these
agents they will visit architects.
plumbers and city and town authori-
ties in the interest of sanitation.
Various touring bureaus of the coun-
try are enthusiastic over the b. o. T.
trip and are following it carefully on
account of the great mileage which IL
is making and because of the round
about route which is being taken in
order that they may cover the various
towns included in the intinerary.
While passing through Phoenix the
crew is travelling under the auspices
of Fay Co. of Los Angeles, the repre-
sentatives of the American Sanitary
Works in this territory, and together
with their statesmen are calling upon
the retail trade and other persons in
terested in sanitation.
The car is a fifty H. p. Stoddard-
Dayton. equipped with Empire Tires
and the plans for the trip required
that every need should be anticipated
by carrying special equipment. In ad-
dition to the customary top. wind
shield, speedometers, etc, the car car
ries one five-foot crowbar, axe, shovel,
400 feet of motor rope, block and
tackle, electric system, chains, mud
hooks, two extra tires. demountable
rims, special lunch box to hold three
days rations for four people. five
gallon radiator tank, one gallon for
drinking water, tire trunk and com
partment for three suit cases, dry and
storage batteries. hub windlass to be
used with motor rope and crowbar in
pulling car up the banks of dry river
beds or out of gulches, besides a
great quantity of maps. road books,
licenses, kodak supplies and a dozen
other articles that may be useful in
the Wilderness All of this. however.
was placed so conveniently that no one
would suspect the amount of para
phernalia carried in the car.