The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

essary. The record was broken in spite
OF the fact the road, In many places.
was like sea Of mud, that much time
was lost in turning out for teams and
that three men were carried much OF
the way, as pilot was frequently nee
essary.
che record of seventeen hours and
forty-fve minutes shattered by Soules
In the 1913 Cadillac was one made by
another Cadillac year ago. That mark
was made by Beaudet when the latter
was cleaning up all the records of North
ern California. so apparently II took a
Cadillac to beat Cadillac.
Mr.. z. A. Nelson. the chief engineer OF
of the Hupp Motor Car Company, has
given up the active duties of that office
and assumed the title of consulting engi-
neer The position of chief engineer will
be taken over by F. z. Watts. his former
assistant and Don T. Hastings, formerly
OF the Packard Motor Company, will sue
coed to the title OF assistant chief engI-
neer.
Together with General Manager C. D.
Hastings and Export Manager c. H. Dun
lap, Mr.. Nelson will sail on November 90
on the steamer George Washington OF
the North German Lloyd for the Paris
show which opens December 7 and con-
tinues until the o.
The party win spend the month of De-
cember visiting the show and some Of
the cities of continental Europe, return
ing by way of London in time for the
opening of the New York Automobile
Show. Mr.. Nelson will return in Feb
ruary.
1.-The day of the automobile as a strict
ly summer recreation or business We
hicle Is gone" says President James /.
Handley, of the American Motors Com
pany. of indianapolis. Fall and winter
motoring. either for local pleasure or
business use, or for long-distance tour
ing will be as popular this year as is
summer driving. and look for the devel-
opment OF the motor car for year-round
use as the natural trend OF the indus
try.
THE American has already taken this
step, in the introduction Of the closed
cars which. within a few weeks, took
foremost place in public favor. Since
the announcement OF our American tour
list limousine and our American scout
coupe the greatest interest has been
evinced in the models and we are daily
receiving many rush orders for the cars"
Transcontinental touring never was so
popular as it has been the past season.
No less than twenty individual motor
the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast and
one trip was accomplished by a motor
truck According to s. X. Rindge. OF
Los Angeles. Cal, who just completed
400 mile trip from the Pacific Coast
in a Simplex car and who is now in
New York City, 1913 will see even more
trips OF this character made by private
owners OF cars. Numerous touring in
formation bureaus and various automo-
bile clubs along any one OF the several
possible routes have obtained informa-
ton regarding roads and BY consulting
the secretaries of these organizations,
from point to point. the motorist can
find out just what detours to make In
order to avoid the bad or impossible sec
tons.
Mr.. Rindge. accompanied by his wife.
left Los Angeles late in September and
completed the trip in twenty-five days.
About every possible condition Of road
was encountered The route ran via
Phoenix, AriZ.. Albuquerque, n. Mex,
Las Vegas, Trinidad. following the Santa
Fe Trail to Kansas City. Chicago, Toledo,
Cleveland, Buffalo, and Boston. the to-
tai distance to the metropolis being
about 400 miles. The touring party
found that the price of gasoline was
most flexible, for in the Arizona desert
at a point one hundred miles or SO from
a railroad station, the fluid Is evidently
precious and cost them IS cents gallon.