Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-27
RIDE IS
FULL OF THRILLS
Ray Mcnamara Caught in Snow
Storm and Has Narrow
Escape.

Ray Mcnamara, the wen-known Pre-
mier pilot and road driver, has Just re-
turned to the factory in Indianapolis
from a trip that took him into a score
of States and many of the principal cit
les of the country, with an experiences
at winnemucca, New, uprermost in his
mind. He spent several days there, tne
guest of the Havlin-I1askins stage and
Livery Company, which uses Premier
cars in its desert service, and with a
party of friends went for a snort rae
in a Premier. 1t was the intehtion 10
was so fine hat the morotlsts kept
going, Notwithstanding that they car,
ried no extra inner tube or maeeriai
with which to repair punctures.
Thirty-five miles from home. IN the
heart of the Nevada desert, a tire was
p%unctured by q sharp bone OF a Geaa
serious predicament. That was not the
worst of their troubles, however, as the
weather changes very quickly IN that
soon raging. There was nothing to do
but beat a hasty retreat FOR Wlnne-
mucca.
Snow Hides Trail.
As the trail was soon obliterated, the
position of the motorists was extreme
ly hazardous. Their danger was real
lied in Winnemucca and other motor
lists ventured out as far as they dared
mucca was finally reached at nightfall;
the entire distance having been covered
o. on 5,s q fiat TT, tire sf,or Had ID, g the t party da6 6sen
would have been much greater.
Winnemucca, New, is a little town OF
1000 inhabitants in the Nevada desert,
a distributing point for mines and 1T Is
located on the Southern Pacific and
Western Pacific railroads. The Premier
motorcars in the stage service there
are sent on trips of 500 miles or more.
Horses for stage work have been prac-
tically discarded. as it is possible to do
bile what it formerly took lays to do
with horses. For the desert service
only the. best cars are used and the
men of wide experience. They fire.
quently are hundreds of miles from as
sistance, at which times breakdowns
$500 feet above The sea and 1t is often
necessary for the stage motorcarS to go
as high as 1000 feet.
Snow Up TO Tree Tops.
In returning from California Mona
mara. passed through much of the coun-
try Travelled by the Permier ocean-to-
ocean tourists last summer, for whom
he acted as pilot. When the transcon-
of the Sierre Nevada Mountains last
summer they encountered snow three
or -four feet deep in spots, but recently
It was all the way from twsnty-hve feet
would not be advisable for motorists
to take the northern route for winter
touring. Line cOnC1I1OnS on the santa
Fe trail in the South, over which Nc
Namara piloted A. L.. Westgard, of the
Touring Clu of America, in 1910, is the
feasible winter route.
Mcnamara reports an extremely
healthy condition for the h~igh-grade
motorcar business in all parts of the
country. During the past three months
he has travelled the full length of both
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, north
and south, and has also visited almost
all the intermediate cities of import
ance. Mcnamara is the Premier COM
pany's travelling factory expert. His
position was created as a result of q
visits all Premier dealers for the pur-
pose of correcting any possible mechan-
ical MISUNDERSTANDING and he will also
travel any distance to render first aid
to a distressed Individual owner. He is
not called to the scores of cities he WIS.,
its. but he annually makes the round.
and his pleasing personality and oblig-
ing disposition makes him a welcome
visitor.