The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-10-21
T. A. McCann and Party Enthusiastic
Over Behavior of Cadillac on
On its Initial Trip.
HAS POWER TO BURN"
Guests Say that Machine is Capable
of Developing More Speed Than
Can be Used.
MADE BAD HILL ON HIGH
Jewett Says it Could Go Up the Side
of Building Provided it had a
Good Start.
MADE BAD HILL ON HIGH

Four men who wac the trip from
Minneapolis to Bemidji last week in
T. A. McCann's new Cadillac car are
enthusiastic over the possibilities of
its sixty horse power engine. The
following interview is with one of
the four:
Sand, hills, stones, prairie, water
and mud all had the same effect upon
the progress of the touring car on it's
trip from Minneapolis to 3emidji last
Thursday and Friday. Without hitch
or catch this wonder of the present
automobile world performed it's in
itial trip and under conditions that
were nearly perfect i'll order to thor
oughly test it's every qualification.
1t proved among other things that it
has power to burn, speed to
waste with comforts and luxury fit
for king or queen.
"The new 1913 Cadillac car has a
fifty horse power engine, four cycle,
self starting device, electric lights,
five and three quarter inch stroke,
three speeds forward and reverse,
120 inch wheel base and every other
new attachment which goes to
place this car among the foremost in
the automobile world, regardless of
price.
1.-THE party, comprising Mr.. Nc
Cam and T. J. Burke, B. W. Lakin,
E. H. Denu with Chad. Jewett as pi-
lot, left Minneapolis Thursday after
noon at pm. st. Cloud was reached
by supper time where the party spent
an hour and a half limbering joints,
looking about the city and supplying
the inner man. Leaving shortly af-
ter 1880 the party stopped at Little
Falls for thirty minutes and then
started for Brainred which was reach
ed at 1890. Here the night was
spent at the Ransford hotel. 1t was
about $50 Friday morning when the
car left for the tall pine country.
Up to this time no roads were en-
countered which in any way could be
considered a test for the machine.
"Anyone who has made the trip
from here to Brainerd knows that up
certain hills and through some of the
graded sandy sections, the driver is
compiled to resort to the low gear
But not So with -Jewett and the new
1913 Cadillac. Throw away your
old low gear, said Burke, It's just g
nuisance on this machine anyway
No., says Jewett, the Cadillac peo-
pie believe in putting on all the ~ex-
tras, and they wouldn't be doing il
if they left off the low gear. know
there is little use for the low gear OF
a car that will start on high from
a dead stop on the side of hill, but
it wouldn't be complete without it.
'SBy noon the car had reached
Park Rapids and also the south
"
unpleasant features were entirel,
forgotten, because of the splendid
behavior of the car and the rapit
fire wit of one T. ]. Burke. Gliding
along over sand, water and mud il
"a pleasure, but jolt over a sunke1
,culvert caused just jar enogh to keel
Tn eli a.
we're lost and Rotten were com
ments that caused the pilot to TAX
pity on the rear seat occupants, whel
the car was about to make an abrup
ascent or descent.
''Just out of Hubbard there's
winding hill with the sand almos
knee peep and here is where mos
auto drivers find that their engine
kept pretty busy to make the clim1
on low. 7 have driven this roa,
many times and with various make
OF cars. I have attempted to max
the hill on high with good runnin
start but in each instant have bee
unsuccessful. 1t took the Cadillac t.
convince me that it can be done,
said Mr.. Jewett after he made tn
hill from practically a standin
start on high speed. At no point o.
the hill did the car hesitate. Wit
a throb and a bound she was of
gaining at every foot over that al
most unpassable stretch. beleiv
she would 90 up the side of buildin