The diamond drill., 1913-08-09
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At 3 :05 next morning we set out on
orr l72 mile drive TO the Falls Our
misgivings were great because of What
we had been told of the Suawico sands
but we had no trouble there at all. To
our estimation Suimaco Is a boulivard
compared with the sands AZ Brevort.
Menominee was reached at noon al
we rested two hours an then set out for
Crystal Falls where we arrived $40
O'Clock in the evening having driven
the l72 miles In 10 hours of driving.
Averaging up our trip we find that
about 10 miles per hour is the average
gait on fair TO good roads We drove
the piece from Menominee to Powers
at Just 20 miles but couldn't keep 1t
up. Many talk OF twenty i've to forty
miles driving but we we're satisfied
that, excepting on familiar roads
there is more hot air TO il than actual
Accomplishment When man drives
rs miles per hour day in and day ont
on unfamiliar roads and through few
towns ha has to hit mp pretty swift
pace in the clear spots.
Our-total mileage was !. 634 miles and
on the trip we burned l34 gallons of
gasoline The universal price of gaso-
line is zoe per gallon. AT no place was
charged more tnan that With the
exception of Lansing the storage
charge at garages is 30 cents per
night. They taxed me 75c at Lansing.
never had such comprehension OF
the extent of the automobile industry
before One must 90 on touring trip
to get any adequate idea of the i'm
mense amount OF money invested IN
that industry. It's not alone the
money invested in the factories and
in the cars themselves but in the
numerous and well equipped garages
that are to be found in the different
cities Of the country. It's very small
town indeed that mas not -, 900 in
vested in garage and when You add
up all the garages You have a sum
that pales the amount invested in
factories.
We were particularly lucky with
our tires. One puncture aud one
blowout was All that we experienced
The blowout WAS expected as we
were running an old tire as, far as 1t
would stand up We found some
trouble from patches melting off in the
hot sand so we made practice of
vuIcanizing every time a patch gave
way and on the latter part OF our trip
we didn { have 90 change tires at all
We would advise all who take similar
trips 20 do likewise.
We started out with new castings on
the rear and carried Crystal Falls arr
ali around In one Of them The other
stood mp until at Green Bay when a
leaky valve developed We made IL a
practice TO 60 over our tires every
morning and keep the pressure steady
all the time and we believe that this
precaution had much to do with our
success.
In about three years from now the
trip around Lake Michigan can be
made in comfort The state highway
department has plans laid for the con
struction Of state roads all around
Mr. Brotherton. city engineer for
Crystal Falls will soon go to Mackinaw
county 10 take up the matter Of .
road between Escanaba and st Ignace
The sections of the lower peninsul'
destined 10 be included in the roaC
will soon be connected up with good
gravel roads.
The beat time to tour, so we discover
ed IL ia the latter part Of August an6
September as the new road work Il
nearly completed in the southern sec
tion at that time OF the year an'
one does not run into the diiiicultie
from new work that we mot with