The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06
Page Of Interesting Items for Automobile Enthusiasts
WITH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS EVERYWHERE

instance, is; sometimes q more ticklish
Job than photographing young Hope
full" aged -four months.
| Tofbesinswith. there be n BAN
ner made stoEdecorate the side of each
freight. cai,.F1-t True for the .cumera
ner on one Car, for he ,retouches TINS
dsGoratton on the rest as easily as he
can put more HAIRS In your eyebrows
( When occasion demands.
The train was sresting on a siding
about Mmile and half from, any
\ where, primpingNi for the ordeal, I
i when the camera man and the banner
4 started with al, automobile TO find st
WhensltheyF arrived, tho engine and
sabooseh had deserted it, and would
not bio back until the following day.
I The next day. March 21 the wind
was blowing gale. But the train had
to leave that day so 1t must sit for It's
|, picture then or not at all. There was
4 a delay in getting the engine and Gu
boose to the siding
After much pulling and Juggling
against the gale the forty-foot ban
ncr was securely tackled to the side OF
big Northwestern car whcn--whif-
puf-zipp-the wind caught it and tore
1t into thousand shreds. 4 second
attempt with second banner proved
more successful. But there was no
engine and caboose.
a ride five miles on Il switching en-
CINE, numerous calls by telephone from
a smoky shack serving as yard head
quarters. return trip with the big
road engine and caboose were neces-
sary before the work could go on.
Then the camera man from distance
OF something less than fifty miles away
he had to get back nearly that far
to get proper Observation-Disclosures into
the rear OF his machine that swayed
in the wind, called to the distant train
to look ut the little bird just above
insides, jerked the Tapping shroud
from his shoulders, looked owlish,
pulled little jiggcr at the side and 1T
was over. The train felt SO good st
gigled, sending q succession OF brr-
um-umps down its length.
Two days after, tho camera man
brought the photograph of the train
to be viewed, and 1t was just 100
inchos long.
w. H. Nash. a prominent nianufac-
turer. Of Detroit, Michigan, recently
made tho trip from Cleveland to De-
troit. Driving from CovelaEd TO To-
ledo the first part OF his trip, which.
under ordinary conditions should have
taken about six hours, was made after
n continuous struggle of fourteen
hours.
Mr. Mash states: For about eight
miles OF the distance, the roads were !
absolutely impossible for a car under |
its own power, but with the aid of a |
team for two stretches. j was hauled |
through. / am satisfied that irrespec- |
tive of the power OF a car, no car
could have negotiated these two bad
stretches.
On reaching Norwalk. Ohio Mr.. Mash
was informed that his car was the |
first to come through Nsnce the frost |
was out of the ground. and they could |
hardly believe that he had made the |
trip.
Mr. Nash, In describing his final run
from Toledo to Detroit, writes: "As
you are probably aware, the roads are !
clay, and had been nicely churned up |
with the frost out of the ground, but
on Saturday night they froze sufl-
surface I have done considerable |
driving. but could never have ina gined
the conditions of the roads. l was so
shaken up "that L lost the spare rim
and tire from the rear OF the car. and |
never knew when 1t went off. broke !
through tho crust several times and
had TO be hauled out, and was fully |
satisfied that the car would fall to |
pieces before l could reach a hard |
road. arrived home late Sunday |
night and with the exception of clay |
being baked on all over the car, it was
In as fine condition. SO far as service |
is concerned, as u it had just come
out oil a garage" And in conclusion.
MIR. lash says: eff you have any
Doubtlng Thomases' who are afraid |
your Paige 80 Will not stand up. just |
turn them over to me"