The Washington times., 1913-05-10
VULCAN AWARDED
MOTOR TRUCK RUN N
Car Covers 288 Miles at Cost
of .0l22 Cents Per Ton
Per Mile.
b. HARRYlwAR

heaviest truck in the run, TO carry Off
the honorsSof the motor truck rehabil-
ity rum. Entered by Daniel Bensinger
and driven by "a. r.. Marshall. a 1t COW
cred the sSS-Ynile route at a. total cost
Of 0l22 cents per ton mile. This IS re-
garded as a splendid showing, and
demonstrates that the motor truck has
reached q point IN its development that
entities It to favorable consideration at
the hands Of every business man. !.
While the Vulcan sustained 81 de-
merits during the four-day tour. its
economical use of gasolehe and oil won
for II the sweepstakes prize. as well as
the trophy in its class, Division Sk.
The winners Of the other divisions were
as follows: Division 6K, Rowe. no
trophy; division SIX, No. 16. Atterbury;
division Ak, No. is. White; division 3k,
Wilcox: division 2K, No. II. White; d.
vision TX, International. In the non
contestang division No. 1oe. White. was
the winner.
The scores of the trucks, according
to their cost Of operation per ton mile.
were as follows: Division SIX, Vulcan,
IL cents; division OK, Rowe. 2Sz
cents: division SIX. No. 1S Atterbury,
LII cents; Lauth-Juergens. IA cents:
1iyt:ion :. *. Mails; 80. 229 cents q csn,s. Mn.
Autocar, 1.s3 cents: No. Is Atterbury,
LIS cents; No. Is White, LAO cents; d.
vision SIX, Little Giant, 27 cents; WI.
coz. 40 cents: No. IA Atterbury, 21e
s;Dss; s:s. SiySon NO aK Nhte Me IS eenss n.y.
% Atterbury, 417 cents; division 1k.
Hupmobile. 4.N cents; Internauonai
Noncontestant Scores.
In the noncontesting division the
scores were: Brown. 4.42 cents; Four
wheel-Drive, 5.6 cents: White, 27s
cents.
AZ 4 result of the outdoor tests yes
terday the only truck in the contesting
that suffered q penalty was No. 20
defective clutch. In the noncontestins
division the Four Wheel-Drive was pen
allied u points for defective hand
brake2
The technical examination of the cars |
brought the following results: Vulcan,
Little Giant, hub flange bolt lost
point. and six loose spokes, 30 points: /
total, 81 points. Witt-WiIl. leaky water /
connection, ] point. wilcox, perfect.
Rowe. water leak In hose connection. l
point; broken fender IRON. points;
gesplene leak, point; total. points.
Hupmobile. perfect. Mcintyre. perfect
Autocar, one lost muffler support bolt, !
point. Lauth-Juergens, handle of car
buretor shutter valve rod lost. ! point
No. 13 Atterbury, loose steering connec-
tion, Is points; one nut lost. 1 point: |
total. I6 points. No. il Atterbury, leaky |
water Connection, l point. No. Is After |
bury. loose muffler pipe. ! point. No.
16 Atterbury, water leak between cyl |
inder and water jacket top plate, ! |
v.ofrf No "hife la0aa Cfoarinc n. 4
nection, Is points. No. 1s White. per |
feet. International. perfect No. 20 |
Atterblry. perfect
: In the noncontesting division the re- |
suits were: Brown. loose steering col
urnn dash bracket, 2 points; Four |
Wheel-Drive. broken differential. 80 |
points: lost spring hanger bolt, point; |
total, Isl points. White. perfect.
Final Standings.
The final standing of the trucks Col. l
lows: Mais. Wilcox. Mcintyre. No. y |
can. z31 points; Little Giant, 43 points; /
witt-wnl, 6s points; Rowe. 1ss points; |
Hupmobile, 8 points; Autocar, sol
13 Atterbury, 81 points; No. Il After |
bury, 20 points: No. Is Atterbury, I2I |
bCints; No. 16 Atterbury, 3e points; No. /
Il White. Is points; No. 20 Atteroury.
lW QO1uts.
The fnal standing of the non-con.
testing trucks follows: White, perfect;
-Four. ur.Wheei-Drive. Az points; Brown. I
q points.
A protest against No. IS White being /
given perfect score was lodged with |
Referee Beecroft, by the entrant Of 1
the Mais, who secured a number OF /
signatures to a petition TO the referee 4
&c reopen the case. The protest was
bs sed on the allegation that the White /
truck stopped fits motor on the first l
crank ii. This was disputed. and at a |
meeting held late last night Referee |
Beecroft heard a number of witnesses |
and took a number of dispositions bear. |
ing on the subject. The fact was /
brought out that number of the en-
trants and drivers signed the protest |
under a misapprehension and later they |
asked that their names be stricksi
frcm the protest. Referee Beecroft, /
who left for New York early this
morning. took all the papers in the /
case with him and viii render a De.
cision in the matter within the next
few days. whatever decision he makes
will not affect the standing OF any or
the cars except No. is White.
Sixty-nine Buick cars were delivered
during April by the Washington branch
OF the Buick Motor Company. The
cars delivered in Washington were 20
the following: l. NJ. Thayer, DR.. {. II.
Mrnroe. Oliver Metzerott. Mr.. Yonine:
]. w. Brauner. c. ]. Cassidy. Imperial
Motor Company, and ]. r. wright