The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

minimum daily mileage was Is between
Albany and Schenectady. following the
failure OF the garage In Albany properly
70 charge the car, and the maximum daily
mileage WAS 1885 between Syracuse aud
Buffalo. where good roads and GOOD weather
Ser1 IN combination. IL will be seen that
an uyerag" speed oi 20 mil.s an hour was
readily attained under fair conditions,
vne between Springfield and New Haven
y '-ns 23c and between Rochester and
Buffalo ?2.s he average speed for the
whole distance Is Obtained by dividing the
total miles. 81? 2. by the total hours con-
sun ed in running between points. viz.
r. hours, This gives al average speed OF
10 miles al hour. which Is certainly re-
marFa1lo considering that no time AT all
IL taken ont for road stops.
The latest remarkable trip IN an ectric
sutomohil" was made in the early part OF
this month, and for the first tine on record
an electric autop ubilr lett boston and
arrived In New York in less than twenty
ioui hours.
II, then, The electric automobile is not
atkns IN speed and is fully capable of
maet,H' all road conditions, what then are
the obstacles TO its Use for touru y A. IL
evident cveryw here. il is the difficulty ia
settnr charged on the road. This dim
CUT, however Il not to any great extent
adifc1''y inherent in the car itself II Is
rle mat a battery cannot be filed as
quickly as gasolene tank. but on the other
hahd the delay is not great il proper fariN
Ties Ctn be obtained Boosting battery
N high current rates 10 perfectly practical
t0-day
have myself ON one occasion out on the
road boosted battery at POO amperes for
one hour I'm, battery was composed of
nlson 40 cells rGted al Is amperes normal
current, and It absorbed In TINT hour enough
'hitSe to have carried me about nfty
miles. On this occasion my cable was
pissed through the window of the electric
Nshi station and cOnneCte ed directly OH the
rZ'i'.r bus and very little time was lost
ID getting connected
IN touring, however. an opportunity such
~ ihr above Il seldom offered. Usually
u''h lnr ia lost In getting connected and
,ht "H'b"Ic rate Obtdinable Ia usually low.
u j. 'hl~ inability 10 get satisfactory charg-
hs service which is the one great obstacle
To- ''N'lhg IN an electric Public charging
,'".oa- aE' ieN and rer between and when
,o..ir' are a- rule equipped with hops
''a- Inadequate ~ or 20 aMpere -fectifar.
va ''r ".L-r hand. ~ you 20 TO The electric
D-'' '''i', where there H. ample power
you VIII hedrl' tlwdys find those in charge
'.'" tAh'"Wred and You can only be
.''''"pdt'"d II some one IN authority
1aE'-i' 10 l." 81 hand. aud only then after
...- l.A.r consumed Ia getting ready.
- - ''-' uFd'l'cal 10 'pend an hour getting
''''I '" begin half hours boost
.' '.rF om.ng uf this great obstacle to
.'ih On electric is Homnthi,,- we
n.',' .tn'' largely IN the hands of our
M. '' -,, trends Generally .pclking. they
NHN o
ssh'! arises, hut this does very NH, r.ul
au'. WHAT B., needed is apparatus all
or il" ind son" one about tho prem
u" hh"wS NhIt ought 10 -br done
''.''h'''tli~ j.. rs compared with the
'''' ''iIef. well equipped v-'h "t,argi =
q" ."-, and vet mat ure The figures
",,''H . Central station Directory Re.
- 80 over one hundred uin electric IighI
''"'penies operating In over 800 OF the 90,