Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-07-11
STURDY SAXON IN
FINE SHAPE AF TER
A HARD JOURNEY
Remarkable Performance Of
Wonderful Little Car in
TranScontinentaI Trip tx
cites Greatest Admiration,

Arrival In san Francisco ended the
9,3sg-mile trip of the Lincoln highway
saxon ear across the continent from
New York According "a dispateh h
from san Francisco the car reached its
destination July on schedule time.
arriving Ia excellent mechanical con
ditlon and averaging thirty miles To
the gallon of gasoline and ia0 miles
to the quart 0f oil on its long jour
ney This saxon holds the distinction
Of being the first automobile to tray
erse the Lincoln way on a continuous
run and the first ear Of its size and
price ever Ia cross the continent
The true far-west spirit marked the
reception given the ear and It's driv-
ers, NJ. A. Croker and Fred wilkins.
at the completion of the run. An es-
cort party went twenty five miles out
of San Francisco and piloted the
coast-to.eoasi saxon into the city. En-
thuslasm among the crowds that
awaited the arrival Of the ear was at
a high pitch and many cheers went NJ
when the ocean to-oeean traveller pa
faded through the streets of the city
Upon reaching san Francisco Pilot
Croker drove the front wheels of the
ear into the Pacific ocean so as Co
make the trip literally an ocenn-to-
ocean run. He also emptied bottle
II water carried from the Atlantic
ocean into the Pacific ocean. This
unique ceremony at the end of the
run was similar to that at the start
when the rear wheels of the car were
dipped into the Atlantic ocean.
The finish of this coast-to-coast
Journey proved spectacular the Saxon
showing a remarkable burst of speed
in covering the last 290 miles from
Reno 10 san Francisco In two days
For q considerable way Of this dis
lance the road leads down-hill across
California, but the route in the Lake
Tahoe district provides one OF the Sc
verest tests IN the way Of mountain
climbing on the whole Lincoln high
way
A run Of 1856 miles in a day between
Kimball. Neb., and Denver, Colo, was
the record mileage made by the coast
forecast car. Runs of 40 miles and
more were frequent west of the Mis-
sissippi, despite the fact that for the
most part the road is almost one con-
tinuous uphill climb.
over all kinds Of roads and hills
and through all kinds of weather. this
car maintained the schedule mapped
out for it at the start of the run. II
crossed the long grades of the Alle-
ghenies between New York and Can
ton. O., without requiring the addi-
ton of extra water in the radiator. 1t
pIowed through hub-deep mud and
sand and negotiated washed-out roads
where the water at times came up
almost even with the radiator.
Before undertaking this trip. the
same car made run Of l35 miles a
day for thirty consecutive days in De-
troit The 1850 miles which II Gov
cred on that occasion, coupled with
the distance Of 3.3Sa miles across the
Lincoln highway, have brought its to-
tai for sixty days of travel up TO 1,43s
miles. or the equivalent of two years
Of service in the hands of the average
owner.
In automobile circles this run has
been a much discussed event. The
performance Of the Lincoln highway
Saxon ear is taken to indicate the
progress that has been made in the
art of building automobiles. 1t is re-
called that up to a few years ago even
The highest priced, most powerful mo-
tor ears would hardly have attempted
the feat that has just been accom-
plished by the 1896 Saxon.