The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
MOTOR IS GIVEN
HARD ROAD TEST
Mitchell Car Covers More
Than $500 Miles in
Thirty Days Run.
THROUGH MUD AND RAIN
Bonnet Sealed in Chicago Is Not
Broken During the Entire
Trip.

The 1915 Mitchell Light Four" reliabil-
fly car has Just completed one Of the
most remarkable and severe tests ever
accomplished by an automobile. This
Light -Four" which is a regular stock car
was subjected to one Of the most trying
ordeals ever asked OF an automobile ir-
respective OF weight or horsepower. viz:
1900 miles with the bonnet Sealed, the
entire mileage to be made within thirty
consecutive days, which necessitated an
average OF go miles day, irrespective
of weather or road conditions.
The car left Chicago at noon Septem-
Der O. after having the bonnet sealed
by Chief of Police Gleason. The first
leg Of the run was eastward, through
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, taking in
Detroit. Toledo, Cleveland. through
Pennsylvania, stopping at Pittsburgh.
over the mountains into Buffalo, up
through the northern part Of New York
State. through Vermont to Manchestey,
N. H, and up TO Portland, Me, then
through to Providence, R. l., and Hart
ford. into New York City. Back to Phil
adelphia, then southwark through Balti-
more to Washington. working across the
mountains to Wheeling, W. Va, and
then back to Pittsburgh.
With the exception of the first two
days out Of Chicago the run was made
weather was fine and the roads excel
lent. The travellers encountered only one
Tnishap when they struck another car
the first Sunday afternoon, just outside
of Manchester. The other car was
wrecked. but the reliability car drivers
were fortunate. enough TO come out with
nothing worse than a badly. dented radi-
ator which continued to leak through the
balance of the journey.
Seals Found Intact.
They checked in at Chicago at exact
II, 10 o'clock Monday morning at F1tty-
6Ftb street and Michigan avenue. Here
Chief of Police Gleason retnspected the
seals and made afidsvit to the enect
that they had not been tampered Win
and were in exactlyOthe same condition
as when he placed them on the car a1
noon September q.
ON tbe last leg Of the journey, the
bows left Chicago at p m. Monday art
ernoon. October 19, with their speeoom-
eter showing 6,o2 miles:
They arrived at Pittsburgh Friday, Oc-
tober Q, at II O'Clock. They were es-
corted to the Public Safety Building
where the seals were inspected oy Ea Lne
pittsburgh superintendent of police, No
HE Matthews, and Assistant Superintend-
ent Bently.
The seal was checked carefully and
compared with the master seal which
chief of Police Gleason, Of Chicago, had
forwarded to Superintendent Matthew's
of Pittsburgh, and at ten minutes atter
u o'clock on October q the speedom-
eter showed exactly 1884 miles. The
sneedoueter was checked up by an Of
fciaI of the speedometer company and
+be car was placed on exhibit at the
Pittsburgh Automobile Show.
Only Three requirements.
The car reached its destination with
one of the original tires still on and IN
view of the fact that sixteen sets OF
cboins were worn out-not broken or
torn but actually worn through-it Is
notevorthy that there were only three
replacements in the entire trip, not tax
ing into consideration changes for pune
lures.
To the drivers, Frank zirbes and Ray
Barnett, OF the Mitchell Lewis Motor
Company, and ". @. Hasley, OF the VIII
iams-Hasley Motor Company, OF stSso as
burgh. is due a considerable part OF the
credit for this remarkable performance.
Through the western part Of the trip
not one of the boys slept in bed or
had his clothes of for a period OF eight
consecutive days For the most part II
was a steady grind Of twenty-four hours
a day. That this Mitchell Light -Four
car, selling for a-25O aecompnSneo
everything that Engineer John W. Bate
claimed for it. is noteworthy.
II was impossible TO drive on high gear
and still the engine stood up to this
terrible strain and at the end was rum
ming Just as sweetly and smoothly as
when It started
full lire Of Mitchells is on dis
play at the Crescent Motor Company,
1908 Fourteenth street northwest z. s.
Harden is the manager.