The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-10
AUTO TOURISTS COME
ALL WAY FROM COAST
Two Parties Arrive in a Day,
After TranscOntinental
Journeys by Car.

To show how practicable IL the trip
from coast to coast by automobile there
were two parties that got into town
yesterday from the Far West. One was
made up OF -four young fellows, In their
twenties, who drove an Overland SO
from San Francisco to New York and
after swinging up TO Boston intend 20
drive back again to the Pacific coast,
where their home Is.
The -four lads, Clark Mick. NJ. w.
Truss. c. f.. Sweeney and W. II. White.
left San Francisco on June Is. They
took their time about the trip and
stayed over a night or 30 in a good many
Of the own they came through. AL
though they nave nothing TO do with the
willys-overland Company most OF their
stopovers were made by request OF
various overland dealers and inciden-
tally they helped to sell many a car by
their ingenious story OF "A good trip and
no mechanical trouble.
They camped out most places, sleep
ing on the ground all except three nights
of the tour. They did their own cook
ing, Sweeney being the camp chef. Truss,
who halls originally from Memphis.
Tenn. did most OF the driving. The
other lads helped with the shovel and
planks when they got mired. which hap
pened now and again. Driving across
the desert TO Socorro. y. NJ. was a
pleasant trip, they said. and all that
has been said sbou the perils OF this
voyage they discounted.
w. ~.
IL that a Boston hotel man named Jack
son, whom they met In Holbrook, Ayiz..
told them they'd never get through even
10 Albuquerque, 1862 miles away. He
had just sold his car-which cost him
$4,000 when new-for $500 TO a garage
man. because he couldn't get through.
He said he'd give them all a good din
rer II they made IL. So now they are
going 10 Boston TO collect.
The young tourists have done better
than 1000 miles altogether with the
car, about l.l0O before leaving the
coast. They have had no trouble and
haven't even had the valves ground In
their motor. They were met yesterday
up near Tarrytown by George Floyd,
personal representative Of John y. wa
lys, president OF the Willys-Overland
Company, The boys had a talk over
the telephone with Mr.. WHY'S at his
summer home in Greenwich. Conn. Mr..
WHY'S came TO town yesterday. sailing
down on his yacht. and he is likely TO
meet the boys to-day. They checked out
at the end OF the trip at the g. T.
silver Motor Company. Overland dis
tributers for this district.
The other transcontinental party was
one OF three school teachers in the
Borough OF Queens who departed July
/ in "A small four cylinder Oldsmob!lc
and got back yesterday afternoon "ln
the nick OF time because they are re-
CURED 10 report to-day. The party was
mado up OF William II. Bradshaw and
Louis Silvestro, who teach at Y. s. "a
In Richmond Hin. n Albert \. John
son of l.. $, SIS. They drove out 10
the fair In twenty-five running days and
back in twenty-five running days.
using 600 gallons of gasolenc and COW
ering s,31s miles. They stayed six days
at San Francisco and six days at Los
Angeles and besides found time to visit
the Yellowstone, the Yosemite and tho
Grand Canyon. About all the trouble
they had was breaking three springs. Also
the car was struck by lightning en-
route TO the Yellowstone and the wind
shield was smashed.
Inc car Nau Deen driven more than
1000 miles when they took IL away
from New York. The cylinder head
was removed. the carbon cleaned out
and the valves ground before they
started, Since then nothing has been
done to tho car, Like the other cross
country parties, tho motorists found
wide variations in the prices and quail
fty OF gasolene and lubricating oils. Any
motor which stays clean enough 10 run
well clear across the continent is going
some apparently.
Fred J. Wagner. the automobile race
starter, arrived In town yesterday from
Minneapolis. where he OBLIGATED at the
500 mile race won by Cooper In the
Stutz, lie has charge OF the entries
for Sheepshead Bay. There are at
present about two dozen II some more
In sight, A full announcement Is com
Ing soon.
william slips Wagon Record.
CLEVELAND. Sept. William. l :5Sy
champion PAGER. shattered another
worlds record Tuesday morning AZ the
North Randall track when driven &c