Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-21
AUTO ENDURANCE RUN
ON SNAP BET OF S1OO
TURNS INTO RECORD
Chandler Six Goes From
Cleveland to New York
on Average of 31.2 Miles
an Hour - New Cars
Problem to Chalmers.

Perhaps one of the most remarkable au-
tomoble endurance runs ever undertaken
was that Just completed by model '16'
Chandler Six, which covered the 6SL2
miles between Cleveland and New York
city in % hours and minutes, running
time. The average of 31.2 miles per hour
was obtained in the face of discouraging
road and weather conditions, p separate
detours being made en- route.
The trip was the result of a wager be-
tween President f. G. Chandler, of the
Chandler Company, and A. T. Murray
and ]. NJ. Breitenbach, of the Brady
Murray Motors Corporation, metropolitan
dealers. Murray and Breitenbach were
visiting the Cleveland factory on June 10,
and in conversation with Chandler,
Breltenbach stated that he believed 1t
possible to drive Chandler from Cleve-
land to New York city in "a hours run
ming time.
While a thorough booster of his own
product, Chandler thought the stunt a
little beyond the endurance of any car,
unless special preparations had been
made for relief drivers and n clear road.
The upshot of the matter was the post
ing of 800 wager, with conditions stat
ing that the New York men should start
at once and make the trip in less than
"a hours running time.
The wager was made at 2A5 p. m.
and 10 minutes later the car left the
shipping platform with hastily gathered
supplies of spare tires, gasoline, oil and
borrowed sweater coats and wearing
apparel for the drivers. At 25 minutes
past o'clock on June 16 the car drew
up in front of the Broadway salesrooms
| OF Brady Murray, having q total elapsed
time of 2S hours and % minutes with q
total running time of % hours and
minutes.
Announcement comes from the Nor
| dyke & Marmon factory of new series
of Marmon IA" cars, the same model
which has been the standard product OF
the Indianapolis plant for the last sea.
| son. According to the announcement
there is very little change in the new
cars over the machines of the same mode
which preceded 1t. Only the bodies have
been refined in details to bring their ap
pointments up to the minute.
In commenting on the problems tha
face motorcar builders, Hugh Chalmer
declared that the most difficult is makinI
the decision on what kind of a car t
build.
"The Importance of this decision 4
apparent when one considers the constan
shiftings that are constantly going on II
the automobile business, due to rapit
engineering development, severity OF com
petition and the caprices Of public de
mand. Particularly is this true of tn
manufactured car as distinguished from
the assembled car, because the decision
must be rendered much earlier.
"The engineers must be given time t
design their model Experimental car
must be built and tested thoroughly
Necessary tools must be made for th
factory, the purchasing department mus
be given time to get deliveries on raw
material. This alone often takes three o.
four months. From rough stock to fin
ished car takes at least three months, 81
even with everything running smoothly
IS months in advance of production al
plans must be laid.