The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-18

required pressure, custom he had
followed since he bought the car.
twice he took off the top head of the
engine and scraped the carbon off the
head and off the pistons. 81 found
some terrible grades in the Cascade
Mountains, said Mr. Rogers, s'Fourth
of July canyon being the worst, but
negotiated this nicely, opening up the
throttle while the car stood still until
the water boiled, then starting ahead.
The roads are very narrow here, and IN
some places are covered with deep vol
eanic ash which is about the eonsis-
tency of -four. In the Rocky noun
tains we came to the place where a
man and his wife and child were IN
a ear that the driver lost control of
and it went over the bank, falling $50
feet and then sliding $50 feet more.
The engine of the car was not dam
aged but the rest was crushed to atoms.
The child they could not find any
trace of; the man and woman were
crushed and probably killed instant
ly. We caught nice string of trout
III the Rocky mountains and had a
fine fish fry on the running board of
the car.
1.-THE gasoline expense for the trip
was s4360. The entire expense for
gasoline, oil, two spark plugs and two
tires, which was the entire automo-
bile expense, plus food and supplies for
our party of three, was $143.93
When | got to Seattle l tuned up
the car and l consider it able to do
10000 miles more of work Just like
this. The only unpleasant feature of
the trip was the excessive rain and
wind when passing through South Da-
kota and the south end of North Da
kota. One hundred and fourteen miles
was the shortest days drive and 242
the longest, and the average from start
to finish, figuring each day from the
time we left Springfield, was 1922
miles. Taking into consideration the
extreme hard usage this car had before
starting on this trip, carrying some
times up to ID persons in the jitney
service, | can recommend it as re-
liable tranSeontinental vehicle, and
where time is no object, cheap way
to cross the continent. The experience
is well worth the while. Our ear with
a Massachusetts, license and banner
was tagged for Seattle and strangers
en- route extended every possible cour.
tesy, furnishing us with route maps
from state to state the entire route
Our luggage and camping equipment
together with ourselves, weighed fully
as much as five adult persons. We
passed several larger ears with less
passengers that Were either stuck in
the mud, sand or on the grades. We
met many people en- route Tor the
Fest among the mountains and ouI
outfit was so conspicuous that we were
always being accosted and interviewed
concerning road conditions NY car
has never been kept for one hour un
der anv shelter whatever since ] haC
it, subject to all weather, both idle
and under power 1t continues to ram.
BILE right along. | have always driven
it at a good sharp clip of speed where
road conditions were favorable and
have been fortunate not to have col.
Gded with anything. Now | thinl
enough of it to give it a fresh coat Of
paint and dub it my transcontinental
Pullman. Why notl ! travelled, ate
and slept in il together with my par
tv over trip of 1863 miles under
every prevailing condition of "a con
sccutive DAYS.