Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
maxwell RECORD
CAR IN SERVICE
Mileage Now Surpasses Cir
cumference of Globe; U. S.
Soldiers Make 1t Favorite

The famous nonstop Maxwell. the
car that startled the automobile
world last January. when il piled up a
mileage of more than $4,000 in forty
Tour days without stop of the motor,
mas been making more fame for itself.
me car is back in its garage at the
Lord Motor Car Co., in Los Angeles,
after an extended tour of Southern
California, the Mexican border and
arizona. ;1r Its sPeedometer now reg
listers total mileage of 30.635 miles
distance surprising the worlds cir
cumference by more than 5000 miles
No more splendid endorsement of
Maxwell efficiency can be found than
in the performance of the Champion
Motor enthusiasts who figured that the
nonstop hero was done after its re-
markable feat of rolling up $4,000
miles without a stop, were sadly mis-
taken.
Immediately following the record
run, Charles c. Miller. Jr., district
salesman of the Maxwell Motor Co.,
with headquarters in Los Angeles, was
ordered to the wheel of the Champion.
He pointed it's nose southwark and the
long tour began. After a triumphant
trip through Southern California, Mr.
Miller drove the car into Arizona and
! down to the Mexican border. The
nonstop car was a favorite with the
troops along the border. 1t rendered
valuable service and the soldiers Wed
with one another in taking turns at
the wheel.
Miller circled the entire State of
Arizona and networked the interior
He climbed every mountain, plunged
through every sand pull, forded every
river and entered every city and viii
lage in the State, so that every citizen
in Arizona might have an opportunity
to view the title holder.
AS rule, the roads were of the
all of Millers driving was done al
night, the heat of the dusty roads dur
ing the day being unbearable.
Although encouptering the hardest
going in the west, when the Maxwell
returned to Los Angeles, 1t was in per-
feet condition. Not even the slightest
mechanical replacement was neces-
sary.
mo car was ever given a harder
pounding" said Miller In spite OF
the difficulties 90 Duntered. rugged
mountain paths. swollen streams, and
binding blasts Of sizzling desert sand
not once did the nonstop champion
falter. Just TO show what is in her.
let her out on the way home. The
last S07 miles over poor roads for the
most part, were negotiated in just fif-
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Angeles. sixty eight miles. we made in
Just an hour and a half"
Maxwell Has Veteran in Europe
Christian Lee, a veteran in the
motorcar business. has been appoint
ed to represent the Maxwell Motor
Company, of Detroit, as general Euro
pean representative for continental
Europe. Mr.. Lee has lead a pic
turesque career in Europe. He is a
licensed aviator His French license
bore the supposedly fatal number 13,
but in spite of this handicap, Mr.. Lee
has never had an accident. When the
war started, Mr.. Lee served with the
American Ambulance in Paris. He is
In close touch with the situation in
Europe and says it will be a consider
able time before the factories will be
ready to manufacture motorcars,
This is due to the fact that their ma
chinery is in bad shape.