The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-24
LOWERING HIGH
COST OF UPKEEP
WITH SAXON SIX
San Francisco Jitneur Drives
His Car 1000 Miles
Without Repairs.

A six-cylinder Saxon car has set q
new record for service as a jitney bus
nSthis city. The machine has been
driven IL, 600 miles and not a cent
has been expended for repairs. The
car was used during the exposition
rush and was in service day and
night for several months.
Some months ago William Coy of
San Francisco purchased a. six-cylin,.
der 1915 Saxon and placed it in the
jitney service. This was at the be
ginning of the big rush of visitors to
San Francisco to visit the exposition,
and before it closed Coy had driven
his Saxon 1900 miles over the
streets of San francisco.
tsOne can appreciate the fact that
a car in the jitney service has to un~
dergo the hardest duty that can be
given to an automobile says F. w.
Du gBroy, owner of the Saxon Sales
Co, San Francisco Saxon dealers.
Time is a great factor, and to be
productive of good financial results
the car must be kept on the go, es-
pecia11y when business wis as good
as ftaswas in San Francisco IN the jit-
ney line during the time of the ex-
position:
Never. once during the II, 900 miles
that the Saxon was run did it have
to lay up for repairs
Finishing up on the tjitney work,
Coy decided to take a vacation and
state.
9 From. San Francisco he drove to
Los Angeles, and from there pro-
ceeded, down to San Diego to take in
the exposition there After driving
around the Coronado district he
went across the Mexican Line as far as
Tijuana. Returning to- Los AM
the MoJave desert over Ell Canine
Sierra to Lone Pine. While this is
a most delightful country, yet the
roads are not in keeping with the
state highway which is to be enjoy
ed in other. sections of the state.
From Lone Pine he drove on to In
dependence and Big Pine, thence over
four big ranges of mountains to
Goldfield. Anyone who has ever
travelled over this section of the state
knows what these four ranges are,
and the condition of the road, and
fully appreciates how good a car
must he to fully negotiate them.
+ From GoIdfeld he drove to Ton
opah thence up through the sage
brush country to Reno. All along
the route he. made side trips to inter-
esting points. At Reno. he wasafig=
uring on crossing ever the Summit
to San Francisco but investigation
showed that this would be an impos-
sibiIity on account of the deep snow
that had already accum ulated at Sum
NIT.
cts meant either shipping the car
across to Sacramento or retraeing the
steps to Big Pine. thence down to
Bakersfield and up the valley route.
THAT would consrme more time
than he wished to give. and therefore
shipped to Sacramento. From Sacra-
naento he toured to San Francisco,
completing trip of over 1900 miles
The records of this trip show that
under all conditions Of road, climbing
over mountain ranges, through the
desert and all the rest Of hard going
he had averaged 1900 miles to the
gallon.
'sToday his car IS running as sweet
ly as when he bought it, and he has
the Satisfaction up to the present time
of not having to spend one cent for
REPAIRS
The SAXON is sold by the Columbus
Motor Car c. 1841-43 Main street