El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14
FRANKLIN SETS
GASOLINE CLAIM
Observers Testify To 1873
Miles on Gallon; Both
Runs Over 80 Miles.

Sworn afndavits IN the possession
OF H. T. Williams. sales manager OF
the Franklin Motor Car company
assert a wonderful gasoline record
. in the Franklin national economy
run by the FL Pas5 entries on Friday.
Despite the fact thar il was FRIDAY
the 18Th" some fine marks were ev.-
IDENTIFY obtained all over the south
west as kilograms from other dealers
show marks said TO be as good, and iu
some cases better. than made here.
I'VE used the Franklin series nine
touring car belonging 70 Winchester
Cooley" said Mr.. Williams. This car
had run a little over 300 miles. In my
tryouts on Thursday, I obtained SO
miles on the first gallon and 53-7 on
the second We started the official
tests AT o'clock on Friday moruiue.
Il V Watson. cashier Of the Rio
Graude Valley bank, and a. H Beck
EFT, of The herald. being the ghse~v-
ers- The run was started through the
city streets and then out on the upper
valley road. AS the A. A. A. rule re-
quires that the TIP over O. given road
must be- made lo-l ways, so that amy
advantage of O. down grade is over
come by having 20 pull up that grade
i'm the other direction. we turned at
Is miles from the start, as 1 looked
gallon
I'VE didn't make that mark. The
special tank containing one gallon of
gasoline, certified by the officials o.
the city. was empty just beyond the
FLauuct, the speelOmeLer showing 500
miles An examination of the tank
and the ClrDureLOr showed that there
had been considerable sand and grit
IN the gasoline, and on the suEEes-
ton Of one of the observers, We de-
c-ded 10 make another run al noon.
Through arrangement with lIr
LCCkhart- Of the Rio Grande Oil COM
p1ny. a gallon OF commercial gasoline
was drawn from one Of the supply
tanks OF that company. It was poured
into the special tank and the second
run started
we followed the same route. but
went u the valley 10 a total distance
Of i miles and then turned and ran
back 10 IL Eas0- We had made 50
miles on reaching Cleveland square
and looked FOR the gasoline TO give
out any time, but the car kept run
ming and We went through the bust
ness section and then out on Texas
street for a short distance and turned. .
the gasoline being exhausted near
Austin street and the spleL0Uerer ]
reading 5s-3 miles
This is undoubtedly the greatest /
authenticated gasoline record ever OBJ I
tanned IN j. PasO- want TO make Il /
clear that the gasoline We used is
exactly the same as sold at all Rio
Graude stations and was about go
gravity test The car carried A. H.
Beckett, Of The Herald, and j. W.
Brace. Of the Times, as official OBJ
servers. and these men made affila-
Wit to the mileage before y. j. NeaZey, .
notary public
The car was weighed on the city .
o
pounds II was fully equipped IN ev- .
cry respect and there were uo ADJUST 7
meuts Of any nature beyond cleaning .
out the carburetor before the second .
test
Last year, IN The national economy
test, l5I Franklin cars ll all parts ~
America and with all kinds Of road
conditions averaged better than 80
miles TO the gallon. With ideal con-
di-iOns here, the record made was no
surprise 10 those familiar with the
Franklin car For the benefit Of one
business man who has doubted the
mark, we intend 10 make another p---
va-e test al his convenience next
week. when I hope for 80 miles
Henry Ellis, Franklin dealer al
NaEda.eua, n. H. wired the Franklin
Motor company on Friday afternoon
that he had obtained a mark of Ala
miles TO the gallon in the test at Nag
daleua and followed this wire an hour
later asking If we could deliver five
passenger touring car at once, so il
was evident that his run sold at least
one car al once for him