The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-09-25
ACROSS CONTINENT TRIP
OF MOTOR TRUCKS SUCCESS
Test Journey of Heavy Trucks From
Boston Demonstrate Superiority
OF Lincoln Highway

ordinary commercial importance to
this section was the trial trip of the
two motor trucks which passed
through Fallon last Friday night on
this the second last stage of their
transcontinental journey.
The trucks consisted of a Whit
and Packard each weighing viii
their loads $4,000 pounds.
The tires are 44x10 rear aud
3SxS in front and carry an air pres
sure of 140 pounds, the cost of these
being 5000 each. Both trucks were
sealed and on each was the inscrip
tion Goodyear transcontinental ex-
press. via Lincoln Highway" and
manning each truck were three men
who worked In six hour shifts.
These are part of a feet OF ten
motor trucks that for the past two
years have been making trips from
Akron, Ohio to Boston with a view
of relieving the pressure on railway
transportation and have proven so
eminently successful that the gov
ernment Is encouraging more gen
eral use of them.
During the railroad blockades last
winter these trucks proved a bless
ing to the government as they main
tanned their schedule throughout the
winter.
The route west was over the Lin
coin Highway and again demonstrat-
ed the superior advantages of this
route over all others and effectually
disposing OF the contention of Mr..
Mares of the Northern California
Automobile Association of the lack
OF feasibility OF the Lincoln High
way for motor traffic.
The trucks left Boston Septembe.
End under the convoy of Mr.. Scott
Master of transportation and were
met at Salt Lake City by II. C. os-
terman. Field Secretary of the Lin
coin Highway, Mr. Trent. Sales Ag
ent for the Goodyear Tire Company
and Fred Cook who piloted them
across Nevada. this portion of the
trip covering four days.
The trucks have maintained
consistent speed of IL miles an hour
and made a 20 per cent grade with
out effort and on arrival in Fallon
the tires still held the cultured Bos-
ton air with which they started.
Friday evening a message came
from Frenchman's Station asking
that arrangements be made TO pilol
the psrty to Fallon in response 10
which, two cars left here under the
pilotage of Attorney A. l.. Haight
and II. +. Buerer and conveyed them
to town. arriving here at midnight.
Here again they were Obliged to
fly the distress signal as Mr.. oster
man confessed his unfamiliarity
with the Carson route and in ordel
that the heretofore splendid record
of the journey be maintained the5
we're piloted from Fallon to Carson
WueIb tnty dTIlstu stlciy dt al tdiA4
hour Saturday morning. and from
there the trip continued to Sacra
mento and San Francisco at whic!.
latter point they arrived Monday.
These were the first motor trucks
that have come through this setcioa
using pneumatic tires and the first
to undertake such long journey
over such variety of roads.
The trip of these trucks has awak-
ened statewide interest and in many
cities along the route the party was
escorted by prominent officials.
Shober Rogers and Judge Coleman
journeying to Fallon to meet them,
and many messages were received
here from Reno inquiring as to their
progress.
No better authority on roads is to
be found in the entire country than
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