The evening herald., 1918-03-28
AUTOMOBILE TEST
CARAVAN ARRIVES
IN ALBUQUERQUE
Making 10000 Mile Try-out of
New Service Machine for Peo-
pies Use, Probably Unprece.
dented in Automobile History

Nothing. since thr recent AlbuVurr
que auto show. has 80 Interested auto.
mobile men here as th, arrival vrstct.
dav evening of battery Of twenty ears
aud corps of thirty-thr,c skilled mech
aniciou- aud automobile men. irom To
lcdo. Ohio. Vin Denver.
They we're from the Willy. Overland
factories ~ Toledo. aud were rnptuiucd
hy T. u Jackson. one of the vice pres
drnts ot the Willvs Overland company.
and T.. " Bcldcn. chief engineer of the
vnmc mauufuctorv The twenty ma.
chimes Of the cntoufogr were turned into
the garage uf ihp KiNtef. Overland com.
pnuy. ON West Central. for the night
=. l.. Garfield of the Kisilrr garage,
was ON hand 10 rcrriVc the visiting
rompnny. They all could not gct nc.
commohutiuus M the Allurndo SO scat
tered oui for lodgings"
\ partial list ot the members of this
fput.w hcclcd caravan includes Edwin B.
jackson. head of the party; George
Brown, l.. X. Curhari. Frank Riggs.
William Sciwrri. j. Rarrick J. q. Bry
an Lester ! Towlc. T.. ~ Brldrn, II.
Hawk. ". G.. Nnglr W u Cullu, W VI.
Canndav. ! DeFrcucs T. krllur. \
Niles. ". r. Hunt. u. Davis. \. smith
?. Allan. A. North. u. Remover, !. Nill.
Wock. L. colt. G.. \. EuH. ir.. + ~rllick.
?. Spcakc. T. sweeney, p Ritter aud
L. y. Miller, nll of Toledo
Eighteen nf the twenty ears nrc ~
the new WillysOvcrlnnd model I type
and the two others are 'prairiu schoun.
crs. which carry complete camping
and cooking outfits, supplemented 10y
various accessories. The trip has been
carefully planned and lis object is 20
make tWclN thousand. mile test of the
new model NJ. t. which is not Vet on
/, the market
These manufacturers bad an uusntis.
factory experience while ago, with q
car known us the 90 seventy I've - aud
this time they are -pcuding u large sum
nf money and making exhaustive prae.
ti,al aud scientific tests before placing
u new machine ON the market. Perhaps
such tests and such prolonged attention
~ details are without parallel iu the
automobile world.
There is un uudcrtow of real interest
throughout the country 10 to jos, What
this ucw model I is ~ hr. aud do. Trad,
journals. pllied with the automobile m
lustrv. have stated that the ear is IA
be rcul aud perhaps the Nuly com
pctitor of She irrcprrssiblr Ford. Rul
the pric, for which 1t viii be sold, apd
the time it win Doe placed ON the mar
kct are us yet un-olNod problems
The twelve thousand u, De- test now ir
progress. viii include every possihl,
phase of cnr efficiency speed. cndur
uurc. economy iu operation. maintain
orcc. climbing, etc. Records mr." hcil
kept. moving pictures are being takcl
of the wonderful hill.climhug tcals u'
No I. and h. b. whispered that II hn'
pulled some of thr best up the mountain
roads after they had done their hcs
and N,ilcd. T. carries five passengers.
Members ~ the encourage are ~
trrmcly rcticcui about what b. being
done. but from othrr sources u IL
lcnrnpd that the No. ! has easily climhc,
Pixies Peak a. far us the leave ~ th,
winds aud negotiated successfully
both spanish mountain and Ration pas
"'without turning hair, -
The idea NJ first vas to establish
ten DAYS camp M Roosevelt dam, hu
the impression IN gaining that sp IN
Noruhly impressed has the party be-
come with Albuquerque that the tc'
DAYS camp may be established ncn
J here The base pf supplies would 10
50 much more convenient and sHtisfuc
tory.
! when the Olympad is finished, th
=. party win split aud one wing win 70
, turn cus, along the southern border u
r the United ~tutc. while another Nil
T. GO north and follow the Canadian boyu
dairy line 20 the east as nearly us lh-
. siblr
:. BEFORE thu final srpantiuu, bot
wings may hold together until san Paw
, cisco and Los Angeles have been yi.
tied
The automobile World t- looking toi
ward with more than usual interest," I
the time when the No. b. 90 Dee place
: ON the market, when its accomplish
mcuts viii hc published aud iis sUl
4, price announced
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