The sun., 1918-07-28

Harry J. de Bear. manager OF the
New York branch OF the Maxwell Motor
Sales Corporation. Fifty-plnth street and
Broadway. is more than gratified with
the remarkable showing that the Max
well military express is making on It's
transcontinental run from San Francisco
to New York, laden with military sup
plies en- route from Australia to France
which is being driven by the popular
and prominent transcontlnental. driver
Ray Mcnamara, and which left San
Francisco on Wednesday, July II.
The ocean to ocean haul. which is be-
ing made by Maxwell worm drive
truck in cooperation with the army au-
thor!ties OF the United States Govern
meut and which Ia laid out on a sched-
ule that will convey the load from coast
to const at the rate Of about 100 miles
a day--,he time ordinarily made by
passenger automobile tourists-will
probably be made IN very much
shorter space OF time than at first i'm
agined possible. Judging from the re-
markable showing made by Mcnamara
on the first weeks run.
The truck. after taking n load OF arm
San Francisco wharves. was ferried
across the bay to Oakland and started
on it's first days run to Sacramento
Cal, a distance Of 1877 miles, on Wednes-
day, July II. The distance from San
Francisco to New York by speedometer
records Is SASS miles, and every DOS
sihle effort will be made to put the truck
over the highway route in the shortes,
possible running time and to establish
a transcontinental record in truck trans
port. which Judging from the first weeks
, performance will exceed even the ex-
| pectations OF Maxwell Motor Company
officials.
BY this trip a Detroit made motor
will for the first time serve as the over
land link in an international haul by sea
| and land OF more than $4,000 miles--a
little more than half way around the
world.
The first day. Wednesday. July II, In.
| stead OF running to Sacramento the
truck continued on to Reno, covering q
distance Of PTS miles. more than doub.
ling the oroginal schedule; crossed the
Sierra Nevada Mountains and reached
/ an altitud. OF 1900 feet with pull ur
the west slope Of seventy miles through
perpetual snow.
on the second day, Thursday. July
I 10, lNU IlileS "tIc indut " AuslAht &NtN
/ This days run was through desert anc
! mountain trails with the roads in thu
| worst condition they have been in fol
years. On this day Mcnamara encoun
| tered cloudbursts the heaviest that have
been known in great many years. with
six such storms having occurred within
a period OF ten days. Thirty miles cas-
of Reno the desert begins. ard afte
passing Hazan. the junction OF the high
ways. twenty miles Of mud flats wer,
found. almost impossible in wet weather
After struggling through this terribl'
stretch the Maxwell truck arrived n
Fallon. the oasis of the desert whic,
owes It's existence to the melting snow
OF the high Serras. At this point irriga
ton has transformed this mud fiat int
fertile farming land.
On the third day. Friday. July 10, Is
miles were covered to Ely, New, afte'
crossing q series OF high mountain ranges
Here rain was also encountered, which
made II necessary for Mcnamara II
some places to repair the road before h
could 60 further. After passing Aust,
a stretch Of fifty miles had to be coverec
without q sign OF life until Eureka wa
reached. From Eureka to Ely. New.