The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-24
EIGHT HUNDRED
MILES BY AUTO
ON MARCH ROADS
E. w. Williams and Party Found
Trip Pleasant
TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON
In Spite OF Mud and Snow the 800
Miles Was Done at II Miles to
Each Gas Gallon

Editor Of The Banner: Railroad
and Pullman fare to New York for
three persons would spoil twenty.
five dollars and our plans included
Worcester and Boston before return
ing home to bennington. The temp
tatIon TO use q motor car was strong,
though we were hemmed in by i've
miles OF hub deep and nearly impas'
sable mud.
A nearly new light five passenger
car was chosen when We decided 10
make the trip by motor Never hav'
mig made q trip in car OF this make
and model, we were much interested
in its performance: especially were
we interested in its ability 10 get II.
self through the mud which we could
not avoid and in which many cars
had been hopelessly mlred. Lieuten-
ant Mitchell arrived from Montpelier
on the Flyer at $3.50 and, at 3;45 we
were on the way to Troy in the car;
speedometer reading 705 miles
Stopping at the state line to put
on the chains, we put the little green
car into the Hoosick mud. 1t was
soon dragging the aXles through the
porridge while the motor was putting
forth its power with low gear engag-
ed The mud adhered to the wheels
so well and they were buried so deep
that they did not spin and churn the
mud but turned slowly while the car
moved ahead but n little, and every
now and then, the car seemed about
40 settle and stop for good. With
variation, this condition kept up until
we, reached the Hoosick bridges.
On the good road, the little car was
able to travel up Potter hill faster
than we cared TO 80, so we set II run
ming at 35 miles per hour and kept
II right there to the car line. at Sye.
way
stopping about fifteen minutes in
Troy. we started ea and arrived in
HUDSON ut eds, hsving nmited our
speed as before to 80 miles per hour.
Hudson, y. y. Is just 20 miles from
Remington. Three hours ont VI
Bennington, we had stopped in Hud.
son for the night. With stops for
chains on and Off and errands in
Troy deducted, our running time was
hrs. 81 minutes for the 10 miles.
The next morning Ave gallons of
gasoline ran our tank over badly.
On the run from Hudson to New
York. we decided to limit our speed
to thirty miles per hour. Leaving
Hudson at $40 q. m, a puncture at
! 791 mics was the first Incident
This delayed us from 9:S4 to 9:4S
In Poughkeepsie SIT miles, we stop
ped for 10 minutes Our 80 mile
speed limit had been smashed twice
for short periods necessary to show &
Buick Six that they could not pass
US until we were willing they should
In Yonkers the speedometer turned
up S7j miles. just 100 miles from
Hudson; so we had the tank filled
Four and a half gallons ran it over
badly Having stopped one hour ant
forty-hve minutes in Tarryton fol
dinner, we arrived in New York City
at 3:30-speedomete 800 miles
The next day in New York, ",
found that the gasoline andoil use,
on the trip and one nights storage
and wash had cost us S5.65 for trans
porting three persons. COmparinI
this with The railroad fare we fel
We had money to spend.
The summary of this trip is is
miles-l0 hours 81 minutes tota
elapsed time enroute--7 hours 8
minutes running time-l0 gallon
Of gasoline, and one quart OF oil uset
The Airplane exhibit prove
most interesting and instructiv,
The very large machines showed tn
best development. The large flyin
boats and day and night bomber
were better examples Of perfected d'
sign and workmanship than the sma
Ter machines. The size of these mt
chimes is amazing when one come
, In contact with them no matter ho'
! many photographs one may have see
or how familiar he may be wit
] printed Dimensions. The large nigi
I bombing machine in the Madiso
Square Garden could easily carry u
f, our car and It's occupants.
: There seems no hope for any IN
q mediate development OF general us
!. OF 0irplanes by any section OF Il
!. public unless development IS helpC
!. by government action. Landing st
. tions in small towns and villages al
II an absolute necessity for The gener
n use OF planes It Is only after Ian
\. ing fields are very thickly locate
n that planes can he generally us,
, with safety. These fields will nece
70 sarily nave night markers and ca
n tive balloons FOR fog and mist mar
crs: also devices indicating wind d
r ection, all these things being essei
n. ial to the safe landing of the plane
NJ Flying is safe already: the profile
n. is to make landing safe.
@. The captured German maohin
Y. were interesting relics. The "a
m. that the Germans adhered strictly
H. straight six cylinder motors Is an
he terestng feature and one which Lie
or Mitchell says might have been a 90
re one for the Allies TO have follow,
nd The safety parachute with which G
man aviators left their machii
when on fire, saved many Of tn
lives according to Lieut., Mitchell Q