Arizona republican., 1919-05-04
PA|GES BATTLE WITH
 RAMPACES IF SPRING

There arrived at Bridgeport Conn, the other day two Paige Larchmonts that had been through an experience seldom suffered even by cars purpose ly put to trying stunts by adventurous drivers in the dead of winter.
 The Larchmonts had been brought to Bridgeport from the Paige factory in Detroit, making the trip by boat to Cleveland, then by their own power to Albany via Buffalo, then by boat to New York, thence taking the road again for the rest of the way to Bridge port.
 While owner L. J. Carroll arranged for this driveway so that he might get delivery at once, he was glad of the op- portunity to test out these cars. lie did not look, however, for the extra ordinary difficulties his pilots encount- cred, for during the week they were on the road they ran into severe snow storms that piled up drifts six feet l high, nayigated seas of mud, battled day to cover Is miles and otherwise fought and roughed their way through l in namanner that made their log look like the report of some adventurous motor ist exploring a wilderness during a combination of winter blizzard and spring freshet What giaddened the heart of MT. Carroll was the fact that 1 the cars got through in splendid fash ion, succeeding where many others l failed completely, and never once were obliged to call for outside help. The two Larchmonts arrived in Cleveland by boat from Detroit Thurs day morning, March 27, and started at once on their own power for Buffalo. It was showing. but the greatest diff 1 ficulty on this lap was with the mud that reached as high as the axle and covered a 40-mile stretch.
 Twenty or more others cars left 1 Cleveland at the same time, all bound 1 for Buffalo and other eastern points. But many of them had great difficulty in negotiating the road and one by one the Larchmonts left them behind reaching Buffalo Thursday night
 Friday morning the Larchmonts ran into a blizzard at Caledonia, \. Y.
 where the snow was from four to six feet high and the drifts extended in various places for 100 feet. The cars came through successfully and neal Avon, finding a two-ton truck stuck in a bank, pulled it out
 These road conditions continued to 1 Seneca Falls and the Larchmonts
 bucking the snow banks broke the road for twelve other cars of various makes. Many of these cars had to be l pulled out of the drifts with horses and nearly all of them gave up the struggle; but not once from Buffalo to Albany did the Larchmonts have re- cauTse to equine power.
 The Larchmonts leri Seneca Falls Saturday morning and reached Auburn i Saturday night, a distance of IS miles Several cars that attempted to cover this stretch had to seek shelter in farm houses. Sunday morning, March 30 the Larchmonts went from Auburt tC | Syracuse, 26 miles and encountered some drifts higher than the cars. When Utica was reached Monday tho Paige men were advised to turn bacl
 as there was one man with two team: at Kirkvilie who had made over s12i
 that morning pulling cars out of var
 ious drifts. but the Larchmonts wer,
 kept going and reached Albany tha
 night where they took the boat fol
 New York, reaching Bridgeport Wed
 nesday