The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-27
.HAM|[T0NS HAli.
EvENTFUL TRIP
Pass Through Many Adyen-
lures in Long Auto
mobile Journey
11,122 MILES AT
EXPENSE OF SLOTS

to Seattle Cordial Hospitality All
Along the Route-Trip Of Neary 16
Weeks.
Cordial hospitality along the highways
and byways, in the mountains and on the
prairies, at every corner and in every
quarter was meted out in abundant meas
ure to DIR. and Mrs. Fremont Hamilton
and son, John w. Hamilton, who have
Just returned after an automobile trip
covering ll,I22 miles from Brattlsboro
over the northern route to Washington.
down the Pacific coast to southern Cali
fornia, and return through the South Gen.
trail states, a trip which occupied a few
days over Is weeks.
The cash balance in the bank ami in
the hands of the Hamilton family is small
er by Sl,O75 than when the party left
I. Brattleboro Saturday morning, June Z.
Their fve-passenger car burned but 575
gallon of gasoline at a cost of $l4977,
and IS gallons of oil at a cost of $l9. The
| tire expense of the trip was $500. The
party experienced but one blowout dur
| ing their journey, and that while In Ports
land, Ore, and in addition to this they
picked up two tacks, one in Seattle,
Wash, and one soon after leaving Wash
| ington, d. c., on their return. A sharp
stone in Northampton, Mass, also caused
a fiat tire. While travelling over the ex-
tremely rough roads in Arizona and 9TH
er southwestern states on the return trip
where it was necessary at places on sc
count of the absence of bridges for arto-
mobiles, to go through the river bed with
abrupt embankments on either side, eight
springs were broken However, the en-
gine gave no trouble whatever throughout
the entire journey.
An average of 1909 miles day in the
81 days in which they were travelling.
covered from the time the party left
Brattleboro until July 81, when they
reached Seattle, where they spent week
and where Mrs. Hamilton attended see
sions of the general grand chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star In covering the s.,
r 065 miles 256 gallons of gasoline, costiny
s62 SO, were used, giving a mileage o,
: 1855 miles to a gallon. After their stay
e in Seattle 1874 miles were covered with
e III gallons of gasoline, costing s2S. 49, or !
gasoline mileage of is miles. This trir
o took the party, including friend o
5 Mrs Hamilton, who joined them at Seat
t tie, over larva beds and mountain roads
D The trip from Pasadena, Cal, to Brat
y tleboro was a distance of 4.243 miles and
/ required 207 gallons of gasoline. This eos
It s5S.05, and they covered an average 0
t 20z miles with a gallon of gasoline Th
IS price of gasoline varied from Is cents
r gallon to 80 cents a gallon, which was tn
!. price charged in Yellowstone Park region
,e The automobile expense going west wa
sl25.75; for the trip on the coast $los 50
and for the home stretch 500
The car was equipped with new over
size cord tires when it left here. Tw
new cord tires were bought which wer
It supposed to withstand 5000 miles of us,
However they stood but 1000 miles, o
which an adjustment was made on tw
i, more shoes. Three tires were retreades
2 Some of the roads were of volcanic asf
containing larva and stone, and with tn
extreme heat wore out tires rapid,
e During the tour of the coast. where Mr.
ad French accompanied the Hamiltons, a
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