El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
PAIGE GOES
TO TOP OF
PIXIES PEAK
Uses Cog Road In Feat Never
Before Performed By
Automobile.

The new Paige $50 seven pas
senger stock model touring car with
Ralph Milford at the wheel. last week
climbed Pixies Peak. using the cog
railroad as its route. a feat that has
never before been accomplished by
an automobile and which has been
presumed 10 be Impossible.
The extraordinary difficulties OF
the cog road climb lie IN the fact that
the car was not only obliged TO run
on the ties and over trestles, cattle
guards, cog switches and rocks, but
was forced as well 20 conquer a grade
that in some sections mounted as
high as p per cent The climb IS
declared TO be the highest, steepest
and most difficult ever made by an
automobile. No other cog road IL the
world IS half so high and no other
vehicle, except a specially built Bald
win cog locomotive, had ever mounted
this road Even Son-of-a-Gun hill.
nearly a tWo-mile stretch OF IS per
cent grade. was made with ease.
Distance was Nine Miles.
The distance covered was nine miles
and the start was made from Mani
tou at an altitude OF $500 feet. As
the altitude at the top is 1880 feet,
the Paige had TO climb nearly 900 feet
mile, with an average grade OF 16
per cent At no point IN the nine
mile climb Is the grade less than 71s
per cent; four Of the nine miles are
Is per cent; three and one-eighth be-
tween 20 70 IS per cent The longest
pull Of Is per cent is a mile and three
quarters at 1900 feet.
Added TO the difficulties was the
decreasing depression as the altitude
mounted 20 1900 feet The hardest
stretch IS the last half mile OF Is TO
% per cent grade at 1900 feet As
several stops were made 70 take nov
ing pictures and still" photographs
no attempt was made 10 take the
time. in addition TO the stops for
pictures the Paige was obliged 70
Of break down Of the cog locomotive
which mad just preceded It
No accidents OF any kind we're SUI
Tered By the car Some Of the grades
were Travelled in intermediate at a
speed Of IS miles an hour. On the
steepest grades the car mounted az
a rate OF six miles an hour in low.
Not over gallon and half OF water
was used on the trip. Among the
points passed en- route were Little
Chief. Iron Springs. He'll Gate. Grand
Pass. Lions Gulch, Timberline, Windy
Pit and Abyss OF Desoladon. As many
as eight persons were carried Up some
Printer Is Astouiuhed.
7. b Wilson, printer OF Pixies Peak
Review, whose shop is az the top.
was the most astonished man IN the
world when he saw the car approach
his office.
Il have lived on this peak FOR -
years" he said, "and III certainly
admit that this Is the first time
ever saw an automobile way up here
The Paige descended BY the way
OF the auto highway, thus being the
first car 70 make the Pixies Peak
This great feat Of the Paige far
oTershadoWs the Labor day events for
the reason that the car that climbed
the cog road was a stock model,
while all the Labor day entries we're
specials.
It was proof conclusive that u
power and stamina the Paige $50
has no superior IN the world. for no
test could more conclusiTely prove
the ability Of the Paige to negotiate
any hill or stand up under the most
severe abuse that this nine nile climb
over rough ties. loose roadbed and
unusual grades. with several pas
sengers aboard.
And following this test, the car was
driven from Pixies Peak 20 Denver,
thence to Chicago and Detroit. show
ing no indication OF the terrific
strain 70 which Go has been SUBJ ected.
Advertising matter describing In de-
tal the cog road record established
By the Paige. and showing pictures
Of this event is in course OF prepare
ton and VIII be distributed as com
pleted-