The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
LOCAL IN|.E 4
LONG AUTO TRIP
OVER |. |: 8 STATES
Enc unter Many Bad Roads
During Drive---MiIeage
Totals 2,058.

During Drive Mileage
Totals 2,O58.
NJ. Beltman, former boys
secretary at the Z. M. c. A., and
D.%C.SHarkins, teacher in the
SFairmont High School, have just
from an interesting auto
mobile trip to Hot Springs, n. G.,
and return The total mileage of
the trip was 2;058 miles, and the
distance was covered in eleven
arriving days, with an average OF
rs miles a day The trip was
mad ina new. Maxwell roadster;
THE average mileage per gallon OF
IS 90 miles for every quart OF oil
used The total expense OF the
trip was a little less than S1O0.
The boys camped in the open
might, without tent. They
had 8s folding cots, poncho and
The boys did their own
cooking, and the daily menu con-
sisted mostly of pork and beans,
.buttermilk, cocoa and salt rising
bread. They experienced no TIRE
3oraengine trouble on the trip, de-
6spite$the fact that the route was
over dirt roads practically all the
4 tim e. the roads in West virginia
III tennessee and Southern Virginia
being especially bad. They found
az variance in the price OF gaso-
line of from &c cents to 80 cents
during the trip.
" The following is taken from the
log Of the trip:
June Z.
81: .o,,inr late Tuesday
49, 80 prn, Wa decided we
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:, !S.n - s. = Vic Moreantowu
~ Z !, @oI2I, zCsreenshurr Indiana,
49, b. = - S,i = pa arriving there
- 80 20 = 4
4 So $3.50 Z 4. 3 : 3 .t
June "
Through a pouring rain all day,
We drove via Tyone, Altoona, Bed
ford, to Hagerstown, Md. After
sa little let up Of rain, we decided
to camp out, back OF country
school house. Early in the morn
ing rain started again, drenchlnS
our cots and blankets. We mere
41y%rolleds over, pulled the water
proof ponchos over our head ana
went back to sleep. AS soon as
the rain stopped, we hauled out
after stopping to chat with some
fellow tourists who enjoyed the
rain as much as we did.
June o.
Visited Antietam battlefield
sHarpers Ferry, Charles Town,
then via Winchester, saw the
beautiful endless caverns. Next
came stanton and LeSlngton.
The day's'@trip followed through
the beautiful Cumberland Gap
with massive ranges OF noun
stains ranging on either SIDE.
n June 10.
Through Roanoke over the
Smuddiest roads east OF the
Rocky Mountains: Drove twenty
two miles in half a day, ROCKY
Mount to Winston-Salem, n. Z.
3Camped out in big pine forest,
where chickens, dogs and cows
welcomed US in the morning 10
%greet5our arrival into North Caro-
lima.
June IL.
Drove via Greensboro where we
called on friends from Fairmont.
After starting again, it was neces-
ssary to stop out in the country,
away from a gasoline station, TO
inquire how many miles we would
have to walk to purchase half
gallon of gasoline. A country
friend insisted that he had a good
substitute in the form OF genuine
North Caroline sugar liquor, but
realizing that gasoline would fill
the tank rather than liquor, we
walked the required distance. We
.camped that night in Charlotte, /!
NC.
june IL.
5Es@E From t& Charlotte. n. G. via !
S. C. to Greenville,
SC. South Carolina had by far !
the best roads of the entire tour.
They were wide, smooth clay and /
gravel roads over which a person |
could make any desired speed.
That day we saw the plans where |
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