Show Records eco Haye I-I I re- re rei v Little i tle Value Y roue reo Cross In In 53 Days DaY Daysi j i T 5 f S 3 w Now Auto Doe Tt i In II 4 Days I RA AI records Tn T r made on the In Indianapolis In- In p edwa arc are merely mery relative o and an Informative c. Because one or more moie m lc cars can be driven en COO 00 miles at a speed of miles or better per pct hour Is of no more value I lip to p. p the ordinary motorist mot than thin Is Is' the fact that an nn automo automobile bile can enn bo bo from San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco to New York VorK at an on average a e speed peed of over 42 miles per hour it on ells him that tha t one can travel tra el cl across the continent t In In a motor car In to seven hours hours' less Ic s time than ho can in a railroad train rain CHOSS CROSS T ICI T VICI iy IN I The drive made by I. I U n. Mil Mil- Miller Miller ler who left San Francisco at 10 JO JOa a. a a m. m ray May 31 and who follow follow- following ing log the Lincoln highway retch retch- retched r. r ched ed cd New York City at S 55 p pp m m. June 3 3 was a n wonderful achieve achieve- ment Then he started west over another route and reached Los Angeles just one ono minute under ore one week from the hour he he- he hid hall left San S.-m Francisco Mr Air Average Motorist reading an account of Millers Miller's ance will not be prompted by any nn desire de lre to cross the continent wIth similar t speed but he will re the Impression that It is now pos possible ios sible to drive a n motor car from h m coast to coast at reasonable sj speed and In reasonable comfort r JIp 31 I will believe that America Jias 1 that highways that the day of or motor touring has arrived And h S be be- right It Is Interesting to read the his his- history history history tory of transcontinental motor motor- motoring motorIng motorIng ing and thereby learn what made m possible such a drive c as Millers V F 21 J nS lr Tr ns AGO ACO j I jIn In 1903 1303 F. F T T. better n as Q Tom Fetch attempted to learn whether or not one could cou drive from San Francisco to New loe I York He lIe equipped himself with II II 9 the the best then then to be had in motor motorcar Packard I car cail l cm-l- a n one cylinder equipped with Hh the oil all lamps used u In that daj i And loaded cd with ap ap- appliance l enough to build his road if ie n il As ho lIo went along JUs dila guide Ij e was w is a map of the Union Pacific railroad the best and only road rD Information In obtainable a- a a that time ii rs lQ TOOT Ji M l tr T O On n June IS 18 1903 he started the big venture Directed by the railroad folder and a n opening gates cutting wire fences and making inquiry at nt every every r pos pos- possible possible sible sible- opportunity he succeeded s in reaching New ew York In 03 53 3 days In 1927 Mr Miller Mille motored be- be between be between tween the same two cities and three and one-fourth one days das It I is 13 safe aee to assert rt that Miller made n his drive with far less physical discomfort and far far less less I than did d Fetch Millers Miller's equipment was such as you would in the use on an ordinary outing Country He Ile had hall the usual lal num num- number number I ber of spare tires and th usual tools that go with an automobile The Unroll Union 1 non Pacific map and the by a n con- con compass C- C were ere replaced chain of steel signs marl mark fog p the th Lincoln highway The on work depended Ti balance n of f the 1118 of the vehicle and of off tiN he ti 1 driver r. f fife novice can and of them do make the trip annually they take talce l j. j k or more the the length Ic h of or yOg l dependent ent on the tho amount of sightseeing they de de- desire desire de- de desire sire to do o. o |