Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 52 | Severe Test Given Two Hudson Autos

SEVERE nn TEST I to I GIVEN TWO HUDSON AUTOS Botterill Tells o of Hard Trip Made by Machines Over 20 1 Miles I es of Road Roa r While Whilo at the Hudson factory ro- ro Frank Botterill of ot tho Tom Botterill Automobile company said ald yesterday he was amazed at the tho re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re test of ot both the thirty seven and four fifty Hudsons Hudson b by two celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- racing drivers engaged to drive the cars with factory factor experts miles over the worst roads and through the tho Allegheny mountains with In Instructions Instructions ln- ln to break them to pieces if It they could The Tho cars were driven at a a mlle minute speed Tho The worst conditions prevailed as to roads and weather and andIn andIn andIn In consequence the test was equal to miles under favorable condl- condl says Mr r. r Botterill Five Fl passengers were carried on each ench of or these cars cars cars' and besides the passengers passengers gers they were loaded with baggage and und other luggage lugg Howard E. E Coffin personally took his turn In riding in both cars and after the miles mile hois ho hoIs hoIs Is said to have found not a single basic defect In design For months after this test had been made the cars j were kept running continuously over O some of ot the worst roads In Michigan I Indiana and Kentucky Mr says St'S he rode rodA in one ono of or these cars sixty five miles an hour on the Indiana speedway track On the return trip to Detroit there was an average speed maintained of ot fifty miles nn rin hour Outside of oC one puncture he Days it was not even necessary to add water tater to the radiator The Botterill company compan will receive a a. ai i second carload of machines early this week and has Just received a wire from the factor factory that the third carload was shipped Saturday R. R W. W Kelly one ono of or the Hudson en engineers engineers en- en Is now in the city to look over o all Hudson owners owners owners' cars and In the future he will be In Salt Lake at least leaston on once e In every sixty days das