Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 9 | Maxwell Wins in Encounter of Big Trucks

Maxwell Wins in Encounter of Big Trucks 1 Prize fights itts have been big drawIng draw draw- In Ing card cald for persons ons with wah a drop rop of sporting blood In tI their lr veins velm That form mm of or fighting has been barred rc by b- the 10 legislators ns in most states state The Tho a age of or truck fighting now dawn dawl i A. A The Tho first scrap b between trucks of f different nt makes Is s re reported reported re- re ported from Emporia Kan Iran Other than being the home town of ot Wm m.A. m. m A. A White the thc famous publisher and writer riter the city will be bo known as tho the stage stag of the tho first truck duel The combat occurred tl in tho the freight yards ards of oC the Santa Fo Fe railroad railroad rail rail- road It was an accident that the tho trucks s fn engaged aGed In this tins battle battlo royal During Durin tho scuffle the tho railroaders gathered aroun around and cheered for Cor their particular favorite The Tho trucks he belonged longed to the Mc- Mc Cord Kistler company compan and the Bailey Dalley T Transfer p company n The he two vehicles became blocked back bacle to I back bacle The driver er of ot each decided ed that tho the easiest wa way to cl clean an the tho atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere and find relieve o the crush was to pull the other out of oC the way So Su thc they hooked on and started their engines One truck was a n heavy make maks while the second competitor was a a. Maxwell truck A majority of oC the tho bystanders were wore wagering on the big truck The Maxwell driver laid Jail his mone money and all en cn his steel steed d The Tho 10 word Id I'd was given ghen and the drivers stepped on tho the starters The machines machines' see sawed one gluing giving hIng h ing a lilt bit hit then tho the other othel machine taking a n strong strom hold The Maxwell Maxwell Max Max- well ll Engine after the first few hesitations ns moved steadily lly forward forward for for- war ward dragging dra the heavier loI truck with I it The rhe crowds cheered the losing driver shouted for tor time and the Maxwell driver unhooked and amI moved mo steadily down tho the railroad yard driveway SOME SOIE lUG DIG OIL FIGURES Approximately gallons of ot fuel and lubricating oil are consumed yearly yearly year rear ly h at tho the Overland Willys-Overland factories In Toledo to operate and lubricate machinery ma ma- chinery and In the building and testIng testIng test- test Ing Int of or Its products product Six million gallons gallons gal gal- lons Ions fuel oil are consumed each year car carIn in the heat treating an and forge shops Two thousand barrels of motor oil are used use every e cr twelve o months Six thousand thousand thou thou- sand Band gallons of ot screw cutting oil all for Cor machinery arc consumed Six tank cars gallons of or cylinder oil for tor dynamometer tests are used each month Road testing an and operating op of ot cars In the factory's garage require gallons of ot gasoline per par year car