Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-03 | Page 18 | Franklin Makes Wonderful Record

FMWilES liHUL IIECOFIO Forty and ono-tenth milos on ono gallon of gasoline yes, forty and one-tenth one-tenth milos on one .gallon is tho economy econ-omy record mndo Friday morning May 1, by a Franklin six-thirty. This high economy mark was reached in Salt Lake by tho local Franklin dealor, who with Franklin dealors in all parts of the United Status and Canada, made au official of-ficial one-gallon ccouomy test on tho samo day. Tho tests wero all mado in a Franklin six-thirtv touring oar, in tho 8amo way and at "tho samo time. Tho preparations prepara-tions mado on the cars consisted, of disconnecting dis-connecting tho regular gasoline tank and attaching a one-gallon tank to the sido lamp bracket. A cortillod gallon measure was used to measure- the caso- lino put into tho special tank. Each test was mado on oxactly one gallon of gasolino and absolut.o accuracy was ovBerved in every detail. Tn tho test horo tho car was driven by Sj. O. Landlord, who was accompanied by "NV. D. liishul of tho Automobilo club, and A. L. Taylor. Tho obsorvers took the speedometer reading before and ai'tor tho run, and tho miieago obtained was afterward certillod by both tho driver and observers boforo a notary public. The car Htartod from Salt L'ako Auto company and the course lod to Davis count' and all around town. It was over good and bad roads, up and down hill. Tho car with its ono gallon of fuel reeled off milo after milo without a sin glo cough or sputter of tho ongiuo, and foT thrco hours and fourteen minutes went along smoothly and quietly. Thon .just as tho speedometer had registered forty and ono-tenth miles the engine sputtered, strainod its efforts lo keep going ancl then camo to a stop. Seldom has an economy trial aroused moro general interest among tho automobilo auto-mobilo public than this Franklin national na-tional test, which is ono of tho most practical over held. With cars making the same trial under all road and wcath-or wcath-or conditions all over the country, it was a test of tho actual cflicieucy of each car. This national test, Is tho first of its kind ever hold. Thoro havo been automobilo auto-mobilo tests of all sorts and descriptions, descrip-tions, but never beforo ono that has beon so practical or couutry-wido in its scope. Tho tost marks a most important impor-tant point in tho history of automobiles automo-biles and is tho first national movement of any manufacturer to eliminate big statements and exaggerated accounts of what a car ought to do and get it down to real facts. W. D. Bishol, secretary of the Automobilo Auto-mobilo club, who was ono of tho impartial impar-tial obsorvors in tho car here, was quito enthusiastic over, tho success of the trial. Ho said, "I think tho Franklin pooplo are to bo congratulated in making such a practical national efficiency test. Thero is no doubt but that a "test such as this moans something some-thing and is a real tost of what tho tar can do. "Tho main point is that it was a fair test throughout. Wo mado careful observations of the car beforo and after the tost and took careful uoto of things throughout tho run, and it was as accurate as it possibly could be. Aitor putting in tho certified gallon of gasolino tho car started from the , Franklin salesroom, and ran for forty and ono-tenth milos without a hitch. It was a pretty pcrformanco and when tho results aro obtained from tho similar simi-lar tests of other Franklin dealers I am suro tho grand total average will be ol great valuo to motorists."