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Show j Five-Ton GMC Truck Pulls 150-Ton Locomotive ; w . , , 1 g 3ieililZ3s'e ' v ' ? - " ' .-'., i, ." .'.i. ' i ' .-, ': i - f . -. " ' . , : ;. ' - , , ; j lSpjJ( t, '. j ! ('. Ii3 ''"-';-..:-h1-V-3-- ssatWjKiesaaaaa i This shew five-ten CMC truck pulling a monstsr mogul locomotive. Thla sever test of the truck waa the eutceme ef playful banter Between two friends. I A dinner waa the stake and the automobile man wen hands down. The locomotive weigh 150 tens. I According to Truck Manager I. W. Cox of the Randall-Dodd Auto company, com-pany, local GMC distributors, Captain I. M. Howell, secretary of state; W. D. Albright. Northwest manager of the B. P. Goodrich Rubber company, and R. r. Weeks, division freight and passenger pas-senger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee Milwau-kee 8t Paul railroad, witb headquarters head-quarters In Seattle, were returning from a gnlf game lent week and had ssaBaasaBBasssBBBaBeSBisBBBBaBasaaBssaBsaaaB stopped their automobile at a railroad croaalng to allow a freight train with fsttfUl" tWtf NhaBe"t9pttVBBT- asaaasaBaaBaaa. "Look at th hug locomotlT. Weeka exclaimed. "Look at It! Isn't she baby? Bhe weljcha ovr 160 tons and la capable of pulllxm the 1 C. Smith building provided a convenient arrangement could be made tor such a teat.' "Great engine," said Albright. "But T will bet you the dinner and cigars that one of our trucks will pull the engine ovw two city Works. . "You're on, replied Weeks, and the bet was mad 4 Albright accordingly vlted a number of his friends, among them Captain L M. Howell, secretary of state, who Is by virtue of his office superintendent of weights and meas-urea meas-urea for the state of Washington. The time waa set and there was quite a gathering to witness the Interesting Inter-esting performance. A atock five-ton GMC truck, with platform body was used. The truck waa loaded with 100 Mf-kn of c mrnt nverwying ntnvty-ittx I pounds each. Heavy chains ware attached at-tached to draw bar of the tooomottve and tied onto tha rear of the truck. " " At a gven stptnst wy 'eefcv tha Crwsii waa started and the monster locomotive, locomo-tive, with its dead weight of over SOt. 480 pounds, slowly began to more. It was certainly an Interesting sight to witness the hugs locomotive weighing weigh-ing over 1 10 tons pulled by a oom p rati ra-ti vely pigmy truck, as It requires over sixty-five pounds of steam to move the locomotive. Nevertheless, the feat waa accomplished without a hitch and Al-br1nht Al-br1nht won the dinner. |