"….Relay drivers at Ely, Nevada, were just struggling into their over-alls, preparing to hurl the eastbound Essex on her way.  Water, oil and gasoline must be ready.  But there were hours to spare.  No!  "Here she comes!  All hands stand by!"  The yell was frantic.  Orders were fired about.  Men were running.  The relay drivers leaped.  Still buttoning they plunged downstairs. Lights sprang up at Ely windows. Cheers came down the street.  Two brilliant beams of light lay on the road. And down them came the Essex No. 1, and humming softly, stopped.  The Ely crew leaped upon

her.   Water and gasoline were poured in.  A quart of oil.  Inspectors had quickly checked the car for trouble.  "Right as a trivet!" yelled the chief inspector.  Drivers were already in their seats.  "Gangway!"  The horns blared……...………."

A similar pamphlet describing the same trips is listed as item #36 in Autos Across America, A Bibliography of Transcontinental Automobile Travel:  1903-1940 by Carey S. Bliss, Los Angeles:  Dawson's Book Shop, 1972 (limited to 315 copies.):  1920 - [36] Essex Motor Car Company.  Across America in an Essex.  San Francisco to New York, 4 Days - 14 hrs. - 43 min. [Detroit, 1920.]