The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-29
Party oc ~s~ From frisco
to We lrrNed Here
Last Night
SUCCESSFUL TRIP SO FAR
Ne Accidents Met With and No
Serious Delays Ahead
of Time

Did you have any intention Of going
ever any other route from Wadswofth
70 Battle Mountain than the one thar
you are gong Over2" asked a Silver
state reporter OF MArius G. hrarup,
ne stan correspondent OF The Auto
mobile, and one OF the two gentle
men who are going from San Fran
cisco 70 New York in an automoble.
" DO arrived il Winnemucca last night
NO, certainly not. he replied.
and | wish some papers would BE-
hlnd enough to leave the selection Of
the route 10 US. Il is misleading and
may cause Us much annoyance TO have
these guess-work reports go out.
III tell you al about the trip
SO far" he added We are on our
way from san Francisco TO New York
City in a Packard Motor Car. made
Frisco. The auto weighs zee
pounds. and the eugine-gasoIine. OF
eourse-is twelve horse power This
IS one Of the Packard company's best
but not latest machines. and the reg
ular price Of it IS 50 500 Want one
o we'll all right. The man In charge
O the auto on this trip. the chafeur.
IS Z. T. Fetch, for twelve years an
employe Of the Packard factory I
an a member Of the stan of The
Automobile, published in New York
ii the new and famous F'lat-iron build
ing, 23d and Broadway. and am writ
ing up the trip for ny paper and at
the same time taking barometer and
Thermometer readings, and getting
Photographic views; already have over
eight dozen Of these. and I am keeping
a specific record Of every detail OF the
trip. for the Packard company Ne.
this is not a race against time. We
set out with the intention OF getting
iLto New York inside of sixty days.
and I think We will arrive much soon
or than this. The other gentleman
is y. o. Allyn. who joined US in
WadswOrth and viii remain until we
get out OF the mountainous country.
Say, don't spell my name the way
jVst saw it in some paper, please; it
gives NE the 'Kra-reeps
We left the ferry at Oakland last
Saturday evening at o'clock, and
got into Porto Costa at s. so: at s 35
the next evening We arrived at Sac
ramento. l09 miles. This gait we kept
up; finding roads good and weather
Pleasant. and arrived in Carson Thurs
day morning. We have had but one
delays, and are now more than two
days ahead Of the schedule We drafted
before leaving Frisco.
We eft Carson Thursday morning
ar ! O'Clock and We were in Reno at
g. 30. That afternoon We made the run
tC Wadsworth, where we laid over
until Saturday morning, waiting for
mail and Photographic supplies. Sat
urday We ran from Wadsworth 10
LOvelOck. and leaving there this (Sun-
day. morning at 6:I5, arrived here
az 6:45, seyenty-fOur miles il twelve
hours and a half The sand was the
v Orst near WadsWorLh and here we
had TO spread canvass over it 10 avoid
sinking IN the quicksand. The wheels
are equipped with the Diamond double
tube tire and they are standing the
trip Well so far.
Judging by what we have had.
the entire trip Will be pleasant, AMI
il will certainly do much TO popular
IZe autOmObiling with a machine OF
this kind adapted TO long. hard jour
news. We are all enjoying it immen-
ST ""
Speaking in general OF automobii-
ing, Mr.. krarup stated that the de-
mand for machines suitable for prac-
tical road riding. and where a team
would ordinarily be used. is fncreas-
ing az a rate that taxes the manufac-
turers 10 the limit to supply In the
cities it IS in no degree displacing
the horse. for driving was never more
indulged in than today
The party was delayer somewhat
in getting out OF town this morning
BY the rain. but left about noon, ex-
pecting 10 go as far as Battle Noun
tain today.