The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-05
PAPER CHECKS
AN AUTO RIDE
Served on the Chauffsurs When
They Reached Salt Lake.
FRIGHTENED TRAIN ON TRIP
FROM COAST TO COAST OVER
MOUNTAIN AND DESERT.

After an automobile journey Of over
500 miles. during which the most dis
cOuraging obstacles. were encountered,
three automobiles have encountered
their first setback in this city. The
men left San Francisco, Cal, on June
20. During the journey they climbed
the highest mountain passes, went
through deep ravines and overcame the
frictionless sand of the great desert.
but a little piece Of paper offered more
resistance than all the obstacles on
the journey.
The chauffeurs are Marius c. Kara
ruD, newspaper man; +. Il. Fitch, an
expert operator. and n. o. Allyn,
machinist. The latter rides most Of
the time on trains. as there is scarce
" enough room for him in the machine.
He is sent by the Packard Motive Pow
er company to keep his eye on the ma
chine, which is going across the cOun-
try for experimental purposes.
When the men reached this city yes
teroay shortly after 3 o'clock they were
served with papers in an attachment
suit brought by G. d. Roberts, who
wants $1,000 damages because he was
not allowed to make the trip. Rob
erts claims that he has Il contract
made out at Warren, O., where the
companys factory is located by which
he was to act as conductor on a trip
from San Francisco to New York.
Damages are Claimed.
He was to receive $1,000 for his serv-
ices and get a job with the company
at the end of the journey. On June p,
Roberts states. the company dis
charged him. His suit is the result
Mr.. Kararup presented the COM
pany's version of the affair at the Gull
lon al 10 CT a a,
contract was made with Roberts. but
was wOrded so that Roberts could be
discharged at any time the company
thought it advisable to dispense with
his services. He said:
80 far as have been able to learn,
Roberts has had an ambition to travel
across the country in an automobile.
He correspondent with various firms,
and represented to the PackardS that
he was thoroughly familiar with the
country. It was learned that his
knowledge was second handed: that is,
it was not the result of personal travel
over the country that would have TO
be traversed. and he was also regard
ed as uncOngenial company. and l was
substituted for him. / knew nothing
about the trip, but the company be-
lieved that a man would be safer who
had no pretenSiOnS of knowledge to de-
fend. We have got along famOusly.
"Once on the trip from Carlin to
Elko we paralleled a railroad track and
nearly caused the entire crew to jump
We had gone out of our way and We're
late. We lighted the lamps, and the
crew supposed they We're in for a
head-end collision. Before they
jumped they figured out that ii was
impossible for an engine to be on the
track at the point where the light was
discovered and they remained on the
train.
Made a Big Drop.
Our biggest drop was from Nevada
summit on the Kingsbury road, which
was used for hauling the mining ma
chinery to Virginia City, New Our
barometer showed that we dropped
? 400 feet in six miles 1t took us TWEEN
ty-seven minutes to get down. We
went slow and averaged about thirty
miles a day. In going down we coast
co. and sometimes the insecurity Of
the sand made it rather exciting. In
this particular descent the views are
magnificent and in one place you can
see the road five times beneath you.
We used only six gallons Of gasoline
going from Sugar Loaf to Carson City.
While we struck grades that represent
ed sharp aScents and sharper descents,
the sand gave US the most trouble.
We had to spread our canvas several
times 10 get traction between MINIS
and Ely the roads were very bad. They
were full of WashOuts and in making
these washOuts and the ravines the
car got a severe twisting.
The worst roads we encountered
were for ten miles after we struck Lu-
Gin. We started from PromontOry at
7:30 o'clock this morning and reached
Ogden at 12;15. After a lunch we
started for Salt Lake, reaching here at
3;45 O'Clock. I think the distance is
about ia miles. I haven't looked at
the cyclOmeter,
Upon reaching here we were served
with the papers in the suit. We have
telegraphed the firm TO furnish bonds
and expect they viii communicate with
their bankers so that we can go on
Monday morning. We expected to stay
over Sunday so that the delay is not a
serious one and means little inconveni-
ence to u.s.