The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
HILL
FOR The AUTOS
Course for the Saturdays Climb
Thought to Be an Ideal
One.

Work for the hill climb ON the Riverside hill
has begun. The permission of the park board
was secured today and the trip over the course
was taken by RI Smith, secretary of the club,
and Fred l.. Smith, president of the park
board and William NJ Berry, superintendent
of park construction, this morning. The climb
begins at the stone quarry and ends at the
lamp post at the top of the hill. The course
is about 1000 feet long.
Teams and men are now busy filling up the
small ruts and taking away the stray stones
smooth as asphalt, and will be ideal for the
event. H. G. Goosman and G. l.. Jacoby have
the general charge Of the fixing Of the course.
The telephone system will be installed imme.
diately.
The police have given notice that st. An
thony park will be closed between the hours Of
2 and pm. Saturday from the Washington
avenue bridge to Oak street The entry forms
were sent out this morning and answers
already pouring in. AS the hill Is ideal for
the spectators, and the cars are larger and
more powerful than ever before the event prom
Uses to be the most successful ever launched
by the club.
Had Much Trouble.
With only two weeks before the tourists start
from Chicago for carnival week at st. Paul,
the roads Of southern Minnesota veritable
mud ponds. The SOIL however, is loan, and
If the weather is favorable the roads will work
into good shape in short time The pioneers
who have tried the route have run into all
sorts of trouble.
Robert w. Spangler, secretary of the Chicago
Automobile, club, arrived in st. Paul last night
by rail from Faribault. He would have been
able to finish the trip but valve broke between
Farihault and Owatonna. The car was later
brought to st. Paul by the chauffeur. Mr.. Span
gler is enthusiastic the rum but reports that
some Of the roads are bogs. The farmers along
the route extended many small courtesies and
| were often asked to lend their teams for few
miles thru the sloughs. Arrangements were made
| at the hotels where the stops will be made
| for the entertainment of the tourists.
W. H.Van Sicklen, publisher of the Motor Age,
was one day in advance of Mr.. Spangler, but was
forced to give up the trip at Lyle, Minn as
the roads were getting worse and good share of
the time was spent in digging the two-ton ma
chine out of the mud. Mr.. Van Sicklen believes
| however, that few days of sunshine will do the
drying act, and as the roads further south are
in good shape that the run ought to be sue
cess. .- So. ,.-. 49,.
! Looking Up Law.
| Investigation Of the constutionality of
licensing automobile drivers by the city council
shows that it would be contrary to the Mime
apolis charter except for drivers Of vehicles for
hire. 1t would be as illegal as it would be to
require licenses for drivers Of horses. The pass
| ing of any such law would lie with the state
| Legislature.
| New men have been admitted to the Minneap-
oils Automobile club as follows: DR.. A. E.
Kelley, George s. Harper, W. G. Thornhill, Fran
els J. Bird, E. N. Young James L. Record, Will
l. Paully, It. e. Satterlee Thomas P. Pease,
Horace s. Rich, W. II. Davies, G. P. Harding,
William Bros, F. B. Long, F. L.. McClelland,
w. J. Keith, M. W. Savage John Stair, George
H. Heisng, T. E. Cole, James G. Andrews, B. g.
Baker, Erne Simpson and Ed Clark.