Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-23
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through the rough hewn sanctuary and
glancing over the old masterpieces that
adorn the walls, ones mind must
necessarily conjure up all the hard
ships undergone by these God-fearing
pioneers of the mother church. Stand
ing round the roughly beaten copper
fount, the numerous scenes of christen-
ings of the early Indian children was
realistically conjured up with strik-
ing vividness. From the tales of early
California church history, we emerged
into the glorious sunshine of the pres
ent day and mounting our machine set
out across country to view the spacious
homes that are profusely dotted around
Hollywood and Colegrove. 'Pish, pish,
pish grunted the machine and off we
set for the ocean, hitting Santa Monica
by circu1tous route. The placid waters
of the blue Pacific sparkled under the
warm afternoon sun and then was it
suddenly brought home to the mind of
the traveller Of the old world that al
though we on the history hallowed soil
of Europe may have all that is sung
of in legend and song, the dwellers in
this, the new world, have even more
in being blessed with pure, unalloyed
nature.
"The rest of that lovely journey was
swallowed up in the deepest of sweet
cogitations and at it's conclusion l de-
sired only to retire to the seclusion of
my bedroom, there to take out my
diary to inscribe therein Here ends the
finest days outing it has ever been my
luck to experience and then to sleep
and dream Of this the --den of the
west
The Automobile club of Southern
California has taken sensible stand
in its effort to put a stop to the
promiscuous speeding of cars in the
hands of inexperienced drivers in the
down town section. The club has gone
on record as desiring the appoint
ment of several club members as
special policemen to see that the
city's ordinances in this regard are
observed.
Members of the club are emphatic in
the condemnation of fast driving in the
city streets at any time, the several
recent accidents stimulating them to
forestall reactionary Legislation by
taking some action which will not en-
barrass the great majority of the auto
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effective in curbing the more reck
less of the knights of the throttle.
The old Deadwood stage coach and
it contemporaries are doomed to ut
ter extinction, their death knell hav-
ing been sounded by the automobile
builder. In the near future the puff,
puff" of the self propelled will be
heard on the roads of the western
mountains instead of the musical hoof
beats of six horse team and the re-
verberating cracks of the drivers
whip.
The new venture is about to be un-
dertaken by the Uintah Railway
company of Utah and three machines
have already been arranged for
through a local agent to be put into
the service of making daily tours of the
camps of that section of the
country. The roads are very rough
and the cars will be especially con-
structed not only for the hard usage
which they will experience on the rug
ged highways of the mountains but
also at the hands of cowboys who will
be pressed into service at the wheel
These men have never had any eX-
perience at the work and the operation
of the cars will be simplified to the
greatest possible degree.
One OF the routes to be traversed is
sixty miles long and in many places
as rocky and precipitous as any roads
in the west. Two cars will be identical
They will have accommodation for four
teen people but the seats will be ar
ranged so as to permit of ready re-
moval and the cars used as freight
carriers. In the latter service they
will carry cargo of 25O0 pounds. The
popular Cape cart canopy top will be
used which affords the greatest pro-
lection from the elements when down
and in fine weather may be raised out
Of the way OF the passengers permit
ting an unobstructed view of the land
scape. The cars will have a speed of
miles an hour and will carry
4 generous supply of fuel.
The smaller one Is planned to be of
he tonneau type with side entrance