Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-18
WAR CORRESPONDENTS
WILL MAKE RECORD
Trip Across Continent to AID
Chinese VlCeroy Select
Good Type Automobile.
LEAVE NEW YORK THURSDAY

Yuan snaI Kat. vlceroy OF chin
province Ga China. o. primarily res
punaihi9 iuf TOE Waf c4fFes 1luufnts
tFanauuuiinentai record hftahins trip
which starts from sew York. bound
for San Francisco next Thursday
morning.
Yuan Snail Kal ls known as the
most progressive ard far seeing
statesman of china, and has already
attracted much attention from TN
many Innovations he has introduced
IN his province and for his work 60
hft China ~ tne plane of American and
European countries. no already has
IA foreign dnned legion which ls now
me CHIEF hope of the n9waFer I'm.
press 90 maintain the integrity Of
China
Under Yuan shat KAT. too. several
railroads have been built in Cnin
province, printing presses. electric
light plants, mining and mill inuchin.
cry and 0lncr Inventions have been
introduced Ia northern China. Yuan
shai Kali has Cos several wears been
very much Interested III the ahiomo
bile One OF the greatest handlcapa
e China Is the fact that. because OF
its immcngity. the people % the var.
iouR provinces have but little inter.
course, and speak different dlaietc.
Under these circumstances % has
been almost impossible 10 iniuae into
them a atronR national spirit
Yuan Shat KM has always been a
Jealous promoter OF railroads in or
dor that the people 10 the various
provinces might be- brought into
closer contact, but the immense cost
OF railroads. aside from The super
stiiion OF the natives against Thorn.
has been q doterranf factor against
railroad expansion in China.
For This reason che Nicoroy iram
the first. regarded with great inter-
ost the automobile Had t not been
Tor the Iarancse. Russian war and the
long period of unrest that followed
a. the kicerny probably would long
ago have had autom biles On Chill
province There has also been con.
siderable opposition from the throne.
which apparently is not now SO
strong. Yuan shal KAT, through hrs
secretary, FOX Tons. IN d letter
written o. G. y. Hagerty of Chicago.
20 whom hu took q great fancy during
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correspondent with the MikadO's
troops In China, Korea. and Man
chufia. asked him 90 tell him the best
and fastest lowprlced automobile In
America.
n know there are many as you
told me- wrote the Viccrey "and ID
win be hard. you Will say. TO tell me.
hut say. b. you will. what automobile
has made the fastest time between
'hc extremes % your country, New
York and San Francisco,"
Mr. Hagerty, at the request of the
NlccroY conaultod with Richard N.
Little. war correspondent with the
Russian army during the war Ia Man.
chur.a. and friond and admlror OF
ihe Nicoroy These two, after talking
with many automobile experts. de-
cided 20 select Buick touring car
ana make record run uorUas tho
country and later report their find.
inRs TO Yuan Shat Kali
The Buick people took a great In
tcrost IN The matter as the car
adopted hy Yuan Shal Kat means the
opening of the great China field to
ihe company which owns tho favored
machine President W. G.. puranl OF
The Buick Motor company decided 20
send the war correspondents across
the country IN a tw0cylindcr twenty.
two horse power automobile that
would smash all proyi-us records Ho
declares that " he does not put tho
war correspondents Ia San Francisco
within a calendar month alter leaving
Now York their car need not be men.
tined IN the port TO the Niccroy as
the hosi for adoption Ia china.
Thc automobile record this dis
lance h thir,y-thrCe days IN 4 four
cylinder car but the war correspond.
cuts express the belief that this time
VIII BE cut nearly a week. even with
bat half the number of cylinders.
The three drivers who Wa. handle
The car and accompany the cores
! pOndents during the long ride viii be
Norman no Yanx, who has twice
crossed the continent IN speed con.
tests J, n. W'nipplo and Cnarlos
Stevens. All are experts la p.l ting
motor cars over lengthy and ardous
routes and may be depended upon 20
break records between cities if the
road conditions are half decent.
The drivers Will work in pars. the
third man hurrylng ahead hy rail-. sah.
Ing advantage OF the sleeper facilities,
and securing any needed supplies BE-.
Tore he relieved one on the otner OF
/ lhc trio at the wheel OF the Buick
These men have been selected by
/ Mcasrs. Little and HaRcriy after care.
iul review OF en- the available driving
iaiont, for the war correspl aim
/ % cut days rather than hours from
any previous records. aud they want
ed men Rh0 can stand the pace re-
CURED hy the ardnous test OF war
! emergencies
The route seiemad Is the shortest
with reasonably COED roads. li viii FOL.
low tho line of the WcW York Central
A Lake Shore from Broadway 10 Chi
cAgo, the Northwestern 20 Omaha, the
/ Union paC,no 40 Frisco 1he lafgaf
cities and towns along this route are
! Albany, Utica, syracuse. Rochester
Bunal1, Chicago. Westward ihe cor.
resropdonts Will touch Clinton &c.
oar Rapids, Omaha Cheyenne. ogden.
/ Sacramento. and San Francisco.
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