Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-20
SAN FRANCISCO AUTO
PARTY ARRIVES SAFELY
MAKE LONG TRIP IN THREE
DAYS
Fast Time Not Attempted, Tour Being
for PIeasure-Heat and One Acci-
dent Mar outing of Capitalists and
Journalist

After a three days successful journey
from San Francisco an automobile
party of four arrived in Los Angeles
last night shortly after $3.50 o'clock. AL
though no record was attempted, the
members of the party report that splen-
did time was made, almost without an
accident. Those in the party included
Paul Cowles, superintendent of the
Associated Press in San Francisco;
A. l.. Hawley of Seattle, J. NJ GraybilI
of Seattle, and ]. p. Hanna of Aurora,
Ill. The machine used was a 40-horse-
power four-cylnder Winton, model K,
1906 make. 1t is owner by Mr. .Hawley.
The party left Oakland last Saturday
night at 7:15 o'clock and made Gill
roy that night. Sunday morning the
party left Gilroy and made Paso Robes.
where Sunday night was spent. Monday
evening they arrived at Santa Barbara.
which place they left shortly after noon
yesterday.
On leaving Santa Barbara yesterday
the road was lost twice, causing slight
delay in the trip. At Casitas pass one
of the spokes in a wheel became
looSened
Substitute New Wheel
Not desiring to take any chances on
losing a wheel a, halt was made and
the damage repaired. A new wheel
was substituted. The point where the
halt was made was about 20 miles this
side OF Santa Barbara. This was the
only accident on the run.
In the vicinity where the Hawley
party repaired their machine another
party in a Peerless was found awaiting
the return of a section of their machine
which was broken down and had been
sent by wagon back to Santa Barbara
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they had already been delayed "a hours.
The Hawley party left before the
broken parts had been returned and it
is not known whether they are yet on
their way to Los Angeles.
When seen at the Van Nuys hotel,
where the four members registered last
night, Mr. Cowles said that the roads
all the way from San Francisco were
in excellent condition. In places where
much dust is ordinarily encountered
they found little or none.
The only disagreeable feature of the
trip was the intense heat that was
experienced almost all the way from
San Francisco. In the Salinas valley
the heat was almost unbearable. It was
made all the worse from the fact that
the machine was uncovered. In the
vicinity Of Paso Robles severe heat
was also encountered.
Mr.. Hawley, the owner of the ma
chine and his nephew, ]. p. Hanna,
acted as chauffeurs of the party.
Mr. Hawley is president of the
Trustee company and development
corporation of Seattle. Mr.. Graybill is
private secretary to Mr.. Hawley and
formerly was secretary to Col. Daehl,
general manager of the Associated
Press in Chicago.
The run from San Francisco was one
purely for pleasure. Mr. Cowles will
return this evening on the Owl.
Besides giving details OF the trip
Mr.. Cowles said that rebuilding was
progressing rapidly In San Francisco
and that there was no question about
the future of the city. He says that in
the course of a few years it will be the
same busy, thorough metropolitan city
that 1t was in the past but built on a
much safer plan.