Arizona republican., 1908-11-24

 ROAD RECORD Il Has Been DrOkenAgain This
 Time by Howard Reed 4 NERVE WRECK|NG TRIP The Fearless Chauffeur Not Only Smashed the Slow Time Figures but Broke Everything Else Along the Right of Way.
IA NERVE WRECK|NG TRIP

Now that automobiling has gained permanent recognition in these parts. the making of records has become a matter of more than passing note For obvious reasons the records made on the Roosevelt road are of special interest. Last week a new speed rec ord was announced by The Republi- can and credited to the Mitchell car. It is now the privilege of The Repub- lican to announce that a new slow speed record for the round trip has been made and to credit it to Engineer Howard Reed. It is not known just what car to credit it 10 for the car itself has not returned yet. but is up at Roosevelt undergoing repairs When it gets back there will be an opportunity to learn it's name unless Mir Reed paints it off the machine But assuming that Mir Reed and not the machine. has made the run. the running time is four days and seven hours. though the elapsed time is five days and seven hours, for he spent one day at the dam when he wasn't even trying to run.
 Mir. Reed was signed out at the reclamation office last Wednesday morning at 9:07 o'clock. His only su- perflous baggage was his false hopes of getting there the same day and those of Engineer Teichman, who ac- companied him as mechanician and flagman. whenever it was necessary to notify freight wagons along the way not to run over them as they were hung up. The gentlemen signed in again sometime yesterday afternoon, say about 4:23 o'clock That d good part of the return trip was made with a team of horses and finished with q railroad train. it is thought will not be held against them by Jhs 4. A. A However. if any penalties should at tach they will only make the slow record that much harder for competi- tors to overcome.
 The first day out they made Desert Wells in fine shape and were tempted to make try for the fast record. but after spending four hours in making the next 1000 feet they changed their minds and turned back toward Mesa City. It was a down hill pull and the machine worked splendidly on the
 
 went bully going toward home. Att Mesa City they had an automobile ex- pert go over the machine and un- wrinkle the knots in it and the next morning at 8 o'clock they left Mesa again. They reached Roosevelt in fine shape about o'clock without a bob ble of any sort except that somewhere between Government Wells and Fish Creek they heard the Mitchell car beating down the trail and barely had | time to get off the track and hide in l the brush when it went by
 ''I want to tell you" said Mir Reed | yesterday, them fellows were simply | travelling when they passed us and i the track they left indicated that they | only touched the ground on the two . high places between Fish Creek and | Wells"
 Friday was spent in an inspection of the dam and it's auxiliary construc- LiOns. and Saturday morning the two engineers left for home in high spirits. The first eight miles were down grade and the machine bowled along very until it got on the first serious up grade. Then the engine got hot and burned out the connecting rod, whatever that is They thought better to humor than to try to drive t and turned it around, hoping it would go better the other way, as that lad been it's disposition on the up rip. They coasted back to the foot )f the hill and it came to a dead stop.
 It was only eight miles back to and Mir Teichman volun- eered to walk back and get a team. de- started and Mir. Reed spent his dle moments saying oyer the words le had learned in Sunday school and rying to make bargains with freight ITS and whoever else chanced to come llong with mule or horse power of my sort. By hard work the whole 'aravan managed to get back to Roosevelt again by Saturday night Sunday morning they secured pair 'f mules from Engineer Demrick, Leav- ng the machine as security, and made mother start. arriving at Government Wells about dark. Here they fed the mules and got a bite to eat. after which Mir. Reed went to the corral to itch up again, leaving MT. Teichman O join him down on the main. road