Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-22
The Line of Travel
For the Racers

tut WE KdCEES
The arrival and departure of the
American car yesterday called for
many inquiries as to route, time and
means taken to accomplish the trip.
The resume below will be read with
interest. AS to schedule time it will
be noticed that the racers were due
in San Francisco on March 12; the
| American car will reach there, in all
probability, on March 23-11 days
behind computed time.
There have been changes in driv-
ers and pilots-Geo. Schuster TAX
ing the place of Montague Roberts,
and Captain Hansen leaving the en-
ploy of the French people and going
with the American car. 1t is also
stated that the route may be changed
at San Francisco by mutual agree
ment
On Wednesday, February Il, six
cars, of which three represented
| France, one Italy, one Germany, and
one the United States, started from
Times Square, New York, for Paris
The general plan is to cross the Unit
ed States by route 5000 miles long,
ending in San Francisco. This part
of the course has been laid out with
the cooperation of l.. l.. Whitman
and Percy Megargle, two men who
have been across the country three
times in transcontinental trips. 1t
was figured out that the contestants
should arrive at the end of the first
stage within about thirty days.
1t is the intention to ship the cars
from San Francisco to Valdez, Alas
ka. This will require from five to
seven days, according to the ability
of the chauffeurs to make connec-
lions with steamers. Once at Valdez,
a route 100 miles across Alaska has
/
TO Fairbanks and then down the
Yukon river to Kaltag. The route
will then be across a short stretch
to Norton Sound, and following the
shores of this sound, to Nome 1t is
believed that this Alaskan trip can
be made within thirty days.
! From Nome, Alaska, the cars will
be shipped across Boring strait to
| East Cape, Siberia After this it will
be necessary to run some 1900 miles
along the north shore of Siberia to
the mouth of Lena river; thence
down that river to Nijnikolinsk, then
through Iakutsk. Vavutsk, to Irk-
utsk, distance from East Cape of
about 1000 miles through practic-
ally unknown country This involves
trip over the frozen tundra which,
it is claimed, is even more practicable
than the Alaska run. From Irkutsk
the route follows the 1000 miles of
the Picking to Paris race, through
] Moscow, st. Petersburg, Berlin to
Paris, stretch which was covered
by the Italian car between July I'd
and August 10th, about forty days.
Then comes the interesting point
as to supplies and provisions. Ar
rangements have been made through
the United States with the Standard
Oil Company to supply the contest
ants from point to point along the
road with all the gasoline and lubri-
eating oil they may require. But
food will have to be picked up along
the route as best they can. There is
no stretch where a contestant will
be forced TO go more than twenty
five miles without being able to get
supplies of some sort. and some pro-
visions are also being carried by tho
men themselves. Through Alaska
the same sort of stations will he pro-
vided A man has been sent to Alas
ka for the purpose of placing along
me tran AT roadhouses the necessary
supplies. These roadhouses are from
fifteen 10 twenty miles apart. all the
way to Tanana.
The cars which started in this in
ternational race follow:
American Thomas: Montague
Roberts and Harold Briukcr co
horsepower four cylinders. weight
/ 5000 pounds, two gasoline tanks. t2s
gallons
French Dc Dion 81, Chanray
Austrian and Captain Hansen: 80.
/ horsepower. four cylinders. shaft
drive. weight seoo pounds. tank a..
paeity lGe gallons gasoline seven
. tanks. three seats
NJ Mot0t Bloc Charles C,pdnrd A.