The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-30
ROUTE IS
BEST OVER
CONTINENT
Automobile Party Pasa.
dena TO New York has
Fine Trip This Far.
Leave for CObre Today

Travelling en- family from Pasa-
dena, Cal, where they passed the
winter. to their summer home at
Johnstown. Pa, a party arrived IN
Ely last evening. Those composing
IL we're Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Murdock.
with their children. Misses Lillian
and Alice. and Master ]. M, Jr.. and
..essrs. l.. l.. Whitman and Phillip
DeMay. The object of the journey
is entirely for pleasure and as test
of the qualities of the 80 horse power
Packard touring car which they are
using. The car Is not stripped and
in fact is rather burdened with ar
ticles which will add to the comfort
of the party en- route.
Our object is not to test the speed
of my car" said Mr.. Murdock last
evening to News representative.
1T is rather for the pleasure of the
thing that We are making the Jour-
ney. No, there Is no wager or other
incentive than mere fun We like
TO travel this way. that is all.
up To this ume we have had
very pleasant journey. We left Pas
~adena last Friday morning. The run
: generally has been excellent. To-day
we made Il from Stony Cabin with
out trouble While the major por-
ton of the trip has been pleasant, we
have naturally had some very un-
pleasant experiences. In Death val
ley we had the worst. For more
than eight hours We were humping
along oven an s mile stretch OF
road II seemed at times that we
could not possibly get through with
out bad breakdown, or without
calling for assistance, but we hnaliy
made II with nothing worse than one
broken pane IN the wind shield.
which was remarkably lucky. ! am
entirely pleased with the way the
car has acted all the way through.
with the one exception | have
mentioned. our trip has been ideal.
not a single bad break have We had
10 our machinery while the roads
have been all one could ask for. ! es,
| think that this road through Ely
will make the ideal transcontinental
run for auto tourists, and for the
future short rail line from coast q"
coast No better roads nor easier
grades IN general can be found in
any part of the country
1T is our ultimate intention, after
arriving at Johnstown, to go to New
York. making run from ocean to
ocean. | have no idea of the length
of time it will take US to get to New
York We will take our time and II
we wish to see town we shall stop
over until we get tired of IL. Mr..
Whitman has been across the country
several times from ocean TO ocean,
but always with car specially pre-
pared and stripped. We are carry
ing much heavy equipment which WI
add to our comfort, instead of strip
ping down to the body of the auto on
this trip.
Immediately after dinner at the
Mocha cafe the party retired for the
night. This morning they will make
start for Cohre. under guidance of
a map which was drawn for them last
evening by William x. Miller. They
expect To arrive at the little town by
this evening. In case OF break
down or other disablement of the
ear, tents and bedding sufficient to
answer the needs of the party are
carried. All the party pronounced
themselves pleased with what they
have seen in Nevada and with the
roads they have travelled, being unan-
imous in opinion that the road
through Ely to the coast will event
ually become more Travelled by auto
mobilists. concurring in this with the
participants in the New York to
Paris race. who passed through here.