Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

the distance, but there are some bad
chucks to look out for. After a stop
of one hour under the trees for lunch
con, the cars will start on the last leg
of the first days trip into Bakersfield.
From German to Bakersfield is nifty
miles. The schedule says this should
be made in three hours and forty-three
minutes, The total mileage between
Los Angeles and Bakersfield is 145 miles
and the schedule calls for eleven hours
and nine minutes. This is slow time,
and a majority of the cars will be into
Bakersfield ahead of time.
Second Day on Prairie
The second day is over a fiat country
from Bakersfield to Fresno. The pilot
car will pull out at a. m. and the
others will follow a few minutes be-
hind. Iulare is sixty-four miles. -Four
hours and six minutes is the time given
From there to Hanford, the noon stop,
is a camille run, an hour and thirty
two minutes being the time. From
Hanford to Fresno is only thirty-hVe
miles. and it will be easy to make this
in two hours and forty-tive minutes.
This will be a very easy day and will
give the tourists an opportunity to get
a good rest in Fresno and be in shape
for the long 151-nile trip from Fresno
to San Jose on the third day. Gilroy
is the natural stop for this days run,
but with San Jose only thirty miles
away Mr.. Conwell decided to increase
the distance in order to spend the night
in the larger city. San Jose has made
great progress in the last two years
and is now a flourishing city with all
kinds of attractions.
The noon stop on the third day Will
be Los Banos, seventy-four miles from
Fresno. Five hours and thirty-four
&c ha time for the morning
run.
The afternoon trip will take the cars
over the Pacheco pass The distance
from Los Banos to San Jose is eighty
two miles, but on account of the
mountain grade the time is made six
hours and ten minutes.
On the fourth day will be an easy
trip of fifty-five miles into San Fran
CISCO Three hours and forty-one
minutes is given for the trip and the
cars will not begin leaving until y
o'clock Ten minutes Is allowed for
driving through the grounds of the
Leland STANFORD university at Palo
Alto. The cars will enter San Fran
cisco in a body. The control will be on
the beach just outside of Golden Gate
park. and after a drive through the
famous park the parade of Southern
California motorists will proceed to the
Headquarters of the Tourist company
on Golden Gate avenue.
Special Hotel Rate
A special rate has been secured at
the palatial Fairmont hotel, on TOT
OF Mob HILL in San Francisco. Al
| Bakersfield the stop will be the South
ern hotel and in Fresno the Sequota
On the return the picturesque De
Monte hotel will house the tourists the
first night out There will be day
and a night there. and for the next
stop the Pasa Robes hotel has beer
chosen. The night before the return
home will be at the Potter hotel, Santa
| Barbara.
Arriving in San Francisco on the af-
| ternoon of Saturday, the 18th, the cars
| will not start on the return run until
Tuesday, August IS. AS far as Gilroy
the same route will be followed. From
there the road leads over the San Juan
hill The luncheon stop will be at Gill
roy The distance from San Francisco
is eighty-hve miles. and the time is
given as five hours and twelve minutes
Del Monte is forty-eight miles from
Gilroy and the cars will have four
hours in which to make 1t.
Pasa Robes is 100 miles from Del
| Monte and the schedule is ten hours
and twenty-one minutes. The noon
stop will be at Jolen. An early start
will be necessary to make the Pasa
Robles-Santa Barbara run on the next
to last day. The distance Is 100 miles
and the time 16 hours 8 minutes.
A majority of the cars will make 1t
considerably under this time.
From Pasa Robes, via San Luis
Obispo and Pizmo Beach the distance
to Santa Maria is sixty-six miles This
will be the luncheon stop. From there
to Santa Barbara is ninety-four miles
over stretches of beautiful road and
a few miles of bad road north of Santa
| Barbara.
The run home will be via Ventura
and Chatsworth Grade. This will be
done easily in eight hours and half
bringing the cars home for late af-
ternoon entrance into the city.