Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-25
SAFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
AMERICAN CAR LEADS BY 400
MILES IN WORLD RACE.
Great Reception by an Immense
crowd-several Days Stop
for overhauling.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 2s.-rhs
American car in the New York to Paris
race arrived at the ferry slip and WAS
driven aboard the ferry boat at s:s1 yes
terday afternoon. and twenty minutes
later was rolling along Market street. a.
companied by 200 other automobiles.
The American car will remain here for
several days undergoing nunasrouA -.
pairs and thorough overhauling. II n
not badly damaged, apparently. from tho
Journey across the continent, but Will be
put in the best condition possible before
proceeding by steamer TO Waldo. I'll.
time or leaving here has not been def
niteiy settled upon, but the car may not
start until the early part of May.
The French car No. arrived on IN.
Southern Pacific overland at An o..,,,,
yesterday afternoon.
The italian car is undergoing reneir. ..
Oeden, 800 miles to the rear of the Ar.r,-
can automobile. 1t is being rapid,v over.
ha"led by the French car. which M.
last night at Church Buttes. Wyo univ
i.'f miles east of Ogden and 176 mile.
ahead or the German contestants ,rb.
'a 1. spent the night at Rawlins. wyo
fr iast Gay run Of the American car
from Los Banos. more than I'M ,,,;,
south of San Francisco. was one ~ III
pest In the forward career Of the W..
ehiie. III was not married by the sIiohtax,
acc acciaent and parts of the distance over
me ueautiIui boulevards Of Alameda coun-
~ were covered at the rate OF more than
forty miles per hour io"
Some Of the smaller cars were unah,s
70 Keep up the stiff pace set by the racinr
a mere was very large procession
OIL cars from San Jose for the whole Hftw
miles to Oakland. across the bav from,
san Francisco In Oakland the main
street was so crowded that the car coujJ
proceed only with the greatest difficulty
anu more than once 1t was compelled to
STOP While dozens of enthusia site n.opJe
blocked its path and insisted upon shaking
handS. while hundreds more who could
not get near yelled wildly in their enthm-
siasm, This scene, however, was far out
done In San Francisco
The streets for several blocks fror, ~.
ferry up Market street were absoluteIv
TANNED by cheering people. and the
auded DIN OF the scores Of automobile.
mat followed every move of the transcon.
.inental car made one of the most Die.
turesque scenes that have occurred here
IN years. Every one Of the cars was
decorated with flags or bunting, and the
procession up the big. wide street. headed
nc cHicidi tdf VI the AuIOmODil6 Club
or California, made d great spectacle.
1t has not yet been definitely decided
when the car will leave here
The statement that 1t would go to Japan
and not to Alaska IS declared to be un.
true. and it probably will leave for the
north on the next boat, sailing within n
few days.
George Sinister. one OF the crew, said
they expected to find the rivers Of Alaska
frozen, so that they might drive along
them If this did not prove to be the case
he believed it would be very difficuit to
make any progress.
Steamship for Asia.
SEATTLE. Wash. March 25.-r>. H.
Gray. manager OF the steamship Corwin.
which sails for Nome May TO- and which
enjoys the distinction of being the first
boat into the northern port yearly for
tile last six years. has received tele-
gram from the representative Of the
three leading automobiles in the New
York to Paris race asking for reserva-
tons for the men and machines on the
vessel. The automobilists wish to char
ter the steamship for A trip from Nome
to the Siberian coast. and this Mr.. Gray
has agreed to. He says that ice on the
Siberian coast breaks UP earlier than on
the American side. owing to strong cur
rents and is forced northward into the
Arctic instead of south, as on the east
shore. He expects to land the automo.
bilists in Siberia early In June.