Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-23
Morrow, DR.. c. F. Pepper, ]. ]. Mckee

Morrow. DR.. C. F. Pepper, ]. ]. Mckee
and Frank Booth.
One noteworthy thing regarding the
tour was the fact that every car which
left Los Angeles reached San Francisco
and not one machine was forced out on
account of damage to any parts. Two
motorists drove down from San Fran
cisco and then made the return trip
with the party. AS they had not been
officially checked on the down trip they
could not be awarded perfect scores
Dewitt Mitchell of San Diego remained
in San Francisco and Will go to. Palo
Alto to attend Stanford university. A.
A. Whitney, the largest man to under
take the trip, desired to visit friends in
Santa Cruz and will return this week.
w. M Hughes was the last to retire.
He drove to San Francisco and back
to Santa Barbara, but returned home
from there. He experienced difficulty
in driving over the mountains on the
day previous and drew out on the last
day. Mr.. Conwell offered to have a
man take the car through for Mr..
Hughes, but the offer was not accepted
The trip yesterday was from Santa
Barbara After the hard run of the
day previous when the motorists came
from Paso Robes over three grades
to Santa Barbara the 115-mile run OF
Yesterday was easy. The start from
Santa Barbara took the party over
roads which were none too good. Dust
was many inches thick and there were
the deepest of ruts with which to con-
tend. The oil wells in the sea were
among the sights enjoyed by the mo-
florists seeing Summerland for the first
time. The Casitas grade was found in
fair shape and the cars did not ex-
perience any difficulty in making the
climb. There was stop at Ventura
and the return was by way OF Santa
susanna and the Chatsworth grade in
stead of over the Canejo and the GAIA
basas road,
few minutes after 4 the pilot car
pulled up at Burbank J. S. Conwell
and family followed in a few minutes
and the other cars were not slow in
Joining the procession. By thirty min
utes after every car had reported but
the repair car and fnachine Il. the
repair car showed up just as the ma
chimes were preparing to leave Trop1co.
Several local cars went out to Burbank
to meet the tourists, but most OF the
machines which Joined in the welcome
waited at Tropico and great was the
footing of horns and the waving or
flags when the cars hove in sight
around curve.
A police car led the procession into
the city. Following was ]. S. Con-
wells car. Mr.. Conwell is the general
manager of the Auto Vehicle company
and the organizer of the tour. A tour
from Los Angeles to San Francisco has
always been a pet idea of his and when
he failed to interest others in the idea
he went to work and successfully car
ried it out himself. On their arrival
in Tropico Mrs. Conwell and her
daughter, Larooka, who drove many
miles of the long run, were presented
with immense punches of roses. Mrs.
Sahland, wife of the pilot, who made
the run in the pilot car, also received
roses.
Following J. S. Conwells car came
the pilot car, containing Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Sahland and c. B. Smith. Then
came the dust covered press car, and
following were the machines in the
order in which they finished. Bringing
UP the rear of the long line were the
motorists who were extending the ''wel-
come home"
The entrance into the city was over
the San Fernando road, along Buena
Vista erect and through the Broadway
tunnel to the heart of the business dis
trict. A turn was made at Seventh,
and after going down Spring to First
and out Main to Tenth, the farewells
were said and with many a shout the
Tourists started in different directions
for the first time since August IL.
This tour has been grand success,
and too much credit cannot be given
j. S. Conwell, who conceived and sue
cessfully carried it out His energy and