The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-17
LONG TRIP FOR
WOMEN DRIVERS
Idaho Automobiles Now on
Way on Trip From Allan
tic to Pacific.

In the last three or four years, sew
eral transcontinentsI trips have been
attempted. and some successfully made
by Automobiles. but it remained for
Mrs. +. +. Teape and Mrs. Vera Mac
Kelvie of Sand Point, Ida, to be the
first women motorists to ATTEMPT the
1000 miles from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc. On last Thursday, starting at
Portland, Me, Mrs Teape and her
daughter, Mrs MacKelvie, driving an
eight horsepower two-cylinder run
about, will attempt to cross the con
tinent to Portland, Ore. The trip is to
be made alone, unhampered by drivers.
chauneurs or luggage other than the
necessary wearing apparel. and is To be
made in easy stages, by the way of
Boston, Albany. Buffalo. Chicago. Des
Moines, Omaha. Cheyenne Salt Lake
city, Ogden, Boise, Baker City, to Port
land
1t is the longest trip ever attempted
DN Il woman mOtOTist. and Mrs Teape.
who Is now i'm New York arranging for
the details of the triD. is fully conf
dent of being able 10 not only success
mapped out, but is allowing herself
only eight weeks in which to do it,
Have Fast Schedule.
Taking into consideration the vain
efforts made by the cars in the recent
New hork-Paris race to make time, the
schedule which Mrs. Teape hopes to
i've up TO is considered remarkable. al
though IL is known that the roads will
a 1Fh haf
earlier in the season.
Women motorists are gaining in
numbers very rapidly. With the sim
pllclty of construction and the elimina-
ton of its many small details effected
by The Standardization of the present
cars, it is expected il will not be long
before il Will be a common sight to sea
women propelling not only low-pow-
cred, but high-pOWered cars throughout
the city streets, and in making long
tours in the country. nat il is possible
for women drivers to successfully COM
pete with men, was shown in the last
Gldden tour, when Mrs. Juan Ounce
successfully competed with the Other
drivers in the contest. bringing her car
through without penalization.
Made 0enver-Chicago Trip.
The uanscontinental trim is not the
/
as last wear she drove a four horse
power Waltham blackboard from Chi
cdgO 10 Denver i'm two weeks time. il
not once being necessary for them 10
apply Tor assistance in any manner
Mrs. Teape when seen al her hotel was
enthusiastic regarding the proposed
trip, and said:
4 IN enthusiastic, and / feel sure
that we can successfully make this
trip / realize the troubles and diff
cultieS which two women may encoun-
ter, but we have always lived in the
west and feel sure that we can over
come any slight obstacles Our trip
last year from Chicago to Denver. a
though d hard one, was a most enjoy
able two weeks, and the benefits de-
rived cOnVinces me that the time has
come when for health and pleasure no
recreation can equal the invigorating
pleasure giving atmosphere that sur
rounds trip Of this sort Although |
do not expect to make as fast time as
some of the other cars which have
crossed the continent, / feel that the
eight weeks which We have allowed
will give US ample time TO see and en-
joy the country through which we are
passing. We shall ride all day long,
starting early in the morning and. as
far as possible, not be compelled TO ride
at night. We shall take with us moth
ing more than is absolutely necessary
for our immediate comfort, and not be
with extra equipment or bag
gage to hamper us on our trip for, as
has very wisely said, The
greatest hamper To motorists are the
hampers they carry with them