Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-09
Rocky Going for Pathfinder
in Wlds of 7yeras Canyon

tools necessary ON the road on in a
shop. several dress suit cases, Cloli Is
bottles filled with hot ana cold liquids
bus nothing stronger than lemonade.
block and tackle. axes, shovcls. con.
dcnsed food, Photographic material
ana a thlrtN-two gallon capacity OF
gasoline, a remarkable load for "A lit
the car. The entire weight with five
people is over 5000 pounds and the
tragedy of the day came when. Just
past T|iicras the ear dropped Off the
side of 20 bank. ~straddling "A rut and
a spring broke under the weight II
had showcred practically an the morn
ing and early afternoon and II raincA
white plucky BillY and Mays. the
guide, got down and shipped a new
spring in place. The delay brought
the tourists into Albuquerque unher-
aided and the reception committee was
disappointed
During the day the car ascended t.
dropped down to Mile High AlbuQuer-
que which Is practically the same
height as Denver During the 56i.N
miles made since leaving Denver, SAT
urday May LIST. the car has travelled
90 high points again and again. The
Tourist feel rather pleased at the fact
that outside the return through I'll.
Itl tN AAilNNl ~ l'NNAl Nlit ANA " AANtH
win follow the line of the New Mexico
Central and FL Paso a Southwestern
TO avoid the sandy going along the
Rio Grande which would provide thr
most direct route To prepare them
selves for what is 90 come lu the near
~ four hundred miles to FL Paso Vel
remaining before taking to the MeNi-
can wilds, the party decided to re-
main over Sunday in Albuquerque ami
pAAf 70 ME after fhHtV hnT1 NlsgItT
work Doubtless back east the mo-
t0rist- feel that scvcnty-tiNe miles
daily is not hard but in reality scVeu-
tN-fiNe miles of travelling such as is
to be found in Colorado and New
Mexico Is Ear harder than $50 miles
In the north with roads carefully pre-
pared for the motoring public. The
fear OF raised stumps. of too high
centors and OF stones too high 60 pass
under the axle. ana tint fears also that
forks may not be seen causes slow
going. Caution and IN anxiety 70
complete the tour adds much TO thc
general plan and no cndeaNor Is be-
ing made to go fast by the party for
the reason that the route must be
carefully prepared for the route book
and photographed for the papers ALI
over the country ana Europe.
50 complicated Is the routing Of the
tour 10 date that night driving will
be a ease Of life ana death owing 70
the arroNas along which the car must
run and the high banks OF which arc
unRuardcd by a rail IN II instance
and owing to the Stumps, stones and
high centcrs Of the roadway. Tho
great flag to flag tour viii therefore
he Il case Of day running ana the con-
tcstant h lags win have 10 make
up time when IL is possible to see.
From santa Fc the route for cigh-
teen miles Is IDEAL. At a mountain
where the Spanish speaking residence
do pcuHncc AZ a cross away IN to the
peak. 10 q point about five miles from
Albuquerque 1t Is a case of noun
|tainous work IN high attitudes whore
the clear air Is not the air Of the east
and the ear gives trouble whom not
adjusted to such travelling. In fact
the tourist becomes worried again and
again ana Billy Knipner has gone over
his car many times only to glance
behind with an exclamation no Won
der"
il Is probable that IT win be neces-
sary for the tourists to arrange for a
sDocial train over the railroad TO lei
Paso to provide hotel accommodations
on route for the tourists In the great
flag to flag run. The frAin win fol-
low the tour as closely MS possible
and the route makers will determine
ms "a whether II shall be a three ~
-four day run under these circum-
stances.
one on the interesting features Of
the New Mexico trip TO the Path
finders has been the convict labor en-
ploycd throughout the country build
ing good roads. Much OF the rough
going will be erased before fan
through this work. In Colorado the
convicts work under the honor sys
ten and without guards and II is said
that several who escaped (2) came
back satisfied that they would Nv,
in the camp at Ration moun-
tain.
Tho route for the sixth day for near
w scvonty-five miles does not touch q
single town Of any size or importance,
The towns have names but are adobe
houses and Spanish speaking natives
who are willing 70 aid but who can't
when Spanish Is not spoken Accord
Inglv a guide and Interpreter is taken
Along in every case possible.
The Pathtindlng trip. now one