The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-31

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Mrs. N. r. Powell, Mrs. w. Atwood
and Miss H. Jahns, of Hasensack,
N. j.. are making a transcontinental
automobile trip from New York to
San Francisco, arrived last evening.
The party met with no serious ac-
cident from the time they left New
York until they reached Calico in
this state and at that place a bolt
came out of the steering gear, which
caused the wheels to spread and as
the machine was making over rs
miles an hour. considerable damage
was done to the axle.
Mrs. Ramsey's companions came
to Ely while she remained five days
at Calico awaiting new parts for the
machine. Through some mistake
in the ordering they were not re-
ceived and the machine was patched
up by s. H. Sharman, agent for the
Maxwell Automobile company, who
is plotting the party from Salt Lake
to San Francisco.
Mr.. Sharman is well acquainted
with the roads between here and
San Francisco, having plotted the
| Thomas car through this country
when 1t was one of the contestants
in the New York to Paris race a
year ago. In speaking of the ladies
comprising the party for whom he is
pilot. he said they are game automo-
bilists and that Mrs. Ramsey is n
of the very best posted women on
automobiles he ever mel and she can
handle one much better than most
DrOfeSSiODa1 ch~auffeurS.
The party will leave this morning
for Eureka, from which place they
will go TO Austin. then to Reno and
San Francisco. The ladies will re-
main one day in the latter place and
then go by rail to Seattle and Yellow
stone park. The register on the ma
chine shows they have travelled A.
SOC miles since leaving New York.
The distance covered yesterday was
1855 miles.
The four ladies left New York on
June 8 and Salt Lake City last Satur-
day, and excepting for two weeks
when they were held up by s1oud-
bursts and washouts and the broken
axle have been touring all the time.
Mrs. Ramsey having been at the
wheel of the car since the tour be-
gan and having covered in a little
more than 80 days of actual driv-
ing close to 1000 miles. Never for
one instant, by the way, having one
minutes trouble with the mechanism
of her Ear.
When the party left New York
they expected to reach San Francisco
about the latter part of July, not
figuring. of course, ON the wretched
conditions they met in some places.
Up to Clinton, Iowa, the roads were
very fine and the first 1000 miles
were made in n week. After strik-
ing into Iowa, however, heavy black
gumbo roads were travelled over
roads that were impossible in some
places as a resuft9cf the heavy rains
which washed out the bridges and in
fact resulted in such conditions that
travel was absolutely impossible in
some places even over the railroad
tracks.
Once out of Nebraska and into
| Wyoming the roads we're much bet
ter and rel the mountains, through
valleys and cross plains and deserts
Mrs. Ramsey made fine time. The
tremendous climbs over the noun
tains from 20 miles east of Cheyenne
to Ogden was made without a bit
of trouble. many of the steep grades
being easily taken by the car at
high speed. Across the plains and
deserts for most part the travelling
was good and the party enjoyed the
trip over the winding grass grown
trail.
THE trip across the country
says Mrs. Ramsey, has been won
derfully interesting and enjoyable,
From the very start we have enjoyed
the run and there have been just
enough happenings out of the
ordinary to make it exciting. Com
ing through the mountains we saw
a number of coyotes, the first I have
seer out of captivity, while along
the way prairie dogs and rabbits
have been so thick that at times We
had to be careful not to run then
down. The scenery in Nebraska
Wyoming and Nevada, SO far, ha!
been beautiful. crossing first up {
mountain and then down into a val
ley following along the old trail'
on which so much history vas made
am really surprised that the triI
SO far has been so easy. This II
due, of course, in a measure, to thu
fact that the car has stood up undel
some pretty hard jolting and has no
caused a bit Of trouble since we lef
New York"
When the ladies left Salt LAX
City they were accompanied for som
distance by a number of enthusiasm
motorists in cars, among them De
ing ex-Mayor Thompson and famli'
of that city.
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