The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-10
DETROIT INDUSTRY
OEF|Es TERR0Rs
OF DESERT
James Schermerhorn, in Three
Weeks Tour of Golden West, Meets
Fame of Greatest Auto Center
Cleaning in Every Path.
Detroit Boasts at Her Door What
Cities of Sunset Land Are Forced
To Have Brought In.

noon just before taking our train lol
the east. / complimented them upon
the miracle OF reconstruction that hat
lifted the walls OF the fallen city into
majesty and beauty again said
James Schermerhorn. In reviewing his
three weeks tour TO the Pacific coast,
from which he returned Monday
morning with Mrs. SchermcrhOrn and
Mr.. George VI. L.ane-the party hay-
ing returned on the Golden State lin
tied over the Rock Island route via
FL Paso on account OF the interrup-
tion of traffic by food and avalanche
on all the northern lines
Il referred modestly 10 Detroit =
neighborly response 20 the stricken
city's need with her prompt emer-
gency purse OF tens OF thousands.
which was only bread east upon the
waters. now returning after not so
very many days In the form OF orders
for our motor cars. We are making
them at the rate OF one every TWO
minutes, | told them. which meant 4
production OF Is machines while
was considering with the publicity and
newspaper folk the necessity OF an
earthquake 10 shake the filth and
frauds out Of the business section OF the
uress. Which suggested the interview
that took place between the two
paranoiacs in the sanitarium Who
are you? said one to the other. Me-
I'm Hendrix Hudson. the discoyerer
OF the historic stream that bears my
name. and who are you" Me- I'm
Noah Webster. and | have a copy
right on the language. Pay me eleven
cents for them words YOU just used
Somebody had To pay for IL motor
cars. told the San Franciscans, while
was talking 10 them with more or
less suggestion OF wheels In the dis
course.
But it is no fiction 10 say that
Detroit's beautiful chariots OF pub
licity are rolling over that region OF
wealth and wonders in conspicuous
profusion. The day we left San
Francisco the arrival OF the New Hud-
son cars was announced. and there
was mention of tire Chalmers. Ford AM
EMF in the automobile bulletins
of that date. And you see them every
where. In the auto show at Los An
geles no less than fifteen Detroit
products glistened under Che canopy
OF electric lights which represented
the starry heavens over most artis-
tic reproduction OF redwood forest
with painted canvas walls to complete
the sylvan scene On the boulevards
that slope from fair Los Angeles 70
the sea. 90 miles distant (they say
they will make the shore part OF Los
Angeles with subway before long,;
en- the delightful drives that stretch
away to Pasadena, Riverside. Red
lands and San Bernardino; on the
sinuous ascent or Mt RoubidouX,
where great cross is erected TO the
memory OF the dsvout and fearless
Franciscan fathers; over Pasadena
mile OF millionaires': through the
snow-crested mountains ana along
the romantic coast route link
Ing Monterey and Santa Bar
bara and San Diego in an unforgec-
table succession OF delights. you'll
find the Detroit touring car widening
the pleasures OF the California visitor.
Columbus served the ages by seeking
a direct western route to the treasure
laden East Indies behold what De-
lroit has wrought 70 make straight aud
short the way To the regions that offer
health and ecstacy The golden state
has climate, traditions. fruitage. TO
nance, mountain and ocean splendors:
Detroit provides the means OF revel-
ling I'm all these at close range and
extending the privileges Of the pill
grim beyond the dreams of such an
intrepid pathfinder as Fremont, whose
memorial Is one Of the shrines that
the modern overland party flashes Dy
in that charming realm OF groves and
gardens and civic enthusiasm. River
side.
Il might also add that Detroit in
dustry has destroyed that horrible
pun about what 10 do for food in the
desert You dont have TO eat the
sandwiches there now. You just for
get the speed ordinance and scorch
the sandy wastes for the nearest rail-
road pie counter That IS. IL YOU hap
pen TO be starving with an auto on
your hands. Hour after hour We ira
versed the dreary arid stretches OF
New Mexico. Arizona and Okla.
bona. where there was nothing .
greet the eye between roadbed and
horizon hut sane sagebrush and De.
troit 1910 models
Concerning the expansion OF Pa
cific coast cities. feel like the Eel.
low who listened to his companion :
cry OF delight al Niagara See. how
gloriously. how unanimously the
great volume OF water sweeps over
the rocky ledge and rejoined. Well
what's TO hinder? What is there 20
hinder any American city that can
get steel and concrete from going
ahead? This is the constructive era
ard ifr there are millions in IL Won
just can't hold back the builders OF
cities San Francisco had 20 get upon
It's feet right away TO welcome the
wealth of tho Orient from the ives,
and the easy money OF the tourists
from the east. II is not such an ex.
travagant Jest as 1t seems. the re
mark of one San Franciscan TO a fel
low-whooper I'm the smoking-room OF
the Overland How long Since Won
left 'Frisco?' oh. about three weeks
Thunder, You ought TO see il now
Back east. where the March winds
are friendly to the full-blooded and
merciless 20 the aged and ailing. tht
prosperous pack up for the SUMMER
more salubrious cline OF Southern
California and proceed TO pour theii
wealth into the lap of los Angeles
That Is why Los Angeles has beer
compelled TO treble the size of her lar
since 1900. when Il was big enough e
hold 100. 1000 people. That touched
the spot the convivial guest OBJ
served as he passed his glass again
but rye got another spot Los An
gelcs has to have another lap ever!