Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-29
SANTA FE TRAILBRS
BEAT THEIR SCHEDULE
New Trail Was Established
Last Saturday
FROM END TO END
OF ARKANSAS VALLEY
New Route VIII Link Pueblo and
y Kansas City with Fine Auto
mobile Highway that VIII
Attract Eastern Tourists r.

y Kansas City with Fine Auto.
mobile Highway that viii
Attract Eastern Tourists
Running ahead Of their schedule and
"eating up" the road like machines pos
sssssd. the Santa Fs "Trailsrs" passsd
through Rocky Ford last Saturday on the
last lap Of their 22-hour saduranee con-
test from Hutchinson. Kans to Pueblo.
over the road that is to be designated
hereafter as the New Santa Fe Trail.
The machines were due in Rocky Ford
at s o'clock. but contrary to the general
idea the "Irailers." as they are termed.
held their own up to the 90 mile an hour
schedule during the night in Kansas. and
taking advantage Of the daylight and
good roads Of Colorado. ran ahead Of
their schedule. not only proving that over
the roads Of Colorado 20 miles an hour
can easily be made. but also established
the fact that so miles could have been
made a. far as the roads were con-
esrnsd.
But the making Of speed record was
the least important part Of the run. As
long ~ the schedule WAS hell to. and the
run decidedly established this road
through the Arkansas valley as the New
Santa Fs Trail road. running from Kan
sas City to Canon City. and from there
over the new road being built by the
eonviets Of the stats between Canon City
and Colorado Springs. and thence on.
There has been much controversy
since the movement to make through
road was started over the location Of the
road. The automobile run was taken
y a. . means to prove that the road
mapped out was the reasonable one to
take. The run PROVED that and puts
quistus on further contests over the
location.
Just what the ultimate results Of the
run may mean are hard to dstsrmins.
from the fact that the enthusiasm
aroused over the road may bring about
happenings in road building in the Ar
kansas valley. and particularly over this
road, that will b hard to even imagine
at the present time.
At the banquet held in Pueblo the
night the run ended. the enthusiasm over
the new stats road was At its highest.
and aid from every source was pledged.
which will undoubtedly mean the CON-
plstion Of road running from Kansas
City to Pueblo. in the form Of bouls-
ward.
Warden Tom lyman Of the STATE psni-
tsntiary. who has made a record As
road builder. using convict labor. accord
ing to the law Of the state. says that in
sIx months with his convict help he will
build an automobile boulevard from
Pueblo to the Kansas line, at q cost Of
approximately 56 cents day for each
man that is working in the camp. That
cost pays all the expenses Of the camp.
horse feed. camp expenses. material
ana for the men. Such an aid would be
undoubtedly the means Of pushing the
road through faster thsn even the most
othusias.ie boosters Of the through road
plan have dreamed Of.
At the same meeting the Kansans
present pledged their support FOR the
Kansas end Of the deal. and are not
going to let Colorado run away with
them on the road building work. They
are handicapped there. as they have no
law allowing convict labor on the state
roads. as in Colorado.
Mr.. c. L. Trigg. editor cf the Kansas
City Star. possibly the largest indspsn-
l. hA -
address at the banquet in Pueblo. pledR-
ing the support of his powerful paper te
assist in the building Of the road. and
many prominent legislators Of beth states
made talks, and assured the road build
srs Of the legislative support Of their two
states.
When such road is finished. As II un.
doubtsdly will be in short time. thu
value TO the Arkansas valley will b
insstimable. and it is by far the biRRes
thing that has happened for the valley II
years, although at the time OF the rur
the importance Of il was not fully real
iz,d; with through road running from
Kansas City to Pueblo. running through
the richest sections Of Colorado ant
Kansas. and adver ised among the ma
chine owners Of the entire country q
one Of the big auto trips. Rocky For'
and other valley towns on the line woul'
be the mecca Of hundreds Of machines
month, an advertisement that eanno
IpIp but do good.
The automobile owners are not tn
only ones who wili profit from The I'm