El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

4 not hampered by is a time limit, as they
| have all winter for the trip.
| On the trip from Atlanta to New Or
| leans they drove through 81 miles OF
| road which an auto had never passed
| before. This piece of hard sledding
was between Montgomery, Ala. and
! Meridian. Miss. The road was only a
| trail and was composed of the gum
miest kind Of gumbo mud. 1t required
! nine hours to make this distance and
| 1t was necessary to use welded chains
| TO keep the tire wheels from slipping
| in the gumbo, but il was a triumph for
the pleasure seeking pathfinders for all
other cars had been shipped past this
piece OF road.
From Meridian on into New Orleans
the roads were Swampy and bad also il
being necessary for the car to be lowed
by mules and oxen eight times in this
part Of the rum But Of all the bad
roads, Mr.. Hansen says deliver him
from those OF Louisiana's highways and
byways. There is a reason, he adds.
The parishes are "agin" good roads
and oppose tiny movement to better the
conditions of the roads.
of all the roads in the Is states
through which 1 passed." the amateur
trail blazer said, "the worst were
found In louisiana"
Across West Texas,
From New Orleans to San Antonio and
on to Ell Paso the overland party ex
perienced little. if any difficulty except
with the blowouts of the tires, caused
by their inferior construction. The
roads were the equal of the average
country roads of the eastern states. the
motorists say, and were better than
were expected. After leaving DEVILS
river. which was forded at a 80 miles
an hour clip, the New Workers pulled
into Alpine only to be informed that
all Wen behaved autoists shipped their
cars across the 10 miles of sand hills
between there and Sierra Blanca. Not
for Hansen, he gave his chauffeur the
go ahead signal and the run to Ell Paso
was made without any trouble from
sand, wind or water.
Pilot From Phoenix.
Leaving FL Paso early Monday morn
ing the Hansen party will drive to Tue
son and from there will run to Phoenix
Where they will be met by Bert Latham.
VINO mas been sent out from Los Ange-
les TO meet the party and pilot the car
over the last lap of the trip to the
coast.
After visiting in Los Angeles and
Menlow Park, Cal. the trip will be con-
unued 10 San Francisco and from there
the return trip will be made by way
or Denver, Chicago, Buffalo and home.
Inc entire round trip is expected to
cover approximately 10000 miles and
at least six months will DE taken for
the trip. While at Menlow Park Mrs
Hansen will visit with her ami Me-
Leland Stanford, wife of the great rail-
road builder and the founder of Lee
Idhd STANFORD university. She is also
niece of Charles Latham. a director
OF the Southern Pacific system and a |
well known Californian.
High Power Needed.
MI Hansen's advice to cross country
motorists, especially Marathon motorists
oent on long trips, is to sit steady in |
tne car and keep going, to para |
phrase an old adage. For a trim of This !
Emo Ilrst get the most substantially |
ouIIl car on the market" he says. Mine !
Is d ISio model. four cylinders, and a /
SV-bO horse power car. Power is abso-
lutely essential. 1t would have reonire5 !
an arship TO get through those LOUISE J
ana sWampS on anything less than q
hlsh morse power car. Next get thA hes+ {
llres. did not and as a result 4 suf- /
rered for my lack of wisdom. Get everv-
lhlng about the car as substantial as
possible a.
My car weighs 1900. and T ad6oa
load of 5000 pounds TO it. vet If WaIIre5 |
right through the sands and mud ond /
water without difficulty. 1 never knew
what engine troubles were. Sometimes
the gasoline would be low test and We
would use ether to get the power fro,,, :
The engines
My car is new 1910 model and +ba !
way stood the racket was worth go
.hs HIKES 10 see The clutch caused a
little trouble az first bur that 70 - q
porary. We never stripped a gear broIro
q spring, or mad any of the usual motor
-''''0i
No Trouble In SAND
Sand was the least of s,,. +ro,,.,
We made the sand hills on second 49,;
but the engines, which are water cooIaI
did not even get warm. We Quit carr,,ino
water for the water jacket because we
had no use for it. One reason for 49,
lack Of engine troubles was tho saIs
FEEDING oil splash The oil feeds into
the cylinder through pressure n1,mn
ana is pumped over and over with very
little waste This keeps the engine cool
md gives greater engine poUar and of
"One thing that would be of intaras4
to prospective long distance motorists is
hat the carDurator must be constantly
watched where the change in atmosnbors
s so great as 1t has been on nv RIM
Ny chauffeur. who is an expert. no+iced
: first ana we mad TO regulate the air
the carDurator four times COM
ng from San Antonio. This miyb+ cor,so
IN amateur a lot of worry and in, e,ine
Try troubles If he did not reaIiza H.
necessity for this precaution in cbsrs-
ng altitude"
Garry All Essentials.
The HansenS carry everything +bo+
Tould be heeae4 on such trip except