Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-21
OVER 5000 MILES TO
COVER IN NINETY DAYS

attempt is OF interest. weston, at
the age Of seventy W. ears has un-
dorta6en to cover the distance be-
tween Los Angeles and New York,
S,4S0 miles. in ninety days. AZ his
present rate he will undoubtedly make
good as he is ahead Of his schelde.
Weston is scheduled to make Albu-
qucrUue on the third of March, next
and while here will rest his bones
under the protecting shelte- of the
Alvarado.
Fred Harvey's hotels are being good
to Weston on his trip and the best
they afford is his when he arrives
at the various big hostelries along the
line. In a walk from sea to sea
in three months even q youth of sew
enty-tWo occasionally be-
| comes a trifle tired enroute. While
in the southwest Weston Is following
ltctty closely the route OF the Santa
I'e, tramping the ties or convenient
adjacent highways.
He began at City Hail. Los Angeles,
at 400 p. NJ, Tuesday February i,
walking westward to Santa Monica.
which lies on the Pacific shore. From
Santa Monica he turned about, facing
eastward, walking to Pasadena, where
he rested fer the night. Distance
covered for the first day was rs
mites. Tie next day he hit the Santa
Re right-of-way and like Hallcys
comet. one only gets a glimpse OF him
BY telegraph. However, unlike the
comet, he is beating his schedule, and
promises to peg his daily itinerary
ahead Of time For 1t is in the bond
that, although he rests Sundays, he
may take advantage of the weather
and good roads, and speed when he
feels like 1t.
February 10 he spent the night
at Needles, California, in Fred Hur-
vey's Ell Garees hotel, and Saturday,
February IL he crossed the Colora-
do river by the Santa Fe bridge into
Arizona. This was Iincoln's birth-
day but he spent the day on the road
observing Sunday as his great Eman
cipator's anniversary at h little sta
ton of blackberry. At Williams,
Arizona, he turned aside, pacing his
way along the Santa FEES branch line
to the Grand Canyon. This took the
greater part OF two days, but he want
ed to see the greatest of Natures
Wonders. and. besides. FL Tovar ho-
tel, where Mr.. Brant, the famous host
OF this famous tavern, entertained
him, formed a delightful place for
him to spend his second Sunday out.
Returning to Williams, and the
main line, Weston passed Flagstaff,
within eight miles Of the famous cam
yon of cliff dwellings,. Further east
he stopped at Canyon Diablo, whore
the railway crosses a yawning abyss.
Further eastward, February 25th,
he comes to the Adana, and the Petri-
fed forests, He enters New Mexico
Monday. February 2S. March 2 he
passes Laguna. where he pauses for
rest and refreshments in the narrow
streets Of an ancient village of the
Pueblo Indians. These are the dates
"A scheduled at the start.
He comes to the city of Albu-
querque, Thursday, March 3, l044
miles out, passing Sunday beneath the
roof Of the Alvarado MOTEL. Here
he viii have an opportunity OF vis-
iting Fred Harvey's largest curio shop
aud conversing with Navajo blanket
Nc1Nefs.
ON he goes, March 8. TO Lamy. and
night oVcrtakes him on top of the
Glorieta Pass. On to Las Vegas IN
March G, and the next day he enters
the high plateau. where IN the early I
days ran the ancient Santa Fe trail
night, March II, he rests mt
the les day climbing Ration
through the tunnel and down
Eill to Trinidad, bringing him in
to Colorado, 1902 miles out. Here
spends the night, and Sunday,
March IL, finds him at Thatcher, Il
little station sitting in the plain.
Monday March IA he passes the
night at La Junta, the guest of Fred
Harvey Hare the broad Arkansas
river. now big with mountain fresh
ITS, becomes his companion, and lie
the valley all the way to
hutchinson. Tuesday, March Is.
ithe aeon meal at Las Antmas and
at Caddoa, he will celebrate his
eyenty-second birthday. He cross
g the state line into Kansas at Cool
dye. March II. AT Syracuse he
celebrates st. Patrick's birthday with
EoOd supper and a restlul rcd ia
Harvey's hotel. the "~Sequoyah."
puts him 1885 miles on his jour
And so he races down the valley.
unshine and smiling landscapes ali
way. At Great Bend the course ,
It the river valley takes him almost
G the exact center OF the United f,
and he follows the railway on
.outheasterly into Hutchinson. Be-
Ond, over a little divide, is Newton. :
nd at Peabody he comes to the beau
iful Cottonwood valley where he re- |
over Sunday, March 2G. Thence
e travels down the valley to En- /
oria, where he will meet William ]
Hen White and eat dinner in NJ.
larvey's newest hotel. Here another
tile climb ver a divide, jogging
long TO Topeka and Lawrence, com
~ 10 Kansas city, SATURDAY, Aylil
for the mid-day meal. Travelling
y way of Chicago. he is scheduled
, arrive at City Han, New York City,
uesday. May II, at 800 y. NJ.
March Is, 1909. Mr.. Weston under
'ok TO cover the distance between
ew York and San Francisco within
days. but he was five days be-
Now he undertakes the feat
y Il route more favored by nature
nd there is no doubt of his success
Mir. Weston's first walking feats
IN 1855 whcn he was n New =,
ork Herald pair of legs, chasing L
VS. and doing other stunts on foot
IT. The elder Bennett. His first Ions o.
was from Boston to Washington "
1861. to witness the inauguration 10
President Lincoln. Starting from al
Ie State House February %. he el
ached the National Capitol March n
a. time to witness the ceremonies. III
=; miles within sOS hours. %
ln 1860 he walked the -islance oflt,