Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-03

ISIS ! llOl WV
Into Coast City Headed by
Bandi Commander of Pre-
mier Finds Great Interests ln
Good Roads Propaganda m
The Southwest
e,ocessfully accomplishing one of
opost remarkable coast -to-coast
ue en,obilo runs on record, the West
au.gilth S lnathfinding Premier car with
saiu a1ncky crew, travelling under the
h h.a,ces p, of the Touring Club OF
ausp,ii ap,ica arrived in Los Angeles in
Alin,,nh An,,n,h ON Tuesday of this week. Mr..
uis''i s Mrs Westgard, driver Rae Nc
s.pn,ara s,u and, Harry Drumm, motor
Nam, ',i.ar Of the Chicago Record Herald,
so cur littlo the worse for the racking
,sin the most strenuous part of which
UP u,g mace after they left Albuquer~
Wv 'uvN t,yo weeks ago and plunged into
so gae wilderness of the MogollOn and
rP White Mountain Apache country of
nastern New Mexico and eastern Ari-
m.y, ,ona route never before Travelled
~ w." ! nathfindlng car. The Los An
Usles ~ Examiner thus describes the
tsrinmphal entry of the party into
that city
,oles Yesterday afternoon at 12:40
ssrloek after covering the last leg OF
Nc 4186.7-mile automobile trip In
tbe Westgard party were Mrs. West
ard Rae Mcnamara and Harry
6frnm the latter Chicago news
naner man who made the trip from
Chicago with the pathfinding party.
Mr. Westgard and party were met
Monday night at San Bernardino by
representatives of the Examiner,
Iopis schwaebe, southern California
distributor for the Premier cars, and
w G. Brode Of Los Angeles, and
were piloted to the Mission Inn at
riverside. After nights rest they
were piloted by Mr.. Brode to Pasa-
dsnt where thev were met at noon
nv the members of the Los Angeles
county bard Of supervisors, the Los
Angeles park commission, the police
commission. president Of the Aero
cub of Southern California, and sew
efal REPRESENTATIVES, Va Ni4N ~AN''N-N'
Mle Club of Southern California.
Although Mr.. Westgard's trip was
under the auspices of the Touring
club of America. of which he is the
founder and first president, he made
manv copious notes during the trip
for the benefit of the aviatOrs who
will compete for the $4,000 prize Of
fered by William r. Hearst for the
e.. -1f1nnGcfnllN CROSSES
the United States in a-heavier-than-
air machine.
Given Enthusiastic Greeting
When the pathfinding party ar
rived at Pasadena they were greeted
BY about fifty Premier automobiles
filled with city and county officials
and enthusiastic owners, who plloted
the trans continental car to Los An
geles where O band was picked UP
and the party was driven to the Hay
ward hotel. After luncheon at the
hotel as the guests of the manage
ment Mr.. Westgard gave out the tol-
lowing interview regarding his trip:
"The enthusiasm for good roads is
particularly noticeable in the west.
At Omaha and various other western
cities we met the mayors ana III
some instances the governors OF the
states, and without exception they
showed q keen interest in the good
roads project and pledged themselves
to lend every effort toward estapnsh
ing permanent trans-continental
route between New York City ana
Los Angeles.
Il believe" continued Mr.. West
gard. that one direct result of the
data concerning road conditions
which | have gathered on this trip
will show itself in the increased tour
ing by automobile from eastern CUES
to Los Angeles.
Few motorists in the east have
any idea, not only of the enthusiasm
but of the general hard and eilec-
tive work being done in the western
and southwestern states for soou
roads
Great Interest In Hearst Ofier.
Considerable interest was shown
along our route by many men OF ar
fairs in the big aerial contest tor
which Mr. Hearst has offered such u
large sum. and l am sure that the
flight of the 'man-birds' VIII pe
Watched with interest by hundreds OF
thousands of persons all along the
route, whether they take the route
have mapped out or the route ! nave
suggested, along one of the railroad
lines
THE four-cylinder Premier IN
which We made the trip was GER
ainly revelation TO members OF our
party including myself We did not
make an adjustment TO any part OF
the care during the trip and stoppeu
but twice TO repair blowoHts in our
rear tires. We climbed to an attitude
Of 10000 feet and dropped down 70
1877 feet below the sea level we
naversed parts Of this continent
never before traversed by automopile
Wheels and saw scenery which can
not be matched in any other part OF
NE wide world, not excepting lhe
sights of switzerland"
The Westgard party will remain IN
Los Angeles the remainder OF the
week before concluding the trip 70
San Francisco. The Premier car VIII
be shipped back to New YORK by
freight and the tourists viii journey