The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
LONG TRIP ACROSS
COUNTRY COMPLETED
Official of Touring Club Marks
Out Tentative Route from
Coast TO Coast.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Dec. IL
Finishing the trip from coast 10 coast
over uutried trails and some of the
widest spots in America, without the
least scmblancc of tronblc, A. L. West.
gard of tho Touring Club Of America
in his Premier car. has completed one
Of the most important automobile runs
ever made. In establishing and mark
| ing a transcontineutal highway under
commission from the bureau of public
roads in the federal department of agri.
culture; and in arousing enthusiasm
along the route. this expedition has un.
doubtedly started the most serious
movement for a trunk line from New
York to this city and San Francisco.
| In six weeks Westgard and his party
piloted bv Ray +. Mcnamara, famous
motorist. have accomplished more than
the combined efforts of good roads
conventions, highway commissioners aud
other propaganda in the past decade
| H. is marvellous TO know that in the
stretch of 1000 miles between the
two oceans there are but few which
need Improvement of modern type
70 make them passable and enjoyable
and that with n united movement ON
the part Of the various states thorough
! system could be easily instituted, aud
| It is reasonable TO state. as a result OF
| Westgard 8 trip. transcoutiDental motor
] ing viii not be a novelty within the
next two wears.
From New York TO the eastern
boundaries of New Mexico are roads
which are generally well known to their
users, and H. is only through New
Mexico and Arizona that dificulties
have been found which make for hard.
ships. In the eastern and middle states
the roads varied from splendid TO fair
aud in most cases there is a definite
campaign to keep the highways in con.
ditiou. but there is still room in scores
of localities for instruction in improve
mentS that will keep the surfaces hard
and smooth, reducing cost of trauspor.
tatiop and increasing the pleasure OF
! touring aud driving,
] \ new mecca for the tourist lies In
the magnificent scenery of the wilds of
Arizona and New Mcxico, where the
run through the high altitude, the deep
sands of the Mojuve desert. the lower
| than sea level toward the Colorado
| river, and the Salton Sea, gives one OF
the most varied trips that can be at.
tempted by motor cars. AS a welcome
surprise 10 the party in the car. the
| trails of this section were found 10 be
far more accessible than was expected
substantiating the belief of the pal III
finders that the entire run across the
continent will bc madc comparatively
easy and moro intensely attractive than
any other that could be offered. With
| the retouchiDg of a few rough aud
dangerous trips, which cut up tho other.
wise splendid roadways. improvements
which are now being agitated, the routo
from the Atlantic to the Pacific will be
world renowned.
| Active western towns and automobile
clubs are doing great work toward
securing improved conditions, in mark
ling the ipdistiuct trails and i'll provid-
! ing places whero fuel and other sup
plies may he obtained, In selecting the
j middle section of the country for the
east and west run the Tonring club
has chosen the road through All
bany, Cleveland, Indiana polls. Chicago,
Omaha, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Santa
Fc. Rhocnix and Los Angeles.