Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-29
AUTO RIDE IS
 FULL OF GRIEF
Three Bisbee Men Have Sad Experience Between Tue son and Benson Be-
 cause of Roads
HAD TO SHOVEL AND DIG

Feeling that they had encountered at least a sample of every kind of experiences that are met by drivers in the Gidden tour or an ocean to ocean trip. |. J. Bowen and Ii. P. Bright reached Bisbee yesterday af- ternoon, having come from PhoenW by auto. They left Phoenix Friday morning in a new E. NJ. r. 90 that Mr. Bowen received there from the fac- tory, and reached Tucson that night. They were joined al Tucson by F. R. Ladd. who came to Bisbee with them.
 The tourists" report that the trio from Phoenix Co Tucson was of the joy ride" class, and that the roads from Benson to Bisbee are good much of the way and at least pass able all the way, but that between Tucson and Benson they are practi- cally impossible a large part Of the distance and that there really Is no road part of the distance.
 Horrible Roads
 They started from Tucson early Sunday morning. expecting to reach. Bisbee that evening, but found tha. heavy rain amounting to almost a cloudburst had visited that part of the territory Saturday night anl made travel of any kind almost impossible, and were glad to reach Benson that evening. The many washes that the road crosses that are usually dry or practically so were well filled with water and in many places the banks had been washed away so that the road dropped off straight into them, often a distance of several fee,. For several miles the road runs up a can yon. down which one of these streams was flowing and crosses several times from one side of the stream to the other Here was where the most trouble was encountered, as each Ot these crossings presented many differ ent problems of engineering ltI was nearly always impossible to fol low the road into the stream, and places where the banks were lower pr less steep had to be sought, and on some occasions the bank had to be tug away enough to make something of a slope for the machine to travel Jn. In addition the bed of the stream in several places was quicksand and to keep the machine from slipping so deep into the sand and water that 1t could not cross rocks had to be put lnder the wheels. It took three hours 10 make one Of these crossings where the bank had to be dug away to make a road for the machine and the quick sand was particularly bad
 Mud Hole the Limit
 After leaving the canyon and reach ing the higher ground the road was still very bad and in many places washed out completely by the rain so that long detours had to be made to get around the holes. And what prov ed to be the worst spot of read in the entire trip was a mud hole few miles west of Mescal, where the wheels sunk in the adobe until the bottom of the machine rested on the sround. A team Of horses would have looked good to the travellers then, but as they did not know of any team within miles they had to rely on their own resources. and after considerable digging managed to get the wheels clear and pull out.
 Although all the members Of the party say they had plenty of road experiences they insist that they en- ioyed the trip, but at the same time are strong for the pushing of the socd read movement in the territory. and both Bright and Ladd insist that Johnny Bowen is some driver.