The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-31
Entered at the Postof1ice in Denison'
Iowa. as Second class Mail Matter.
A GOOD ROAD THROUGH IOWA.

Last WIEN, upOl lii'ileAIAoAA "a A'AA'
Malcolm McKinnon, representing the
Iowa Publishing company OF Des
Moines, the writer made an automo-
bile trip from Council Bluffs to Clln-
ton along the line of the Trans Cont
mental route. The Iowa Publishing COM
pany has already issued a number OF
valuable road maps of Iowa and it is
now proposed to issue an atlas which
shall be a complete guide to all the
established auto routes in the state.
AS a preliminary, Mr.. Mckinnon is
driving throughout the state. Before
driving the trans-continental he had
driven the blue Grass Route" along
the line of the Burlington railroad and
the River to River Road" which fol-
lows the line of the Rock Island. Mr..
McKinnon is a splendid, conscientious
and painstaking man and the atlas
when completed along the lines con-
templated will be an invaluable guide to
every Iowa motorist and to all who
propose to tour the state.
The car with which the trip was
made was Spaulding 80, made at
Grinnell. 1t is made by the Spauld-
ing Manufacturing company, OF which
former Senator Spaulding is the head.
A large factory has been built and the
output of these cars will be rapidly in
nSe &c nvofn 80
and it will soon be possible for the
Hawkeye tourist to travel in fine car,
as good as the best, and made in his
own state. The writer can vouch that
he travelled more than four hundred
miles in this Spaulding car, over good,
bad and Indifferent roads, and that not
a cent was spent for repairs nor was
the car delayed for repairs at any
time, except that at Carroll the bat
teries were renewed.
The start was made day late from
Council Bluffs on account of the four
days rain which visited that section
During Monday there were heavy
rains, but on Tuesday morning the
sun came out and it was decided to
wait no longer, and accordingly the
mud.
The road goes through pleasant val
leys where the roads are ordinarily
fine and at last cuts through the great
clay bluffs and debouches upon the
Boyer Valley opposite Missouri Valley.
The flying mud did not interrupt the
brief vistas of the low-lying Missouri
bottoms, the murky band of the big
river and the dark green of the Ne
braska hills. At Missouri Valley the
attention of number of good roads
enthusiasts was aroused and it was
pledged that they would go actively
to work at once to raise funds to i'm
prove the road and to support the
association.
From Missouri Valley to Logan
there was mud, mud, mud, but the gal
liant little Spaulding pursued it's way
unfalteriugly, having made the run
from Council Bluffs to Missouri Valley
over bad roads in an hour and half.
Out of Logan the car was met by local
autoists and by Mr.. w. G. Rollins,
secretary of the ranS-cOntinental
route, who was also an invited guest
for the remainder of the journey
across the state. AS the car was a
day late on it's schedule, the stops at
Logan, Woodbine, Dunlap, Dow City
and AriOn were brief and the delay
had made any formal meetings impos-
sible. The roads grew dryer and bet
ter until the good road maintained by
Mr.. Eggers east of Arion was reached
This was in excellent condition and
the Spaulding fairly flew until it
passed out of the Eggers domain when
the road lapsed to it's normal rough
condition. The view of Denison, sit
ting proudly on the hills, sparkling and
fresh after it's recent bath, was beau
tiful indeed. In fact, Mr.. Mckinnon
and Mr.. Keil, the expert driver who
accompanied the car told us at Gin
ton that the view of DenisOn was the
prettiest along the entire route. The
days run was to have been ended at
Denison. but in order to catch the
schedule only short stop was made
and the car pushed on to Carroll Be-
tween Denison and Vail the road was
rough, but was much better than in
former days, owing to the wise ex-
penditures in Strengthening the road,
now being made by the board of super
visors. Between Vail and West Side
the party found the best road along
the entire way. Not only had it been
recently dragged, but it showed the
effects OF constant dragging. One
could have seen pin in the road and
it was delight to travel. 1t is es-