Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-15

10 ship our car from there 40 Whit
low. a. farmer had damned sip
shovelln creek. 70 that Il backed ~
winter oyer ihe crossing 20 b depth %
about three feet and about NIFTY feet
Wide. from Winslow va went On
FiaaFlan. clghty-One miles. The road
was fairly good al the WY, except "a
Canon Diabl0. cur guide took tho
arong road and We got stuck ia the
quick sand. II took us one hour 90
get out OF u. From Flaestan We De-
cided 20 90 70 the Grand Canyon. We
were furnished a guide by the cham.
bee Of commerce. who rode with us.
This man knew the road perfectly
and the read Itself was good. being
eighty-four milea. From the Grand
Canyon we went 20 Ash Fork. Thia
would be a fine road ~ worked, beiag
mostly over prairie. rather hard 20
End a. there sre no signs. After leas-
ing Ash FORK. we went 20 Prescott
elxty-four eilca. Up 20 this point the
foa4 vas good. After leaving Pres
colt, We had two ranges OF mountains
to cross. This proved to be the hard
est part Of the road. aa there was very
little work beina done on those moun-
ialne After getting over the two
ranges Of mountains we found o very
nice r0ad clear into Phoenix, which
wns a hundred and thirty miles from
Prescott. We remained at Phoenix
two days, and think Il q wonderful
country. After leaving Phoenix about
twenty miles, we met a ear that had
Just come over the road from Yume.
They completely discouraged ~, an
they said n was almost Impossible 20
set through the sand and said By all
means 70 80 By saiome. This we de-
cided TO do, taking the old race track
road. Al Saiome we met another car
that had come across the ferry al
Yuma the party said the Col0gado
river was out % It's banks. had back
water over tho road and Il was Inn
possible 70 get through without hiring
teams "a pull us through the mud.
and they certainly looked like II, as
their car was piastered from one end
10 the other. 40 we decided 20 20 by
Parker, which was seventy-one miles
from Salome. We CROSSED on the
railroad bridge a. Parker and went
to Amboy, this wSs i03 miles, The
road was heavy IN number OF places.
but nothing but what an ordinary ma.
chine could travel over. From Am
boy 30 Ludlow. we encountered some
sand. From Ludlow we went % Dag
gctt, mostly heavy road for thirty
miles, after that We took the cut or
60 Victoryllie, which was fine running
all the way. From Victorville We had
a run down the canyon 10 san Her
nardin0. This was hne. the roads
having beer oiled all the way, for
forty-two miles. From there to Los
Angeles, sixty-four miles. we had ail
oiled roads. We had no trouble on
tho road worth speaking Of. but think
s. wo had "a do Il over again, wa
would try the Yuma road. as the way
we came we misBed the Imperial val.
ley entirely We are very grateful "a
alS OF you. for furnlshine as pilots. ~
4 would have oeen almost impossible
10 have gotten through alone.
! think the people IN Phoenix arr
pulling pretty hard for Iei Peso, ant
trying 20 steer most Of tho cars thai
way; while Il seems 10 us that the
most feasible route would be through
Albuquerque.
Again thanking YOU for all kind,
ncsses shown US, We arc
Yours truly,
q. a. BAKER.