The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-21
ON IN THIs SECTION.


9reat deal 10 the autoists IN
sn.s ssction. also 10 all tourists who
tor the past SIX months. There has
ocen practically no roadway leading
mo the city for that length OF time,
put IL 10 expected that the street will
Do completed within the merit week
and then one Of the finest pieces Of
Tor al who wish TO take a spin into
tne country districts. Part OF the
street 10 asphalt and the hills are
paved with heavy brick embedded in
concrete an da composition Of tar and
The road over Wheeling hill is not
yet repaired and is in very bad condi-
ton Work Will be started on the i'm
provfns OF II within a few days but 10
doubtful IN II will be open TO the
public before early spring unless the
weather keeps good until the late fall
AZ present there are several tenn
porary bridges built on the hill and
the roads are muddy.
The roads east OF town are in excel.
lent condition and every day sees
many machines on them. The country
roads were never In better condition
al many drivers are taking a spin up
the side lanes. As the good weather
viii not last very much longer the
many autoists should take advantage
OF the pretty days 10 use their ma
chimes. The National pike from here
70 washington In popular speedway
at present.
used TO advantage and are travelled n
great deal also At present A very
popular drive 10 from here 20 Smith
held In Jefferson county A number
OF tourists are using the National
road from here 20 Columbus at pres
ent and report that II IL In excellent
shape. Work on the paving OF the
river road on the Ohio side is pro.
crossing very nicely and when the
stretch south Of bridgeport IL COM
pleted there will be paved thorough.
fare from the north end OF the town
OF Martins Ferry TO the south end OF
shadyside. continues paved street Of
eighteen miles in length.
On this side OF the river the paving
work IL also progressing and when
the top mill road Ia completed north
OF the city. there will be a paved
Street from the south end OF Mounds
Vile To the north end OF the town
miles paved. The owners OF machines
will have no kick coming when IL
comes down 10 having paved streets.
They can 60 into the country or can
take a trip along the river front and
sun be on good streets.
A movement IL on foot, headed by
M. J. Hammers. general manager OF
the Abbott Motor company OF Detroit
Michigan. TO secure for DR.. Charles
q. Percfval. associate editor OF Health
Magazine. who Is touring the world
in the giobe-girdling Abbott-Detroit
Bull Dog" automobile, Carnegie
medal for his plucky walk across the
great salt desert OF Heuse Mts, in
the Sierra Alta range in the state of
Texas. on the Mexican border, last
June. when he walked without water
20 the camp OF troop X OF the Fourth
u. 8. cavalry. and then rode back with
detachment OF Uncle Sans boys to
the rescue OF his companion. George
ID. Brown. OF Detroit. who would have
persisted In few more hours. DIR.
PercfvalB walk was made In tho
fboiiing hot sun IN a temperature OF
40 degrees and in sand OF the So
called sugar variety. that was ankle
deep, with no water TO drink and
without any idea OF where he was
headed across the trackless desert
except that the Texas border lay due
southeast some 10 miles.
In his walk DR. Percival accom-
plshed 22h miles in a little over ten
hours. and had sufficient stamina TO
mount horse and guide n detach-
ment OF troopers back over the desert
10 where Brown and the stranded
automobile lay. in spite OF the fact
that desert sandstone had partly
enaced his tracks. The section OF
country where this incident occurred
IL a desolate one. II has an elevation
OF 6.762 feet extreme altitude. and
was once the bed OF salt lake which
rarely ever traversed by human be
ings, but occasionally the ranchers
go there Off salt.
Or. Percival il an author OF mote
and has travelled extensively. He has
LONG been n prominent authority on
athletics and physical culture. and
has been engaged for the past year
and half on an automobile trim
around the world II was during the
late Mexican revolution that his dos
ert experience occurred. while he and
his companion we're trying TO get out
OF Mexico and avoid the combating
parties. They ran ont OF water. were
engulfed Ia a sandsiorm and lost
their way
Dr. Percival and Mr. Brown have
the honor Of having travelled farther
by automobile than any other two
men. having covered every state IN
the Union during the past hNeen
months, been across the continent
twice and around the borders Of the
United states FOR the first time in the
history Of the world They also have
the honor n being the FIRST 70 drive
an automobile over the dreaded White
Pass. where during the Rlondike rush
OF 1898 90 many hundreds Of gold
maddened minors and thousands Of
horses and dog teams met an untimeiy
end. They are also the first auto
modibilists 10 drive under their own
power from the tdewater AZ skagway.
Alaska, 10 the headwaters Of the
YUKON river IN the Klondike regions.