Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-15
Greatest Need Of Southwest
Highway is Road Markers,
Declares Automobile Tourist
Thirty Mile Stretch Just North Of Albuquerque Part of the
Route Most in Need Of I'm prOvement Between Here and
Louisville Kentucky Says Transcontinental Traveller

With the object Of getting good
idea of the trail and To make several
experiments In long distance touring
John l., 3. Cook, of Hampton, Va,
came over the SANTA Pc trail to Albu-
uuerque In u Cadillac from Louisville.
Ky, this month, reaching this city
Sunday from Santa Fe. MIR. Cooke
had driven from Virginia to Louis
willie over the Allegheny mountains.
VIA Detroit, ana he states that he
found the trip from the coast to De-
truit over the eastern mountains far
more severe than the trip to Albu-
querque, although the distance GOV.
cred was much less. MIR Cooke says
that he found the trail series of ex.
cellcHt roads the entire distance, the
worst continuous stretch of highway
he encountered being the last thirty
miles into Albuquerque. The entire
distance covered wau approximately
1000 miles. including side trips Off
the trail MIR. Cooke was Joined ut
ST. Louis 10y Dr. George W. McAllistcr
uf Hampton, Va, who came on To Al
huqucrquc and returned To the east
10y rail, while MIR. Cooke will remain
In Albuquerque ut least for the win
ter. Aside from supplying the car
with gasoline, lubricants and water II
was given no attention on the entire
trip.
MIR. Cooke tried an interesting tire
experiment on the trip and was high
ly satisfied with the results obtained.
Before leaving Louisville he had his
tires filled with tire flllc.." sub
stance that takes the place of air and
does away with inner tubes entirely.
lie had one side OF the car equipped
with Essunkay and the other side
with Dahl Tire Filler and both
proved highly efficient and satisluc-
tory In every way. MIR, Cooke says hr
simply forgot that ne had tires on the
car and he took great pleasure In uc-
OCCASIONALLY extracting large nails and
spikes from them.
without doubt MIR. Cooke says, tho
Santa Fe trail viii become extremely
popular as "A transCOntincnlHl route
In the next year or two n "A little more
attention In paid To road marking
Road surfaces are excellent and with
the work being done at present
promise Ia be unusually fine within n
short time and uS far as La Junta
there IL little the tourist could nsk
for. hut from La Junta on the cry
ing need In for road markers espc-
| Cially over the prairie lands From
st. Louis to the Colorado state line
every intersecting road and every fork
In the highway TX plainly marked with
red white ana blue stripes ON tcle-
graph poles. fences and treos and
| there IL no question az tn which II
the right road To follow. but beyond
La Junta the tourist In constantly In
doubt In Kansas posts have been
planted at doubtful places across the
prairics and the welcome stripes
guide the mOtOrist everywhere. but II
Is n continuous puzz'r pr, lem tn find
the right road from La Junta To Al
buqucrquc with fcw exceptions,
with the roads well marked and
the thirty mile stretch just outside OF
Albuquerque improved, MIR. Cooke
thinks the trip would prove most Mt
tractive to eastern motorists and he
believes that with well marked roads
practically every trnnsC0ntlnentul
tourist would follow the Santa Fc
trail and pass through Albuquerque
on the way to the coast.
Fast Of the Allegheny mountains"
said MIR. Cooke, "whcn n motorist an
nounces that he II going "wcst," tho
general opinion II that he intends II