El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

D SUCH time is going to be made
~ over the FL Paso-Phoenix race
course to the Arizona fair next
month as some Of the enthusiasts have
expected Some FL PaSoans have OF
fered 10 wager money that the race
would be won on an average of 80
miles an hour This is not gong 70
be possible. ] viii stake any sort OF
a reputation as a prophet on this Good
time is going to be made, however, ana
I believe it viii average above most
country roads.
The course is now in poor condition.
but all the counties and the OFFICIALS OF
automobile clubs along the route nave
promised to make improvements and
the road viii be in much better condl-
tion when the race is run. Ny infor-
nation is that the best time ever made
in the Los Angeles TO Phoenix race has
been &c miles per hour for the winner,
and that course, while having more
sand, is not so rough. The FL Paso-
Phoenix course has some very fast
road. some that is declared to be bet
ter than anything on the Los Angeles
Phoenix course, but 35-mile average
in fast travelling over any country road;
II means that so and so miles an hour
must be made in some places, to com
pensate for the slow speed necessary
on the rough places, and this is hardly
possible. for very little of the course
is safe for a 90 mile gait. Good time
viii be made over the course, but no
time is going to be made.
Some of the Drawbacks.
Much of the road between Tombstone
and Tucson is incapable Of being made
into very fast road Some of il is good,
but there are many washes and hills
and arr0yOs, all OF which take time.
Even if the arroyo banks are repaired
some Of them are now four feet nigh,
straight up from a sandy bOttOn1-TaSr
time viii be impossible. There are
numerous rocky hills that viii also be
hard TO climb on anything like good
time
The bridge over the San Pedro river
at Fairbanks is not going to be COM
pleted in time for the race, but if the
river is not up, the cars can lord II
about as quickly as they could cross
the bridge. If the river IS up, they
will have trouble. There is little
chance, the Weatherwise Arizonans say,
of any more rain, however, and they
think that the river viii be low and
as easily forded as at present.
Repairing the Roads.
Already the COchiSe county people
are at work on the road between
Tombstone and Bisbee and il is in
good shape for a mountain road " ork-
men are also at work between Tomb
stone and the county line The Tue
son people promise that the county OF
Pima viii get to work at once and
put the road between Tucson and the
Santa Cruz county line in good shape,
or at least in better shape than at
present, by dragging down the roUgn
banks of the arrOyOs and sand washes
The county Of Santa Cruz cannot be
expected to do anything in the way of
repairing that portion of the road IN
Santa Cruz county. as if is away up IN
the corner away from any settlements.
The road is not bad in that county,
however, although it has some rough
spots State cOnvicts are now put
ting the road in condition between
Tucson and Florence The road from
Florence to Phoenix viii need a lit
tie work, and this viii also be taken
care Of
South Of f.OrdsburS.
The people of Grant county are now
making repairs between Deming and
Lordsburg, where the rains recently
did much damage They will make a
new road out of Lordsburg in the di-
rection Of Rodeo.
Douglas has done a great deal of
work from ROdeo into Douglas and is
going to make repairs to the washes.
This is really the best average piece OF
road on the route and some very fast
time can be made out OF Rodeo and
just before arrival in Douglas. From
Douglas to Bisbee-2S miles-the au-
tomObilists can make 100 miles an hour
II they can get that out Of their cars.
The people are all enthusiastic over
the race and there will be entries from