Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-18
NEWARK H|KER
ARRIVES ON COAST
Patsy Dobbs Reaches Frisco
After Walking Since Early
Part of Year.

Former Playground Commissioner
Louis V. Aronson received telegram
this morning sent by Patsy Dobbs,
from San Francisco. in which he an
nounces the finish of his hike across
the continent. 1t took the Newark
lad eight months and one week to a
day to walk from this city to San
Francisco. The telegram received to-
dav read Arrived in San Francisco
at 4:30 O'clock"
This completes the task Dobbs and
two boy friends set themselves in the
early part of this year. One of the
boys dropped out early in the hike,
and the other. Eric Nilsson, at whose
suggestion it was started. died of
typhoid fever in Ogden, Utah, in
September. Fro mthat point to the
finish Dobbs went 1t alone. He car
ried a letter of introduction from
Governor Fielder to Governor Johnh-
son. of California. That letter was
delivered in Sacramento last week.
That was the official ending of the
trip, the presentation of the letter
of New Jerseys governor to the gov
ernor of California. But Dobbs had
announced that he was going to make
Tito Zip W lD6 COdSl Guy, anu Wntl
he arrived there yesterday that COM
pleted his obligation. On the way
across the continent Patsy visited the
governors of Pennsylvania, West
Virginia. Indiana, Missouri, Kansas,
Wyoming. Utah. Nebraska. Nevada
and the Pacific's coast governor.
The successful hiker left with a
party of dozen or more High School
boys from the East Side High School
on Monday morning. March 10 last.
Some of the boys walked as far as
Elizabeth, some went almost to Plain
field and one kept on as far as Har-
risburg, Pa, after that Dobbs and
Eric Nilsson made the trip together
until Eric was taken sick with typhoid
in Ogden, at the home of Frank b.
Tuite, young Newark, and former
member of the Frank H. Sommer Ath-
letic Club, who is in business there.
The physicians believe that he con-
tracted the disease either in crossing
| the desert or while passing through
the inundated territory of Ohio in the
spring. The young Newark mixers
went through the rooded country
while the spring freshets were doing
their deadly work
The boys from Newark worked and
walked their way across the country
That is, they worked to pay for their
| food and lodging and when they ran
out of funds remained at place until
enough money was earned to continue.
In this way they worked from two
hours to a month in a place. Dobbs
was the more versatile of the two,
and II didn't make any difference to
him whether he worked as a laborer,
chef. driver, cementmixer, road
maker, waiter, singer or railroad fire.
man. 1t was in the latter capacity
that he worked for month In Utah,
while waiting for his companion, who
was in the hospital.
1t Is Patsy's boast that he walked
every step of the way. Not for one
solitary mile did he or his chum ride
in a vehicle of any kind.
The announcement of Dobbs's
achievement will be formally made at
the meeting of the Sommer Athletic
Club in it's new quarters, at Market
and Commerce streets, tomorrow
night. 1t is expected that the sue
oessful hilSer will now hurry home by
train and reception will be rendered
him by the club members and friends
when he arrives.