Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-17
NIGHT CONTROL
 IS FIXED HERE
Decision Definite = Means a
 Great Deal to Bisbee-Spe- cial Fl Paso Train Follow ing Race Will Stop in City

Bisbee is officially designated as the night control for the Fl Paso to Phoenix road race. Notification to this effect has been received from George Purdy BuHard by the Asto Club.
 The seleet'on means that this city wih share equally with Fl Paso and Phoenix in receiving advertising, for from here will be sent reports on the first stage of the race on the ar rival of the cars on the evening of November and their departure on the morning of November 8. Only the start and the finish Of the cars are of equal importance with this.
 It also means that the Fl Paso ez- cursion train will stop in Bisbee over night and bring to this city large crowd from the Pass city, and that from all the surrounding country yia- itors wil come to the district 10 see the racers rush up into the mountains from the valley and enter the control here.
 Securing the control for Bisbee has not been easy. Difficulties have had 70 be met from the very outset. An effcrt was made to run the race via Hereford, and this would have pTac. tically put Bisbee and Lowell on 9 siding. That had to be combatted and it was successfully done. At first Bis bee favored Tucson for the control because it would mean an earlier ar rival of the racers in Phoenix. Fl Paso considered the run to Tucson tco extended for the first day and then Bisbee started to secure the con trol for itself. To do this it pledgsI a larger sum as prize money than any other city on the route would do. This. and the fact that this city is nearer to a point equi distant to Fl Paso and Phoenix, secured the prize.
 The idea of an Fl Paso to Phoenix race originated in Bisbee. IL was sug- gested a year ago but at that time there was not time for preparation. John J. Bowen revived the idea this spring and 1t was taken up by the cities along the borderiand route with
 enthusiasm A meeting was held in PhoenX and the preliminary plans zdopted, which have since been per fected
 AAAAANclLAIA4s E4NAf lA-N AAA%AA tAt AatAs7l 'iH cars will be entered in the race and that will mean more than ST500 will be distributed as prize money. AL ready the publicity given the Border land and State Highway route by this race has been valuable and from nov until after the race is held still more valuable advertising will be had. Tourists have had and will have their attention attracted in this direction and are learning that here is the enc all-the-year route. It is expected that the course will be covered in IS hours or less and if such is the case it will convince motoring parties that they can readily make the run from Fl Paso to Phoenix in 36 hours. To do this stops would be made at Bisbec and Tucscn, while if four days were taken peming would be the first stop and Bisbee the second. The adyo. cates of the race expect that 1t will directly result in drawing hundreds of tourists to Bisbee in the course oi the next year.
 In his letter NIT. Bullard promises to send the Auto Club the necessary blanks for utilization with the A. A A.. and it is expected that this will have been perfected within the pres ent month.