Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
Returns From 6, 5OO-Mile Tour.

Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Cohen and son Maur-
ice have returned from motor trip from
Washington to Los Angeles, Cal, cover
ing a period of three months, during
which time they covered 6, 800 miles. They
had as their guest on the trip w. H.
Borchard of Rochester, n. Y. Leaving
this city on June Is, they motored to
Frederick. Hagerstown. and thence to
Bedford, Pa, continuing on from there
to Pittsburgh. st. Louis, Kansas City,
Pueblo. Col: Colorado Springs, Denver,
Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Cal; San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Here they
made numerous side trips into the sur
rounding country. The finest roads were
encountered in the vicinity of Pueblo and
in the state of California.
The party returned via the Midland
trail to Denver, Omaha, Davenport, Iowa.
Chicago, Detroit. Buffalo, New York city,
thence down the coast to Atlantic City.
returning via Philadelphia, Wilmington
and over the Observation-Disclosures boule-
ward home. On the return trip one
stretch of road sixty-three miles in length
was encountered between Greeley, Col.
and Fort Morgan. Col, which was as level
as billiard table and not a house in
sight the entire distance. The last TWEEN
ty-eight miles were made by moonlight.
The worst roads were found in Illinois
and Michigan. About TO miles were COW
cred in Colorado over excellent roads.
built by convict labor which were all
that could be desired. From Mexico. Mo-,
to Los Angeles the Santa Fee trail was
taken. There was no chance of getting
lost" said Mr.. Cohen yesterday. las the
posts are all painted with white rings
Another route. which viii in all prooabii-
ity will be changed from the transconu
mental route to the Lincoln Hlgh~ ay
was marked by red. white and blue rings
on the sign posts and telegraph poles.
Just as the tourists were pass ng
through Kansas they were overtaken by
| a cyclone. but, putting on full speed sue
ceeded In beating it into Garden City
where the machine was run into garage
No sooner had they closed the door than
the storm broke with great fury. 1t was
almost as dark night and very angry
looking. No rain was encountered from
July up to the time they returned to
Washington. In speaking of conditions in
the western country Mr.. Cohen said that
the garage charges We're astonishing. In
large cities the storage charges were 90
cents a night, while in the smaller viii
lagos % cents was the amount of the Dill.
Gasoline was from to cents cheaper
than in Washington and the garages
were neat and up-to-the-minute. Every
thing seemed to be prosperous and his
party felt welcome in every town into
which they went. They enjoyed every
minute of the trip and had many expe-
periences on the long journey. The total
mileage since Mr.. Cohen purchased the
car in the summer OF 1912 is over 1900
miles. At that time Mr.. Cohen had never
driven an automobile before. He pur-
chased it one day and the next day
started on tour which eventually COW
cred 5000 miles. With the exception OF
wearing out several tires no other trouble
was experienced on the run.
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Mr. Woman in Town.
II. A. Woman of the Baker Electric
Vehicle Company dropped In on his
Washington friends for few days last
week and looked over the local sit
uation. While here he was the guest
of the Cook & Stoddard Company,