El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-17

4 except Tor one bad dip near the old
/ earthen water reservoir. il was as fair
( travelling as one could ask in the coun-
Try Posing through the AlemaR
: ranch yards, the road is rough for
/ about half q mile but again it leads
= out mo stla lioW troJghS, with some
, light sand, and the car can again he
1 opened up for some gOoi travelling.
EnEie Road is Better.
some motorists advised turning or
20 cutter 20 Elephant Butte while 9TH
; ers declared that he EnGie road was
the better Engle Is eight miles beyond
3 Gu ter but ne decided TO play safe
and tase that road We reached Engie
al lZ-S0 and took on some more gasO-
/ line, the price being 80 cents per gal
( lon and the quality none too good.
Crossing the railroad az Engle- the
road 90 the big dam is clearly defined.
We made the mistake OF taking the
turn 10 the right ~ the forks ahout
mile out OF Engle with the result that
we were hung Up on a high center for
nm hour and h1d to dix ouf. Motorists
are advised 70 taSe the left road At
the forks as we found when we got
back 70 Il. that It was in good cOndi-
lion.
About five miles from Engle. the
-1cky road starts. This road IS ter
ible on tires. though we had No more
cal trouble. Speed is impossible and
10 is slow travelling for the remaining
nine miles to the dam The scenery is
beautiful and well worth the trip
Many Turns; Narrow Roads.
The roads in the government reser-
. ratiOn are cut out Of rock in many
places The grades are very steep but
. should give no one with a good car
any trouble. We remained IN "hiEh"
all the way with the exception OF two
short, steep grades The rdad is very
narrow and motorists should take care
TO use their horns freely and be ready
% turn off 20 give room for passing
cars.
on arrival at the dam. the speedo-
meter registered SIS miles from Las
Cruces. Il was then 2:30 o'clock. Our
actual travelling time approximately
six hours and Is minutes. Two tire
ehangeS and stops at Engle and Las
cruces, together With the hang up"
already referred to, took up consider
aole time
Many Tourists Mt Dam.
There were about dozen cars on the
bridge when We arrived. Several were
+ourists who were making long trips
and had run IN from Albuquerque 20
see the great dam -Four FL PasO cars
were loaded with national guard Off
GERS who had made the trip 10 see the
biz dam before returning TO their east
eru homes Downing, in 2 Hudson
S1perSiN. had party Of six in MS
car and reported run from Las Cruces
on six gallons o. gasoline. He had
! Two 1lowours- the second about 80 feet
from the dam Curly smiths Marion
had made a good run up on, saturday
afternoon and GOT away for an early
start To FL Paso. a big National had
mother load Of officers and they pulled
OUT for III PasO as We arrived.
Filling radiators. looking over the
motors for anything loose and fixing
tires made the end Of the bridge look
like garage. Owing to delays our
time at the dam was limited and after
taking some photos. we headed for
home at $50 o'clock Downing had
reported saving Of nine miles by the
Cutter road so we decided to try IL.
~ e. were sorry We did. II does not
.a.agrfn with EUEIH road
and Is very rough. with many sharp
rocks which play havoc with the tires.
~ advice to motorists planning the
nip would be, by all means TO take
the Engle road. We also found that
the Cutter road cuts off only frac-
tion over five miles.
Over Worst by Dark.
Crossing the railroad at Cutter. We
had down grade practically all the
way TO Las Cruces. We managed to
make the N1ad stretch OF - miles Of
.-ugh road before it got really dark
and were able to MAINTAIN a speed OF
Is miles an hour without any trouble.
st Cutter. We found the National TAX
7g on gasoline. at 20 cents gallon.
and q report that the Marion had passed
through some time previous The Hud-
SON party had decided 10 camp at the
dam and return Monday.
We had no trouble Of any nature on
-he return journey We made one stop
90 fill the radiator between the darn
and Las Cruces. We overlook the Ma
lional just below the AleTnan ranch
and found two OF the officers plugging
holes in the atmosphere in an effort
ta plug some jackrahbits- who were
running across the road all afternoon
Hard on Springs.
The National started off again about
half q mile behind us ana kept in sight
until We reached the rough stretch {
ilare J Afterwards found. they had +
-,riu- trouble and they showed mp in i
'-rs cruces A. We We're finishing sup !
We made Las Cruces at S:f5 o'clock. (
carrying the chauffeur of an FL fasO 4
rent car whom we picked up IN dis ]
fress about IL miles out. After supper I
I'd Las Cruces. we headed for home and 7
passed through the little plaza at l1-2O. /
our speedOmeter registered 2t4 miles /
for the day The gasoline consumption /!
was 16 gallons. nine and half gallons I
half coming home Three quarts of /
l1Dricating oil were required.
Where To Get Gasoline.
Gasoline may be obtained at Las
Cruces At &c cents a gallon At Cutter
and Engle AT 30 cents a gallon II is
rdVisable TO take along a reserve sup
piy. il this IS possible. Also carry q
small canteeu Of water and q spade.
There are good hotels at Engle and
cutter. A summer resort is to be
opened at the dam and boats for use
oI lake E VI. Hall VIII be for rent but
fney were not in operation last sun
Not "One-Day Trip
As TO the query whether the round
"trip can Joe made in one day-it can.
Barring accidents. the trip to the dam
can be made by any small car in a bout
i've and half or SIX hours. besides
amy stops. The return trip can easily
n- made in five and q half hours. Larg-
err and more powerful cars can probably !
make much better time even with pres
emit road conditions. 1t is not advis- I
able. however. to attempt this trip for
Hnfn fnF ns~.
on all passengers and leaves little time
90 enjoy the beauties of the Jam and !
lake 3. NJ Hall one day should be
taken for going and one for returning I
Carry along at least one extra casing
and two extra tubes The rocky roads
near the dam play havoc with castings
Three extra tubes may he none too
many If you are making fast trip /
and want no delays Tor patches en-
route.
The exact mileage to the bridge over
the dam from Ell Paso. is 10. This is !
by way of Engle. 1t is five and Il half
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