El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13
Road And Weather Report
OF Ell Paso Automobile Club
81 BUENA GLIDER.


/ nR. L. j. PROPER. a member Of the
/ l. club. who has just returned from
san Diego, gives the following report
on road conditions to that point via
the northern route: Conditions be-
tween san Diego and FL Paso via
Santa Fe Trail From san Diego to
San Bernidino via Inland route. dis
lance 15I miles, roads rough between
Ocean side and where the pavement
ends, this distance is about q miles.
san Bernadino TO Needles good.
Needles east for 80 miles roads very
rough and sandy. From this point 10
hlnsmau, -Ariz-5 good kingman TO
Flagstaff very good Flagstaff east
Ior ABOUT 20 miles good This point
70 MlnsloW roads very rough and
rocky. impossible 20 drive more than
SIX miles per hour for about ten miles.
From Wlnslow 10 Is miles east very
rough from his point 70 Soc0rro very
GOOD SocOrrO 20 san Marcial very
good san MarciaI 10 Elephant Butte
dam very rough and crooked. EIe-
pnant Butte 20 FL Paso very good
with the exception Of the grade from
the dam 10 Engle. Distance over the
southern route between lei EasO and
san Diego 100 miles. / drove this
distance in four and one half davs.
Distance via Santa Re trail 1885 miles.
Ln1s distance was made in four DAYS
AT this time OF year I would advise
every body 20 80 via Santa Fe trail
as roads are much better and it is not
so aiot as the southern route.
Roads 90 Niagara.
T. B. Hadlock, Of the HadIocl1
Realty company, Of Fl Paso. Texas.
together with his family left FL Paso
some two weeks ago for the east to
visit relatives for several weeks and
the club is Just in receipt Of the fol-
lowing report covering road condi-
tons TO Niagara Falls, n. y:
niagara Falls, y. Y, July G, 1913.
Dear Sir; Arrived here at noon
today after very good trip. making
over 200 miles every day since leav-
ing FL PasO on Tuesday he 25th Of
June VIII leave here Monday for
Boston and viii arrive there Tues
day, which Will make a two weeks
trip We stayed a day at Hannibal
No. where took my two boys
through Mark TWain'g cave also
wanted them to see Niagara Falls, so
viii be here all day Sunday. I went
70 Roswell, Dodge City, Kansas City,
Hannibal. No. Chicago. Toledo. Cleve-
land, Buffalo and to this place. Had
some mud about 100 miles. Of It I'm
Kansas, also some pretty chucky
roads in Missouri, but it is a fine trip.
and so far only had one puncture.
Had all new tires on when I left and
have had no trouble at all Car never
missed a stroke I broke one spring
but am still running with it, Mr.
has complete diary Of this
trip and different places stopped for
gas and prices of same and VIII send
10 the club within next few days
MnEdaIenH Cutoff.
7. G. 7. Pelham furnished the fol-
lowing description Of the road via
cutoff In going 10 san
Marcial via Elephant Butte dam /
within six miles Of san Marcial you I
viii come TO a gate i'm the middle Of /
he road on the main highway TO san I
MarciaL This side o. the gate turn
10 the left and follow main travel {
-oad- Pass COW ranch on the left Of ]
he road. Beyond the ranch come 70 I
J mail box Take the last hard road. /
come to another house in a dry creek I
BED and at another house you take /
light hand road coming up a grade I
Follow main right hand road TO Mag /
lalena."
r. W. Gossett gave the following
'eport Of road conditions TO Elephant /
Butte The road is fine and in ex-
,ellent shape. The track road at this /
line on account Of heavy rains is