Show S OAKLAND WRITER WRITERS S URGES SUPPORT or OF LINCOLN ROAD 14 i AS MAPPED OUT OUTI I It t v Advises San Francisco to tov tor v r Forget Pet Route and andT c T Help One Now Pla Planned ned S. s-S. By Edmond Crinnion S in fl Oakland Tribune I Whether it be jealousy over over OakS Oakland's Oaklands Oaklands Oakland's Oaklands Oakland's Oak Oak- lands land's unique position as the land S S. S terminal of the Lincoln highway or whether it ft be du duo due to the mysterious northern Nevada propaganda that has its headquarters headquarters' in San of offices offices offices of- of of some gome Nevada mining compan- compan fes ies or whether it be a lack of If f Interest in the general welfare of northern CalIfornia California Cal Cal- the fact becomes mes more apparent apparent ent out each day that San Francisco FrancIsc is not cooperating with Oakland and other otherl l large rge cities in th the northern part of the state tate in fn Inthe the matter of helping the IAnS Lincoln Lincoln Lin IAn S coln coin Highway association with its public public pub pub- lic spirited enterprise in bettering the transcontinental route from the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic to the Pacific An And not content with Its lack of co cooperation cooperation co- co operation San San Francisco through many of its organizations Is taking I advantage of ot every opportunity to tot t knock the Lincoln highway to the I world at large CHARGES CHARGES SERIOUS i ii i These charges are really serious I ones and it Is expected that vigorous denials of the allegations will be m made de but the fact remains that this article Is written without any bitterness tow toward to- to w ward t t any anyone one individual or association J and is ba based ed upon personal knowledge S. S o of both actions and words deliberately i done against the best interests of i northern n California and the more senS senous serIOUS serI serl- 1 ous ou's ous fact remains that while San FranI Franciscans Fran- Fran S I cl cans are kicking over the Lincoln highway route through Nevada and knocking the route in general genera in the rest of ot the e Eastern states southern S California Is connecting with the Lin- Lin I coin highway signing It from Los LosS S i Angeles to Salt Lake City and generally gener generally gener- gener enerS ener- ener S ally cooperating with the Lincoln highway high high- I way ti-ay ti ay officials with the result that over overo 30 O per cent of ot the transcontinental S travel Is diverted to Los Angeles Angeles- the city that knows r how to pull to together together together to- to gether and get results 5 S 'S Since the 1917 touring season started S S it has been on one slam after another that San Francisco has prepare to S. S proclaim to the world at large that the 1 Lincoln highway was an undesirable S S route and a failure S. S S Taking things i In their order the first S act that did more harm to the Lincoln S highway way than anything that went beS be'S before before be- be S 'S fore it was the On to St. St Louis auto tour of the San Francisco Ad club This project had it been heen instigated in southern California could not have ac acc accomplished accomplished ac- ac c its purpose of hurting the Lincoln highway more than it did Advertising Ad Ad- 5 to the world at large that the theS S Lincoln highway route was to be foIL followed fol foI- fol- fol L' L lowed this club was as s scheduled to leave san an an j Francisco at a a. a time of ot the year 1 when hen the Sierras are always covered with snow and storm conditions genS generally generally gen gen- S are a bar to travel throughout the United States with the exception exceptionS S of on the paved roads S PAVED ROADS S I Paved d roads road were followed Jn In California Cali CaU- fornia fomia as far as the foothills of the 1 Sierras and then Mr San Francisco f Ad club tour took the freight trains S over the mountains to Truckee we Truckee-we we S could almost hear the echoes of laughter laugh laugh- ter from the south when they heard r what a wise bunch of advertisers we weS J S were were for ourselves T Then n the Lincoln highway was followed for a short 2 while and another Nez Ne Ne- z vada was followed by this club that was as supposed to be boosting for San Francisco's interests We Ve ask the members of the San t I Francisco Ad club if it was not S 'S a fact that all the undesirable the undesirable adver'S adver adver- Using the Lincoln highway Wi-hway got got got-as as the result of the tour in Nevada In-Nevada Nevada was due dueS S to the experiences s' s smet met by the party S S on another road entirely from that of I the Lincoln highway We Ve are not notS S f claiming understand that the Lincoln S highway through Nevada at that time Si I of the year was any better better- than the route that was was was' followed and that brought to the public mind so forcibly I that transcontinental touring was a hardship What we are stating Is that I the winter time or early spring is a S bad oad ad time to travel o oVer oyer r a road that Is at t the tUne time y present like like all all Middle West western rn roads fit tit for summer travel travelS S only and that the San Francisco Ad club tour was conducted at a time of 5 the year when transcontinental touring S 5 5 was not advisable advisable at at a time of the S year when we aren t agitating transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- S continental touring But the way this tour was advertised caused all aU people S of the East contemplating transcontinental transcontinental touring to watch its progress and the way its were advertised advertised ad ad- 1 later ca caused e t many to change their plans for touring across the conS con con- S later In the sc season son when they theyS S might have done so in comfort and andS S with ease were It not for the fact that S they were deterred from tackling this Lincoln highway route by the kind lUnd of ot S advertising its boosters gave it Following on the heels of the tour tourS S i was the undesirable SS publicity given n the Lincoln highway from members ot of the party that had to fight seas of ot mud due tp to the spring rains clear across the j continent Even as late as the past pastS S s. s T week at the second annual meeting of ot S J lie e California State Automobile Trades S. S association banquet in San Francisco S Chester N. N Weaver head of ot the Studebaker Studebaker Stude- Stude S S baker Interests in San Francisco and andone one of the men who fought his way wayS S across the continent In the On to St. St Louis Ad Club Tour speaking as a member of the Motor Car Dealers' Dealers as association association as- as of San Francisco took ex exception ex- ex S to a Lincoln highway ed editorial printed in the Tribune of at last Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and In the course of his remarks assailed the press for speaking highly S of ot this project which S Is destined to be the main street of S S the nation Mr Ir Weaver also took oc occasion occasion oc- oc casion caslon to assail the present route of ot of'S S 'S tho the Lincoln highway in Nevada but butS but'S S 'S mentioned that there was a better Nevada road further north that was more practical This speech must have haveS S be been n taken ps is from r the Motor Car CarS ar arDealer's S Dealers Dealer's association by the member of the Trades association present and If ifS S so It places places- the motor car dealers on y jS e cord ord to t the e Lincoln highs highway high- high s way The Tribune ne' ne has as no q quarrel ar with v r 5 S ev 55 S Mr Ir Weaver b but t it wo would i Uke like to respond respond re- re spond- spond to his remarks remarks' relative to tp the Lincoln highway conditions at this time Ime of ot the year and and the time of the year ear he was tte enough to tobe to-be be inveigled into tackling the trip Mr Weavers Weaver's remarks bring to mind minda n a conversation the writer had some sometime sometime time me previous with a Mr Watkins of ot the he California State Automobile association association as- as during the course of ot which Mr Ir Watkins said he was for tor the best route oute across the state of Nevada and that hat the best route was the northern r ute route although Mr Watkins upon beIng belag beng be- be lag Ing ng questioned ned admitted that ho he had hadnot hadnot not lot been over ver the Lincoln highway In Nevada nor had he been over the road roade he e was talking about yet about yet he steadily maintained he ho was for the other road etc tc S NOT NOT MUCH MUCH CREDIT At At the present tIme Hime the California State Automobile association is en engaged engaged engaged en- en in in signing the Lincoln highway somewhere between Oakland and Neada Ne- Ne ada tada but the automobile department of the he Tribune is loath to give this association as as- much credit for this undertaking undertaking under- under taking as yet yot for tho the reason renson that It did not start this work vork until the news ot of f the Southern Ca California club activities activities I ties ies in the same direction was told Inthe in inI inho I the tho ho local press ross ress The situation relative to the Lincoln highway route through Nevada Is simply simply sim- sim ply ly this The Lincoln highway officials officials of- of went into conditions in Nevada thoroughly before they decided upon the he present route They were not In- In fl luence ence by bt any anyone a one one one-a a fact we well know mow here for if influence could have been een used on these men Oakland and San Francisco would never have been made the terminals of this great transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental highway und undertaking Also one ne of the tenets of th the Lincoln L highway high high- way wa proclamation is that the route once nee decided will wU not be changed under under under un un- un- un der any circumstances s. s This policy polley has ms been adhered to by the officials through thick and thin and it was this his policy that sav saved d the present Lin- Lin coin cain highway route rout In California for forus forus forus us and now despite the fact that this policy has so far tar worked to our benefit and if changed would work to our detriment detriment detriment det det- San Franciscans are arC after a change of of- the route in Nevada and It If f they dont don't get it they will not play We Ve would like to call the attention of ot the he men men behind this northern Nevada project that if It they could succeed in getting the the Lincoln highway policy changed so that the tho route in Nevada would be altered what excuse would the he Lincoln highway officials have to offer when other sections sections' of the country country coun- coun try ry brought equally strong pressure to bear to have havo the route changed What excuse for not making that city the Western terminal of the road and to the Northwest for not bringing the tho road north and nd to the Yellowstone park boosters for for- not including that scenic wonderland On n the route and s so o on The route of ot the Lincoln highway would soon become a matter of ot barer barter barter bar- bar ter er to the section that section that would dig up the most money for the project and even ven the buyer could not feel secure In n Its possession Knowing full well that the Lincoln highway officials are men of unquestioned unquestioned principles and knowing full well that hat the route of the Lincoln highway through Nevada will not and cannot be DO changed to suit anyone it should be apparent to these San Franciscans that more is to be gained for northern California California California Cali Cali- fornia by their getting in and doing their heir share of boosting for the Lincoln highway If It they cant can't bring themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to the state of mind where they can work with us in the Interests of eventually getting this Lincoln highway highway highway high high- way built in better condition we at least ask them to leave us alone and to do the tho work and not to ta knock our efforts MIXED ROAD VIEWS We have talked personally with many Lincoln highway travelers during during during dur dur- ing the past season Some have been enthusiastic over the road conditions and in fact most of them have been strong boosters Once in a while we meet with some of the tourists who state that tho the road is bad Be that as asIt asit It may the fact remains that the Iud Iud- son Super Six car last fall traveled over the Lincoln highway from San Francisco to New York and return in ten days and twenty-one twenty hours makIng making mak mak- ing a round trip from San Francisco to New York and return in less than one halt the time t the Ad club took to tomake tomake tomake make the single trip from San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco to St. St Louis It was a matter of different se seasons sons of ot the year The TheAd TheAd TheAd Ad Club Tour was untimely untimely the the Hudson Hudson car trip was not The value of the Lincoln highway at the present present present pres- pres pres pres- ent time is a matter of seasons It is impassable in the winter the winter when there is no touring anyhow and in the summer summer summer sum sum- mer time it Is both passable and pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- I ant and with the proper support anc and encouragement the time will arrive when due to the efforts of the Lincoln highway prop propaganda ganda this transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental road will wUl be open for travel ai at atall atall all seasons of ot the year year this this resu result t however cannot be secured without support and to accept the idea as it has his been adopted and and work for it is our only possible salvation salvation we we ask San Francisco to forget about the northern northera north north- ern era route route through Nev Nevada Nevada Jo da-Jo forget forge about the ill advised ad club tour and get in the band wagon with us anc and boost for forthe the Lincoln highway |