Show Roads Across Continent Are Good w w w K S Makes Ma Mile Mile Trip flip In 83 Hours Hows I ORE lii J V h ells sT S 'S V r A V r x f e 1 1110 Jy Granger i A g ov ovI r I Sur York f sago I sao To ou e Cleland ev I CO J i r Pee yin Sn a 0 City r Ligonier t riY ly v er ILL pp 1 r 7 I f L 11 cot 1 COL L i iKAN- iKAN I II I a Uly Sva hington V 6 CALf CALl CAL v l V Topeka n- n I How ere are the ho roads That's the question ever every mo- mo mo tort asks another ho has just finished a R lou Ion trip That's IhMs the tho question asked of Louis n B Miller San Sail Fran Imn Francisco cisco d business I man who made m tho mlle trl across the continent In 81 hours and amI 12 minutes minute total 11 cd 1 time or 10 and n a half pours OUI J faster than the tio fastest tran schedule In time the Iio follow ollow- Ill follow In lug article Miller tell of 01 his 1 rl record Ord trip road roul conditions condition and adds much helpful n to 10 the country cross country motorist D By LOUIS JUIS B D MILLER In more than 2000 miles of hard rd and fast driving along among the thi Lincoln I 1 found only about miles rough und and dan dnn- dangerous dangerous This in short discloses s the ease case with Ith which motorists may travel trave across the bo continent to- to today to today day lIay There are aro man many detours But practically every eYer detour Is IU as asgood good ag as the tho main highway Thy They are arc well posted short cuts around spots spols where here new now construction or repaIr 19 1 I gol S on The one ono bad stretch over the entire entice length of the Lincoln High Highway way Is the desert road from Ely EI Nev Ne to Salt Lake City Utah This Is about bout 45 miles long n a plain desert desort road pill Ith with alkali retarding re- re retarding re retarding the tho carIn car In and ami l narro narrow stretches keeping ln motorists from fromI passing one another I made that stretch In seven I and a halt half hours however and andI andI I believe the tho average overage tourist could make It In from 10 to 19 12 hours That is 18 when tho the road Is dry It If a sudden rainstorm should rome come up I should advise tho the tour tour- tourIst tourist tourist to Walt wait alt It out and give o lve the stretch about 12 hours to dr dry before venturing on this road A soggy alkali road Is 1 treacherous treacherous treacherous erous for tor travel Ruts Huts form the tho alkali alkaH dust blows s Into them covering cov- cov covI cov covering thoI I ering ring them up and deceiving the I motorist as to the true truo of the road r r r f w ss b aKa MT 7 Yn Y f I D r x y r r i 1 J B r nt at the wheel nn and JIm m Iber who 10 hIm on the record record-L cons coast 1 run Map shows the LIncoln route they follo followed ct c I Outside of this stretch theres there's nothing to bother tho the not not even en the mou mountain roads In fact the tho stretches across the mountaIns both In the tho weld west and the east cast are well paved and pro pro- pro protected tec ca I came across one bad detour of about 35 miles In Wyoming a n bridge was being built hullt But I 1 believe that will have been completed by the time I return Across Illinois I made miles In minutes I mention this not so 80 much to gloat clout over the speed I made as to point out the tho remarkable nature of the tho rondo roads This was true truo all 1111 the way 11 from Chicago to New York The Twentieth Century limIted does this instance distance In tn 20 hours I Idid Idid Idid did It In 19 hours and md 20 0 minutes GHA YEt JL IS BEST DEST Despite the beauty and smooth smooth- smoothness nesa ness nelll of concrete I find a well well- well paved paved gravel srael road best beRt for tor speed and comfortable driving Gravel Orael affords more of a II gentle gentio swing awing to the car which helps it in fu covering distance Concrete however sets seti up tiny Uny vibrations of o a constant frequency which are arc liable to cause crystal crystal- crystallization crystallization 0 of the metal mel frame and therefore weaken It considerably bl Besides this vibration Isn't com coin comfortable comfortable In long fast fost drives drive i In the tho entire distance I had no accident I 1 didn't have to change spark plugs or oc do anything to the tho motor The only difficulty I did have hae was as with the tho tires especially over overa overa II a mile 3 O stretch across Wyo Wyo- Wyoming yo ming ining where broken glass Klass s was strewn along the tho road In that at stretch retch I changed 11 tires Urea wIthIn six on and a II half halt hours That delayed de- de delayed de delayed me mo quite Quito a n bit TR LIGHT Cut But as tor for getting gas cas nil oil and water ater Iliad I hind had no worry vorry Neither has any other motorist There are aro service and supply stations nt at convenient Intervals all along the Lincoln Highway from coast to coast The farthest a II driver can be from gaa as I Is I 35 miles mUes Water Vater Is available everywhere Even In Inthe inthe Inthe the so-called so abandoned regions of tho the west nn and l middle middio west wesl ranch houses have been springing ringing up so that tourists mil may replenish their stock of ot fuel and water with case Alon Along the way I passed DRed cars carl laden down with all sorts or of camping outfits making the tho trip slow and uncomfortable tor for the tho occupants occupant Theres There's no excuse for tOI this nowadays Camps may be beI I found at convenient spot spots pots along the road rond and they're well equip equip- equipped equipped ped pod Automobile supply Y stores are everywhere and food may rosy be obtained as easily as In an any city The Tho best beet advice I can call give the motorist who plans a cross coun try tour Is to leave leavo his hb hi tovo at home cover cOer up the piano end and get getaway getaway away Dway with as Idle as n ho hI can tan pos pos pos- possibly possibly sibly afford to take All I took along with me mo on my trip both ways ys was wan M a suit case full of That's all that's thill's necessary necessary I sary It makes the entire trip more comfortable and enjoyable |