The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-30
AUTOMOBILES COMING.
Will Be Plenty of Them In savan.
nah Next Season.

VIII Be Plenty of Them In Savan-
nah Next Season.
The reputation Savannah has estab-
lished during the last few months as
an automobilist winter resort has al
ready assured the coming of a large
number of automobiles here next win
ter. Seven have already engaged quar-
are being received every week as to ac-
commodations.
With more than sixty miles of paved
roads in the county, all of which will
be completed by next winter, and with
ample accommodations for the stor
age and care of automobiles, Savannah
offers attractions possessed by no
other Southern city as an AUTOMOBILE
lists winter resort.
Mr. H. c. Baxter of Brunswick, Me,
ern automobiles to bring a large ma
chine South, has written a letter to
the Horseless Age. through an inquiry
in which he decided to come here, in
which he praises Savannah's advant-
ages for automobiling. He says.
During last winter l endeavored to
find some place in the South where 1t
would be possible to enjoy the use of
an automobile, and l had about given
it up, on account of the reports of all
sand and of my own knowledge of the
roads at the places which l had Wis
tied there, when, as a last resort, II
occurred to me that / would inquire
through The Horseless Age. One OF
your subscribers in Savannah recon-
mended that CITY, and on following
the matter up l concluded to try the
place for a week or ten days If the
roads were found to be even fairly
good. l was so agreeably surprised
that, instead of spending one of my
four weeks outing there, l settled
down for the whole time, and l can
recommend the city and immediate
vicinity to anyone who dislikes to
house his autos for the entire winter.
II arrived at Savannah February 10.
Found the climate perfect during prac-
tically all my stay, and the hotel ac-
commodations could not be improved
upon. AS for the roads, they were
perfect for to 10 miles in different
directions outside of the city. These
roads are built by convict labor, some
of clam shells, and others of hard
SIdNGI, ln6 ldtllCI OCAhS ~ ANAN go
smooth that one can use a heavy au-
tomobile on them an hour after 1t
ceases to rain. Ny car weighed $500
pounds, and, although l was out inn
mediately after it stopped raining, L
had no trouble from skidding.
1.-THE excellent service of the Ocean
Steamship Company makes it possible
to reach Savannah from New York
with ones automobile in forty-eight
hours and at a moderate cost. l un-
derstand that the company may re-
duce the rate on automobiles during
the winter season as an inducement
for the owners of the same to make
Savannah a winter resort.
Il might add that for those who care
to speed their machines there is a fine
mile track only a short distance from
the city where races may be INDUCED
in. This track is well banked. the
curves are easy and the surface is
kept in the best of condition. The
managers kindly allowed US to
use it at any time, and all with whom
we came in contact appeared to be anx-
ious to make our visit as agreeable as
possible.
1T. A. Bryson, the leading automo-
bile and bicycle dealer at Savannah, is
making arrangements so that he will
be able to store and care for all auto
mobiles which may be sent there DUR
ing the winter of 1902-19O3, and 1 can
confidently recommend Savannah as
one of the few places in the South
where automobile owners can find COM
fort for the winter. am sure it is the
only good accessible place, for the au-
tomobile and its owner can reach there
together from New York in forty-eight
hours. 1t is my intention to be there
with two autos for two months during
the winter and spring of 1903"