The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
AUTO CLUB PLANS
TO BREAK RECORDS
Members Are Working to Sc.
cure the Long Distance
Endurance Run

The st. Paul Automobile club has sent
its artistic invitation to the American
Automobile association inviting the as
ISOLATION TO make St. Paul the terminus for
Its 1905 endurance run, and Is anxiously
awaiting the reply which will mean much
to the club and St Paul. The big elk
skin invitation was sent by express and
a letter notifying the association of its
departure has been mailed.
The letter goes into detail as to the
numerous qualifications which St. Paul
has to become the terminus for the en-
durance run. 1t is pointed out that st.
Paul is the natural gateway to the Port
land exposition, which viii be in full
strategic position in regard to Yellow
stone park, which is due to draw lot
Of automobile travel this summer. The
members OF the association are assured
that st. Paul Is city possessing every
advantage within its limits that appeals
TO the autoists, well paved streets, with
beautiful surroundings and macadamiZed
roads leading TO many points of interest
and beauty, such as White Bear lake
and Lake Minnetonka. The pine woods
Of the north, with the health giving
breezes. the thousands of lakes well
stocked with all kinds of fish for the
angler and paradise for the hunter.
All these natural advantages have been
described and the part that the citizens OF
ST. Paul will take in making the event
a rousing success is dwelt upon. AL in
all, st. Paul is set forth as the ideal spot
on the continent for the terminus of
the run and the A. A. A. must needs
be skeptical body II the invitation is
not given due consideration.
If the invitation is accepted the Auto
mobile club will begin preparations inn
mediately. and there will be no detail
overlooked. Those making the run will
he furnished with accurate maps. and
everything TO make their journey as easy
as possible and there will be no end of
a celebration when they arrive in st.
Paul.
The preliminary plans look to a weeks
entertainment; which may be heightened
TO two should the ST. Paul club secure
racing dates to fit the occasion. II the
racing dates and the touring can be
brought together. the event will be the
foremost in the history OF automobillng
in the west.
The endurance tour will bring / 900 cars
to St Paul at the lowest calculation and
with an average of four persons to a car.
IL will mean that there will be 1000 MEM
bers Of the association I'm st. Paul for
week. Those who make these runs are
people of Independent means. men OF the
moneyed class, whose sole item of labor
is looking for advantageous places to place
their capital and the what Is the matter
with st. Paul,'' crowd will be at hand to
welcome them. The affair will be adver-
tised all over the surrounding states and
excursion rates will be secured so as to
bring $4,000 to $4,000 visitors from the
contiguous territory, all OF which will
mean a lot of business to be transacted
in st. Paul during the week.
IL the proper racing dates are secured.
and the selection Of these has been left
entirely In the hands Of the American
association. this crowd viii be increased
several fold. The racing of autos has
become a gigantic industry and no factory
can allow a race meeting to go by without
being represented by its best cars.
In addition to all this the tourists viii
give st. Paul a vast amount of advertis-
ing. Each car will be labeled "St. PauP'
in big letters on both sides and no one
on the road from New York or Boston to
this city will have an opportunity to
overlook the destination of the tourists.
The run will attract much attention in all