The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
AUTOISTS COMING HERE
TWO THOUSAND OF THEM.
Touring Party in the GIidden Cup
Contest Will Stop Over Njaht in
Richmond - Their Entertainment
Will Be Problem.

| Through the efforts Of the WAYNE
| county automobile association the
American automobile association has
placed Richmond on the map. as one
of those cities which the party tour
ing for the Glidden cup will pass
through. The trip this year will COW
er a roundabout circuit between New
York and Chicago, covering a total
distance of two thousand miles. The
entering the car that makes the com
plete trip with the lowest score of ac-
cidents and disabilities.
Big Party Coming.
To the casual observer the mere
fact that the party will enter Rich
mond does not mean much, but when
il is announced that over five hun
dred cars, carrying two thousand pas
sengers will stop in Richmond one
night, the affair arouses greater in
terest. The finest autos manufactur-
ed in America, as well as numerous
foreign cars, will be entered in the
test trip. 1t is probable that the cars
will have to be parked-kept in the
as there are not enough livery sta
bles in the city to properly take care
of the "chug cars" The members of
the local automobile association are
scratching their heads, puzzled be-
cause they do not know where they
can place the visitors when they ar
rive in this city, as hotel accommodate
tons will not meet such a demand.
In the meantime, before the arrival
of the lovers of the ''whiZ wagons"
the local officers of the association
will lay all plans and it is safe to pre-
dict that all will be properly cared
for.
Tour Starts in June.
1t was also largely through the in
fluence of the local and several 9th
err western associations that the ma
tional association decided to make
the trip into the west this year, in
stead of along the southern coast, as
first contemplated The tour will
start in New York in June. The line
of travel will be along the Hudson
river to Albany. n. Y; thence to Buff
falo via Rochester and Utica. From
Canada. go through Hamilton and
London, Ont: thence to Port Huron,
Mich, through Flint, Lansing, Jack
son and Detroit; thence around the
western end of Lake Erie, through
Toledo to Cleveland, Ohio, and from
that point to Canton, Columbus and
Cincinnati At Cincinnati the ma
chimes will again turn north and
come through Richmond by way of
Hamilton and Dayton, going on west
to Indianapolis; thence north through
Kokomo. Logansport and Laporte
into Chicago.
Exact Time Not Known.
AS to the exact time of arrival To-
cal members of the association DO
not know, but close watch will be
made and the daily records of the ma
chimes kept in advance of their arri-
val here, that the exact date may be
learned According to the statements
If local member yesterday, the
tour will be the longest test trip ever
made on the American continent and
will pass over portions of the country
that will place the machines through
a most gruelling contest.
Although Postmaster A. J. Spoken
HER received an invitation to attend
he meeting of he national associa-
ion held in Buffalo March l, he
found that it would be impossible to |
10 so.
There is superstition that the |
-oute at present contemplated will |
De changed, but this is hardly proba- |
Die according to reports.