Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
C|idden Tourists to Pass
Through Augusta.
Due In so Cars About the
Middle Of Forenoon.
Will Go Length Of State Street and
Across the Bridge.

This is the day when the Glddcn
tourists in so or more big cars VIII
flash into Augusta and out again on
their way from Poland to Rangeley.
There will be no stop here, so 1t is
understood, not even q checking sta
tom, but the cavalcade Will come
down Western avenue from Winthrop
way, proceed the length of State
street to Bridge, down Bridge hill and
over the river, thence up Cony hill to
Bangor street and along the East
River road through Vassalboro and
Winslow to Waterville, where there
will be a checking station or control
point, as it is called. After the brief
stop there the ears will dash on
through Fairfield, Norridgewock, Mer-
cer, New Sharon, Pennington, Strong,
Phillips and Madrid to Rangeley
where the stop will be made for the
night.
The days run from Poland to
Rangaley over this circuitous route is
about 142 miles and the schedule pro-
vides for making the run in about
seven hours. The start from Poland
Spring will be made at about o'clock
ard there will be no stop for lunch I'M
til Rangeley is reached this after
noon. The party will pass through
Augusta about the middle of the fore
noon, and the flags should be flying on
the streets which they will traverse
and they should be given every
courtesy of the road. In many cities
elaborate receptions have been given
them, and streets roped off that there
might Is no interference with them to
cause delays or accidents.
This is the 10th days run of the
party Which started out from Buffalo
July 9. The first days run was from
buffalo to Cambridge Springs, Penn,
Il distance of III miles; the second day
from Cambridge Springs to Pittsburg
40 miles: the third day from Pitts
burg to Bedford Springs. JOG miles;
the fourth day from Bedford Springs
to Harrisburg, 101 miles, the fifth day
from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. 1873
miles: the sixth day from Philadelphia
to Milford, Penn. 1872 miles: the
seventh day from Milford to Albany,
N. y, 15S miles; the eighth day from
Albany to Boston. 1914 miles. Saturday
ana Sunday being passed in Boston;
the ninth days run was that of yes
terday when the party went from
Boston to Poland Spring 1874 miles
Today's run from Poland to Rangeley
as Indicated above will be 142 miles
The 18th days run will be from
Rangoley to Bethlehem, n. IL, 100
miles, and tho 18th days run will be
from Bethlehem to Saratoga, n. Y.
1S5 miles, when the tour will end next
Thursday night. The total length of
the route is about 100 miles. 1t is
said that the 1909 route will be from
BUFF to Denver.
thus far there have been no serious
accidents and all. or nearly all. the 4G
cclltcstng cars which started from
Buffalo July . arc still in the run
ming. There arc also large number
of non-c0ntesting cars which are MAX
ing the tour. One contesting car is
driven by a woman, but there are few
women in the party. The trip is al
together too strenuous an affair to be
much of pleasure tour. but it is
more of an endurance test of the cars
of the various manufacturers 1t is
called the annual reliability run of the
American Automobile Association and
there is an elaborate system of scOr-
ing and penalties by which the officials
rate the different cars. 1t is not only
q contest between different manufac-
Jurors but also between different auto
mobile clubs. and those of Buffalo,
Chicago. Rochester. Boston. Cleveland.
Columbus and SYRIA cuse have teams
entered. 1t is not a race in one sense,
because no car can leave one of the
checking stations along the route be-
fore n specified time. All repairs
must be made on the road by those on
tho cars without outside assistance.
Many Of tho cars and several of the
clubs still have perfect scores The
length of the two days runs in Maine
is 4 compliment fer our roads as COM
pared with those of PENNSYLVANIA Pc
on the watch for the Glidden tourists
today and give them as much Of well
come as the circumstances permit.