The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
CITIZENS ALONG The LINE
PROMISE HEARTY WELCOME
Age-HeraId VIII Be Represented on
Each Route and Atlanta Consti-
tuition Cars VIII Meet Birminq-
ham Party at Marietta.
BY JAMES B. KEELING.


They'll soon be off and the scene of
interest will change from Birmingham to
the farms. hamlets and county seats on
the east. until it reaches Atlanta
The six pathfnding cars for the selec-
ton of the most feasible roadway be-
tween Birmingham and Atlanta will leave
from In front of the Athletic club Tues
day morning and with their departure a
new era will have dawned in an automo-
bile way in Birmingham
There will be six official cars with one
or two others to make the trip. Two
general routes will be followed, one be-
ing known as the Gadsden' or northern
route and the other as the Admission or
southern route. The Gadsden route will
proceed to Atlanta by way of Cedartown
and Marietta while the Admission will
go by Tallapoosa and Austell.
REQUEST was made that the Atlanta cars
meet the two parties at Cedartown and
Tallapoosa Both of these towns are quite
a distance removed from Atlanta, how
ever, and the Atlanta people have ar
ranged to meet the two parties at Ma
rietta. 20 miles west Of Atlanta.
A telegram received from Clark Howell,
editor of the Atlanta Constitution, yes
terday. states that arrangements have
been made for the Atlanta cars to go to
Marietta and suggests that both OF the
Birmingham parties meet at Dallas Ca,
and proceed to Marietta. George G. wal
ters is chairman of the Atlanta commit
tee. and will be with the party at
Marietta.
This information was communicated to
President DR.. James e. Dedman OF the
Birmingham Motor club last night. He
stated that he would take the matter up
Immediately with Tallapoosa people and
ascertain If the route from Tallapoosa
to Dallas or from Tallapoosa to Austell
into Atlanta was the best. He expects
TO have this information today and will
advise Mr.. Walters at once.
Every county seat along the two routes
will be touched and the respects of the
pathfinders paid to the county commits
sioners and from all reports they will be
met with a hearty welcome. An hour or
two will be spent in each town and good
roads talked for all they are worth.
One squad will spend Tuesday night
in Gadsden and the other party in An
niston Wednesday night will be spent
in Cedartown by the northern squad and
in Tallapoosa by the southern squad. The
two SQUADS will communicate with each
other by telephone while at Gadsden and
Admission and at Cedartown and Talla-
poosa and proceed to their meeting place
and into Atlanta.
Four live members of the Birmingham
Motor club who have been very active
in getting up this trip will accompany the
pathfinders These are DR.. James q.
Dedman, president; George Il. Brazelton,
secretary; L. A. Whitehead and Hill Fer
guson Both Mr.. Whitehead and Mr..
Brazelton have cars entered. 1t is due
to the efforts of these four men that the
tour has been worked up to its present
successful status. 1t has taken hard
work to bring 1t there too.
The Herald will be officially repre-
scented in each squad, and its cars will be
met by cars representing the Atlanta Con-
stitution Atlanta's automobile paper,
The Garage, will also be represented in
the group of cars to be sent out from At
lanta by the Atlanta Automobile club.
A successful conclusion of this path
finding tour means tllat birihhishaii du-
tomobilists can start out and go some
where. and not be limited to their present
small sphere of good roads distance. Not
only does 1t mean a splendid road to At
lanta, but at the Gate City 1t will connect
with the "Capital-to-Capitap' highway.
which is In actual course of construction
between washington and Atlanta. From
washington there is splendid road into
New York, thus making 1t possible to
travel all the way from Birmingham to
New York on the finest of roads
Enthusiasm In this pathfinding tour has
been aroused to a remarkable degree. 1t
was first proposed about two weeks ago.,
and a meeting held at East Lake a few
nights afterward was only attended by
small crowd. 1t was an enthusiastic
group Of men who gathered in the pa
yilion there, however. and this spirit In