Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27


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! Lovington IT. +. Commerce ..812
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! In regard to the route actually to be
! selected as before stated, that route
| which will show the greatest percentage
of improved mileage through the promise
of its proper officials in the counties will
! be the one selected.
Pathfinders to Start
| pathfinding car will be started from
! New York within the next thirty days by
| the New York Herald to select its route
| for the first half of the contest. Repre-
sentatives of the Herald will accompany
this car and consult with officials as to
the present roads and as to the prospects
of improving them by the time of the
! contest. A similar pathfinding car will
! be started from Atlanta by The Atlanta
Journal in the next thirty days to select
| its portion of the route for the road build
ing and automobile endurance contest.
| The Good Roads Club of Georgia and the
Interstate Highways association of the
south will actively promote this contest.
| Telegraphic assurances from these Off
cials indicate that enthusiastic assistance
| and cooperation will be granted The At
| lanta Journal and the New York Herald
in this endeavor to promote good road
building, not only in the south, but in the
north.
The Importance and necessity of good
roads is being set forth before the south
ern people every day and a perfect wave
| of enthusiasm on this subject is spread
ing over the southland. The state of
Georgia, for instance, which for forty
years leased it's convicts, white and black.
| to private owners, on April 1 forever
abolished the system and placed upward
of four thousand men at work building
good roads throughout the state. Cores
pondence with county commissioners and
officials in the southern section of the
road for The Atlanta Journal and the
New York Herald automobile endurance
! contest indicates their enthusiasm and CO.
operation of the proper character.
Many Officials Interested
Letters have been received from the
county commissioners of Culpeper, Or
ange, Nelson, Campbell, Buckingham
Plaquier and Albemarle counties, in Vir-
ginia. North Carolina, already blessed
with exceptionally good roads in certain
sections of the state, particularly in the
county of Mecklenburg, where Charlotte
is situated, is deeply interested in this
plan of The Atlanta Journal and the New
York Herald and since an inkling of the
plan has leaked out county commission
ers in Waugh county, Caswell county,
Franklin county, Rowan county, David
son county and Richmond county have
promised their heartiest cooperation in
} building good roads II the contest should
be carried through their respective coun-
ties. The same is true in South Carolina.
Greenwood, Chesterfield, Spartanburg
and Kershaw counties have taken up the
! construction of good roads with fervor.
In Georgia in Fulton county, in which
Atlanta is located, for example, there
} are already POS miles of splendidly ebert
ed country roads, and the whole state is
afiame with enthusiasm over road build
ing.
The Good Roads Prizes
IT is proposed by The Atlanta Journal
and the New York Herald to eliminate
the counties in which the cities of New
York and Atlanta are located from the
prizes for good roads, but it is impossi-
BILE definitely to determine just how the
prizes will be awarded for good roads I'M
til the pathfnding trips made, respective
ly. from New York and Atlanta are COM
pIeted Then a plan fair to all will be
IL
: fort will be made to give those counties
: in which there is limited population
. and where little has been done for road
! building an excellent chance to secure
prizes, the object of the contest being to
improve the roads.
In connection with this road building
I and automobile endurance contest it is
understood that the government, upon
5 proper notice and request from county
! officials, will be glad to send expert en-
gineers in road building to demonstrate
TO county officials how good roads can
be scientifically and economically con-
structed. Definite plans and definite rules
! and a definite route for the contest are
being worked out diligently and careful
ly It will be noted that the prizes Of
fered in the automobile endurance con-
z test are either in plate or money. This
is done in order that If a professional
wins the contest II he desires he may
take the cash. while an amateur naturally
] would select the plate.
Special Features Prominent
. While manufacturers themselves will
: be deeply interested in this contest and
: will doubtless furnish the major portion
of the entries, nevertheless 1t is proposed
to make of this road building and auto
! mobile endurance contest a social feature
of moment. Leading automobilists OF
New York, Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, Richmond, Atlanta and other
cities are expected to enter 1t is among
the probabilities that Mr.. Robert Mad.
J dox the present mayor of Atlanta, him.
self an enthusiastic sportsman, Will be
one Of the first to enter his car. His in
; terest in good road building and in auto.
mobiles is we'll established and he is ar
t amateur sportsman of the highest type
The same is true of Edward H. Inman
president of the Atlanta Automobile club
and a sportsman of the highest type
Likewise Charles F. Ryan, vice president
\ of the club and a leading banker, will be
{ sure to enter his car.
e Men of similar character in New York
will enter their cars and while no def
: mite plans can be announced at this time
1t is not improbable that entertainments
4 in the form of smokers will be given er
[ route to the contestants and grand pub
I lie entertainment at the conclusion of the
contest in Atlanta, the @eflnfte form o.
which has not yet been determined. 1t is
proposed I'm the year 1910 to duplicate the
\ above prizes and give the same autOmO
bile endurance and road building features
except that the route in 1910 will be from
: Atlanta to New York.
= In the meantime any information
K sought by automobile manufacturers. au-