The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
MOTOR CLUB RUN ID EAST LAKE FOR
 FRIDAY EVENING Details of the Atlanta Scout Trip Will Be Worked Out
 Al That Time INFORMATION COMING IN ON CONDITION OF ROADS Ladies Are Invited to Take Part In Run Which Will Be Made to
 East Lake During Com
 Ing Week.

At the meeting of the board of gov-
 ernors of the Birmingham Motor club,
 held last night in the office of Dr. J.
 E. Dedman, president of the organiza-
 tion. it was decided to have the entire
 membership of the club make a run out
 to East Lake next Friday evening. A
 spread will be held there while plans will
 be perfected for the sending of scout
 cars to Atlanta. Three committees were
 appointed to push this latter affair and
 1t will be handled In an energetic man
 ner.
 The members of the association will
 assemble in front of the Athletic club Friday afternoon and leave there at 5 30 clock on the run to East Lake. Mem
 bers are expected to bring along the feminine members and prospective fem- nine members of their families. The bus mess session will be held immediately after the arrival at the lake. During this session the ladies will have to amuse themselves, but it will hardly last more
 than an hour at the most. At 7:3o O. clock
 the lunch will be spread and Manager Al Campbell has promised that it shall
 be par excellence.
 After the spread the members will enjoy themselves with the amusements at the lake, while there will be a number of special attractions. The occasion is ex- pected to be gala event and will un- doubtedly generate a great amount of en- thusasm in matters of good roads and
 automobiling.
 Three committees were appointed, one being on good roads, another on runs and tours and the third on laws and ordi- nances The personnel of the committees is as follows:
 Good Roads-George Gordon Crawford, chairman; J. H. Holcombe, T. G. Bush, John McCartin, E. w. Barrett, P S. Mill ner T. F. Wimberly, R. s. Munger, John L. Parker and G. T. Brazelton. Runs and Tours-Hill Ferguson, chair man; F. H. Crockard Solon Jacobs, Has, lzins Williams, Bradley J. Saunders, Dr. | F. A. Lupton, Fred D. Dimmick and | Steve Smith.
 Laws and Ordinances-A. G. Smith, Wal ter Moore, John L. Kaul, Max J. Wink | Ter, George B. Ward, Henry B. Gray, D J. Fox, Hugh Morrow, w. D. Nesbitt and | pr. L. C. Morris.
 1 The board of governors is composed oi 1 Dr. J. E. Dedman, president; G. T. Brazel- ton, secretary Steve Smith, F. H. Crock ard, R. s. Munger, John McCartin, A. G. Smith and Hill Ferguson. At the meeting to be held at the lake a call will be made for volunteers to take part in the scouting expedition to At ,1aar nf 10 oar ra q pq and individuals have signided their in tention of making the trip. The start on this trip will be made under suspicious circumstances and it is expected that a
 large crowd will be present to see the cars leave for Atlanta The start will probably be made during the morning | The request for any information rela- tive to roads, which had been made through the newspapers, has already brought forth answers with valuable sug- gestions. L.. A Powers. manager of the Wills Creek Milling company of Gadsden has written regarding the road from Gadsden to Atlanta He states that there Is a splendid road between the two places and that a number of Gadsden people have made the trip. He advised that party was being organized there to make A. trip to Atlanta during the automobile
 
 also stated that several of the enthusiasts in Gadsden would take up the trip with the scouting expedition from Birming- ham and act as guides
 IT A Afford of the Alabama Firebrfck Manufacturing company of Riverside has
 written regarding the roads in his district.
 Tn his letter he states that there IS
 splendid pike road from Pell City to Riv-
 erside and he wants the route to Atlanta
 laid along it.
 A prominent St. Clair farmer MT Leon
 ard. who resides near Pell City, was In
 Birmingham yesterday and called on Dr.
 Dedman He gave much valuable infor-
 nation regarding his section and drew a
 map of the district. He is very anxious to have the course pass through his sec-
 ton. and stated that he was expressing
 the sentiment of the residents of it.
 It will be seen by the expression from
 these three men that interest is already
 being aroused throughout the state re-
 garding the route the official course be-
 tween Birmingham and Atlanta will take.
 The amount of advertisement each county
 through which 1t will pass will receive
 will be of untold value.
 The whole business is brought down to
 the question of good roads. The estab-
 lishment of a road between Birmingham
 and Atlanta, which will be unexcelled
 anywhere in the world, Is the object of
 this movement, and the county which
 will do the most in this direction will be
 the county to win out. So far there are three routes, while information which 1t is expected will be received during the
 next few days will add one or two more.
 There will also be the question of select
 ing the best roads between certain points on these routes. This then brings the
 matter down from a county rivalry to
 contest between different towns in the county.
 Request is made that the members of
 the Motor club advise Dr. Dedman or G.
 T. Brazelton at once if they will make the run to East Lake Friday in order that a proper order may be given for the luncheon. Notice of the affair will not hc erix,e,a excent throi1s sh thfa r,er