The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
Cars Return to Birmingham.

Brimming over with enthusiasm and con- fident that much good will result from the trip, four of the parties who went to Atlanta on the pathfinding tour, con- ducted under the auspices of the Bir- mingham Motor club, returned to the city yesterday. The other parties with the exception of one, will probably reach Blr- mingham tonight, and the last car Is ex- pected to arrive tomorrow morning.
 The first of the pathfinding cars to reach Birmingham on the return from Atlanta was the Oldsmobile, driven by Frank Katz, who had with him c. R. Patterson and w. W. Cargill. This car drove into Birmingham yesterday morn- ing at 2:10 o'clock after having been de- layed nearly three hours between Bir- mingham and Attalla on account Of the fact that the party lost its way on the road.
 MT. Katz and his party left the Aragon hotel in Atlanta Friday morning at s:3O o'clock. Taking the road leading to Rome they arrived in Cartersyille at 12:3O D. rn, and reached Rome two hours later They left Rome at 3 o'clock and going by way of Cave Springs reached Gads- den Friday evening at 7:05 o'clock, re- maining there until after o'clock for supper.
 MT. Katz expected to get back to Bir- mingham Friday night by Il o'clock, but in leaving Attalla he took the wrong road and got up into the mountains be- fore he realized that he had lost his way. He retraced his route and left Attalla again about Il o'clock arriving in Bir- mingham yesterday morning shortly after l o'clock
 l pr. J. E. Dedman, president of the Motor club, also reached Birmingham on the return trip yesterday. Dr. Dedman
 went to Chattanooga from Atlanta and owing to pressing business came rom Chattanooga to Birmingham by rail. His automobile. driven by MT. EdsaI, fol- lowed
 The machine occupied by J. c. Tur- ner and David J. Fox arrived yesterday afternoon about o'clock. coming by way 1 of Heflin and Pell City. l H. R. Minhennett returned in his car
 during the afternoon.
 1 W. J. Rushton, who did not accom-
 pany the pathfinders, but who made the
 trip for the sake of the outing, re-
 turned from Atlanta yesterday after noon.
 The Cars En Route. This morning, unless some accident has | befallen the parties, all cars not already | here are en route back home. The Age-Herald official car. occupied | by G. T. Brazelton and A. D. Woods, will leave Atlanta early this morning, probably going to Chattanooga and thence back to 1 Birmingham by way of Gadsden- l The Kissel car, driven by L. A. White | head, who is accompanied by Mr. and | Mrs Lloyd Whitehead, left Atlanta yes- I terday afternoon for Macon, whence they | went to Savannah and Augusta. They | will return directly from Augusta. The Buick, driven by Steve Smith, who I Is accompanied by Robert Mabry. Mrs. | J. E. Russell and Miss June Jackson. left | Atlanta yesterday afternoon. They will | return by way of Rome.
 Frank W. Smith. in his Chalm ers-De- troit, will leave Atlanta this morning.
 Gadsden Route the Best. 1 In the return trip from Atlanta pr. Ded-
 man routed the cars so that those which made the trip to Atlanta by way of An l niston returned by way of Gadsden. His
 object in this was to give the pathfinders | an idea of the condition of the roads l along both routes.
 The Gadsden route seems to be the l favored one. While the course by way of Annston Is perhaps the more direct. the | other road has fewer hills, and is the more improved of the two. Tn fact. the Ariv~rs of cars whn have rAtnrnad to Rir-