Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-31
A. A. A WILL GIVE
TOURING REPORTS
Plans to Distribute Information
Anent Routes of Auto
Travel to Members

The problem of meeting the rapidly
increasing demand for specific touring
information from it's widespread men,
bership has been under long and care
full consideration by the directors of
the American Automobile association.
With an organization containing 262
clubs, affiliated in the form of thirty
three state organizations, it was felt
that an active force might be recruited
and maintained to gather all the avail
able material and hold it subject to
call from Whtever source. This pro-
cess has been going on for some weeks,
under the supervision of Powell Evans,
chairman of the touring information
board, until the principal automobile
clubs throughout the country have ap-
pointed a resident member each to
serve in that capacity.
CLUBS ISSUE MAPS
Not a few A. A. A. clubs have al
ready done exceedingly valuable work,
and more are contemplating early
action along the same lines. The map
ping of the Automobile Club of Phil
adelphia is a most ambitious effort
nearing its sectional completion.
Within the past year the Automobile
Club of Buffalo has published val
liable distr ct map for automobile
users reference, and less pretentious
local maps are now being made by
number of the other clubs. The Louis
vile Automobile club recently issued
a book of routes tributary to that city,
with extensive ramifications, especially
in Kentucky and Ohio; this promptly
and adequately filled a new need that
might not otherwise be filled for
long time. In Fall River Mass, the
local club has issued a card, in col
ors, showing the best ways in and out
of town; practically the same thing
has been done in Elmira, n. Y, and
elsewhere. The Wisconsin state asso-
citation is doing some very effective
route compilation for the benefit of its
members, and the Automobile Club of
Rochester will soon bring out a book
of routes and maps covering that dis
trict in a thorough way. 1t has usually
been found that neighborlng clubs are
quick to follow with similar or equally
important original work; and as re-
suit the correction Of old data and the
compilation of new information is all
the while under way.
Other increasing activities of a. A.
A. clubs in various parts of the coun-
try include a touring book by the Au-
tomobile Club of Southern California,
while the Delaware Automobile asso-
citation, the Chicago Automobile club
and the Automobile Club of Pittsburg
have done similar work for their re-
spective localities. The California
State Automobile association has got
ten out a map of California and Ne
vada, while the Savannah Automobile
club has covered the routes between
its own city and other important
points, including Jacksonville, Fla.
The Automobile Club of Cincinnati
has attended to the routes in its own
territory, besides doing considerable
sign posting. But in sign posting the
Chicago Motor club undoubtedly leads
all the others in the amount of terri
tory covered, though numerous clubs
throughout the country are more than
busy in this particular direction at
the present time, one of the most re-
cent entrants to this field of labor be-
ing the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor club.