The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-27

'Keeing-Let's go after the Glidden
tour" reads a note from G. T. Brazel-
ton, secretary of the Birmingham Motor
club. Continuing, 1t reads:
THE Birmingham Motor club is work
ing with the Chattanooga Motor club,
endeavoring to get the Glidden tour on
its southern and western trip this year
to come via Chattanooga and Blrming-
ham. This tour will start about June 10
or Is. most probably from Indianapolis,
and will cover about 300 miles, returning
to Chicago, it is said Mr. 9. NJ. Butler
of the contest board of the American Au-
tomobile association. has complete charge
of the tour.
Mr. Beck of the Touring Club of Amer
lea. was in Birmingham one day this
week en- route in an auto to Savannah.
thence to New York. He was here In the
interest of northern and eastern MEM
bers of his club. who may wish to tour
In the south. He found road conditions
In Georgia and Alabama very good-bet-
ter than he expected, but said 1t was very
hard to ind records anywhere of these
facts.
Mr. Beck promised that upon reaching
New York he would see Mr.. Butler and
use his influence toward getting the Gid
den tour to come by Birmingham. He
praised the hotel accommodations of Biz
mingham saying this was big factor
with the tourists There will be about 100
cars and 500 to 700 people in the tour
this year, said Mr. Beck, this being
He hi oc+ tntfr
yet held, and there is no way to get
correct estimate OF the great value 1t will
be to Birmingham for her to get the tour
through here
IT have seen most of the hotels and
garages and in reply to questions from
the people in charge of the tour have
notified them of the names of the differ
ent hotels and number Of tourists each
hotel can accommodate and the rates; and
the names OF the garages and number Of
cars each can accommodate. Also l noti-
fed them that none OF the garages would
charge anything for the storage, and in
addition the Birmingham Motor club
would furnish gasoline to all the Glfdden
tourists cars. free of charge. and that
we would give big, sure-enough barbe-
cue. Also that pilot cars would meet the
tourists rs miles out of Birmingham and
escort them In and when they leave Biz
mingham-if they do-woud pilot them
rs miles out of the city
This note reads mighty good and gives
reason to believe that Birmingham may
vet be successful In having the Gliddsn
tour come this way. The biggest event
of the year in automobile circles, II at
tracts attention ali over the country. and
from purely selfish motives alone it would
pay Birmingham to make every effort to
be included in the itinerary OF the tour,
as the advertisement the old town would
receive would be great Every autoist
in the city, the Chamber OF Commerce,
Bushes Mems league. Board OF Trade
all should pitch in and help Mr.. Brazeiton
In this work.
Improvement of the roads within the
confines Of Greater Birmingham is mat
ter needful of attention and one which
the city fathers are endeavorins to solve
Street Commissioner John McCartin has
already started the good work by repair
ing the Third avenue road to Fairyiew
and is turning it into a splendid highway.
This particular road. which Ii one of
the most heavily Travelled roads in the
county, when turned over by the
county to the city on the first OF the
year was In terrible shape By Mr. Nc
Cartins pusiness-iike management g. long
stretch of this highway Is being rebuilt
at small cost to the city and property