Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
GUIDE FOR TOURISTS IS
READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
For Nominal sum AutOfst May Re-
come "TOuriut BEembex'' of
the Bureau.

NEW YORK. March 1a-when the 1910
automobile touring season opens the inter-
state tourist win find himself much better
provided for as to reliable road information
than ever before. The bureau Of tours
Of the Automobile club OF America. Of
which General George Moore Smith "a
chairman, has been busiIy engaged during
the past winter IN an enlargement Of the
scope OF the work OF the touring bureau
to cover every state In the union The Au-
tomobiis club OF America has also perfeeted
a plan by which a motorlst can Join the
Automobile club as a tourist member
and enjoy alg the advantages OF the bureau
OF tours at yearly membership fee Of $40
The motorist can thus obtain for a nominal
sum all the touring information. route
cards, maps and guides he desires ana
under the new arrangement which the
Automobile club OF America has made with
numerous Of the larger automobile clubs
throughout the country the tourist member
enjoys the privilege og a chain OF autonno-
bile clubs, where he can stop on his travels
and receive detailed local touring informa-
tion and the temporary privileges OF each
Of the clubs.
For several years such a scheme for
taking care Of the motor tourist has been
discussed among various automobile club
members. and when the AutornobiIe club
Of America made the move to orRanixe a
national touring bureau many Of the other
clubs throughout the country at once
showed their willingness to cooperate.
Through it's own efforts ana the efforts
OF these affiliahng clubs the Automobile
club Of America has prepared ana has
nearly ready for distribution q compilation
OF all the motoring routes IN all OF the
states in the union. It also has enlarged
its department of foreign touring. Mernbern
may now find out at the Automobile club
Of America everything they wish to know
about foreign trip before saiitnR for the
other side.
In the development OF its domestic tourinE
department the club has employed the road
expert and map maker formerly with the
Red Book, the 1903 edition Of which was
considered one OF the best authorities on
touring m the field which Il covered. Large
colored road maps OF every state win be
distributed TO the affiliating clubs before
the 1910 touring season opens. These maps
are S1xS6 inches, printed on heavy paper
backed by linen. The best and secondary
roads are in red.
The Automobile club Of America touring
book Tor 1910 VIII be IN the hands of ali
Automobile club Of America members be-
fore May /. IL contains 500 routes and fifty
large maps in eoiors. The main touring
lines are divided into a half-dozen divisions,
as follows;
No. !; Hudson valley (easD and New
No. 2 Hudson valley. west. CNew York,
New Jersey and PennsylYania.)
No. 8 The middle west.
No. o The south
No. 8 Canada ana the West Indies
The motor route surveying ears are to be
kept on the road during the entire eomins
season gathering information for tourists
mapping cut new routes ana investigating
roads, hotels, garages, etc. Th0 first sur
vey car left New York this week for the
purpose OF surveying tho states OF South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Alabama and
Tennessee and doing some rOad posting
with the clubs yellow arrowed slgaboards.
day.
Although Tie 1910 touring season win not
open until May tourists are already jolnlng
the Automobile club Of America. ana ara
enrolling at the rate of over fifteen per