The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-10
IS
|. PLACED On THE
BIG AUTO ROUTE
EDITOR OF BLUE BOOK MAKING
TOUR OF INSPECTION OVER
THE ROAD.
Spent Yesterday in This City and Met
and Others at Hotel-Some Work
Needed on Our Roads.


Henry MacNair, editor of the Auto
mobile Blue Book, the official pueli-
cation of the Automobile Club OF
America, who is making a trip from
Pinehurst, n. c., to Florida for the
specific purpose of reporting on the
condition of the roads and mapping
out an official route, arrived in Bruns-
wick yesterday afternoon, having
made the trip over from Savannah,
where he stopped over Sunday.
Mr. MacNair was met at the Ogle-
thorpe last night by number of the
members of the Brunswick AutOm j.
bile club and other citizens, and with
trip, told them of the condition Of
the roads between Savannah and
Brunswick, and while this city has
been placed on the official route, re
was very frank to tell those present
that it would be necessary to make a
number of improvements on the roads
in order to derive any benefit from
the many tourists who are travelling
in their automobiles.
On the whole, Mr.. MacNair says,
the roads in the south are in a very
good condition. He experienced some
bad stretches between Savannah and
Brunswick and in order to properly
recommend this route it will be neces-
sary to improve these bad places.
Mr.. MacNair is an advocate of what
is known as the Capital Route from
New York to Florida, which is an
opposition route to the National
Highway, and in his publication,
which will be issued in March, he
will give the former named route as
the official of the Blue Book between
New York and Florida.
He told of several bad places in
the roads over which he had travel
ed during the day. One of these is in
Bryan county, another near Darien
and then he discussed that road
through Dents rice plantation. 1t
will be remembered that this road
was built by the people of this city
several months ago and was in very
good condition until the storm came
along in October, when the waters OF
the Altamaha washed it away and has
made it dangerous to travel.
The roads from Brunswick to
Dents, after leaving the shell road,
are also in bad condition, and last
night the proposition was made that
il the county would improve this
stretch of road the city would see
to it that the road through the rice
field would be improved.
Several of those present signifief
their willingness to subscribe SUD-
stantially to a subscription for this
purpose, among them being l.. T.
Akin, who announced that if the
county authorities would improve the
roads as far as Dents that he would
donate $500 towards rebuilding the
road through the rice field
Mr.. MacNair says that during the
last few weeks he has received hun
dreds of inquiries from northern tour
lists asking the conditions of the roans
to the south, but he was not in pos'-
ton to give them any definite answer
He SAYS that ne believes at least 70
auto parties would have travelled over
the route had ne been in position TO
give them a route.
The next edition of the Blue Book
will be issued about March 10, ana
it will give the official route from
Pinehurst to Florida and Brunswick
will be on the route. 1t will then De
up to the people of this and adJolh-
ing counties to so improve the roaos
that the autoists can pass without
any difficulty. Mr.. MacNair also
thinks that there will be a large mum
Der of machines passing through TIE
city in February and March from flof'
ida. Nound for the north.
The editor will leave this mornihs
for jacksonville, where he will speAd
few days before continuing on tc
south Florida