The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-20

The Commercial Associations PEN
sacola- to- Chicago scout car will leave
for Chicago September Srd. The routa
by principal points win be as follows.
Pensacola to Andalusia to Troy TO
Montgomery to Birmingham to Deca-
tur to Nashville to Louisville 70 In
dianapolis to Chicago. with DIR. Ken
nedy, who furnishes and drives the
car. will be Frank l.. Mayes, editor OF
The Pensacola Journal, who win act
as recorder during. the trip.
Montgomery cars under the auspices
OF the transportation department OF
the Montgomery Business Mems
League win meet the Pensacola car at
Troy, and possibly at Andalusia, ac-
companying the Pensacola car to
Montgomery and starting IL ON fits trip
north. Similarly, cars from Birming-
ham. Decatur and Nashville win meet
the Pensacol car south OF their towns
and act as escorts TO their towns
Louisville. through it's Automobile
Club, reports that II has In the past
year raised $4,000 for the "Lincoln
Way" which is a part of the proposed
National Highway from Washington
to Chicago, and In addition II has
met a number Of very heavy demands
upon the time Of it's members and the
use Of their machines. II will see that
the scout car and its escorts from tho
south are property taken care OF IN
Louisville.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade has
appointed a special committee on
escort, which committee and others
Will meet the Pensacola car at Louis
vile and escort 1t into indianapolis
and start It on its way to Chicago.
The Chicago Motor Club has charge
OF the Chicago end and win send cars
south toward Indianapolis and proba-
bly, all the way to Indianapolis.
ALABAMA Is INTERESTED.
President J. A. Roundtree. of the
Alabama Good Roads Association, has
Joined heartily In the project and is
busy now kindling enthusiasm at Mr.
mingham and In various places along
the route.
Miss Alma Rittenberg, chairman OF
the historic roads and highways COM
nifttee OF the Alabama branch OF the
Daughters Of 1872" has offered TO help
organize the trip as an aid TO the pro-
posed jackson highway to- the Gulf in
which her organization IA interested.
This highway will take the course OF
the old Andrew Jackson trail from
Nashville to Pensacola and Mobile
The Commercial Association is cor
responding with mayors and CONNER
cial bodies along the route with a
view to arranging rousing good roads
meetings at all points, and through the
mayors and commercial bodies getting
details as to distances and automo-
bile time between points, In order
that the Commercial Association may
advise points ahead approximately
what time to expect the Pensacola
car.
1t is hoped that at least a dozen
Pensacola cars will make the trip from
Pensacola to Andalusia-
Mr.. Kealhofer, the secretary OF the
freight bureau of the Montgomery
Business Mems League, has been In
vited to come down here and make
the trip from Pensacola to Mont
gomery with the local car. An local
car owners who can make tho first
stage Of the trip with tho scout car are
requested and urged to communicates
at once with Secretary Waterman OK
the Commercial Association
WILL HOLD MEETINGS.
As far as practicable, meetings in
the interest OF good road work, and
especially good road work with a
view to establishing a Chicago to- PEN
sacola highway, viii be held at all the
county seats OF the counties passed
through from here to Chicago, except
ing such points as are shown by cor
respondence to be In tip-top condition
at the present time. From a point
some miles south OF Louisville prac-
tically all the way to Chicago Il is
not probable that these meetings will
be necessary, but through Alabama and
Tennessee a number Of meetings will
be held In an effort to produce a hard
pull and a pull all together 20 con-
meet Chicago with the Gulf coast at
Pensacola by means Of a continuous
good road
The financial part Of the trip Is be-
ing attended to by the publicity COM
mittee of the Commercial Association
with the cooperation and assistance OF
the Escambia Motor Company and the
Speedwen Automobile people. DIR.
Kennedy viii drive his SpeedweIl car
and the Speedwel people are CO.
operating to the etxent of certain re-
pairs and equipment which will save
money for the Commercial Association.
while Mr.. Turner, of the Escambia
Motor Car Co. is similarly assisting
I'm the good work