New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-18
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Tours TO the Good Roads Con.
greSS Being Organized.
RICHMOND, MEETING PLACE
Distinguished Party in Glidden
Tour Riding in the Stevens
Duryea Team.

The organizing or SoOG roads tpNfs 10 d
great good roads meeting by the good roads
advocates. comprising all the we'll known
good roads organizations in the country Is
the novel situation I'm connection with the
plans for the forthcoming American R0ai
Congress. 10 be held at Richmond Va.
November 20 70 a. under the auspices or
the Ar1ericsn Association for Highway I'm
provement. of which Logan Waller Page is
president
Under the direction OF the Touring Club
Of America a score or more OF the gooo
roads associations are arranging tours ITO"
the leading cities Of the country. with Ricn~
mond as the objective. Each car VIII carry
the Touring Club pennant bearing tho IN
sigma OF each road organization also INC
legend, ION 10 Richmond
Arrangements are under way for tour
starting from Quebec under the direction
OF Howard D. Hadley, chairman or the
New York committee OF the Queoec-Mlatl
road Mr.. Hadley has assurances rom
many prominent good roads enthusiasts IN
Montreal Quebec. Plattsburg, Saratos"
SPRINGS and Glens Falls that they VIII as
sist in such tour. This party VIII Do
ioined at Albany by the highway otnciaS
of New York and many OF the Ne" Eng
land states. State Engineer John a BenseI
Of New York has signihed lis intention OF
going on the tour.
Leonard Tufts. president OF the Capital
Highway Association, was in New YORK
last week IN conference with the oilcers
OF the Touring Club OF America, and COM
pleted arrangements for the starting OF
tour from Atlanta on the morning OF NO.
vember g.
The most distinguished party making tne
GIidden tour, which started from New YORK
for Jacksonville last Saturday, Is undouot-
edlv that in the Stevens-Duryea team or
three cars. It comes more nearly being an
official party than any OF the others, TOO
for one Stevens Duryea is being driven by
Brooks Morgan, vce-president OF the At
lanta Chamber OF Commerce, who has az
his guests two other Vce-Dresidents OF that
organization: another is driven BY former
/ senator Wheatley. OF Georgia, and tho
third by c. s. Johnson. OF Atlanta
! Charles B. Hayward, OF the Society OF
! Automobile Engineers, of which he was
formerly secretary accompanies the Ste
vens- Duryea team. Heavy rains, which
4 filed the roads with ruts and holes and
: quilted out the waterbreaks, made the start
Of the tour IS severe n test as the cars are
likely 70 have anywhere on the run. The
| stevers-Durvea made perfect scores, be-
ing among the first 70 reach each control
The Mcintyre commercial wagon Is being
| distributed through Eastern New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island by the Schildwachter
| Carriage Company. Of New York. A. Reis-
Meyer. formerly general manager Of the
| Mcintyre company has accepted an inter
est i'm the schildwachter business and -
pushing the sales Of Mcintyre wagons.
The schudwachter Carriage Company Is
the Oldest builder OF high class vehicles I'm
New York. specializing on limousine, Ian
daulet and town car bodies