The Washington times., 1911-12-09
PRESIDENT GREETS
COUPLE Who TWICE
TOURED CONTINENT
Thomas w. Wildly and Wife
Tell Executive of Long
Automobile Trip.
By HARRY WARD.

President Taft today gave an audi
ence to Thames w. wildly, the official
representative Of the Touring Club of
America, and Mrs. Wildly, who are In
washington on the final stage of n
double transcontinental tour, which
started from New York late i'm August
Mr.. and Mrs. wildly were introduced
to the President by Leroy Mark. vice
president of the Automobile Club Of
Washington. President Taft manifest
ed great interest in Mr.. Why's ac-
count of the trip across the continent
and back. Commenting on the great
influences now at work to improve the
s sooG ynsd highways' the President said
moral upl!ght Of the nation.
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Wildly
We're introduced to speaker Champ
es ais and rsr1 number 81 bs
covering approximately n,0oO miles. Mi.
Wildly was accompanied by his wife,
and during their stay in Washington
'heI vii, Ill, oe entertained Mtn extsnsively
by way Of Baltimore. Philadelphia. and
On his pathnndins trip Mr.. Wildly
IL using an Ohio car. Fred c. Clarke.
who drove the same car in trans
continental trip made by E. L. Fergu-
sen last fall. is plotting the machine Oil
WHY'S trip.
As a result Of this scenic and historic
three new and distinctive routes, fol-
lowing the old trails made famous In
pioneer days nave been accurately
charted for the first time. and have
this being the route west from Omaha
to Cheyenne and San Francisco; the
Spanish Mission Road. from San Fran
cisco to sun Diego, along the l'acihc
nf uc MI hA tie
ering the southwestern trip from Ari-
zcna and New Mexico, taking IN some
OF the granlest and most picturesque
sections Of this wonderful country.
This Is the first time that a complete
ocegn-to-ocean tour over these old
trails has been carefully routed for the
ase OF motor tourists 1t Is also tho
only round TRIP transcontinental motor
toJr ever undertaken under tie aus
pices and direction of a national mo-
toring organization. AS a result Of the
tour, an invaluable fund OF information
has been compiled, which will now o.
all auto" :obilIsts. For tine most part,
these trails were found to be in ex-
cellent condition, oeing good gravel or
macadam roads. In some sections the
ed. hut through Mr. why's instructive
talks on good roads throughout this
tour, renewed interest has been aroused
all along the route, and the highway
nave great
Erorement in the road conditions within
the next year.
A party of motorists including A. L.
Westgard, official pathfinder Of the
American Automobile Association, State
Highway Commissioner Wilson, Of Vir-
GINA and Preston Belvin, president Of
Virginia State Automobile Association,
will arrive in Washington late this
evening. The party left Richmond this
morning to lay out the connecting link
in the Quebec to Miami international
highway, the link being the stretch ly-
Ing between Richmond and Washing
ton. The pathfinders will travel via
Bowling Green, Fredericksburg and
Manassas.
c. Cassard Schroth. the Stearns
agent. has secured quarters with the
Wilson Company, 91S Fourteenth street.
- Fa+=
The Cook & Stoddard Company re-
ports the sale of a self-starting Cadillac
limousine to Congressman ]. w. Weeks,
Of California.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York. Dock
Commissioner Tompkins and r.. A. c.
Smith, who have been spending several
days in Washington, yesterday Were
taken on a sightseeing trip around the
Cook & Stoddard Company. Mayor
Gaynor keenly enjoyed the trip through
Rock Creek Park, which he pronounced
one of the finest parks he had ever
seen.
James NJ. Johnston Is the latest pur-
chaser of a Chalmers "36" Chalmers