The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-08

delayed their arrival until it was too
late to undertake any entertainment of
that character.
The purpose of the trip From the
Gulf to the Great Lakes as the Crow
Flies" is to furnish route that can
easily be followed by Automobiles.
and one that can be utilized the wear
round for travel between the north and
south.
The party left Birmingham wednes-
day morning at 8 o'clock and will
spend the night in Sheffield, 139 miles
away. The members expect to make
the trip to Chicago in exactly ten DAYS
and are very conldenE that they can
do it
DR.. Kennedy, who is driving the car,
has made a number of trips over the
country and also holds the record for
speed over a half mile unbanked track.
In 1910 he beat Barney Oldfield's time
on the Kupfrian track, going the dis
lance in minutes and Z seconds. In
1909 he made the first auto trip every
made from Pensacola to New York
city.
The scouts are In a touring car and
are being welcomed and cheered all
along the road. The Pensacola COM
nerctal organization is getting all
sorts of advertising for Pensacola out
OF the trip and 1t costs nothing.
From the Ledger.
The Ledger Of the same city con-
tanned the following:
Shortly after 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning the Pensacola Commercial
Association scout car from the Gulf
to-theLakes left from in front of the
Hilman hotel to continue its journey
to Chicago. In the party were DR..
Mallory Kennedy, who is driving the
sixty horsepower Speedwell on the
tour; Col. Frank L. Mayes, editor of
The Pensacola Journal; A. NJ. Avery,
Jr. and F. c. Brent, Jr.. two promi-
nent bushes men of Pensacola
The Pensacola scouting party reach
ed Birmingham last night at 10
o'clock after making the trip from
Montgomery, covering the distance Of
112 IL miles in ten hours and three
minutes. The party left Sunday morn
ing and expect to arrive in Chicago
on next Monday, Sept. 18th. The PEN
sacolians expect to spend Sunday night
in Sheffield.
Local Party Fails.
A party of Birmingham good roads
enthusiasts went to Pelham. in Shelby
county, last night with the expectation
of meeting the Pensacola good roads
scouts and escorting them to Birming-
ham, where the Chamber of Com
merce had arranged to tender the Wis
Itors a dinner at the Southern club.
However, at Pelham it was ascer-
tanned that the scouting party had not
left Clanton until o'clock in the af
ternoon, and owing to the muddy con-
dition of the roads caused by the
heavy rains south of Birmingham yes
terday 1t was decided that it would
be impossible for the Pensacola party
to reach Birmingham in time for the
dinner and the program.
In the Birmingham party who went
to meet the Pensacolians were: job
Going, Cleon B. Rogers, John w.
O'Neill, ]. A. Rountree, Jerry Gwin,
L. A. Whitehead and E r. Norman.
Colonel Mayes is enthusiastic over
the tour and the good roads sentiment
that is apparent, especially in Ala
bama- He declared that there has
been widespread interest in the tour
and that the people of Alabama have
accorded the scouts a royal Tecep-
ton.
we made the trip from Montgom-
cry to birmingham without accident
or trouble of any kind" said Colonel
Mayes. Tn fact, we did not raise the
hood Of our touring car a single time
on the trip. I attribute this good for
tune largely to the skillful driving Of
DR.. Kennedy"