Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-29
WANT ALL THE YEAR
HIGHWAYS FOR TRAVEL
TO GOLDEN STATE
Constantly Increasing Demand
For Touring Through the
South and Southwest

NEW YORK, Nov. PA constantly
increasing demand for touring routes
through the south and southwestern
states is a marked feature of the ap-
preaching winter season.
There has been practically no dimi-
mutton in touring popularity since
early summer and all indications point
to an exceptionally active season dur
ing the fall and winter periods.
fully 90 per cent of the automobiles
were put in storage in October. Today
lust the reverse is true-the major
ityq are kept running throughout the
year,
Touring to all the leading south
ern resorts has increased within the
last two years, and great impetus
to California touring from the eastern
states has been given since the sue
cessful mapping of the Trail to Sun
set" by the Touring Club of America
over a year ago.
The Touring Clubs official scout,
Thomas K Wilby, is now homeward
4 bound, finishing the return trip of his
Gouble transcontinental tour, and has
succeeded in interesting the govern
orS and highway engineers of many
of the states hitherto little frequented
,J>,to tov n
improvements are now projected for
hundreds of miles on the highway
from the east to San Francisco and
other points in California.
One of the important results of this
scouting trip will be the prominence
given to this transcOntinental high
way at the forthcoming tri-state con-
ference between the governors of Cali
fornia, Arizona and New Mexico.
Governor Sloan of Arizona and Mr..
Girard, the territorial engineer, met
Mr. Wiley in Phoenix and expressed
great interest in the work of the Tour
ing Club toward opening up the mag
nificent scenic section of the south
west tc popular motor touring, in ad-
dit I - the r."p1~Agement thereby
given 70. improved roads.
AS in many of the eastern states
there has been lack of coordination
in connecting the main highways of
one state with those of another, the
coming conference will endeavor to
arrive at uniform system of con-
struction for the great automobile
highway through New Mexico, Ari-
xona and California
Phoenix is naturally in the line of
such a highway and between that
city and Flagstaff magnificent high
way with grades of not more than 6
per cent passing through Prescott and
Camp Verde, is nearing completion.
This connects with the highway to
the Grand Canyon.
Mr.. Wilby has also succeeded in
arousing enthusiasm among automo-
bile clubs in the southwest SO that
more attention will be directed to
placing suitable sign posts along the
entire route from New Mexico to Los
Angeles.
Another official scouting party OF
the Touring Club of America left At
Ianta, October 81, traversing the road
from Atlanta to Richmond via Au-
gusta, Columbai, Pinehurst and Ra-
leigh, and arriving at Richmond No
vember a. .. .. ....
This route will be followed by
southern motoring parties to attend
the first American road congress at
Richmond, Va, November 20. under
the direction of the American Associa-
ton for Highway Improvement.
Road Users Day. which will be con-
Quoted by the Touring Club of Amer
lea on November %. will be a great
feature of this congress and scores
of prominent motorists are planning
tours to Richmodn from many cities
throughout the country. especially In
the south.
The attention thus directed to the
good roads NOV vement In the south has
been clearly shown by the large num-
Der of requests received by the touring
club for routes to the popular resorts
during the winter.
These are all indications that the
coming winter will be the greatest
touring season that the SOuln has ever
experienced. Florida has come prom
inently to the front In the improve
ment Of roads within recent years. and