The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-18
storing Notes,
sood Road News
and Trade Matter

and | Trade Matter
Entries are going TO be sauraerca'
- tbs 1919 national reliability tcul
~ = the American AUTOMOBILES aHso,,ia
Z tloo. much better known as the "Giid
= -. which will start from Detroit
Z H(lch.. during the second week O
October. and will run through Adrian
/ rbff Wayne Muncie. Anderson ane
Indianapolis TO Louisville: thence from
Il xouinyille 70 Nashville, with brief de.
1 1ours en- route---one to visit the Lin.
4 peln farm near Hogdenvitie. and the
other to the Mammoth Cave.
From Nashville the route will gs
q Gown through Columbia, Tenn, &c
florence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia
s An, where turn west will he made
~ the Mississippi river at Memphis.
The tour win then 70 nearly directly
south TO Jackson. Miss, thence west
- Vicksburg. and either return to
Jackson or follow a soufhcasterly d.
rection below yicksbarg, entering the
main line at point below Jackson.
Its final course will be from Baton
Rouge TO New Orleans.
4 The A. 4. A. national tour is al
ways the leading event OF it's kind in
The automobile world. and this year
should be greater than any OF the
previous ones 1t win be, In effect,
4 "I1akes-to- Gulf Tour; and beside
traverslng interesting sections Of
Michigan. Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Louisiana. will open
up through lire between the North
and the South that will be sure TO
attract great deal OF tourist travel
IL Will also be the greatest possible
stfmulant to good roads In the ter
fttory through which the tour travels.
Up to 1911. these tours were par
titipafed in largely by manufacturers,
who competed with each other for
the honor OF winning the trophies
Beginning with 1911. however, the
event became more an individual tour
event which viii be particularly the
/. case this year. Individual entries ara
Neicome from all quarters and every
blanks and ali other information can
he had promptly from A. A. a. tour
ing bureau.
TranScontinental Route Complete.
The first complete road route BE-
tween New York city and the Pacific
Northwest has just been completed by
t1E ia crAtttH pb "a Ia. hFSs~
gard. official A. A. a represent.
tive, who left the metropolis on July
i1th for the purpose OF charting
complete iranscont1ental route via
Buffalo. Chicago. Milwaukee. St Pau.
Minneapolis, Bismarck, ". u, Miles
City, Billings, Livingston, Butte, Ms |
soula, Mont. and Spokane. Wash. BE- |
tween New York and North Dakota. |
the schedule laid out in advance was |
easily kept; but owing to a cIoudbuf st /
and heavy rain there was a delay of
over week along the Yellowstone |
river In Montana. which made 1t inn |
possible fer the expedition TO reach !
the Anaconda Good Roads conven-
ton. However, some Of the stretches |
that were covered with difficulty have |
already been slated for impfov ement !
And good roads interest has been
aroused through Montana.
One excellent result OF this trip. |
which appropriately Was made with a |
Pathfinder car. VIII be compl .ta I
log with odometer distances. att |
landmarks and other necessary in |
formation through the Yeliestone M
tional park. and also to Glacier Ma |
tional park The transcontinental |
route passes through Livingston, Mon |
tana. bnt upon his arrival there, Mr.. |
Westgard went down To Gardiner !
the northern entrance tn the park, In |
order to get complete details Sim /
flarIy on arrival at kalispell he made |
= northward detour to Glacier Ma /
tional park, taking equally complete /
notes. and of course this also makes |
\ complete route. connecting YELLOW
stone and Glacier National parks,
Though the route lay ever some /
rough country. good time was made
through northern Idahotto Spokane. |
and from Spokane to Seattle. Running |
through SDoQuainie Pass on the d.
rect route. II is not expected, how |
ever, that travel generally will so !
through Enoqualmie Pass. except dur- /
ing midsummer, and a safer way 10 /
now being figured out, tn connec. /
from Spokane 10 the Columbia river /
and Portland where: one branch viii
he connected north, 10 Tacoma. Seat
tie, and Vancouver. and another ex-
tended south toward San Francisco, /
After n short rest at Seattle the ex-
HeaitseH started saAith 10 take conf I
piete directions and landmarks for a
strip map over the Pacific Highway,
through Portland. Salem. Albany aad !
Medford. Oregon; Yreka, Reddips, !
Merrysvflle Sacramento and Stockton !
Cal, TO Oakland and San Francisco.
While the Pacific Highway" has bean /
travelled by number OF cars up 10 [
thss time. fun data over the route has
NOT been available.
Upon arrival al San Francisco Mr..
westEard viii start East on the gee
one leg of his triple transcontinental
tour. running through Reno, odgen
Tor Salt Lake city1. Laramie and
f-htyehfae 10 Tctf,4aaiTat thence oFef tie +
uprer rout through Iowa to Chicago.
From Chicago he viii retraee through
the lake region rs far as Buffalo aud
Geneva, thence down through the lake
region of central New York 70 Bling
hamton. the EaiskiiI mountains aad
the Hudson river. II is expected that
the traneconiinentai pathfinder Win /
he able tn start West on the third leg
~ the triple tour. about the third
week In September.
Aside from compiling complete data
for the guidance Of a large number OF
se.,rfsts who viii travel one or III sre
tyf these routes, this expedition is fi''~
table for the good roads enthusiasm
aroused in many quarters. For nuoa
~ his route west Of the Missouri
riNer. pilnts were supplied by A. a. a,
clubs good roads associations. boards
~ trade and public spirited citizens.
RHO have been interested In seeing
the best route selected and brought
AM as In three new ones will be. ON
the line OF the Trail to sunset. pun
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