New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
LONG TOURS ARE PLANNED
Auto Travel Between Oceans
Growing in Volume.
BIG EXPENDITURES LIKELY
Eotels and Railroads Will Reap
Harvest Through Desire to
"See America First"

Touring between tie Atlantic and Pacific
end vice versa will this year become more
general than ever. is the statement made
by the touring bureau Of the American
Automobile Association. This branch "t
the national automobile body estimates
that five hundred cars, vith an average OF
four persons 10 a car, will cross the coun-
try during the summer. and that these two
thousand persons will spend not less TRAN
81 i.025.0G0 The amount includes me outlay
for return railroad fares. as II Is not ,expect-
ed that persons who have made the journey
in one direction will turn around TO repeat
1t. The hotels on the route or routes fo'-
lowed, It Is estimated. will reap harvest
10 the extent Of $4,000, while the railroads
for passeneer f.res freight charges
will draw s52J.0C0.
No estimate IL made OF the money that
will &c spent by the tourists While on tne
Pacific Coast. course. there VIII Do oe-
probation in cars and many new rnacnlnes
are certain TO be bought for the specinc
purpose OF transcontinentsl trips. IL ~
certainty that the number OF cars maEine
,bls trip will increase by leaps and bounds
each year as road conditions improve.
Work is being done all along the route
this year 10 better road conditions
Perhaps the figures quoted may not pe re-
rarded with surprise, In view OF the tact
that DR.. +. L. Bartlett. good roads dircctor
NJ the Denver Chamber OF Commerce..
states that six thousand autonobiies VS.
tied his state in 1911 and that they left n"
less than s2,7oo.cOo in that commonwealth
The slogan. See America first Is grow
ing TO a healthy volume, and II VIII nn-
aoubtedly come to pass that Europe WIN
foeI the diminishing Of the golden stres"
Of dollars. as in course Of time a citiaeo
who poes abroad TO travel. without nrst
knowing his own country, will be counte'
might poor American.
In the growth of 'cross-country touring II
is becoming quite common for many can
fornians to be seen in New England ana
many New EnglaDders are making 'nS
irIrney to the Coast. New Enslanos at
tentIon 10 road construction and mainte-
nance has given 1t priority over all otner
sections Of country. but California Is max
ing astounding progress, due TO the activi-
ties of the Automobile Club OF Southern
California and the California State Auto
mobile Association, the latter OF which has
in hand the northern section of the state
Strangers going TO California for the
first time are almost unanimous In sayins
that the slgnposting in California IL the
best I'm the United States and comparable
with some of the best signposting abroad
AS a result Of this the State of California
as a whole. and especially Southern Cali
fornia, has received an immense number or
tourists from other sections. and Is now In
the midst OF one Of the most important
road Improvement plans in the country.
1t is estimated that for every dollar spent
In this promotion Of good roads. directly or
indirectly, at least twenty are returned to
the state which at the same time gains
considerable number OF prominent resi-
dents Of the most substantial and pro-
gressive kind. 1t is probable that the in
crease in population in the Los Angeles
district has been at least one-hah greater
owing to the coming Of the automobile and
the spreading of good roads interest.
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