New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-24
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Touring Is More General This
Year than Ever Before. /
SPECIAL TRAIN TO RACES
Speed Enthusiasts Will Have
Travelling Hotel for Road
Contests in West.

In spite Of the fact that the main high
ways leading out of New York City are
in bad condition, automobile touring Is
more common this year than ever before.
Within a radius Of hfty miles there ia
hardly trunk line that lacks bad
stretches. but outside OF that limit, Wit.
decreased traffic, the routes are good, and
thousands Of motorists are finding real en-
joyment.
AS has been the case for the last three
years, the Ideal Tour is getting the bulk
of travel, and hotels throughout the White
Mountain district are said 10 be crowded.
The Empire Tour, carrying the motoris,
through the lake section Of New York, Il
also attracting hundreds, while two ana
three day runs through Long Island arc
common. due 10 the quality OF the roads
especially in Suffolk County, and the fact
that innkeepers are improving their ser
vice. The New Jersey shore resorts ara
also getting big snare Of motoring trade,
Atlantic City being especially favored for
weekend runs In the car.
The de luxe method Of visiting autono-
bile races originated by Messrs. Moore s
Mills In 1905, when they ran the WaN
street Special 10 Savannah. will be adopt
ed this year for the Vanderbilt Cup ana
Grand Prize races at Milwaukee, An
nouncement IS made that special train
consisting Of steel compartment sleeping
cars, buffet, dining and observation cara.
will be run oyer the New York CentraI
lines.
As az present arranged, the train VIII
leave New York about IL 80 o'clock on
the afternoon Of Sunday, September 10,
due 70 reach Milwaukee the next after
noon. During It's flve-day stay II viii be
"a rked at point convenient to the grand
stand. where Il may be used as hotel oy
the passengers. The return trip will be
gin soon after the finish OF the Wander
hilt Cup race.
Exact costs remain 90 DO worked out
but Il estimated that the fare, TO IN
cl,,de meals and sleeping car accommoda-
lions throughout win b. $40 person
two IN stateroom. or SEQ singiy.
Through the efforts OF the Berkshire
Hills bureau OF the Touring Club, the
Massachusetts Highway Commission has
opened the south end of the state high
way between Lenox and Pittsneld. This
strip Of two and one hale miles connects
at q crossroad with good country ToaC
which will carry tourists a mile eastward
20 Holmes Road In Pittsaeld, which has
been rolled and put in fine repair to carry
automobile travel until tho remainder q
the state highway can he completed
when the Lenox- Pittsfield highway Is
opened a gala day and automobile parade
over the new highway win be held. AL
bany, Hudson, Troy Springfield and Hart
ford automobile clubs will be invited 10
pittsneld for the occasion
James Mckee Young, one OF the mosS
popular automobile truck statesmen IN
New York, died last Friday and "as
buried on Sunday. His death occurred
after short Illness. and was due to
,yphoid pneumonia Mr.. Young was en-
ployed as head salesman by +. 4. Porter
OF tie Chase Motor Company, In West 50tn
street. He enjoyed wide acquaintance
among business men, with whom he had
the reputation OF always making good his
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