The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-19
Tourists for Vermont.
Publicity Department Got 795 Re-
quests in Four Days.

1t is evident that tourists in con-
siderable numbers already are be-
ginning to think of Vermont as
good State in which to spend their
summer vacation this year. Within
the past three or four days 795 re-
quests have been received by the
publicity bureau in the office of Sec
rotary of State Guy W. Bailey, asking
for some or all of the publications of
that department. The number of
these requests and the States from
which they come are as follows:
Maine, 10; New Hampshire, As;
Massachusetts, 5546 Rhode Island, 6;
Connecticut, 116; New York, 316 Pen
nsylvania, 4 Ohio, 1; Wisconsin, L;
Michigan, s; Maryland 3; District of
Columbia, 3; Virginia, / Florida, 1
California, 2.
Requests have been received for the
following publications:
Vermont, the Land of the Green
Mountains ................. 5z3
List Of hotels and boarding houses SOC
Automobile road map. ZIP
Vermont automobile laws. .... .407
Vermont fish and game laws. 49, III
These requests are being received
in large numbers daily, and give evil
dence that greater interest than ever
before is being taken in Vermont as a
vacation State. A correspondent from
New London, Conn, writes. II wish
every one might take a trip through
Vermont during the summer months.
I've had five" A Bridgeport, Conn,
physician writes: MY children had a
good time in Vermont last year. 1t is
my turn this year" A Plymouth
Mass, woman says: 1T was not con
venient for us to visit your State last
year. but we hope some time to do So
Your system of advertising appeals to
us as both sensible and effective"
A Bristol, Conn, man says: Have
motored in Vermont many times. Elk
pect to go two or three times this sum
mer"
A correspondent from Reading,
Mass, writing for literature says: "a
trip to Vermont last year in my car
was so pleasant | am planning anoth-
er and will appreciate the courtesy of
these books" The following cheer
full letter from a Boston man will be
appreciated by Vermonters: Il mo.
tored about 600 miles in Vermont last
year and was surprised and delighted
with the roads and cordial treatment
! everywhere. | intend to tour the en-
! tire State in 1913" The secretary OF
the Watertown, Wis, Automobile club
] writes, giving name of one of his
townsmen who expects to make a
/ trim fhrnttph fc
| probably some time about the end OF
| June. The writer requests that any
| special publications be sent to the
| president of the automobile club. The
secretary of the automobile club in
Tippecanoe City, Ohio. writes for Ii
terature for a member of the club
who contemplates an eastern tour and
adds, You might send me an extra
| lot that | would hold for any one that
| was going to make the trip"
A business man in Brookline, Mass
writes such a cordial letter that its
| publication in full may be of interest.
He says: 81 received this morning a
little booklet, Vermont, the Land OF
the Green Mountains VIII you per
nit me to voice my feelings in a
! stronger manner than that which is in
| print. | have in the past season made
no less than four trips from Brook
| line, my home to ST. Adams. and
have gone by the way of Pittsfeld
! Mass, Bennington, Vt, Rutland and
Burlington, and | can only say that
had one of the most beautiful trips
| have ever taken found the roads
| good, and even in wet weather against
the advice of some wise ones | tackl
ed the St Albans-St Johnsbury cross
country route via Fairfax. Walden anC
Cambridge in heavy rain and roat
as | have ever wanted to see but
made it in good order and consderin!
the conditions in good time.
81 have been all over New Englant
and New York touring and have We
to find the trip that can come any
where near the Burlington-Alburl
trip, the best ever had. ! congratu
late you and your State on the fin
roads you are building, and know IL
only a question of time when Vel
mont will rang high up among tn
States that are the tourists deligh
for motor travel Now / have toll
you what | think of your State an
roads. ! am going to go up this sun
mer as soon as the weather is bette
and see you again. and if you wi
send me the little publication of he
tells, road may and the Vermont aut
laws feel can do more than | hav
and will be greatly obliged to you"
AS an indication of what the Earn
Book accomplished last year, Seer,
tary of State Bailey has received
letter from a Poultney farmer saying
Il have sold my farm to - Thank
to you for what you have done.