Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-11
indiana MOTOR
Makers To TOUR
To COAST
Hoosier AutoistS Making Plans
for Great 1918 Run-Path-
Finding for Highway.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Jan. 10
Eight o'clock on the evening Of the
1st Of next July. Indiana's great auto
mobile tour to the Pacific coast viii
leave this city. So definitely are the
preparations being made that even the
time Of the departure can be announced.
At its recent meeting the Indiana
Automobile Manufacturers association
adopted the plans proposed for the big
Journey from the Hoosier capital 10
either San Francisco or Los Angeles.
1t will be & pathfnding expedition for
uhe great rock road which some day
will extend from tho Atlantic TO the
Pacific oceans, and for hundreds OF
tourists who yearly travel across the
continent. Not only did they heartily
approve Of the general route and the
details, but they also supported this by
the definite promise Of the entry Of 26
cars.
In a meeting which lasted from $50
IN the evening until 30 minutes Of IL,
representatives OF the most prominent
automobile and accessory manufactur-
ing concerns of Indiana discussed fea-
lures which will be introduced into the
tour to make # the most remarkable
motor car event which has ever been
held. From start to finish the tour will
have no parallel IN motordom, because
Of its general plan, its purposes and
Shs marvellous amount Of interest
which It will arouse.
Fireworks to be Feature.
Fireworks, bombs and characteristic
Hoosier enthusiasm viii have full sway
at the start. For IS miles that evening
the tourists WIN run due west to Terre
Haute with the Hoosier Motor club as
an escort. The spectacle Of the great
cavalcade win be long remembered and
widely quoted Features Of similar
nature win be part OF the affair for
the % days during which the motorists
will be en- route
Definite assignment of a route has
not as yet been made There are a
number of options TO be considered.
Many representatives from Western
cities and states have already shown
their interest by making ovorturcs and
in giving Information in regard to road,
weather and other conditions, The
specific effect OF this event and its
bearing on good roads enthusiasm and
the use of motor cars win be a large
factor in the final decision
Route Not Arranged.
The only points which are sure OF
being on the itinerary are indianapolis
St. Louis. Kansas City. Denver. salt
Lake City. San Francisco and Los An
geles. Between these points there are
choices Of directions which are being
investigated. For example. from Kan
sas City to Denver the tourists might
go direct through Topeka. or turn
northward through Omaha. From
Denver to Salt Lake the route accept
ed at present is via Cheyenne and Lara
mde, but Colorado boosters are strongly
in favor OF sending their Indiana WISH
tors through the scenic highway OF the
Rockies, directly west to the Utah line
Committee In Charge.
Tho details OF the tour are being
handled by the tour committee, COM
posed OF w Mckay White, Marion Mo-
tor Car Company chairman; A. B.
Wagner, Nordyke & Marmon Company;
Frank Mutt. Haynes Automobile Com
pany; Jean Marks, Service Motor Truck
Company, and II. G. Dupree, Remy
Electric Company. In addition the fol-
lowing have been. appointed to take
charge OF particular duties j. C Mont
han. Premier Motor Manufacturing
Company. night stops, Harlow HYDE.
Empire Company, supplies: e. Mack
Morris, Great Western Automobile
Company. costs; Frank j. Morris. Cole
Motor Car Company, coast affairs Mr..
Marks Will represent the truck inter-
ests and Mr. Wagner will be in direct
charge OF the commissariat W. d.
Edenburn and his features committee
VIII be working in direct co-operation
with the tours committee in arrangiu
the special stunts to be held en- route.
Very Few Rules.
There will be few rules to govern the
: tourists. Two divisions viii be main
tained, one for passenger cars and one
for commercial vehicles An will be
entered by Indiana automobile or ac-
cessory manufacturing concerns and
each company will be limited to NOT
more than three cars IN either or both
divisions. The general regulatI.r,s
which nave been so successful I'm the
two previous Indiana tours win again
be in vogue
II VIII not be a contest. but is intend
ed TO show the product of Indiana com.
Germs IN the nine states through which