The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-19
COMING TO HELP ARRANGE
FOR AUTO ASSOCIATIONS
CONVENTION IN DECEMBER
A. G. BATCHELDER, OF ExECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE. WILL MEET
WITH LOCAL CLUB.

A q. Batchelder, chairman of the
executive committee of the American
Automobile association, will be IN
Richmond Monday to attend the an
nual meeting OF the Richmond Auto
mobile club. The meeting will be held
in the headquarters of the club In the
jefferson hotel and will be called To
order at sac o'clock,
Mr. Batchelder will be in the city
TO help make arrangements for the
annual Convention tfa..--A EE..AEis+.sa
Automobile association. which Will he
held in Richmond December LIST, and
and 3rd, This is the annual national
gathering Of motorists. Every club
in the country atfiliated with the A.
A. A. and there is one or more in
every State, sends at least two dele
gates. and the work of the year Is
mapped out.
The great work now before the ma
tional organization Is good roads. The
A. A. A. has planned several trans
continental highways and Richmond
is on the Southern route recently trav-
eied by William Westgard. the ia
nous pathhender.
Richmond a Center.
Federal aid Is being sought and
Richmond ia within easy reach OF
! the national capital. Besides, Senator
I Swanson Is on the conference COM
n1iftee which has the federal aid plan
under consideration. Naturally Rich
mond is an important part In tho
movement.
| Then too. the Richmond club at
tracted attention by laying out new
highway between Richmond ana
Washington, and raised, by hard
campaign. $4,000 toward building
/ IL. Work on this highway is still
going on under the direction of Cap
tain r. St Julien Wilson. State high
way commissioner. but 1t is expected
that the road will be In At shape for
motorists by the time set for the con-
lvention,
Most of the work now being done Is
lin Stafford, Spotsyivania and Prince
William counties Henrico and Ham
over also need to improve their roads
connecting with this highway some
what, but the roads in these counties
are fit for automobiles all the year
around
They Might Come Across.
President Henry w. Anderson. OF
has reason to be pleased with the
progress OF the work although 1t
would not grieve him II some of the
stockholders would he more prompt
in sending in amount for the assess
ments levied upon them.
However. Preston, beiFfH, ChAir-
man OF the good roads committee OF
the Richmond Automobile club, will
have the latest news of the Washing
ton highway to give out at the meet
ling Monday night and he promises to
make a full report. Mr.. Batchelder
will make an address and program
for the entertainment OF the visiting
delegates in December will be mapped
lout.
New officers will be elected at this
meeting. The secretary treasurer.
Jay Lewis, reports that the club was
never in better shape financially and
THAT lot of the deadwood has been
dropped during the last year. A cam
paign for new members will be
linaugurated with the opening of the
new year and the members of the
club. who are also members OF the
: Dealers Automobile Show association.
will take up the matter OF mid
winter automobile show.
According to President Pelouze
: there is plenty Of business before the
/ members OF the Richmond Automo-
bile club, tomorrow night. the most
important OF which. of course. is this
coming national convention Of the
A, A, A.