The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-19
WESTGARD WANTS
INFORMATION
PATHFINDER OF AMERICAN AU.
TOMoBlLE ASSOCIATION
WRITES TO MULLAN.

Mullan, Jan. 1s.-tSpecial.)-The
Mullan Commercial club has received
a letter from A. L. Westgard, the field
representative for the American Auto
mobile association of New York city,
requesting information regarding the
new o a from Mullan to Missoula.
The letter is accompanied by samples
of the strip maps of the roads of the
country as published by the associa-
ton, and are invaluable to those who
travel overland through the country,
either by automobile or wagon. Mr..
Westgard was through here last July
in an automobile, butS could not make
the trip by way of Mullan at that
time on account of the new road be-
ing uncompleted. His letter follows:
When visited you town last July
| took a. run some miles east toward
the top of the pass for the purpose OF
Investigating the road then in course
Of construction across the Bitter Root
range. owing to the fact that some.
four or five miles at that time were
impossible, we We're not able to make,
a physical investigation of he entire
route, but | was told by a gentleman
- 49, "AiAI u S"tliliilS Soui tIlNf
and also the city of Wallace that the
across this pass would be fin
ished shortly, and that some engineer
would go over same in your behalf and.
furnish me with the detail notes be-,
tween Missoula, Mont, and Mullan,i
Idaho, giving all distances and other
physical features.
Il trust that this has been done,
and that these notes are now avail
able, inasmuch as we are at the pres
ent time preparing the strip maps to-
be embodied in the forthcoming VOL
ume of the Northwest Trail.
Il am inclosing herewith a couple OF
sample pages from another publica-
ton of a similar nature in order to-
Indicate to you engineer the char
acter of notes required. We draw
these notes on a scale of two miles
to the inch, but | would suggest that
your engineer furnish them to us
drawn on a scale of one mile to the
inch.
The procuring of these notes at the
present time is very essential, that is,
if this road has been finished so as
to be available for traffic during the |
summer of 1918. / would also sug- |
gest that the city of Mullan support
our publication of these notes to the
extent of assisting us in paying the
printers bill for same, in this man
ner joining with a great many others
along the route, n that you will see
fit and take from us 10 copies of these
volumes upon publication at the price
of 81 each. incidentally, in apprecia-
fjDn 0f Vnl1r cl1nnnrf uvn 1yn1y1I hal
willing to print opposite the location
of the town of Mullan a short para
graph, furnished by your chamber. of
commerce, treating with the CONNER
cial Importance of Mullan.
Yours very truly,
"A. L. WESTGARD,
Field Representative, A. A. A."
h secretary of the commercial
club was ordered to call a meeting Of
the club for Monday night, January
20, for the purpose of discussing the
matter of adopting the best and
quickest means to obtain the notes
asked for by Mr.. Westgard. and the
secretary was also instructed to write
to the county surveyor of Missoula
county to see if the notes for that
portion of the road have been sent in,
and If not, to secure a map from the
county engineer, if possible. A letter
was also mailed to Jonn H. Nord-
quist, asking for a detailed map show
ing the Mullan end of the road. 1t
is very important to the best inter-
ests of Mullan in every way that this
road appear on the maps af the new
Northwest Trail to be issued by
the association, as 1918 is the year
for the great Glidden tour of auto
mobiles, which will start from New