El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
Three AS Booms An-Southern
Route Through This Section

" HE publicity bureau Of tn,
American Automobile assoc
4 iatiOn. has issued the fol
lowing under the heading can
AIl-Southern TranscontinentaI Ro,1te .
Immediately after the finish of the
recent 1ndiana-Pacific tour. W. o /.
WeSISards field representative of the
american Automobile assOcia1ion
started east from Los Angeles over >
route that will be by far the longest
ana III some ways one of the most i'm
portant cross country lines. IT Rms
wa, fuma, Phoenix. Ell Paso. Forth
w orth, Dallas, Texarkana. Little Rock
Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville. Asbe-
vile, Greensboro, Richmond. washing
Ton, Baltimore and Philadelphia, to
New York.
Its publication in the spring Of 1914
VIII provide a transcontinentaI route
Ihat can be Travelled throughout the
year, and Of course would be partic1I-
Iarly sought during the winter months.
very little difficulty has been expert
enced IN framing up the route. ss long
stretches of good natural roads were
LOund IN Arizona, New Mexicon. and
1exas- In fact, the one great problem
OF the pathfinder has been to select the
one best way from the number of op-
olons ofIered at several points, notably
east Of Phoenix.
Exceptional enthusiasm has beeD
SHOWN along the line of the Southern
national TranScontinentaI Highway
Invariably Mr.. Westgard has been met
az strategic points by large deIega-
lions OF motorists and business men.
not only boosting their own section
put promising great improvements al
yer oIIlclal designation of the through
Inc Some towns and counties have
not waited for official action. but have
alieaoy made liberal appropriations for
SooQ ROADS and substantial bridges.
II IS quite probable that a large
percentage Of tourists win go To tbe
Raclf1c coast over the Au-Soutber1
1ransconunental highway during 1915
FOR the first time, the southeastern
and gulf coast states will be placed on
a completely mapped cross-country
IIne through upper Texas lower New
Mexico and Arizona into southern Cal
norma This result is forcastei by tho
1act that the A. A. A TOURING, inf5ruoa
1on board at 437 Fifth avenue. New
York CITY, has had a recOrdbreaking
GuahIty OF inquiries and advance or
ders for the all southern book due
for delivery in the spring Of 1914"
National Roads a National Necessity.
National roads are a natural result
OF the modern use of the highways
brought about by the coming Of the
motor driven vehicle, which has ad-
Vanced roads travel from its former
comparatively local character" is the
assertion of chairman George c. DiehI
OF the A A. A national good roads
board.
In the consideration of the coun-
tryWlde work carried on BY the a. A.
a Tor the million and more motorists.
We have given consideration attention
10 every phase of the subject, and re-
peatedly our deductions have taken US
10 the general proposition that the
S SItted states must be provided with a
National roads system connecting an
. snS states: continues chairman Diehl
1hls subject Will be one of the most
Important discussed at the American
road Congress in Detroit during the
week of September %. In the amor
tIohment of days the ones devoted TO
national legislation and the needs of
the roads users fell to the. A "A as
z 4,! matter OF course. while the American
1lSIWay association, of which direc-
TOT Logan Waller Page of the II s.
OlIlce OF public roads is president. as
sumed the burden of the program, CON
corning construction and fnterre1ated
Inatters. This body correlates the ef-
of - oL me general roads organizations
OF the whole country
Marked confirmation of ou- oo,
Iehllon that national roads are now
demanded IS found in the Droerese Of
eeIils IN Great Britain, which now
ie,eI mat II must do what France
i, al lleo long ago had to be done to
&c - Ioaos communication in all parts
OF the country. "a -
:, ~ measure was recently introduced
III II. me British parliament bv Lord
- i,isIey winch provides for the tax
- 80 as national roads BY the Brit
80 gu 4au board, of such roads to con-
- nc oiIIerent counties with each ]
2LileI. 1t Is expected that the bill will /
D00OHe law at the next session Of |