The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-29
INTERSTATE TRAVEL
| TO COUNT LARGELY
MANY WILL JOURNEY WEST
WARD AND RETURN BY DIFF
FERENT ITINERARY.

Transcontinental inquiries received
by the A. A. A. touring board indi-
cate that many Of those who have
In mind a journey to the Pacific coast
In 1915 will journey westward over
one route and return by a different
itinerary. While 1914 will see
greater number of cross-country trav-
elers than in 1913, the total in 1915
promises to be surprisingly numerous
and warrants Chairman Frank x.
Mudd of the touring board. to pre-
dict that American interstate travel
from this time on will count largely
| In vacation periods of many people
who have been in the habit of wear
Ing out tires on foreign highways.
In preparing for a comprehensive
transcontinental service. the touring
department of the national organiza-
ton OF utomobilists has added to
its material until there are now avail
able three complete routes. with
fourth to be added in the spring of
1915. OF these the Overland Trail
Is for about ninety-fve per cent of
the way the route of the Lincoln high
way, which will attract large
amount OF the cross-country travel.
The fourth now route will start
East from Los Angeles and is by far
the longest OF the cross-country lines.
being via Yuma, Phoenix. FL Paso.
Fort Worth, Dallas Texarkana, Lit
tie Rock. Memphis. Nashville. Knox
vile, Asheville, Greensboro. Rich
nond. Washington. Baltimore and
Philadelphia to New York. This
transconunental route viii be avail
abe throughout the year. Very lit
sie difficulty was experienced In its
framing. as long stretches OF good
natural roads were found In Arizo-
ma. New Mexico and Texas In fact.
tho one great problem OF the A. A.
A. pathfinder was 70 select the lone
bAs< way from the number OF OPP
tons offered At several points. nota-
bly, east Of Phoenix For tho first
t.mc the Southwestern and Gulf
States viii be placed on a through
line across lower Arizona. New Mex
leo and upper Texas
Tho pioneer big route between Chi
cago and the Pacific coast was the
Trail to Sunset" This quickly made
clear that for the San Francisco and
San Diego exhibitions In 1915 there
would be a great call for other routes
reaching the Pacific Northwest as
well as central and Southern Cali
the A. A. A. in the early summer of
1912 to undertake the mapping OF
three complete i!nes In one season.
Starting in June the Northern route
Through Albany. Buffalo. Cleveland.
klshicaxo, st Paul. Minneapolis. Far
go. Bismarck. Butte. Missoula and
xfnokane 10 Seattle was covered. The
Northwest Trail" was the first TO
live details across the continent by
he northern route. and TO supply
pecsfic information, including mile
kCes, for reaching Yellowstone Park
from the north or Glacier Park from
the south. Equally complete notes
were then taken from Seattle through
Tacoma. Portland and Sacramento to
San Francisco.
Immediately afterward the Over
land Trail was Travelled from San
Francisco through Sacramento, Car
son City. Reno. Salt Lake City. Chey-
enne. Omaha. Chicago. Cleveland.
Erie. jamestown, EimIra, Bingham
ton and Kingston TO New York.
The third line was laid down 10
Los Angeles via Philadelphia. Harris
burg. Pittshurg. Columbus, Indiana
polls. st. Louis. Kansas city. Denver,
Salt Lake City, Ely and Goidneld.
No date has been set for the publ
cation OF these notes. due principally
to road conditions IN Western Colo
ado and Eastern Utah, which will
pubtiess be improved before the
BRING OF 1918.