Evening star., 1914-03-29
TOURING BOARD LAYS
OUT ROUTES TO COAST
Three Already Selected for Trans
continental Tourists, While An
other Is Coming.

Transcontinental inquiries received by
the A. A. A. touring board indicate that
many of those who have in mind d jour
ney TO the Pacific coast in 1915 will jour-
ney westward over one route and return
by different one. While 1914 will see
a greater number of cross-country traV-
elers than in lJ1:i, the total in 1919 prom
ses TO he surprisingly numerous and war
rants Chairman Frank y. Mudd of the
touring board to predict that American
interstate travel from this time on will
count largely in vacation periods Of many
people who have been in the habit OF
wearing out tires on foreign highways.
In preparing for comprehensive trans
continental service the touring depart
nent of the national organization of au-
tomobilists has added to its material
until there are now available three com
plete routes. with a fourth to be added
in the spring of 1919. OF these the over
land trail is for about 95 per cent of the
way the route of the Lincoln highway,
which will attract large amount Of the
cross-country travel.
The fouth new route will start east
from Los Angeles and is by far the long
est of the cross-country lines, being via
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Dallas. TeXarkana. Little Rock. Mem
phs. Nashville. Knoxville Asheville,
Greensboro. Richmond. Washington. Bal
timore and Philadelphia TO New York.
This transcontinental route will be avail
able throughout the year. Very little diff
ficulty was experienced in its framing as
long stretches of good natural roads
We're found in Arizona. New Mexico and
Texas. In fact the one great problem OF
the A. A. A. pathfinder was to select the
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tions offered at several points. notably
east of Phoenix. For the first time the
southwestern and gulf states will be
placed on a through line across lower
Arizona. New Mexico and upper Texas.
The Trail to Sunset"
The pioneer big route between Chicago
and the Pacific coast was the Trail to
Sunset" This quickly made clear that
for the San Francisco and San Diego ex-
hibitions in 1915 there would be a great
call for other routes. reaching the Pa
cifc northwest as well central and
southern California 1t was therefore de-
cided by the \. \. \. in the early sum
mer of 1872 to undertake the mapping OF
three complete lines in one season. =,
Starting in June. the northern route
cago, St Paul. Minneapolis Fargo. Bis
marck. Butte. Nissoula and Spokane to
Seattle was covered. The Northwest
Trail was the first to give details across
the continent by the northern route. and
10 supply specific information, including
mileages. for reaching Yellowstone Park
from the north or Glacier Park from the
south. Equally complete notes were then
taken from Seattle through Tacoma,
Poi tland and Sacramento to San ran
cisco.
Immediately afterward the Overland
trail was Travelled from San Francisco
through Sacramento. Carson City. Reno,
Salt Lake City. Cheyenne. Omaha, Chi
cago. Cleveland. Erie. jamestown, Elmira,
Binghamton and Kingston TO New York.
The third line was laid down TO Los
Angeles via Philadelphia. Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh. Columbus. indianapolis. st.
Louis. Kansas City. Denver. Salt Lake
City, Ely and Goldfeld. No date has
been set for the publication of these
notes. due principally to road conditions
in western Colorado and eastern Utah,
which will doubtless be improved before
the spring of 1915.