Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
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Travelled every section of the United
States; Col. Stephen L. H. Slocum. U. S,
A, and Pear Admiral w. A. Marshall.
L. s. n.
W c. Scott of Cleveland. Ohio. and
member of the Ohio State Automobile
Association, which is an utilization of
the A A. A. and the local club. was
Washington visitor last week. OF
course. Mr.. Scott made the trip by au-
tomobile.
President John A. Wilson of the A. A.
4. WIS one of the notable participants
In the recent ceremonies attendant upon
the parting of the marker designating
the official terminus of the Lincoln
highway in Lincoln Park, San Fran
cisco.
Seeing Maryland" is the title of a
sto-v by William Uilman. to be publish
ed in the next issue of the American
Motorist. official publication of the A
A. y. II this story brings as many
motor tourists to Maryland as did Mr.:
JIiman's Touring the Old Dominion
to Virginia. the states reception COM
nlittec can look forward to an extreme
iy busy season
Touring the Old Dominion brought
thousands of motorists into Virginia
from every section of the United
A. Headquarters for information not
given in .he story. and proved a boon
generally to the commercial interests
of the state.
Seeing Maryland" entertainingiy teils
OF a motor tour TO every section of the
state and it perhaps. the best story
ever written by Mr.. Ullman. It is illus
trated and includes specially drawn
auto road map of Maryland
oh nf "
son incuiries for aut omobile> routes IN
the south are beginnin" to MOOD the
clubs touring bureau. During the past
week Director Ferguson routed three
members to Florida. also outlining
several pleasant tours within the stare
Two touring parties transcontlnental-
" inclined have been supplied with the
necessary data to reach southern cell
fornia via the southern route: The
clubs touring director. having pioneer
ed many of the motor trails IN the
southland and negotiated the Inotor-
wav to the Pacific via the southern
states three times is especially quail
fed to furnish information covering
this subject.
In order TO supply the ever-increaslng
demand for information regardlne road
conditions in West Virginia, Touring
Director Ferguson of the national
headquarters of the A. A a. and d.
rector Hemstreet of the New YORK
Office recently made trali- oial.ns
trip into those sections of the state
concerning which road data has been
rather meager Subsequent trips are
planned. at the CONCLUSION OF "htcn
the data gathered Will De conplied ioi
the benefit of motorists desiring TO
tour the state. 1t is expected tnat
before the next touring season roiis
around Mr.. Ferguson will nave Gov
cred all of the uneXp!ored anu uh-
marked sections of the surrounding
country, thereby placing within easy
reach of local motorists a large store
of comprehensive touring informa 1loh
on which they can draw as frequently
as necessary.
Reciprocity between the province OF
Ontario and New York state, "nlch wou
practically mean between Ontar1o ana Tue
entire United States. is not likely to De
possibility until after the present Euro
pean war is concluded, according 10 cor
respondence which Chairman Rfchard n.
7 ee of the A A A. legislative board mas
had with Secretary Treasurer W. u.
Robertson of the Ontario Motor League
Provincial Secretary Hanna OF ontario
whose department has charge OF the regis,
tration of automobiles, has been opposed
10 international reciprocal relations
When this year he turned dear ear 10
the plea of the Ontario motorists, deis
cation of the latter waited upon w n
Hearst. the premier OF the province,
given cordial reception. subsequently
the premier replied that while the subject
had been carefully considered, 1t was not
possible to grant the request, tnis year
at all events.
The explanation is that Ontario re-
ceives about 100000 in registration ices
from American motorists, and although
reciprocity would mean sum sever
times greater to the people OF the
province, the Ontario government is not
willing at this time to forego this revenue,
as a policy is being followed out which
precludes the curtailment of revenues ana
requires the imposition Of new taxes Inc
Ontario registration tax has been raised
from a 81 fee in 1914 to a horsepower
tax in 1915, which runs from Sc to s25
That an automobile club can become
power for good in it's community is evil
dent in the achievement of the Autonno-
bile Club of Seattle, one of the A A AS
hustling north Pacific affiliations. and
sister organiZat ion of the District OF
Columbia Club. In a recent review OF the
clubs activities. Secretary Frank NJ Fret
well said, in part
In 1904 few pioneer motorists Of
Seattle organized the Automobile Club of
Seattle. and all of the original incorpora-
tors of the organization, save one, are
still active members.
THE earliest work done by the organl-
cation was in the assistance rendered in
drafting the first motor vehicle code of
the state of Washington.
Undoubtedly the most pretentious ac-
tiyity of the organization was the father
ing and financing. to large extent, Of
the Pacific Highway Association. When
this road was far less known that it is
today, the Seattle motorists and few in
British Columbia stood by the parent as
sociation and enabled il to go ahead WITH
the publicity campaign which resulted in
putting the words Pacific Highway on
the tongues of hundreds Of Thousands of
residents of the Pacific coast country.
When King county, the county in which
Seattle is located. proposed to bond itself
for 100000, the club carried on the
aggressive campaign that resulted in this
stupendous sum for highway development
being voted.
The clubs activities in good roads
work have not been limited to King county.
II was a group Of Seattle men that initi-
ated a state policy of a continuous road
program almost four years ago, and now
the Evergreen state is well on its way to
a position in the fronk ranks of the good
roads states Of the Union.
During the current year the organiza-
ton became particularly active in render
ing road Information service, not only to
its members. but to all motorists who
came to Seattle. In a period of sixty
days. July 20 to September 20. total
OF :, 4e7 persons were accommodated with
road Information"