The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
US. IS WORLDS
TOURING GROUND
European War Has That Ef-
feet on Future. Says
Roy ID. Chaplin.
HISTORY. SCENERY HERE



,eH HirhUdy Association. chairman.
Cood Eodds Committee. National Auto
robI, chamber o. Commerce mem Der.
Adfi,oty Good Rodds Committee. A inert.
,og automobile Assoc iotion director,
Mailman Sfouc Good Roads Association -:
ptcs d,rt. Hudson Motor Car com pdnv.
Those Americans who annually en-
b1tkcd on their pilgrmages to the shrines
o. Europe must now. for a few years at
least. forego these tours because OF the
reconstruction period that must follow
mi. great war. The recovery from the
rhysical damages caused must he slow
and unhampered by the casual sight
seeing tourist. Roads long the pride of
France. Belgium, Germany and the low
lands. because OF the excessive use made
OF them In the quick haulage OF heavy
artillery, cavalry and the heavily loaded
tractors and motor trucks, must be re-
constructed.
The early work Of rees IA blishment
must he that of agriculture. manufac-
turc and shipping. These activities will
Of necessity defer the work OF highway
reconstruction and the restoration OF
bridges. so many OF which have already
been completely demolished. The hotels
will be long in recovering from the
effects Of assault and footing. The men
and the means for these great works will
both be lacking. The liners, whether
home or foreign owned. will be SO handi.
capped by the shipment OF foodstuffs.
woollens, cottons, machinery and neces-
ties that little thought will be given to
the comfort OF tourists or space In cargo
holds given over TO the carrying Of motor
cars for casual American tourists
when the druid temples OF England
al.
Arizona were antique. When the castles
of the Rhine and England we're being
built tho homes of the cliff jewellers
and the defences of the mound builders
Of Ohio and Missouri were overgrown
with the vegetation of ages. Not even
the Alps can give such mountain scenery
as the Rockies. the Sicrras or the Cas-
cades Where In all Europe are such
natural wonders as are to be found in
Yellowstone or Yosemite park or the
Grand Canyon OF Arizona? Such natu-
raj grottoes AS Luray In Virginia and
Mammoth Cave are unknown anywhere
in Europe.
Surely the halowed fields of Gettys-
burg and Antetam must thrill the soul
aud stir the emotions deeper than
Waterloo or Liege. What greater honor
than a visit to the scene of Gen. Gus
ter's stand on the Little Big Horn?
Surely the scenes made famous by
Fremont. a Crockett. a Houston. must
pull against those OF a Napoleon or
Bismarck The one possesses no more
historic interest nor deeper significance
than the other. They all marked epochs
~ civilizations advance.
The moors and fens OF Montauk Point.
J. l.. are ~ Scotch as any shot over
b. the sportsman. The trout and salmon
fshi'g of the cold streams OF the
rH~kies and the Columbia River offer
Possibilities TO tho angler that are not
20 'e equalled elsewhere the world over.
Tho roads, While we have been
ewing England. France. Germany and
I,aly their wonderful arteries of high
r'r travel, the improvement at home
be gone on apscc. Many agencies have
'"'0 AZ work. states and counties
: orrhou; the length ard breadth of
t. and have awakened from the sleep
O. tn''hy and are doing in true Ameri-
can spirit each It's part-wonderful work
Of Improvement and in many instances
permanent as TO character. BY perma-
mont * meant roads OF concrete with
hrrS surface. Ii is gratifying to OBJ
serve the miles upon miles of roads Of
this character which have been built in
the past four or Eve years and to note
that during 1914 hundreds OF miles OF
tuch are being built.
Tho mileage during 1915 will be equal
70 the total OF four preceding years.
Nowhere else in the world will the
tourist md Il road, continuous and con-
nected OF length equallng our own
Lincoln Highway. No road or series
o. roads present such varied scenery
or possess such true historical interest.
Between New York on the Atlantic sea-
board and san Francisco on the Golden
Gate there opens a vista of hll. dale,
plain and mountain.
How many Americans who can speak
familiarlv Of objective points in Europe
have visited the Old Dominion How
many have gone to Yorktown, James,
town or Williamsburg, m de famous
~ the illus,rious Washington How
many have visited the early haunts Of
Warrington. sat in his pew In the old
church and begged a cutting from the
Ivy which clothes It's walls"
The seeker fer health and rejuvena-
ton at the world famous springs and
baths az Baden, Nauheim and Carlsbad
must reconcile himself to the equally
eficlent and beneficial treatment OF
Mount Clemens. Mich. Hot Springs,
va, ar French Lick Springs. Ind, all
~ which are calculated to restore health
and vlgor and all OF which he may
reach IN comfort by train or motor
Where hut on the southern Atlantic or
california Pacific seabodrds can be
found year round surf bathing with
Injuries and comforts equal to Ostend
o. along the Riviera?
y number Of routes along the thou
sands Of miles between the East and
the West Offer themselves for the Sc
lection OF the tourist. whether his tour
D" l"isur".v or hurried n time ls.-~n
element and he he hurried the trip
nom New York 10 san Francisco can
D" made In twenty days. but with little
egdgd FOR the scenes and pleasure en-
route Such a "trip would naturally he
Over ~" Lincoln highway. which to-day
j. considered the main artery OF local
and long distance travel by highway.
"trip 30 chosen would take the tourist
" rum owe" ~. "Old Plank r0ad" inow
w." I'm" IA 'Wty), crossing the Jersey
'"1' 'Ns between Jersey City and New
''' ~" distance from Newark to
"'rnt, via Trenton, Is over
u. ~ ruole N connected and highly
'.'. 'u. made famous during the Con-
wars West ~ Philadelphia and
fro n.tshuIg every foot OF the road
.o'.r, mad" M in part ofs Brad
trail the Lancaster Pike. Kings
' - ''. ard over tue trails and roads
.' "'- ed ,u tI'u by the Indians. the
MT. settlers, the British redcoats. the
N'd bun uniformed Continental
"- "nd ter, but in close succession,
' great armies OF the South and
.' Np.'h.
Between pittsburg and Chicago the
% Lincoln Memorial road traverses
.''I- and roads made famous during
am at in m