The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-28
.Sinoe April First Last an Av-
erage of Twenty Transcon-
tinental Cars Have Passed
Through Each Day.
FIGURES SHOW THAT
TOTAL Is
Every Line of Retail Business
Gets Cash Benefit From
Rapidly Increasing Number
of Motor Tourists.

During the SKINNER OF 1915 the
business men o: Albuquerque will be
enriched something like tso,OOo from
auto transcontncntaI tourists who
pass through this city ca route from
ocean to ocean. These figures are
based on conservative estimates ui
local garage pro9rletoIs and hotel men
and the amount may even exceed thia
figure before the SNOW starts TO iall.
closing the Atlantic % Pacific high.
way over the ora Trails and Ocean
to-Occan highways.
since April ! there mas been an av-
eruge OF about twenty tranacontincnt-
al automobiles pas Through this city
each day en- route 20 the eXpositiunH
az San Diego and Snn Francisco or re-
turning eastward from California anu
other Pacific coast states. According
tu these ligures there viii have passed
through this city from April to No
yembcr over i2UO machines. This in
cldca both the tourists who remain
ovcrniEht "a hotels and lodging huuscs
aud those who spend their uight in
tho open" with a EN- for shelter
A. majority of the auto tourists who.
drive Through this city o'not remain
AT the hotels but pilot their machine
TO the suburbs OF surrounding country
and cook their supper over a camp.
fire M sleep on their cots In thclr
tent.
The American Automobile associa-
ton has figured that q tourius party
spends on an average of from $40 Co
$50 a day. Hasing the figure on SO
"a day the business men Of this citt
Will have received approximately
s10.001 from the motorists this SUM
mer. This money Is spent a. many
different ways. The tourists general
y nIl their machines with oil and
sasoline az the local garages during
their trips. Many ~ them stop at the
leading hotels over ulght some
] spending "a day or two In the city Co
make the side trips, others eat al
restaurants. practically All oi tEcm
have laundry washed ot tae local
iuundrios. stll others have repairs
made. scores of them rcpleuish their
wardrobe a. the local department and
other stores. while the tourist who
spends his NIGHTS in "tho OPEN and
does his cooking over camp fires buys
large stocks 90 groceries and other
catables from the local merchants
Albuquerque is the largest city ON
tho chain OF tranacoutiacutal high-
ways that pass through here from
Colorado Go California. This is One Ui
the principal rpason why the ocean
to-oCvau tourist remains J day 90 two
here. They catch "a breath OF GO city,
are afforded ~umus,mcnts. are given
an opportunity 10 visit modern stores
where an thc latest in STYLES and 90. h.
ions are carried and can got "a good
room % ID hotel and Ju excellent meal.
The city Of Albuquerque is ono uf tho
best advertised cities 81 any un thc
] great trlnscontluontal highways. %
hIs many other attractions to a..
tourist The Pueblo Indians ere q
Fnovolty to the mutorist and they are
tho redskins best customers Doe buy.
ing relies. blankets aud other triuk.
cts. Then there is Odd Town, found.
ed in the long ago, and other point'
oi grcat interest, especially to The
easIernor.
Last year. according 90 estimates
There were less than 1000 automu.
bile tourists who drove through Al
-huqucrIue. But this year the Cliifor.
NNNA NNNH|NNN'|N. wv N''HN NNANI
this number on ul tho tru%nsouutiucut
al highways. Tho tourists who cam,
over the historic Ola Trails ruutl
were surprised 10 TINA the oAccllcn
roads. the picturesque scenery an,
the Indian villages, buried cities. r,
dwellings and similar attractions tina
take one back centuries boz the his
tory OF the north American CONT
ncnt. These tourists have spread IN.
gospel oi good roads eastward on thCi
return uud tho interCstiug sight
b along the Old Trails uur ocean q
ocean highways For this rengu
there are good REASONS Co believe tina
next year, although the exposition
Will Dee over, there viii be- no docrons
iu the numno of tfan|scuutiucutl
tourists passing through tins city bu
u marked increase may result