The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-08-07
AUTO RUN FROM BATON ROUGE

AUTO RUN FROM BATON ROUGE.
Tourists to Pass Through This City
En- Route to New Orleans.
An automobile tour. from Baton
RoEage to New Orl,2a;ins and return, via
the west bank of IiS river going down
and the east side coming back, will be
run Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4 and
5, under the auspices of the Baton
Rouge Chamber Of Commerce. It
will be trade extension and good
roads boosting trip, and at the same
time will afford an opportunity to
see beautiful section Of Louisiana
under delightful conditions.
The tourists will begin crossing
the river at Baton Rouge on the 5
o'clock trip of the ferry Saturday
morning, Sept. 4, and will be started
in sections from Port Allen at inter
walls of two minutes apart. a short
stop will be made at Plaquemiffe.
Breakfast will be served at thu
Hotel Donaldson, in this city, begin
ming at $50 am. Rooms at the ho-
tel for the convenience of the mem
bers of the party will be provided.
Leaving Donaldsonville at 9:l5 a,
M, run will be made to Napoleon
vile down the east side Of Bayou La
fourche, returning on the west side,
with a Commute stop in the Assump-
ton metropolis.
Cars will leave Donaldsonville for
New Orleans at about 1850 a. M,
and will make short stops at ST.
James, Vacherie, Edgard and Hahn
vile, arriving at Gretna at about 4
p. m. A committee of the New Orle-
ans Automobile Association will meet
the tourists at several ferries at New
Orleans and will escort them to the
Monteleone Hotel, where an informal
reception will be held.
The return trip will be made Sun
day, Sept. 5, starting from the DeSoto
Hotel in New Orleans at / a. m. The
route will follow the east bank of the
river to the Geismar lane, thence
across country to the model road ex-
tending from Hope Villa to Baton
Rouge.
A trip over the first lap Of the tour
was made recently by a scout car
owned and piloted by W. NJ. Barrow,
chairman of the special committee in
charge of the arrangements for the
run. Other members of the commit
tee who went along were President
Payne Breazeale, Secretary G. Al.
Waterman and L. Fl. Grandjean.
Leaving Baton Rouge on the 6
o'clock ferry, the party arrived at
Donaldsonville in two hours and %
minutes from the ferry landing on the
Port Allen side. Following breakfast
here, the run to Napoleonville was
made in 40 minutes along the east
side Of the bayou. After a 20-minute
stop, 35 minutes sufficed to find the
auto on the ferry at Dona1dsonville.
Leaving the ferry at 11:18 at DarroW,
on the east side Of the river, and pro-
ceeding via Geismar, DutchtoWn and
the Manchac bridge, the auto turned
into the model road az 1910,
and reached the city limits of Baton
Rouge 27 minutes later, at /: :07 p. m.
Distance, 117.4 miles to city linn
it's Running time, 5 hours and 26
minutes. Gasoline consumed, seven
gallons. Average distance per gallon
Of gasoline, 1917 miles. Average
time made, 21.6 miles per hour. High
est speed indicated at any time, 20
miles. Slowest speed at any time for
a mile continuously, 10 miles.
The log Of the trip shows some in
teresting statistics, as follows:
Pavement Travelled, I'd miles; oiled
gravel road, Z miles; unoiled gravel,
55.8 miles; dirt road that was good or
better than good, 27.3 miles; dirt road
that was less than fair or only fair,
24.9 miles.
Gasoline consumption on west side
OF river, one gallon per Is miles; on
east side of river, one gallon per is
miles.
Average time made on west side of
river, 22.13 miles per hour.
Average time on east side Of river,
20.4 miles per hour.
Distances were determined as fol-
lows:
Ferry at Port Allen to West Baton
Rouge-Iberville line, where gravel be-
gins on west side, 1913 miles.
Dirt and gravel, Port Allen to
bridge at Donaldsonville: Dirt road,
21.4 miles; gravel, 25.2 miles.
T. & P. station via east side bayou
to bridge at Napoleonville: Dirt road,
SO miles; gravel road, go miles.
Assumption courthouse via west
side bayou to bridge at Donaldson
vile, 15.9 miles gravel, no dirt.
Darrow via river road, Gelsmar,
Dutchtown and Manchac bridge to
the model road, 24.9 miles of dirt.
Thence to Baton Rouge city limits,
12.1 miles of gravel, of which seven
are oiled.
Jos. W. George of Yazoo City,
son Of the late United States Sena-
tor George, has been appointed by
President Wilson United States at.
torney for the southern district Of
Mississippi.