The Washington herald., 1915-11-22
ROAD TOUR FOR
CITY AUTOISTS
Capital Motorists Journey to
Fredericksburg Today on
Good Roads Trip.
TO BE GIVEN LUNCHEON
Automobile Men Plan to Put Capital
TO BE GIVEN LUNCHEON
Automobile Men Plan to Put Capital
on Highway Between Cities of
North and South.

Members of the District Club of the
| American Automobile Association, &C.
| companied by the automobile editors OF
the Washington newspapers, will make
a trip to Fredericksburg, Va. today. The
journey has been undertaken to demon.
strate to representatives of the CONNER.
| cial interests of Washington the exact
condition of the highway between the
| Capital and Fredericksburg and TO tel
| them wherein commercial WASHINGTON
suffers through the condition of that
road
| Washington Logical Center.
The logical route for motor travel be-
tween the North and South is said to
be by way of Washington. Fredericks-
| burg and Richmond Not only it Is the
most interesting. but it is the most di-
rect, motorist DECLARE. But, because of
six and one-half miles of bad highway
between this city and Fredericksburg,
the vast amount OF automobile traffic
between the North and South doesn't
come through this city. II is directed
by touring bureaus over the Shenandoah
Valley route. many miles to the west
of the Capital.
That Washington merchants may gal,
some idea OF the extent of this motor
travel and an estimate OF what CONNER
street. who is touring director OF the A.
A. AS New York Office and who directs
thousands of motorists to the South each
year. has accepted an invitation to come
to Washington and Join this party that
he may give first-hand information on the
subject. E L. Ferguson. chief of the ma
tional touring bureau of the association.
will be another member of the party Mr.
Ferguson is in constant communication
II. NrN-
United States. many of them contem-
plating tours of this section He will
have an interesting statement to make
regarding the number of motor tourists
that will be brought to Washington II
this road is improved.
Start from Riggs Building.
Building. Fifteenth and G streets north
west. wherein are the national headquar-
tiers OF the A. A. A, at o'clock this
morning. 1t Is expected that the party
will reach Fredericksburg in time for
luncheon at the Princess Anne Hotel
where they will be the guests of the
commercial interests of Fredericksburg
Five Washington organizations, in addi-
tion to the daily newspapers. will be rep
resented, as follows:
Chamber of Commerce-Samue A.
Kimberly, John F. Slaven, Charles
Howser and Thomas Grant. Board of
Trade. Joseph NJ Stoddard, Charles w.
Fairfax and Somerset R. Waters. Retail
Merchants Association, r. p. Andrews.
NJ. A. Leese, L. NJ. Thayer and Charles
J. Columbus. Washington Hotel Mems
Association. r. S. Downs. s. A. Manuel.
Townley Mckee and Charles Q. Pattee.
A. A. A touring bureau, James A Hem
street. director. New York office; Z. l.
Ferguson, director, national bureau: NJ.
E. Lilley, The Washington Herald: How
ard Fisk and J. C. Mccarthy, the WASH
ington Star; NJ. W. Sohn, the Washing
ton Times; II. z. Duckstien, the Wash
ington Post; Harry Ward, Motor News.
and William Ullman, editor of the
American Motorist and organizer Of the
District club.