Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-10
Unprecented Bush. of Northern
Tourists to Visit Resorts
and Camps.
$4,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY
War Demands for Good Roads
Has Given Stimulus TO
Building.
tBy GEORGE w. SUTTON. JrJ
Editor OF Motor Life"

In spite of wnr. In spite Of tremen-
uuus Increase In taxation there Ia
more touring to southern resorts this
year than ever before since the motor
yI came and enabled man to-seek far
distant delights at his own sweet
pleasure ~ TO time, cost and compan-
..us
Mlny millions OF dollars have been
spent improving the highways which
I,,a froG the northern land OF bliz-
ards, Influenza and coal bills to..ihe
nimy nnd OF the Seminole. madTfa-
.nuu, hy the late lamented Ponce de
I.uu
iiut an these dollars viii come back
many uues multiplied into the pock-
.f- of southern taxpayers In direct
rIuo win the amount Of progress they
have shown In road building. The
rrr.iarU motorist ls n generous
'p-u lrr lie win patronize the hotels,
garages and other industries In the
localities where good roads abound
N,d Doc viii shun the territories where
the shuutsighedness OF the inhabitants
makes him so bouncing over wretched
highways.
southern roads are not yet all they
lolIj be-. but .cyeral OF them are In
Hgh .'rdstion hat the northern mo-
'0rs' Hho does not vote the trip from
..ar is indeed hard TO please.
new volume OF the Automobile
Blue Book has Just appeared and con
ms minute directions for covering
r"" southern part OF our country. II
the new volume which contains
accurate and detailed running direc-
ipu, FOR over $4,000 miles OF motor
ads through Virginia, - Tennessee.
Georgia, North and South Carolina
Alabama, Mississippi and Florida This
particularly opportune at this time
NNrn ncle Sam has quartered a large
r'rcentage OF his fighting men In the
territory below the Mason Dixon line
While the Automobile Blue Book
r,'rlc have published this volume for
flmu Years tnis Is really the first
time that the southern roads have
been charted. The 1917 volume, the
most up-tO-datc volume until now,
nj Wruins directions for only about
600 miles OF roads. The 1915 vol
Hma has running directions fos over
GOO niles. more than double Of last
I'I and shows the voutes 20 every
camp In the southern district From
N'p pages laSt"year the new volume
N1s grown to .26O in the new edition
Among some of the new features o.
'u.s newest number OF the Blue Book
1W.N Is the addition OF descriptive
Nr'ct history Of che territory; better
HHd more complete route matter.
.l's NJ historic and scenic interest
r'srr,brj AZ bottom OF the pages; new
pi.u' maps NJ Washington and env.
ronmynls and OF practically ali Of
Florida
old National Highway.
The only notable north and south
highway project which did not have
Ml1m FOR It's terminus was the old
National highway which aimed to
connect. hy good road. New York
+i'I ana Atlanta. Ga. Nearly decade
has elapsed since It's incipiency, but
hlIe enough paper has been used in
writing about 1t TO cover its 2,l00
niles OF surface, II is still only partly
finished, and motor travel over It's
rH''re length Is only spasmodic aud
I'ifcguanL Much. too. has heen writ
..I about the newer Dixie highway
g. Hu Chicago, 10 Miami. No small
part OF the difficulties travel on the
'.Nlo highway row offers is due to
'H" construction work which was be-
tnu and delayed in completion by eN-
'rsslfc Wet weather, Many counties
DO tennessee. northern Alabama and
sections OF Georgia have newly graded
H1ds which they have not had time
.H surface and which are somewhat
I1'd"r TO travel than they were before
J."v were improved Hetween Nash
.'I' and Chattanooga, however, II is
H'nl better 10 go 81 miles out of the
way through Huntsville, Ala,
THE third aud best route to Florida
nom The north Is designated as the
NN1nNr highway This route is i'm
proved Tor practically the entire dis
9lcf from Quebec and Miami; the
NN remaining stretch of almost Inn
p1ssable road In Virginia has been re
pared and It's open TO travel The
hopd Namsic swamp, that section OF
,ht lutd between Washington and
itacrickshurg, which was very poor
'' best and impassable at times last
spring. has been rebuilt and is now
ready Tor travel. The grade has been
l'N"d and the road is now equal to
''} t.'ng the route
Ter leaving Richmond, twenty
0"''s of rough and worn road is en-
'.4Hlcred, and TO save jouncing II
he well 20 make inquiry as TO
HH' lher the route past Chesterfield
Nhrt House Is not likely to hs better.
.'tsh five miles further From Ra-
USE the new sSad TO Pinehurst via
"'i'rl has been connected and saves
s t"ty-three miles over the old
.., ,'leVilie route. At Savannah the
.A'rh motorist comes TO the sea
' -c's out on the long trip to Jack
'tc, crossing the six mile railroad
Ns' over the Altamaha on a flat
mere are some who will elect to goI
New York southwaId via the
N'Nldah valley. in which case they
come through Easton, Reading
'''i TsAbus then through Gettys-
g ana 'ilagerstowh TO Winchester.
N point may also be reached over
roads from either Washing
| baltimore From Roanoke the
are llheiv to be difficult. which
r.... "tN he goes, lat probably the
,.rs, elcaDle itinerary is through
thsro ma Knoxville to Chattanooga.
ts, i'Nhng the Dixie highway. One
''h lirect % Jacksonville from