The sun., 1919-05-11
1919 BLUE BOOKS
BLAZE NEW TRAIL
a.
Many Additions to Already
Wonderful Touring Infor-
II; nation Are at Hand.

The 1919 Automobile Blue Books are
ready. The regiment Of scouts who
spend eleven months Of the year in their
cars to gather vast amounts Of data and
routings for the tour bible" report that
Americas highway system, as charted
In the new volumes, IL almost at the
half million mile mark.
Each year the mileage mounts As
tho germ spreads It's benignant epidemic,
bad roads become good roads and con-
crete winds Its way across gumbo that
never knew n road. Covering 10000
miles more than in a previous year. the
4lue Book scouts state that 1914
miles Of American highway had to be
recharted because OF road development.
The maps-and there are thousands Of
them-are completely redrafted. and the
head notes, which describe each route
from the standpoint Of road conditions,
climate and scenery. place at the dis
posal OF the motorist much information
about his trip that Is vitality important
s. OF late years special effort has been
given by the scouts to the collection of
points Of interest. These. as the reader
probably knows, make II practically i'm
possible for the Blue Book motorist to
pass through a town without knowing
what he should see. In the largest cities
interesting spots are usually of inter-
national fame, but in the smaller COM
munlties, through many Of which he
passes, the motor traveller frequently
misses points of historic and scenic in
terest through not knowing about them.
These items are second only to the route
data iself in the new tour books, num-
bering more than 100000 words Of "at-
rnosphere" concerning almost every town
Of any note In the United States.
ss Garages are listed in the general index
% that the tourist can tell at a glance
how far he is-no matter where he may
be--from the nearest gas dispensary,
accessory shop or overnight storage for
his car. Hotels are in this index. as are
service stations and repair shops.
Among other information gathered for
motorists In these new books is a. series
Of long distance tours from many CEN
tres, city street maps, attitudes of towns,
! kinds Of roads on each route. State mo-
tor laws. speed regulations. ferries on
various lakes and rivers and time tables
and rates for automobiles on ferries and
boat lines.
Nothing that will help the motorist to
make his trip pleasantly successful has
been overlooked in the 1919 Automobile
Blue Books. Whether his trip be for a
week end or transcontinental jaunt
for a month. what information he seeks
Is bound in these nine volumes of travel
help. The series Is divided into the fol-
lowing territories:
81 Vol. New York State and adjacent
Canada. including Long Island and ad-
jacent States as far as New Haven, Dan
bury and Waterbury. Conn: Pittsf1eld.
Mass; Rutland and Burlington, VT;
Cleveland. Ohio: Pittsburg. Scranton and
Delaware Water Gap. Pa; Asbury Park
= and Atlantic City. N. ].
q Vol. II.-New England and Maritime
Provinces, including Long Island. New
York city and New York State as far as
the eastern shore of the Hudson; also
Albany, Lake George and Lake Cham
plain sections, Montreal, and Quebec.
!" Vol. III.-New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland. District of Column
bia, Virginia and West Virginia, includ-
ing all main highways out of New York
city, with extension routes into southern
New York State, eastern Ohio to Canton
and Cleveland.
Vol. Iv.-Michisan, Indiana, Ohio and