Evening star., 1925-08-17
VACATION
PERIOD FORESEEN
Money Expended Present
Season by Tourists ESti-
mated at So, 500, 900, 900.
BY j. c. ROYLE.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE Vaca-
tion season this year is going TO be
longer than ever before. The time
when Labor day marked the end OF
the Summer excursions is past. AS
result, conservative estimates com
pleted today place the amount that the
automobile tourists alone will spend
this season at $1,000, 100000. This fig
ure is reached as a result of survey
by highway authorities.
Where four automobiles toured from
one State to another in 1924 five are
on the road this year. Wisconsin
authorities, after a careful check, de-
clare that one out of every seven cars
on the highways today is from other
States. This average is closely main
tained in other commonwealths, and
takes no account of tourists making
real excursions within their own
States. There are a score Of States
where a resident can tour for days
without getting beyond its boundaries.
Estimate. for Pleasure Outing.
At least 5000, 900 of the cars now in
commission will devote a part of the
time this Summer, an average of IL
days, to pleasure outings. They viii
carry a grand average of 8 23 per
sons each. Each party will surely
spend an average of at least SO a
day.
This advance in automobile vaca-
tioning is due to several factors. The
most notable is better roads. a few
years ago a heavy rain closed the ma
jority of highways in most sections of
tourist traffic. Now nearly every dis
trict is traversed by "all-weather"
roads. The vogue Of the closed car
has had its bearing. Trippers are 10
longer discouraged by prospects of bad
weather.
A countrywide slSUey shows con-
clusively that the States securing the
greatest volume of tourist traffic are
those which have built the best roads.
The great scenic wonders, such as the
national parks, will draw over 1900, 900
sightseers, but there is not a State
which has not its own points of scenic
and historic interest.
Money Spent ON Highways.
In view Of these facts. it is not sur
priSing to learn that at least 81 1,00O,-
600 900 will be spent in 1925 in build
ing and repairing highways. Con
tracts for 3 .483 miles of rural concrete
paved roads were let before the mid
year. which, with the 1885 miles un-
completed from 1924, gives 5,43S miles
now under way.
simple to show. About 81 ,o00.000.o 600
will he spent on them. About $4,000
600. 900 will be spent by tourists. The
margin Of profit to the business men
and merchants of the States in which
! the greater portion OF this Summer
viii be spent is obvious
/ However. the 5000 miles of paved
rural road built IN 1924 was not suf-
| ficient to give parking space to the
: ~ n hat
II Is probable this will be true of 1925
also. Parking is growing to be a
greater problem daily.
Rochester is starting an innovation
in connection with the parking prob
lem. Plans have been drawn for the
first Office building in that city with
accommodations for parking tenants
automobiles.
SiNteen-Story Structure.
The structure will be 16-story
ramp garage and Office building to
cost about $1,000 located over
Rochester's subway. the basis for
which is the old Erie Canal.
The base of the building will be
6-stOry garage building. which will
accommodate 500 cars. Above this viii
be a 1o-story tower divided into $50
Offices. The construction Of this edifice
viii be followed by the building OF two
other similar structures in other sec
tions Of the city. The total cost will
be around 81 100000
Illinois now is leading in the mile
age of rural roads under construction
with a total of 853. Pennsylvania and
| New York follow closely behind. while
| Missouri is leading the States west of
| the Mississippi River. In the South,
North Carolina is especially active
with y total pf Hi5 y11ilpS 1rrJp,- s1r1-
| StruCtiOn.