Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

ist will be welcomed with open arms.
From Maine to California and from
Florida to Washington communities
are anticipating thousands of motor
lists from all sections of the United
States, who soon will be swarming
their thoroughfares. In expectation
of this, they have gone to exceptional
lengths in improving highways, pro-
viding for accommodations and i'll
general preparing for the comfort,
pleasure and convenience of the
tourist.
Cooperation has become the key
note by which the motorist is in
sured of happy trip, the most no.
ticeable part of which will be the
absence of delays and the elimina-
ton of those small details which
cause not only worry but also dis
appointment. Throughout the length
and breadth of the country persons
and agencies are cooperating to give
the tourist the most efficient service
that ever has been provided.
One of the features that is bound
to aid in making this season the most
successful of all is the increasing at
tention being given service stations.
Manufacturers of automobiles and
accessories are closely cooperating
with dealers and repair stations, so
that, no matter what type or make
of car the tourist drives, he is sure
to experience only minimum amount
of delay in securing extra parts or
having repairs made.
Another condition which will 60 to
make this seasons touring the best
ever experienced is the great total OF
new roads which have been con-
structed during the past Il months.
In every section of the country road
building was in progress last year,
and approximately $4,000 miles of
highways, many of them hard sur
faced and ali suitable for motoring,
were constructed.
Much of this mileage is through
delightful country, exhibiting the
sp1endors of nature and leading to
beauty spots which are among the
most magnificent in the world.
Scenery and historic monuments,
great cities and rustic villages, all
lend their charm TO making the mo-
tor tour perfection, and all are
reached by the splendid roads, new
and old, which cross and recross the
Nation.
In addition to the roads built last
wear, construction on a considerable
mileage of new highways is Under
way, and much of this will be COM
pleted by Midsummer. The motor
ist also will find plentitude of sec
ondary roads which are in good con-
dition.
Much of the vexation and trouble
which the motorist heretofore has
experienced in the matter of traffic
regulations in the various municipal
tiles also is being eliminated. This
always has been a troublesome Tea
ture to the strange driver and at
times has caused a considerable de-
gree of actual danger.
In many municipalities traffic reg
ulation now IS virtually the same,
fornity along certain lines has been
achieved throughout the State,
mainly through the efforts of Secre-
tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
and his conferences on street and
highway safety.
With the results of these confer
ences as a basis. State Legislatures
and municipal authorities are bring
ing about such steps in traffic
regulation that the eventual result
undoubtedly will be practical uni
formity throughout the country. A
great move toward achieving uni
forn1ity of traffic control is seen in
the acts of various State Legisla-
lures which have as their detectives
the codihcation of highway leglsla-
ton and the establishment of uni
form laws on the fundamentals of
traffic control which are enforcible
throughout the State.
With the agitation still continuing
and gaining momentum, it is expect
ed that this year will see greater and
more far-rcaching steps toward the
achievement of uniformity than any
previous twelvemonth.
In the matter of accommodations
the motorist may expect appreciate
additions looking toward his Conf
fort. The number of tourist camps
is being increased continually, and
those already existing have been pro-
vided with more adequate facilities
for the convenience of the tourist.
Those tourists who prefer hotel &C
commodations also will be well pro-
vided for in every section of the
country.
Still another service, an expanded
one, which will be of great help to
the motorist this year, is that pro-
vided by various touring agencies in
many cities and towns, where the
vacationist is able to secure expert
information regarding the condition
of roads, points of interest along the
highways, as we'll as other important
data.
Motorists also will find that this
wears tour will be greatly aided by
the corporation which individual
motorists are extending each other.
This phase of motoring is becoming
more and more manifest with growth
IN touring as whole.
The motoring public, constantly
taking on new members, is becoming
more particular as to its mode of life
while on vacation. But, no matter
how particular it may be, nor how
particular it may become, it is safe
TO say that virtually every member
OF this large army will return home
after the 1927 tour feeling that ex-
ceptional provisions had been made
toward assuring a completely enjoy
able and fully entertaining trip.
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1T required confidence i'll one IS