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Show AUTO BLUE BOOK IS READY F0RJ0UR1STS 167,103 Miles of Highway Redrafted for This New Edition. ARMY ROADS SHOWN Special Routes to All Cantonments Can-tonments Logged; Complete Com-plete Motoring Guide. That good roads development had a great impetus during 1917 is evident from a statement by the data department depart-ment of the Automobile Blue Books, : whoso experts compiled the road data 'for tho 1918 volume now ready for i"the motor tourist. Now roads, tho reconstruction of old ones and the reclamation of many '.others that wero impassable, compelled ' the redrafting of 167,103 miles of roads ! -for tho now Bluo Books. Tho magnitude of tho vast improve- lanent on these roads is better nnder- stood when it is brought to mind that I affiliation of federal and state governments gov-ernments was responsible for tho expenditure ex-penditure of almost $120,000,000 for i highwavs betterment last year. Be-ritles Be-ritles this, tho establishment of many 'national army and national guard can-ktonments can-ktonments was followed almost immediately immedi-ately tiv the construction of additional luindreds of new highways direct to f-tho camps. Special routes to all of tho cantonments canton-ments have been included in the new volumes. The logging of these roads vras in most cases made from citios : roarest to which tho camps are located, so that tho tourist who plans to visit smy of them need only take his Blue Book way to the largo city near the Cantonment, to find in tho same vol-i vol-i rnnn detailed guidanco to the camp . which has his particular interest. Tho new books total in excess of 415,-O00 415,-O00 miles of minute roads data, charts .ind maps. That graphic detail which ' tolls the motorist at what speedometer , mileage he should turn right, cross railroad, rail-road, pass stone church on left or con- tinuo straightaway past yellow school i house, is more informative than even the previous intensive effort of these I I pathfinders has mado it. Points of Interest. Points of interest notes hare been Increased threefold. Whether local beauty, historic interest or sports will induce bis spending any considerable j -part of his time in a town may readily "be learned by tho motorist long before he starts on tour by reference to this department, which is more comprehensive comprehen-sive than ever. These notes are bo ieyed that in each instance they are on the same page as that on which the route through a town is given. The maps have been completely revised. re-vised. Hundreds of now ones have been added and besides the redrafting of old ones, most of them have been enlarged, new detail added and larger area covered. cov-ered. Head notes are a feature. They summarize sum-marize in short paragraphs the kind of road, how much of it is traveled, nature of the country whether hilly, mountainous, moun-tainous, or level and which sections are difficult or impassable. They tell the motorist at a glance what the trip will probably hold in riding comfort and fuel expense, whether he will have boulevard or difficult country road to traverse. Garagos, service stations, and hotels have been classified in a special index, an evening's reference to which makes it possible for the motorist to arrange the details of all the tours he plans for the summer. And when he is touring, the location of the nearest garage, hotel or service station is always apparent ap-parent An instant's glance tells him how close he is to that one of the three which, in an exigency, he may need to reach quickly. Populations of towns, their altitude and their situation as regards scenic ot other charm are also indicated. Automobile laws and traffic regulations regula-tions of various states and cities are incorporated. They keep the traveler in constant touch with what civil and state authorities will require of him. That the work of the pathfinding crews, map and data men was most thorough, is at once apparent when one opens any of the new Blue Books, and that the compilation of information carried the organization well beyond mid-March of this year is not supris-ing supris-ing considering the results in the 1918 volumes. Ninth Volume. Volume 9, just added to the series and which last year was part of volume 8 brings the total number to eleven special territories covered for the motorist's mo-torist's guidance. The new volumes are divided as follows: fol-lows: Volume 1 New York state and adjacent Canada, including Long Island and adjacent adja-cent states as far as New Haven. Dan-bury Dan-bury and Waterbury, Conn.; Pittsfield. Mass.; Rutland and Burlington, Vt,; Cleveland. Ohio; Pittsburg, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Delaware Water Gap. Pa.; Trenton, Asbury Park and Atlantfc City, N. J. Volume 2 New England and martime provinces, including Long Island, New York City and eastern New York state as far as the eastern shore of the Hudson; Hud-son; also Albany. Lake George and Lake Chamolaln section, Montreal and Quebec. Volume 3 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District ot Columbia Colum-bia and West Virginia, including all main highways out of New York City, with extension routes into southern New York state, eastern Ohio to Canton and Cleveland and northern Virginia. Volume 4 Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, including extension routes into adjacent states and trunk-line routes across Illinois to Chicago, excepting upper peninsula of Michigan, which is included In volume 5. Volume 5 Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Iowa and Missouri, including upper peninsula of Michigan and extension routes into all adjacent states. Volume 6 The southeastern states. Including In-cluding Virginia. West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, with extension routes ipto adjacent states, including Washington, D. C, and a single trunk-line route to New York City. V Volume 7 Montana. Wyoming, Colorado. Colo-rado. New Mexico. Texas. North and South Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas. Oklahoma. Okla-homa. Arkansas and Louisiana. With extension ex-tension routes to Spokane. Salt Lake City and Phoenix, find trunk-tine routes eastward east-ward to the Mississippi river. Volume s California.. Nevada, Utah and Arizona. With extension routes into Oregon. Ore-gon. Texas and New Mexico. Volume 9 Washington. Oregon. Idaho and British Columbia. With extension routes into California, Montana and two trunk lines to Salt Lake City. Volume A New York Citv Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Blue Book. Two hundred round trips within a radius of 100 miles or New York half-day, full day, week-end and three-day three-day runs. ' Volume C Chicago Metropolitan Blue Book. Two hundred round trips within a radius of 100 miles of Chicago half-day, half-day, full day, week-end and three-day runs. |