Show ROAD BUILDING TOURIST BUSINESS GROWING RAPIDLY Because the American people have baYe almost over over night developed Into a nation on wheels the he Tourist business has hall bec me one of the r really big Industries In In- of the country In fact there are more automobiles In th the United States State than there are telephones and that people are getting the habit of using their cars for sight-seeing sight purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses Is proved by th the reports from various scenic centers Wealth In quantity is spent where the tourists g go It Is la n n I spot spot cash proposition and If positive figures could be secured asto e the amount of money spent every year by motor tourists the total would undoubtedly be surprising Take California for example This state has grown to be bethe bethe betho the tho wealthy commonwealth It now Is largely because of at a farsIghted plan laid out some years ago for attracting tourist t traffic c to th the state and then holding It Prior to th the San Diego and San Francisco expositions Cali expositions Call CaU- fornia laid a n great mileage of concrete boulevard fifteen feet wide and ond four Inches thick The state engineers knew at nt the time that the roads w weren't rent thick enough to hold the fu fu- ture heavy traffic trade and so 80 officially termed the pa et pavement ent c concrete planning later to put on a top sur Bur face In 1015 15 the state stale laid 1 75 miles of this road Today Tollay California has about miles of permanent concrete con conCrete crete road to delight the tourist What this good roads pr program program gra u meant to California Is shown by the records of the various tourist tourist bureaus The California State Automobile association association association tion estimates that there were approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately to tourists during daring y Y n aw H a 4 He 1 I. I gar 1 ti V x V t 1 R s Scene Scena Along the Hudson Hudon River 11 1023 3 who spent an nn average of 10 per day per person during an average n stay of thirty days This would place the total of new money put Into circulation circulation cir clr cir cir- In California by tourists In one year rear at about Th There re has been a steady Increase In motor tourists during the past few years In 1020 but motor tourist cars entered entered en en- the state This Increased to In 1021 and to 1 In 1023 1923 The state of Washington with Its one thousand miles of concrete roads Is also niso coming Coining In for tor Its share of tourists The Seattle chamber of commerce commerce com com- merce states that In the month of at June this year cars from thirty American states Alaska Hawaii and other places entered Blaine on the way to British Columbia In 1023 some curs cars registered for entry Last Dominion year the Dominion DOI parks branch Ottawa Ottawa Ot Ot- Ot tawa Canada estimated tourist traffic In Canada woe woi In n Colorado ther sere ere G campers In the u. u n. n camps of the state In 1023 1923 The state of own Iowa hn has over tourist camps at various towns lawns and cities each cities each attracting Its quota of motor wanderers On August 13 the tourist welcome bureau of Milwaukee Wis registered TOO motor tourists which Is estimated at ani only about sixth one of those passIn passing pass pass- In ing through The tourist business In Inthis Inthis this state slate Is regarded so highly that hay boy scouts patrol the highways lead lead- leading ing Into Milwaukee acting as guides Tor or or the Incoming tourists Wisconsin Is 19 esp especially attractive to the motor gypsy because of Its 1700 miles miles' of concrete highway hIgh way and Its fine tine system tem tern of road marking The 2500 OO miles of concrete In New fork fork- state fork has also been a n drawing card ard for motorists ts It Is estimated that In the Finger lakes region alone over motorists passed through last on an average of 10 each per day The principal attraction at at- attraction traction there Is II scenery and good roads The thirty chambers of comm commerce commerce com com- m merce merce In In the Finger Lakes association association tion which was wu formed five years go ago took active part In having approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately worth of hard- hard surfaced roads put on the construction program for tor the next few years |