| Show P P 0 0 LOGGING and travelers left new york city july 18 and will arrive in los angeles on schedule time au august t 11 at the annual meeting of the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway association held at st joseph mo blo feb b Z 21 1927 it was unanimously voted OM by the delegates to the national meeting that an official logging survey and publicity tour should be made by the officials over the entire P P 0 0 hy route and its branches from bew new york city to los angeles angele during the summer months july and august it was deemed necessary that such a tour be made as it had been ten years since such a tour had been made and then only from indiana west to the pacific terminal in april 1915 1911 P a sociability s oc ability tour 0 u r was started from fro m colorado springs colo by officials of the P P 0 0 hy which wass was conducted as far east as central indiana this was the first tour authorized since the organization of the P P 0 0 hy in feb 1913 the party left new york city monday july at 9 a in and has schedule time all the way with the exception of ouray colo where they were delayed on account of flood conditions however the delay was for only two hours due to the state highway department giving assistance by attaching a cata pillar tractor and taking the party over an old trail over the mountain in the party are H D judson general manager of the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway association st joseph mo alo miss bliss elsie A advertising manager for the association st joseph mo alo mr L S stubbs representing the mayor of st joseph mo blo mr E W long director of the ohio division of the association cadiz ohio and harry W graham director of the Alis missouri division vision secretary of the chillicothe Chilli missouri chamber of commerce and acting publicity manager for the tour E C dufford director of the utah division green river utah and dr A J lewis and wife salina utah the party has been received cordially all along the route since leavia leaving ng new york city by chambers of commerce good roads committees lyons kiwanis and rotary clubs and other organizations at jacksonville ill a thousand people with a 54 piece uniformed band and aviators doing stunts in the air received the tourists through new jersey pennsylvania and illinois the state highway departments part ments rendered valuable assistance by having the patrolmen on motorcycles tor cycles escort esco rt the party across each state I 1 great interest has been shown in the highway by all towns and cities arid and this tour will give great publicity i to the route and will attract much traffic graffi c to the route from the publicity that has been gained in respect to its short mileage low passes over the mountains and its scenic and historical attractions two iwo definite objectives are in mind in in making this t transcontinental trans rans continental tour first to secure accurate mileage froni from new york to los angeles to get the length and location of the various arious types of improved road and tile the length and location of the poor eror unimproved road sections and to determine the length of time actually required to make the trip over the entire highway audits arid aAd its branches ih a comfortable manner carrying in mind all the traffic laws of the various states stater cities and villages so as to carefully observe them the next item and object of the trip is to bring to the attention of the millions of newspaper and magazine readers through stories concerning the tour the facts that the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway is the direct shortest and most scenic route across the united states As these 1 facts fact are collected from day to day as the tour progresses they will be given the daily press together with other interesting facts and incidents that may occur along on the trip since its organization the officials of the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway have laid claims to the following owing statements it is the shortest route from new york to los angeles it avoids congestion con jestion of the large cities it has the finest mountain passes its grades are easy and alignment is direct its historic shrines all along the route are unsurpassed it is dependable as to maintenance its tourists camps are the best its hotels and garages are up to date with conveniences and courteous accommodations accommodation and at fair prices it is well marked by letter of number all the way it is per cent hard surfaced I 1 from new york to sheldina shelbina Sh Sli elbina missouri it is better than CO 60 per cent hard surface from shelbina sheldina Sh elbina to los angeles it is the ideal highway either cither for military commercial or social use as a glanie glance at the united states map will reveal its the midway mid way it tf is the backbone back bone of the entire system of national highways it follows closely the fortieth parallel of latitude centrally located be continued on page 8 9 P P 0 0 logging and touring party visits richfield continued from page 1 tween the northern and southern tiers of states it passes through fourteen states and more than cities towns and villages and yet it does not pass through congested streets of the large cities though it goes near enough that the tourist may enter if desired there are more than in inhabitants in the ninety three counties through which it passes it is the way of america i in n re reality aliby a term that has very fittingly been applied to it extending from sevier utah the grand canyon branch of the P P 0 0 highway affords access to five of the outstanding scenic marvels of america cedar cedmir breaks bryce canyon zion national park kaibab forest and the north rim of the grand canyon these attractions may all be see seen n within but a few days tin this s area is is without rival in the world pikes peak ocean to ocean highway is without a rival in the world pikes peak ocean to ocean highway is the only transcontinental route from which this section may be visited except by making a trip of four hundred or pr more miles As to the condition of the roads over the P P 0 0 route from new ne w york to los angeles angele s the follows following n statistics have been compiled concrete roads miles erick brick roads 1261 miles bituminous alca dam miles bituminous concrete 1605 miles grovel gravel roads miles dirt roads miles |
