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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
3
Extra edition highlights a Tuesday release honoring Mexican highway delegates. The publication emphasizes Barstow as a center for enhanced development and cooperation with Mexican officials, framing the visit within plans for a bigger and better Barstow.
Delegates from Mexican states and officials arrive in Barstow by deluxe bus for a two night conference at the Beacon Tavern and Beacon Cafe. The gathering, part of a Pan American route study, includes Gov Francisco Elias of Sonora and Gov Frizco Lopez Cortes of Oaxaca among about twenty five delegates assessing highway needs and tourist routes along the Pacific coast.
Carl E. McStay, field secretary of the Automobile Club of Southern California, tells delegates at the International Pacific Highway Congress that auto travel into California surged from 500 daily gate entries in 1913 to 587,141 machines in 1929 with 1,525,977 passengers. He details the club’s role in mapping the National Old Trails Route from Los Angeles to Kansas City and signing roads, boosting nationwide tourism and spurring state and federal highway improvements.
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