Evening star., 1895-08-28
A BIC vel E TRIE
Wheelmen's Itinerary From New York to
This City.
About the Roads and the Points of
Interest Along the Route
Distance, 25S Miles.
From the New York Times.

and the capital city, it Is not SO important
| to go into minute details of forks and turns
in the roads as 1t Is to give an accurate
idea of the towns to be passed and the lis
tances between them. Travel through
country district and ask a native for the
way to a town at all distant, and he can
not tell you; but IL you know what the
next village is that you are to pass through
and ask him for this, he can invariably
tell you instanter.
The distance from New York to Wash
ington, of course, varies according to the
route taken, but is about 258 miles by the
shortest way that permits Of good riding.
From New York to New Brunswick N j.,
take any of the routes that have been de-
scribed In the New York Times articles
The shortest Is by way of Staten Island
taking ferry at the Battery, Landing at ol'
George and riding along left shore to Ciif-
ton, there turning right to road leading
past the Black Horse Tavern at New-Dorp
Cwhere keep lefD. and on to Amboy road
leading to Tottenville. Here cross ferry to
Perth Amboy. From this point to New
Brunswick we pass through Woodville.
Bonhamtown and Piscataway. The ROAD
is somewhat nilly and sandy as WELL so
that it can hardly be considered more than
a fair surface.
BY this route the distance from New
York to New Brunswick Is twenty-six
crossing Staten Island ferry, taking hatf
an hour. and waiting for boat at Tot
tenville as well. The second way Of reach
ing New Brunswick is by crossing the
ferry at Cortlandt or Desbrosses street and
riding across the plank road from Jersey
City to Newark. The riding is rather un-
comfortable. and 1t is as well to train to
Emmet station, Newark, by the Pennsyl-
vania road. If the tourist wishes to ride
all the way he uses the plank road. enter
ing Newark at Market street. turns left
into Broad. to Emmet and then right and
left into Freylinghuysen avenue. leading
to Elizabeth.
To Philadelphia.
From Elizabeth the route Is over fine
| macadam roads to Crawford, Westfeld.
Plainfield. Metuchen and New Brunswick;
distance from New York, thirty-eight miles.
Yhe third route is the prettiest. as well as
the longest, of them all. Ferry across 42d
street to Weehawken. cross the meadows
to Carlstadt, and ride through Rutherford
Belleville. Bloomfield Orange, South
Orange. Milburn, Springfield. Scotch Plains,
Plainf1eld and Metuchen, to New Bruins
wick; distance from New York, forty-eight
miles All these rortes join at New Bruns-
wick, having ridden twenty-six, thirty-eight
| or forty eight miles. as the case may be.
Philadelphia is sixty-two miles away,
measuring to its city hall.
The road is straight to Franklin Park.
six miles, condition good. Riding along
| from Franklin Park after descending the
| succession of hills look out for sharp turn
to left to Kingston. where turn right over
| bridges directly to Princeton. eighteen
| miles from New Brunswick. This road
from Franklin to Princeton is the only
really difficult road to ride between New
! York and Philadelphia. Leaving Princeton.
| take right fork of road to Lawrenceville,
| turning right at the old Trenton pike which
leads directly into Warren street, Trenton,
| twenty-nine miles from New Brunswick.
tracks at other end of town. Do not cross
| them, but turn right over the toll bridge
| to AIorrisville, where turn left, then right.
| into Bristol pike, using left side path
cross railroad to Closson House, where
| turn left, and at cemetery just out of town
! take left fork to Torresdale. where the old
| Red Lion Inn is conspicuous.
| Here cross bridge into the limits of Phila-
] delphia. Ride through Frankfort. Pass
| through, turn right into lane Just past the
| bridge, and, using Rising Sun lane, emerge
| at Broad street and ride over asphalt to
| the city hall at Broad and Market The
route thus far has been given more in de-
| tail in various Times articles, but as here
| given In brief can readily be followed.
OF Historic Interest.
! From city hall the accepted route Is via
| Broad and 22d street, to Hamilton street,
| to 25th street, to Fountain, to sd street;
| and from this point direct over the Ian
| caster pike to Ardmore, nine miles from
Philadelphia, from which city all distances
given in the balance of this article are
| measured. The Lancaster pike, fine piece
| of road. continues on through Bryn Mawr,
! ten and one-half miles; Wayne, fourteen
miles; Devon, seventeen miles; Paoli,
| twenty miles.
| Immediately after passing the station at
PacH, a fork in the road is encountered
Take the left to West Chester, twenty nine
T1Iln uh fnrn ri nm 4
| brings up at the foot of a succession of
Fills. Here turn left along the edge Of the
roads to Sager's Mills, thirty-f1ve miles,
| from here riding along the old Brandy
| wine road to Chad's Ford, thirty-eight
miles, These names are all familiar to a
| reader Of American history. and ramble
| over the historic ground under the guidance
Of a competent guide is very interesting.
| and turn right to the double bridge which
| cross, and then turn left to the town of
| Double Bridge forty miles. Riding on. a
| long hill is 20 be climbed just outside of
] the town, and four miles further on, turn
right up hill cross the railroad tracks and
| ride straight on, crossing the state line into
| Delaware, and arriving at Wilmington.
| which Is located on an inlet Of the Della
| ware river. Wilmington is Delaware's larg-
est city, and is fifty miles from Philadel-
| phia by road.
From Wilmington leave via Market
street. crossing bridge down the causeway
and one and one-haf miles outside of the
| city turn right. on the State road, directly
| through New Castle county to Red Lion.
Into Maryland
Riding on, cross the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal. over Summit bridge, to Middle
town, which is a station on the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad.
| Here We change the direction Of the ride
which has for some time been to the SOUTH
! and at Middletown turn right, to the west
and cross into Maryland, reaching War
wick eighty miles.) We ride past War
wick. one and one-half miles, and then
| turn right to Cecilton (eighty-five and one
| half miles,, where we turn left to Fred
| erickton (eighty-eight and one-half miles }
From here the route is across the Sassafras
river. an offshoot of the Chesapeake river,
! dividing Cecil and Kent counties Having
crossed, the road leads to Georgetown and
| then to Galena (ninety and one-half miles J
Here turn right to Lancaster Grove (nine-
| ty-five miles). ride two miles beyond, turn
| right and ride straight on until within one
quarter Of a mile of Lynches and the Bal
| timore and Delaware Bay railroad. Then
| ride to Huntsville Q12 miles,. and thence
on to Willis Cross Roads, Fairleigh QI7
| miles. also spelled Fairlee) Here turn
| right to Colchester Q23 miles)
COLCHESTER and Colchester Beach are
! washed by the waters Of Chesapeake bay
'rba payt pnrtfnn of he io,,rn is