New-York tribune., 1902-08-15
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WORK OF THE NEW ROAD Ass0oiAii0-'
FAIRLY BEGUN.

,7-opK OF THE NEW hC-A
FAIRLY BEGUN.
49,. ,JevrYork and Chicago ROAD o. 90
- ,T,ehated and each DAY orliisS - - 4.v,r-
go line and newspapers are eAp-e- p,s In the
C' T --t,;or whenever occasion require rroledo
able opinion chicago Cleveland and Toleoo'
iaieei 80 aroused a strong feeling anu +
ts.s of cooperation are frequent ,,,.z- from
The i5ea of having a continuous snaTIIo and
me ~ a. C,ioago is considered so feasiDlc az
New-f OK u e+ moi 4 dissenting voice mas
prachcaI INA. [,tcaro. f & Donald, the presl-
peen - -. Automobile club, who also II IN 80
-, -r,,s+ees Of the New-1ork anu O r.+ Re-
hrocfatiou is enthusiastic over '-ie +-,co Of
,ng railroad man he reaIizeS 'i.I + ALWAYS
-, GOOD roads for feeders 10 'iie -. -,
nH-.s 80, -,,ho NAV not know anything az. ~
49,, although it has been pr'nteo IN -, -, -,a3
,e+ronolitan daily, il may DC stateu - - 1-i-p-
In etar, from a point OF the t1NuSO-- =. 1,,,o
- a-,5 follow the line TO Delhi, thence - 80.
ston' III" 20 - --es+ following the marked OIL
~ - ;s +c jamestown. n Y. at the LoO'
[,,s.+.,tc-,s lake Crossing the i'diii -
DasTlyaria. touching Erie. the hfst loi-t I'm t,lae
= O4io &c Conneaut- The roaa as p''i-CI - ,5
pbat IS known as the rage Loa4 -. tic re-
-r4a raxt big city is Toledo, "iieiS ''iN -
=. - a,d a plunge made into the sai'l'
,oods of Northern Indiana ooeln % - -
,rsrcinal point in Indiana, and IS a001
,e+u,een Toledo and Chicago . ,
- = -,,e ruruose OF the organization 10 SCI
II ls = ~ .re4to,, 70 have the road built as soon
-;4,4. The conditions yary so IL TeIallol l..
tbe laws governing the building and man
- ++.t those exigercies will have 10 ut li'e' '-
rerneeied Two Of the trustees nave 80. - -.
.;or-s af the road and in q lew Gays tHeS "
= "a oyer the entire route III an auto
- e-o,.s will be made IN each town aloIe
4ha rro-osea road and the plans ulSc"s>eu ~ -
- 1..l aurbori+ies From the reports recel'eu II
s,,,e mar not more than 400 miles Of the road
Tyiil have be made, as 'fe rest u " -
E92a ,G Tosd enthusiasts along the route have fur fur
rished the figures from Whlch y 9 tte condffioTs
n he encountered The western nan % - tt ,,Ct;;
lance in only given, leaving Ne"-lolA "''e U-'|-'
late ii details cannot be printed at present the
y mn 60 f-nn1 noints along the line OF highways
TeiorIs Tei- 80 Fn,1 Chicago 10 the Hudson are now
c,ihroj1ted on account OF the great PnLlc i'ei09'
- IN rnierted New York and Chicago road
i .E!1srd from Chicago through Valparaiso mo.
,a sre g,,od level roads. mostly gravel 10 S,odIh
5e-5 Ind about one hundred and eleven miles
T5ar+zVsrd from South Bend through Butter IlSi-.
eSSab HE dirt or gravel roads the country
roIng to Svanton. about ifty-tlye mics hsNt t
- miles is not reported. that Is TO 1oiIand, put
hence into Toledo. eight miles OF gooo level mac
aoEl Enstwsrd from Toledo through Perrysburg and
Syoodville 10 Fremont, about fifty miles mostly
1 a i,e1 rnacadan eight miles 10 Clyde to Pitts
neld (road through Wakeman not reconmended)
and north 10 Oberlin over clay roads about sixty
From oberlin. eastward through Elyria nine
miles of clay roads then five miles of sandy roads
70 RidgeviIe and thirteen miles into Cleveland
An improved road between Toledo and Cleveland
would probably pass TO the northward or ooerin
and Flvria along the sand ridges parallel with the
Eastward from Cleveland the pavements extend
tan miles 10 Euclid Ten miles further TO Willough-
bv and nine miles further TO Painesville road i'm
rrovernents are reported IN progress -aroQnd west
Nenter midway between Wiiloughby and Paines-
v0 the roads are level and generaliy ;,a good ne
year rornd- Thence twentE-seVen mics INTO Ash
fabula and fourteen miles further TO Conneaut re-
ports conflict and indicate need Of road improve
nents Thence. ayolding Erle. ACROSS 10 the New
York State lire. reports are wanting