The Washington times., 1907-08-18
FOR AUTO TRIP
ON HIGH SPEED
HERE'S A WINNER
(Contlnued from NInth Page.l


u worm its way around the obstruc-
uons. Immediately after a heavy rain
this is probably a fine sea of mud
which would test the drivers patience
and the tourists profanity. but in good
weather there is nothing on the run 10
Laurel TO cause the language of any
reasonable person 10 shock Quaker
community.
The grading and building Is in prog
ress In several places between HyattS-
Vile and Beltsville. with an ordinarily
good dirt road between the workings.
Finished Stretches.
After passing the last repair gang
you hit a stretch of the completed ma
cadam for two or three miles. and there
get run for your money. The sur
face is as hard and as smooth as
modern scientific methods can make IT,
! and there is not so much travel that
careful chauffeur cannot send his car
at full tilt. on past the Maryland Ayr
/ cultural College experiment station you
/ 50 until just before you come to neat
| iron bridge you ghde OF the macadam
and onto the dirt again Still further
J you hit the macadam again. which
/ leads almost TO Beltville. where the
!
road tracks
From Beltsville to Contee station, on
tie pennsylvania railroad, near which
the late Senator German lived, is a
/ ride up hill and down dale OF eight or
/ ten miles over a good dirt road. with
! few wayfarers. One fork is met, and
| there keep TO the right You seem far
away from the busy world, and man
I os16
/ have hard time believing himself less
/ than a score OF miles from the National
/ Capital. and on the main road between
it and a city OF 100000 people. SIS than
/ thirty miles away. The scant pOpulR-
/ ton and lack OF small towns between
/ the two cities is one OF the mysteries
/ in the development Of Maryland, which
/ the increasing practical use Of the auto
mobile and its decreasing cost viii prob
ably eliminate in the next decade.
Contee to Laurel.
! From COntee, where the road bears
1 away 20 the left again. 70 Laurel Is a
! ride not lacking In action. The first
! half IS rough. IL has been prepared
/ for the dressing OF stone which has not
! yet been applied. and looks Ike It would
make a frst-class three-mile mud pie
after a prolonged rain, or when the
frost Is coming out of the ground: but
In dry weather, while a bit jolly. IL IS
not so bad as II looks. All along here
the roadway had been raised from one
/ 10 several feet % make Il level and
cause natural drainage. and. when com
pleted. It will be an ideal stretch.
Formerly all vehicles had 70 ford sew
eral small streams, which we're great
nuisance and menace 10 the autoist;
but they have been covered by substan-
uaI stone bridges, which are little more
than low arches and would scarcely be
noticed These bridges have eliminated
one OF the Inoss unpleasant features OF
this route to Baltimore.
Back Again Same Day.
After passing the bridge shown in the
Illustration accompanying this story
there is another stretch OF macadam
leading directly into Laurel, and at the
end OF which is the Laurel Hotel. q
drug store. and a policeman. who says
the speed limit I'm the town is six miles
an hour. You can take dinner in
Laurel or. n you started before or 4
o'clock. return 90 Washington with an
increased respect for Maryland's grad
ual awakening to the necessity for good
roads. and a splendid thirst and appe-
: tite.
Coming back the route can be varied
BY branching or 10 the Bladensburg road
at Hyattsville, and thence into north
east Washington. but that necessitates
a long, slow drive after reaching the
city limits If you want 10 get down
town or over to the northwest section
} which tedious journey can be avoided
by the more direct routo taken by The
; Times party in going out Michigan ave-
b nue..
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