Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-10-23
LONG AUTOMOBILE TRIP
Dr.. J. n. Lancashire and Wife
Tour The Eastern States in
Their Packard.
220o MILES COVERED ON TRIP
Beautiful Ride Along the Ocean Beach
Visit Ammi at Andover and
Relatives in Vermont.

/ Dr. and Mrs. Lancashire returned
on the Is inst. from an extensive auto
mobile trip through New England. They
covered in the auto. somewhere about
300 miles, and the most gratifying part
of the trip. was the Packard car made the
entire distance without any accident or
stoppage on the roads for any repair eX-
cept the tires; and although some OF the
hill were at an elevation of 2soo feet and
very steep, The car was loaded with six
people together AMI their baggage, also
the roads slippery and wet Oh account Of
rains, they had absolutely 10 difficulty in
making the ascent
The DR. aud his chauiiuer Mr.. Wm.
Medler. left Alma ON Sept. I4th, going
to Detroit where the car was put aboard
the Detroit and Buffalo boat for Brffalo,
where Mrs Lancashire and Mrs Helen
Joined the car on the morning of thel 9TH.
After driving about Buffalo and
seeing the beautiful park system, they
drove 20 Geneva Geneva through Auburn
to Syracuse and Utica TO Saratoga, and
after remaining in Saratoga FIVE days,
they drove 10 Manchester, VT Man
chester is located in the heart of the low
er range of Green mountains, From
Manchester they drove over 10 Green Mts.
and down on the other side to Chester VI.
the old home of the Wright family
From Chester they drove to Bellows Falls
and then down TO the Conn. River valley,
through the State of Mass. and the cities
of Greenfield, North Hampton. Spring
field, Hartford, New Haven, and there
striking the Long Island Sonnd, their
drives along the coast were especially
beautiful. They reached New York on
the afternoon OF Sept. 18th. where Miss
Helen was left in Miss Spences' school
for the winter. Dr. and Mrs. Lancashire
remained III New York until the morning
OF Oct. 81. They then drove to New
London through Providence. into Boston.
They were four days in BOSTON,, and
during that time drove out TO Andover
where their son Ammi is in school. They
left Boston on the morning Oct. 9th,
driving 10 Springfield. The next day
they drove from Springfield to Albany,
over the celebrated Peru Mt. which has
a elevation Of 200 feet, and long steady
climb for number of miles, but the
view from the summit is well worth the
undertaking; thence proceeding back
through the beautiful Mohawk Valley
to Buffalo, reaching there on the i4th,
where the Car was again put on the boat
,or Detroit, and reached home on the
evening OF the I4th
The road over most OF the distance, the
Or SAYS, are new state roads, and equal
TO any park drives he has ever driven
over. and what was very impressive. was
the fact that all of the New England
states were spending immense sums OF
money in the Improvement Of highways.
The rosds are ali constructed by the state
and the labor used is almost exclusively
Italians
From Saratoga Springs to New York.
they had as guests Mr. and Mrs James
n. Crocker Of Saratoga. aud they joined
the I.ancashiTes again at Boston driving
with them as far as Syracuse. 40 Boston
they were also joined by Mrs. +. A. Hall
of tha, city. vino is now guest OF the
Lancashire lcme