The Washington times., 1907-08-18
FOR AUTO TRIP
ON HIGH SPEED
HERE'SA WINNER
The Roads Being Improved.
Route Includes New Bal
timOrc Boulevard.

For short dash across the country,
with a definite object in view, the
Washington autoist with an afternoon
70 spare and a low of touring in his
soul can do no better than try the run
from Washington TO Laurel and back
along the pike between the two cities
passing through Hyattsville en- route
This round trip can be made in two
and q half hours without any special
hurTying and II there were special occa-
sion for haste. a good driver could
cover the distance in about two hours
and fifteen minutes from any point near
the center of Washington.
Chances for Speeding.
The run to Laurel through Brookland.
along the Rams Horn Inn road to
Hyattsville is not taken as often as the
other route TO Baltimore. which leads
out the Blandensburg road; those who
have tried both state that the one de-
scribed In this story is the shortest and
most desirable line OF communication
with the Monumental City from north
west Washington.
On the whole. the highway between
Washington and Laurel Is good. The
bad stretches are due almost entirely 10
the rebuilding now going on, and which.
when completed. will leave a splendid
boulevard between Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn on which the going will be
smoother and better than on an average
Washington street. Already several
long stretches of the macadam roadway
this side OF Laurel have received the
finishing details. and on them the autoist
can let out every link Of speed. with
full confidence in his footing.
Trip Worth Taking.
While the scenery between Washing
ton and Laurel is not winning aI.y
scratch races with the Alps or Yellow
stone Park. and has inspired no great
poems. ii is not uninterestinE. and in the
cool Of the evening the roll of the
hills, the thread Of highway disappear
ing in the distance. the well-cultivated
fields. and the general air of prosperity
and contentment bring relief TO the eyo
and peace TO the mind after a hard
day trying TO prevent your fellow-man
from handing you the worst of Il in
a business deal or on a newspaper
story. None Of the hills is OF the get
out-and-push kind, and few necessitutc
even a change TO the low gear. They
are Just about frequent enough ard
steep enough to offer a diversity OF
landscape and break the monOtony Of
steadily pounding over the level.
The car carrying The Times repre-
sentative was a A-horsepower four
cylinder Buick. driven by S. A. Lutteral.
Of the Lutteral garage. and accompanied
by A L. Mccormick Mr. McCor-
mick had tried the route on numerous
occasions and thought II had not re-
ctived the proper amount Of attention
from autoists in the Capital anxious to
learn Of short tours to points Of interest
that can be made after office hours on
the long summer afternoons and early
evenings.
Maryland Doing Good Work.
They also thought the good work
which the State OF Maryland Is doing
IN building the great boulevard between
the two big cities should receive more
attention in the newspapers. and they
were right. 1t IS a most commendabIe
enterprise, and. while II could progress
faster, the State is to be congratu-
lated upon the start It has made TO re-
move opportunity for the slur so fire.
cuently heard. that the roads between
Washington and Baltimore are the worst
che tourist finds in getting to any point
in the East.
teenth street, at 2:2O p. m, The Times
party went out Q street to Truxton
circle, where the Lincoln road was