Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-15
BY AUTOMOBILE
TO THE SEASH0RE
Observations on a Run From
Washington to Atlantic City.
Few Miles of Bad Road.

Wsshirgton's enyirons offer excellent
roads for short runs by automobile such as
Great Falls. Cabin John. Arlington and
through the beautiful Rock Creek Park but
1t is away and beyond these localities that
the touring autost finds his greatest pleas
ure. something he cannot get from travel on
railway cars or boats.
There are any number of runs that have
appealed to the autoists. the majority of
which seemingly have Atlantic City as
their objective point. though there are
many who prefer the delights of a run to
Hagerstown thence down past Harpers
Ferry to the Shenandoah valley. with the
Natural Bridge as the turning point.
Many in making the trip to Philadelphia
60 over the pike to Baltimore. where they
ship their cars BY boat to Philadelphia and
thence go to Atlantic CITY on the road that
runs from Camden to the metropolis of the
seashore. but to the others this sending of
their by boat for a ninety mile rest Is
distasteful The way TO auto Is to auto,
they claim. and deviation from the
principle of the thing. they declare. makes
II farce.
The road from here 10 Baltimore is pike
and IS first c.aSs. but from Baltimore TO
Newark. Del. the best out of Balti-
more. il is villainOus. The dream of the
autoist is the long run to Philadelphia by
the "Dipper route 50 called from Wash
10 York. to Lancaster. to Philadelphia a
run of nearly two hundred miles. OF which
only about thrty-five may be said to be
over bad roads. The is through the
cream districts of Maryland and Penn
sylvania. an ever-changing panorama of
beautiful scenery that thrills and holds the
attention of all.
With the exception of the thirty miles
noted. the roads are pike throughout are
admirably kept and allow the highest
cars easy running throughout, the two
worse stretches being from EmmIttsburg.
Md. - Gettysburg, Pa. and again from
Gettysburg to Abbottsville but even these
bad places are forgotten under the spell
of the natural beauty of the country and
the good roads that afterward pro-
yided
This trip is a delight for the easy going
touring parties-thOse out for pleasure
and health, and not merely for speed-as
the reaches are SO well placed that towns
with hrst-claSS hotels and up-to- date
garages are convenient for travellers and
cars.
The tariff al the toll gates is not very
high, nor is the information Of the keep
erS of the gates of high order. They
generally know the lay of the land with
In eyeSiSht OF their tollgate but no
further.
The Run to Gettysburg.
One can leave here in the early morning
and by easy stages can make Gettysburg
Pa, In the afternoon The wonderful sights
part of the next day. The government has
just issued order that automobilists
must not go at higher rate of speed
than six miles while within the battle
Held park, rate OF speed made neceS-
sary by the reckless and thoughtless
drivers of cars. who used to go to the
place for speed purposes alone, and many
of them having the chain gear on their
wheels tore the fine macadam road up
In patches. especially when making the
Every offender ha
authorities have laid out half mile posts
from which the cars are timed. Ii Is the
greatest place, next to Washington. for
excurSlonistS. and the town Is crowded
every day but the hotel accommoda tons
are good and the rates are reasonable
In the afternoon the run may be made
down TO York. but the best way Is to con-
tinue on TO Lancaster. where the hotel ar
Tangements are more satisfactory and
where the garage accommodations are bet
ter. One can leave Lancaster about 10
o cIock. and travelling through magnificent
1arm lands, corn. orchards and tobacco
fields, the enyirons OF philadelphia are
reached those suburban homes of the rich
that have made the region famous For
twenty-five miles the car Will roll over
roads that are as easy the asphalt pave
mcnts OF Washington.
A. WAYNE You can turn off to the left.
circle around the famous Willow Grove
Park, through Ogontz and Oak Lane and
enter the magnificent Paramount Park or
by keeping on the main pike you pass
Il
Riverside Drive OF the Schuylkill passing
b. the many attractive boat houses of that
noted boat house row. and on into Broad
street. where it is said that more automo-
bleS pass uD and down daily than in all
the other cities combined
rest overnight in Philadelphia up and
off at a m. for Atlantic City. crossing at
the foot of Market street on the ferry to
Camden by l o'clock your car should be
in the hotel garage at the seashore from
which place any number OF trips can be ar
ranged. the roads in that region to use
an every day expression. dreams.
But TO enjoy the route lust outlined one
should return over the same roads. No.
where in America can a Drettier view be
found than in the Cumberland Valley re-
gion of Pennsylvania and the blue hills
that encircle Frederick. nor should one
forego a real Old-time Maryland country
dinner at Ridgeville before making the run
for Washington.
Summary of the Run.
The following summary OF the run to At
lantic CITY it taken from a record kept by
Mr.. and Mrs ]. NJ. Schneider. who recently
made the trip in their big car:
From Washington 70 Olney. Md. sixteen
miles OF good pike road, with toll of 80
cents.
From Olney 10 Ridgevine, fourteen miles
o. dirt road. fairly good.
From Ridgeville to Frederick fifteen miles
OF pike; toll IS cents
From Frederick to Gettysburg Pa.
twenty-three miles of pike OF easy going.
ten miles OF dirt road that is bad toll, GO
cents.
From Gettysburg to York, twenty eight
miles OF pike, twenty of which is bad, the
rest being excellent; toll, 80 cents.
York to Lancaster. twenty-five miles the
greater part of which is over bad ads
Tolls. AZ cents. On this stretch an extra
Toll Is charged to cross the mile and a
Tenth Iron bridge spanning the Susquehanna
river at Wrightsvile to Columbia. the tariff
being 10 cents per capita.
From Lancaster to philadelphia sixty