The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-31

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where you viii find the Loudon National
Bank on one corner and the Loudoa
Clothing Company on the other.
At a point ten to fifteen minutes run
on the road 70 the left from the bank,
you come 10 a red clay road that turns
of at right angles. and has post and
rail fence on the right-hand side. That
is the road to Whites Ferry, and de-
mands particular attention.
From the turning point to the ferry
red clay is extremely greasy and slip
perry after a rain. with constant danger
Of skidding into the bitches. Down that
way you go for about a mile. until
you see the river through the trees and
a sharp turn in tire road 10 the left
Go dead slow around this curve!
We repeat, 90 dead slow around this
curvel
Watch This Place.
It is one offthe most dangerous spots
for an autoist we have ever seen The
angle is very abrupt. and just where
you cant see it until the car swings
around is a forty-foOt drop, the edge
Of which reached 20 within two feet Of
the roadway. so that II a man were
10 take the usual outcurve around that
corner he would undoubtedly be killed,
and all his passengers with him
The great trouble with this death
trap Is that the weeds growing along
the edge and face Of the drop extend
so far out that they give the exact
appearance Of continuation Of the
roadway for eight or ten feet more,
and. unless the driver had been
warned. he would not hesitate to run
OF on this apparently safe ground.
Only a short distance from the death
trap is met a road that leads down to
the river. That IS where you take
the ferry II Il has rained any time
within a week and you have forgotten
your tire chains, your trip viii prob
ably end right there. for il is impos-
sible 10 climb the hin on the other side
the ferry without chains or rope when
the ground is soft.
Garry Your Tire Chains.
Two medium sized cars can cross
Whites Ferry at once, and il is pro-
posed 10 have a checker on the Virginia
side. who viii take the time OF the ar
rival Of every car there. and OF its de-
pSrture on the Maryland side. The
delay viii be subtracted from the gross
running time Any other arrangement
as far as can be seen now would be un-
fair, because an auto might arrive Just
lose the entire time Of a round trip,
while another car might arrive Just as
the ferry was about 10 start and lose
no time at all
Fifty yards from the ferry is a sharp
hill leading 10 a bridge over the Chesa-
peaks and Ohio canal, and chains
will he Indispensable here II the going
is scft. Beyond the bridge the road
turns 70 the left and you begin TO won
der what Montgomery county does with
its money when IL allows such roads 10
exist. The twenty-four miles 10 Rock
Vile IS almost al bad. and some OF Il,
especially from POOlssVtlle TO Rockville,
is entirely disEracefui- AS far as can
be seen absolutely no effort has been
made &c keep il III repair. II is washed.
cut, broken Up with rocks, and has
every dangerous ana disagreeable fea-
ture that ever marked a public high
way.
Maryland's Miserable Roads.
| From the ferry to PoolesuIIs is q
run Of from 25 20 IS minutes. over bad
( going. Follow the main road. which
I is not at all difficult. because there ara
| few connecting roads. and they all show
on their faces that they are branches
and little travelled
Take the road 10 the right OF the
/ POOlesville National Bank, which IS
called eighteen miles from Rockville.
/ Five or six minutes from POolesykie IS
=
| ing on the poISt. Take the road TO left.
The route here winds around a corn
field TO stretch OF woods, where IS q
fork. and Just this side Of the fork IS a
! large elm tree, having on II a tin sign
advertising settler water. Bear to the
left here and pass through Jamestown.
beyond which there is a fork. where you
turn 10 the left, the road TO the right
plainly not being the county road.
Beyond this fork is another, where the
q nh Of
tons. and at the corner IS a frame
dwelling with a flag pole in the yard.
Keep straight ahead and disregard the
road to left. A mile beyond this point
the telegraph poles leave the road and
cut across the fields. but don't let that
woTTy you into thinking you have taken
the wrong one From there Il is plain
sailing into Rockville where the street
car tracks are met and you get 15IS
miles OF good going along The pike 70
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