Evening star., 1909-07-18

new boulevard. Philadelphia and Camden,
y ]. The trip was made two weeks ago
by Ed. b. Terry and the writer in BUICK
roadster. and despite the heavy sand
stretch between Perryville. Md, and VIII
minston, Del. it was made in fast time
and without accident This route Is daily
becoming more popular with autoists.
The distance is slightly more than 40
miles The York Lancaster route, While
equally attractive, is much longer 1t Is
tie hope of tourists that some day the
.'undesirable'' stretches will be removed
and a boulevard of fine macadam extend
from WASHINGTON to Atlantic City. With
The exception OF few bad spots between
tnis CITY and the Monumental city and
hetyeeu there and Bciair, Nd the roads
arc fine \ sandy stretch of fifteen miles
between Perryville and + kton IS soon
forgotten and after that all Is clear
sailing" Attractive little hamiets. quaint
villages and cities line the route the en-
tire distance.
The start is made from the National
Capital at 10th and II streets northeast
over the Bladensburg road. Whlcn soon
connects with the macadam boulevard
After leaving the smooth asphalt streets
the pike winds its way through Bladens,
burg where the going Is rough untli
Hyattsville. Md, is reached. liese ING
billia ardtable-likc road commences, ana
from that point until Beltsville is reach-
ed several miles away, it Is a case OF
smooth going all the way. me nrst uad
stretch is encountered just after crossing
The tracks of the Baltimore and ONO
railroad AT Rertsville. The road is sandy
and rough and it is a long pun 10 Con-
tee, the next little town on the route N
the immediate vicinity or Contee the
road is particularly bad, with oeep NOES
and wagon ruts. Travelling is necessarily
slow until after again crossing the tracks
of the railroad, when the road improves
somewhat, and within short time Lau-
Tel looms into view
After passing through Laurel the ROAD
IS rough for Il short distance. A VIA
duet has been constructed between the
town and the iron bridge, In ORDER 10
reduce the grade at that point SIahss
vi men are still working on tue roau'
which will be completed i'll the near fu-
ture. On the other side of the Drldge
the journey is resumed over the hne mac
adam roadway, where any time lost can
he made up with but little effort Be
tween Laurel and Elkridge another ce-
lnent viaduct is being constructed at the
foot of a steep hill. a temporary road
has been laid off on the side OF tue new
stretch and care should be exercised In
making the ascent, which is rocky and
lumbia avenue to Eutaw street. thence
right into North avenue, following same
10 the Hartford road, which is taken on
the left of Clifton Park. Once more the
road is rough for several miles. The pike
follows the electric trolley line. The
road was once upon time good hard
macadam pike. but its better days have
long since passed. Along the pike are
scattered many small villages of interest,
where tourists always receive a warm
welcome. About twelve miles from the
Monumental city on the Harford rlke
the road commences to improve and after
the steel bridge is crossed at the Little
Gunpowder river better speed can be
made to Bel Air. The handsome summer
home of former Attorney Gen. Bona
parte occupies commanding position
on the top of a high knoll directly on
the road, on both sides of which for sew
eral miles stretches his farm. The road
winds through a picturesque section OF
the country over rolling territory, and
the bad road left behind is soon forgot
ten. The road is lined on both sides
with stone walls and beautiful shade
trees.
The little town of Benson is soon reach
ed and from that point to Bel Air vast
improvement in the roads Is noted. Ben
son is twenty-one miles from Baltimore
and about two from Bel Air. After pro-
ceeding about a mile the tourist finds
the road blocked by a toll gate, where
1. cents is collected before being
allowed to proceed. After reaching Bel
Air turn is made to the left. Proceed
ing one block, another turn, this time
To the right, brings the autoist onto
stretch of nearly fifteen miles of hard
N acadam pike. At Churchville, six miles
from Bel Air, the right fork and the tele-
graph poles are followed. About mile
from the village a turn to the left is
made. Three miles farther a turn to
the right is made. The fine macadam
roadway ends about mile outside of
Havre de Grave. The road passes be-
meath the high steel bridges of the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore and Ohio rail-
roads and after few minutes OF driv-
ing the ferry Is reached. There the auto
is taken aboard the small steamer Mary
land and ferried across the SusQuehanna
river, which is about mile wide at that
point, to Perryville, on the opposite side.
The ferry charge is 81, which includes
the machine and passengers. Information
secured on the recent trip Is to the effect
that the boat leaves on its last run from
Hayre de Grace at 10 o'clock at night.
The first trip Sunday is at a. m. and
week days Z a. m. unless telegram is
sent in advance setting an hour of ar
rival, in which event the boat Will be
Oh hand to convey passengers. Upon ar
rival at the wharf, IL the boat is on the
other side of the river, by raising a
paddle attached to a nearby telegraph
pole and blowing the horn on your ma
chine the pilot will immediately start
across the river in response to the sig
nal The trip across consumes about ten
minutes and excellent wharf accommoda-
tions are provided on the Perryville side.
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Passing beneath the old Pennsylvania
bridge, q turn 10 the right is made. The
approaches to the bridge are now being
graded and the bridge viii be open to
travel in the riy fall. The bridge was
presented by I: Pennsylvania railroad to
The counties on either side of the river
fo- certain concessions i'll connection with
The construction OF the new steel bridge
The bridge when completed for highway
travel viii have toll keepers at either
end TO provide for the keeping i'm repair
uf the bridge in future. The town of
Eerryville il located a short distance
from the river front. and between there
aud Wilmington the worst stretch of road
ON the entire trip is encountered. The
miles from Perryville the right fork at
the telegraph pole should be followed.
The road TO the left will also bring the
tourist TO the same point several miles
farther north, but by turning to the
right a much better road for travelling Is
found The telegraph poles followed since
leaving Perryviile are left behind at this
fork in the road. The road TO the right,
while sandy and rough in places, is not
OF the other road. In addition, the seen
pry Is pIeaSing After foltoyyino .Jan.r =