Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

city, an ideal one at this
season of the year. The distance Is
approximately 100 miles for the round
trip. and the roads for the greater part
of the way are in excellent condition.
The route is practically over triangu-
lar course. which carries the motorist
through a section of the country
Astounding in beautiful scenery, attrac-
tive homes and natural woodlands. TAX
ing advantage of the perfect weather
conditions last Sunday Ed B. Terry IN
his Buick roadster, accompanied by the
writer slipped away early from the
National Capital via 18th and II streets
northeast. Leaving the smooth city
streets behind, the car was headed for
Laurel, Nd, over the new Baltimore
Washington boulevard, passing through
historic Bladensburg, where the first
good stretch of macadam road ended
Between this place and Hyattsvil1e the
ordinary dirt road was encountered, but
after leaving Hyattsville it was d case
of beat it" every foot of the way to
Beltsville.
The road from Beltsville to Contee
was in fairly good condition, due
to the large amount of travel recently
and the lack of rain in that section. This
section of the road is the worst in bad
weather between the two cities, and II
takes little rain to make it bad as nearly
every motorist is aware. Beyond Contee
the work of improving is still going on.
and within the past few weeks three
tenths of a mile has been macadamiZed
leading into Laurel. There will be JOY
in the hearts of every motorist when
1 a1t 10 tc
macadamized 1t has been intimated that
the Maryland roads commission is con-
| templating changing the course of the
road SO as to continue 1t on the west
| side of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
| tracks from Beltsville to Laurel. If this
| is the case it will materially reduce the
| time between the cities of Baltimore
and Washington. Within a short time We
| reached Laurel. 1876 miles from Washing
| ton. After leaving Laurel the smooth
macadam again comes to the front, and
| extends to Elkrdge and beyond. FL :
| ridge is about eleven miles from Laurel.
1 Upon arriving at the railroad tracks and
| waiting station at Elkridge careful
| observation was made of the odometer
| in order not to miss the turn for Cations
| vile. After going .06 of a mile from
| the station a sharp turn to the left at
| the blacksmith's shop was made. Leav-
i ing the boulevard. the car proceeded
! along narrow winding road, which
| brought IL to ST. Denis. small settle
| ment directly on the road. Continuing
straight ahead. the tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad were crossed, and,
| taking the Rolling road, Relay, about two
miles from Elkridge, was reached.
! After pulling up the steep hill and mo-
| toring short distance through the main
| thoroughfare the car was turned to the
| left on Rolling road and headed for Ca
| louisville. 1t might be of interest to
| motorists to know that by following this
| route until about three miles out from
| Relay entrance can be made into Balti-
moro via Wilkins avenue over a fine
macadam-oied road and less than a mile
| beyond this point similar entrance OF
| the macadam type can be found via Ed
| monston avenue The roads vel
posted with signs erected by the AutomO-
| bile Club of Maryland, SO that the mo-
| torist cannot go astray. A few minutes
more driving and Gainesville was reach.
ed via Hilton and Frederick avenues. Al
| Frederick avenue turn TO the left or
the Baltimore and Frederick pike was
made, with Eliicott City as the next OBJ.
jective point The fine macadam roadway
| disappears at the junction with the Fred
| erick pike and the word pike is every.
| is rolling and in many places rocky anC
rough. Efforts are being made to re-
pair the road in places and. although it i.
| good in wet weather, 1t does not appea
to the motorist who has become used tt
smooth macadam. Since the boulevard
has been constructed between Baltimore
and Washington a majority of the mo
florists of the Monumental city have beer
doing their touring In this direction. Or
the other hand since the completion anC
improvement of the roads between the
National Capital and Ridgeville, Md. via
Washington Grove and Laytonsville, loca
motorists have been making that plac,
their rendezvous Sundays and holidays
Just before entering Ellicott City the
first hold-up is made for toll. The towI
} is located in an extremely low section OF
} Maryland. which necessitates a long, hare
pull in order to get out of 1t on the other
side From Elicott City the road con.
tinues about the same. The next village
of any Importance is Cooksville, twelve
miles distant. Three miles further on /.
Lisbon. then Poplar Springs, and mex,
Ridgeville.
After dinner the journey to Washington
, was resumed. From Ridgevile a gooC
dirt road was followed four miles t
Claggettsville. the same road conditions
existing as far as LaytonSvile, a distance
: of slightly over seven miles Here begin.
an excellent stretch of the Shoemaker
ntkA which extends to NaahingtoI