Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

@@HE pathfinders in a car, VIII
| Clarence r. Barnard at the
| wheel, mapped out the first days
! route of the coming Fouf
| Leaf Glover" run early last
week The noon control, II was an
| nounced, would be changed from Cham-
| bersburg to Gettysburg. Pa. reducing
the distance roughly about fifty miles.
Chambersburg will be eliminated from
| the itinerary.
The pathfinders covered the trip In good
| time, averaging about twenty miles an
! hour The first town passed was ROCK
ville with Gaithersburg and Frederick III
succession. From Frederick the commit
| tee Travelled northeast over the Emlni-s-
burg turnpike to the Gettysburg battle
| field, and then into the town itself. Re
| turning they left the moon control over
the old Baltimore pike to Westminster
and Cooksville. The route switched
| southwest at the latter place and ran
through Olney to the 7th street pike and
into Washington.
The committee reports the roads gem
orally to be in good condition, with the
prospect of having them in ideal shape
by May To- the date of the first days
run.
The pathfinders will map out the sec
ond days itinerary tomorrow, to be fol-
lowed in the immediate future with those
Of the third and fourth days.
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a gratifying feature of the first path
finding trip was the evidence all along
the route of road repairing. The COM
mittee continually encountered gangs OF
men working on the roads and turnpikes.
matchmaking, cutting away breakers
and grading. In several places they
found foundations for bridges to be erect
ed in the next month. All in all, the en-
tire route was in far better shape than
had been anticipated for this time OF
the year. Road and pike repairing was
especially noticeable in Frederick county,
Md, and Adams county, Pa.
A number of toll gates were encounter
ed and the necessary stopping reduced
| the time of the trip materially. AS the
states roads commission of Pennsylvania
and Maryland have gained control OF the
majority of the roads to be traversed.
the actual control to be turned over by
not later than the LIST Of May. the greater
proportion Of these gates will be Things
of the past when the run takes place.
| About the only toll gates south OF the
Pennsylvania line that will remain is the
one several miles east of Frederick
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Those who take the first days run will
have an uneXcelled opportunity OF seeing
the Gettysburg battlefield. The route
that separated the two hostile armies for.
| ty-eight years ago. The tourists Will
| pass directly over the scene Of Gen.
Pickett's memorable charge and WITHIN
! a stones throw Of the spot where his
men were turned back-the high-water
mark Of the Confederacy-by the Union
| forces. They will pass over the scene
Of Gen. Kirkpatrick's cavalry charge
| whose sudden dash from the FED
eral lines broke up an advancing column
Of Confederate infantrymen designed to
drive the Union forces out OF the round
! tops. The peach orchard, where the
Union and Confederate dead lay three
and four deep, after the second day
fight. will lie directly to the left OF the
autoists after they pass the round tops.
| The barefaced hill to the right Of the
autoists as they enter Gettysburg is
Culp's hill, where there was hard fight
| ing on the second day OF the battle. AS
| the autoists leave the town and 60 out
on the old Baltimore turnpike they VIII
| pass the scene of the hard cavalry ngnt
| between Gen. Stuart, who had among mis-
brigade commanders Fitzhugh Lee ana
| Wade Hampton, and the federal caVai-
rymen. Among the soldiers Of the latter
command was Gen; Custer; r.. the rnt. eaVa ang
resulted in the Confederates being driven
to the south OF the town.
The entire battlefield Is marked with
tablets and monuments, and with gen.
eral idea OF how the battle was LOVELY
autoists to follow the progress OF the
struggle as they pass over the ground.
| ". s. Duvall, president of the Auto
mobile Club Of Washington, has been
officially notified by S. NJ butier.
American Automobile Association. that
he has been appointed as the execu-
\ tive representative OF that board LOT
the District OF Columbia.
| 1.-THE impression has gone forth re-
Gently that the 1900 automobile own
ers in West Virginia are required to
take out a chauffeurs license in ad-
dition to the annual license Imposed by
the auto law before they are allowed
to operate their machines. sald state
Auditor John S. Darst at Cnaries; :; "a a
roneous. The act passed at the last
session Of the legislature. and which
have mailed to the owner OF every
licensed automobile In the state, makes
quires a chauffeur person who op-
crates an automobile as a mechanic.
employed for hire-to register and pay
to the state auditor an annual license
zee OF Ills ACT uocS iAoS oPP.Ss
| to owners Of automobiles or their
families, unless they are chaut-
feurs. operating automobiles as me-
chanics. employees or for hire. This act
will become effective May %, and
chauffeur's license will be pro-rated
from that time until July !, the be-
ginning Of the new license year. so
| that the license tax OF $40 imposed on
each automobile and the chauffeurs
| license will become due July !.
| THE other law relating to auto
| mobiles passed at the recent session OF
the legislature is a reciprocal clause,
| permitting licensed automobile owners
from other states to operate car in
West Virginia when such other states
allow West Virginia owners of auto
mobiles to drive cars In their state
without payment Of the license tax"
| The good roads campaign has been
taken up in earnest by the Automobile
Club of Lancaster. Pa. A dispatch from
| Lancaster says:
| 1.-THE Automobile Club In an effort to
keep the good roads question before the
public has offered liberal cash prizes for
1.-THE best essays written by pupils grad
uating from the Lancaster county high
schools this season. The conditions are
that the pupil must write an essay on
the good roads question and deliver It at
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