New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-01
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Automobile Club Maps Several
Routes to Princeton.
FOOTBALL GAME THE REASON
Savannah Authorities Expect
That Seventy-five Cars Will
Be Named for Races.

For the benefit OF those who desire to
motor to Princeton 10 see the Harvard
Princeton football game on Saturday tho
following report on the condition OF the
various trunk routes. made by the Bureau
Of Tours Of the Automobile Club Of Ameri-
ca. is Of interest. The road via New Bruns-
wick undoubtedly will he found to be the
best.
! New York 20 Princeton-Route via Staten
Island. good macadam 10 Perth AmJoy.
wors rnacadam 10 Metuchen; Hudson
County Boulevard on route STA Newark
In fair condition. although becoming worn.
Newark Turnpike all good asphalt with
the exception Of the last few blocks. which
are rough cobble entering Newark Badly
worn macadan 10 Elizabeth Good maca-
dam 10 Railway. Section OF road closed:
bad detoCr necessary. Metuchen-Fair
macadam. poor entering New Brunswick.
To avoid the congestion on the Cranberry
/ Pike II is possible % leave New Brunswick
on the Franklin Turnpike over good maoa-
! dam 10 Franklin Park. Keep straight on
dirt road to Rocky Hill. avoiding turn TO
the left which leads into Kingston Follow
good macadsm into Princeton Trunk route
| via Cranberry Pike all good nacadam 10
Monmouth Junction Macadam and anil
cite to Princeton
New York To Princeton via Springfield
and Plainheld-H Hudson County Boulevard
In fair condition although becoming worm
Newark Turnpike all good asphalt with ex-
ception Of the last few blocks which arc
rough cobble entering Newark Can alter
| nate 10 this route is via Elizabeth and
! Westfeld, but not advisable owing TO the
poor road between Newark and Fllzabeth)
Badly worn macadam via Irvineton and
Springfield to Scotch Plains Good maca-
dam 10 Planfeld Good macadam via
! Dunellen 10 Bound Brook Good macadam'
via Somervile to Belle Mead. Caution for
speed limits. Narrow hut good road 10
Rocky Hill Caution. two sharp turns.
Fine road 10 Princeton
I New York to Princeton via Norristown-
! Hudson County Boulevard I'm fair condition.
although becoming worn. The Newark
Turnpike is all good asphalt with the ex-
ception Of the last few blocks. which are
rough cobtle entering Newark Good road
To Springfield. New macadam and annette
10 Chatham. Roads rough on account Of
sewer and trolley work 10 Madison Road
torn up; rough: LAYING trolley tracks.
Last portion good macadan 10 Morristown.
New mac ldam and annette To Bernards-
VILE. Good macadam 70 Redm,nster. Fair
| 70 good nacadam. via Puckamin and
Somervile 10 Belle Mead Caution for
speed limits. Narrow hut good road TO
Rocky Hin. Caution. two sharp turns.
Fine road 10 Princeton.
| Savannah oct 3l-With the receipt OF a
batch of sixteen new entries for the Grand
Prize. Vanderbilt and light car races at
Savannah on November q and 20 a decided
impetus has been given the arrangements
for the big automobile meet. Fred Wagner,
who has charge OF securing entries for the
Savannah Automobile Club, has wired
President Harvey Granger that the follow
ing additional entries have been secured:
/ Three Studebaker- Flanders I'm the Tiede-
man cup race three Marmon cars in tho
Savannah challenge race. two Marmon cars
in the Vanderbilt cup race. two Marmon
cars in the Grand Prize race two Abbott
( Detroit cars i'm the Vanderbilt cup race.
two Abbott Detroit cars In the Tiedeman
cup race, two Abbott-Detroit cars in the
Savannah challenge trophy.
The cars which have already been en-
tered are the three Benz cars i'm the Grand
Prize race and the two Case cars in the
Savannah ChallenSe Trophy race
II is eighteen days before the entry list
| closes and II is believed that before then
there will be seventy.hye cars named for
the four races.