Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-12-25
AUTOMOBILES ROUTE.
New Route for Tourists Through
Elisworth-Coud OF Roads.

acknowledgements OF Roads.
With the idea of laying out route fof
automobile tourists embracing tie central
part OF the state and covering the majority
of the points of interest between the New
Hampshire line and Washington county,
a pathfnding car sent ont under the aus
pieces oftne Maine Automobile association
has recently completed two weeks trip
covering i 200 miles.
In addition, road information was taken
and the discovery was made that while
the main thoroughfsrcs OF the State are
pool, there are hundreds of miles OF
highways which are as good as any
country roads in the United States. The
main travelled thoroughfares, the ones oe-
scribe in the Blue. Book, and the only
ones known TO tourists outside OF the
condition, due to the tremendous traffic
v which they ere called upon to carry.
During the past summer, scores OF tour
lists have written the information bureau
of the Maine Automobile association at
Portland and asked for definite trip
through Maine, covering majority OF the
points OF interest. These requests became
SO frequent that it was deemed wise TO lay
out definite tour covering the points of
interest most frequently asked about.
The material obtained by the pathtind-
ing tour will he published In a road book
which is to be given away free. THIS road
book will be much larger and more com
t.a nil al
touring information compiled similar to
that OF the Blue Book.
The trip as laid out Is easily one of the
most beautiful that can be taken in this
country, and combines seasbore, noun
tain, lake ana river scenery. II visits the
principal cities and points of interest in
the State, and covers the best dirt roads
to be found in Maine, and in many cases
better than are to be found in some other
states.
East of Bangor, the route is over the
mountains and through the beautiful lake
district to Ellsworth, and thence on across
the bridge to Mt. Desert Island, two
thirds of which is already open to auto
mobile tourists.
Retractng 10 ELLSWORTH. the tour was
laid out by new route through Surry to
Bucksport, and thence across the Penob-
scot river to Frankfort.
Concerning the conditions OF some of
the roads in this section the report OF the
pathfinding car says: From Bangor to
Ellsworth, over the mountains, the road
in the past has been decidedly rough.
During the past summer, however, much
work has been done by the various towns,
blasting out the rock, removing blind
turns, and the road would be still further
improved IL more OF this work would be
done another year.
"A poor piece OF road, which should be
fixed at the earliest opportunity, is that
between Ellsworth and the bridge across
to Mt. Desert island. With the opening
OF Bar Harbor to automobiles, this road
will become one of the most travelled in
the entire State, and undoubtedly will go
TO pieces rapidly, constructed as it is at the
present time. The roads on Mt. Desert
island are found to be good, OF at least
| those roads now open to automobiles.
Owing to the bad condition OF the main
road bet ween Ellsworth and Bucksport, a
new route was laid out ria Surry, re-en-
tering the old road in the town OF Or
| land. This road is good.
| The distribution OF this book will
| dou otiess result in bringing many more
| automobile tourists to this section next
summer