Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

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Washington Motor Company, left Thurs
day for an extended trip over his V1r-
ginia territory.
Fenton. Saunders and whitney returned
to Washington Wednesday night In the
formers LoZier touring car after cover
, ing 500 miles. The itinerary included At
lantic City and Asbury Park In ADDITION
to the other Jersey resorts. Ine TRIP 10
Atlantic City was via Wilmington, DEL,
and Pennsgrove this distance OF appiu ;na
mately 1875 miles being covered In nine
and half hours, which included stops
in Baltimore and Wilmington. Ihey re-
port the trip an excellent one anu Ia,
superior to the route via Philadeiphia ana
Camden and the White Horse pike Ihey
motored over the Malaga pike and found
it one of the finest roads on the entire
trip.
B. Trew. sales manager of the Over
land Washington Motor Company, IS
spending his vacation at his old nome IN
Virginia The latter part of the week ne
will motor to Atlantic City in one OF the
new 1913 Overland models.
W. w Bride is the latest purchaser of
a. five-passenger Mitchell six touring
car. Mr.. and Mrs. Bride returned from
an extended motor trip through upper
Maryland several days ago.
James J. Flynn, manager of the local
branch of the Locomobile Company OF
America, spent yesterday in Washing
ton after a trip of several weeks over his
southern territory. He reports bright
outlook for 1913. He left for the south
today.
Mr.. and Mrs T. Pliny Moran. who are
en- route to the Pacific coast In Great
Western touring car. have arrived at But
falo, n. y The writer received word a
few days ago from Mr.. Moran that the
direct road between Gettysburg and Har-
risburg is closed on account of recon-
struction work and they had to make a
detour via Chambersburg, Carlisle ana
fredericksburg, about fifty miles farther
and 81 10 for toll. but 1t was Well worth
it, The road that way is very good, ne
reports. while the scenery crossing the
Blue Ridge mountains is magnificent.
Both he and Mrs Moran are in excellent
health and are thoroughly enjoying the
outing.
Herbert Rowland of Hackensack. n. J..
has submitted to the $4,000 mile Maxwell
club an affidavit of 112.O0 miles of travel
in his Maxwell car and has been awarded
a gold medal Of membership in the club.
Mr.. HowIands record puts him among
the leaders of the Maxwell clan, only a
few other motorists having proved greater
mileageS.
The record for service from second
hand cars is apparently held by DIR. A.
l.. Leatherman of Indianapolis. Ind. He
has been awarded a gold medal for hav-
ing driven a Maxwell 71,0OO miles since
July, 1906.
The latest publication of the A. A. A.
n
of New Jersey. which within the past
sixty days, has been completely re-
vised, redrawn and reissued as new
work All the main lines had already
| been travelled by the road force OF the
national touring bureau, but the last
week in which this work was in pro-
/ cess. $50 miles were covered. checking
up main lines. and especially ways
| into. through and out of the important
! cities in the state.
BY far the most intricate road sys-
| tenn in the metropolitan district is
| that which connects Manhattan with
| suburban New Jersey, and the very
| many lines radiating from the cities
and towns of the suburban district into
| the surrounding country. To make this
| situation clear, particularly to the To-
| cally unacquainted tourist. there Is
| printed on the reverse of the main
| sheet a special enlarged suburban dia-
gram. showing not only all the routes
| and ferries between Manhattan anc
| New Jersey, but also local diagrams
| of Newark. the Oranges. Montclair
Passaic. Paterson. Hackensack. Engle-
| wood. Elizabeth and the Amboys
This diagram is especially useful as
showing the many options available
| through this thickly settled section
The suburban diagram also gives g
graphic idea of the two routes across
| Staten Island. and the connections
| from the Perth Amboy-South Amboy
bridge toward Lakewood. and also
| toward Red Bank. Long Branch anG
| Asbury Park. In so far as possible
names Of the streets have also beer
included on the general map, which
| enables the tourist to quickly ascer-
| tain the streets used in leaving any