Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

for the famous Shenandoah valley. for it
is here that motorists from every sec
ton of the country start their trips
through the valley, which extends as Tar
south as Staunton. Va.
Road to Charles Town.
Leaving Martinsburg by the same route
we continued in .southerly direction. and
passing through Van Clevesville, con-
tfnued over another fine macadamized
highway all the way to Charles Town As
we proceeded In the vicinity Of Kearneys-
Vile We came to an abrupt fork In the
road. Turning to the right we motored
about mile and soon entered kearneys-
vile. The road to the left at the fork
leads to Shepherdstown. Crossing the
tracks Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
road. we kept straight ahead to Lee
town. about four miles distant
At LeetOwn we Immediately turned left
for Charles Town, which was to be our
night stop. The roads proved to be all
that could be desired, and within a short
Cross Roads. where We kept straight
ahead to our destination, passing small
store on the right at the crossroads.
little farther on we crossed the tracks
of the Norfolk and Western railroad,
where a speed sign of ten miles an hour
was posted. Just before entering Charles
Town we crossed the railroad tracks
again, while another -mile-an-hour
speed sign met our gaze as we entered
the town. Passing the railroad station on
the right. we reached our destination
after fifty minute ruin from Martins
burg. distance of eighteen miles, reach
ing there just at dusk.
On the evening OF our arrival we had as
our guest the chief of police Of the town.
who accompanied us on short tours about
Charles Town.
Spending the night here, We We're de-
layed the next morning by terrific rain
ing the night, and was still in. progress
in the morning, when We expected to
make the return trip to Washington.
Shortly before noon Tuesday. the rain
having slackened up somewhat. We start
ed for home a distance Of about eighty
miles. The road all the way from Charles
Town to Harpers Ferry We found of the
macadam type and in excellent condition,
despite the heavy downpour of the night
previous. Passing through Harpers
Ferry we resumed the same route to
Frederick, and instead of returning from
Frederick via Urbana and Hyattstown.
we decided to motor over the old pike as
far as New Market and turn of to Mon
rovia and Damascus. Between Frederick
and New Market a new macadam road is
In the course Of construction. No detours
were necessary owing to the extreme and
unusual width of the roadway. Several
stretches of road have already been com
pleted, and the contractor, with his big
steam rollers. is still on the job. No
speed could be maintained on account of
the numerous culverts which are in the
course of construction every few hundred
feet along the road. On approaching
one of these it was necessary to almost
come to a full stop. 80 sharp were the
turns around the barriers and SO deep
was the mud in nearly every instance.
However. when this road is completed it
will do much to revert traffic back over
this famous highway. which connects
Baltimore with Hagerstown and the west
The work commences just at the steep
approach to Jug bridge, outside OF Fred
erick and continues a considerable dis
lance down the road.
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Turn at New Market.