The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14
TOURING CONDITIONS
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Many Roads Made impossible
by Recent Storm Now
Open to Traffic.
TO REBUILD MERRICK ROAD
Work on Stretch Of Highway in
Queens Will Begin Early
in Spring.

The Bureau OF Tours OF the Automobile
Club OF America has issued the follow
ing reports on the conditions Of roads In
the vicinity Of New York city:
In The Bronx white Plains avenue In
cleared through to the city line. Pei
ham Parkway 10 open. General cond.-
tons are that the main roads are passable.
but rough because OF snow. The
roads to New Rochelle are not In q suit
able condition for touring. The road
between this city ana Hastings IL en-
tireiy passable. but beyond that point
there Is much snow. Nearly a foot Of
snow covers the road to Peekskiil and
the gong Is bad The roads to Green
witch. Conn, are poor but passable. Gem
eral conditions In the vicinity OF
stamford on the main lines are fair. but
on the back country roads there 10 a great
deal OF snow. II will be several weeks
probably before the back roads are At
Tor touring
On Long Island the north side roads are
open through Flushing to Nanhasset,
beyond which point poor cond .tions will
be found. The road from Flushing to
Jamaica Is passabie. The South Shore
road IL open to the New York city line
are many bunny places near Babylon
From there the going 10 fairly good to
Patchogue.
In New Jersey the main travelled thor.
oughfares are passible. but the conditions
generally are bad because OF the snow.
The road to Plainfeld by way OF the
Plank road. Newark, Spr. ngfeld avenue
and the Seven Bridges road is good. The
best route to Montclair at present IL the
Plank road to Newark. then over Bloom
field avenue through Bloomfield.
Arrangements have been contaminated
TO put the Merrick road In Queens county
Ia good condition from jamaica to tn.
city line. The stretch Of approximately
three miles which has become quite rough
Will be rebuilt as early In the season as
the weather will permit. and by the mid
die OF June this stretch will again be a
hne roadway.
This Improvement. with the $4,000 to
he spent on the MERCK road through
Nassau county. the contracts let for n
Wayne county concrete road from Bay
Shore through Islip and Sayville e.
Patchcgue, and the probability of the
continuation OF the concrete road from
Patchogue eastward for ten miles give :
promise OF a splendid roadway.
Arthur Waterman. who for the past
year has been sales manager for the q. &.
Naporizer Company. has been made vice
president and general manager Of tn,
Hartford Suspension Company. Water
man formerly was connected with the
Hartford company. his service covering q
number OF years. He succeeds Alfred
Reeves. who was elected manager Of III.
National Automobile Chamber OF Com
mtrce last week.
President II. N Jewett and Sales MAJ
agor Henry k'ohn of the Paige Detroit
Motor Car Company have returned from
an automobile trip which carried them
across the troubled border into Mexico
At Ciudad Juarez they were entertained
by Villas officers and had close view
Of the ebel army In its headquarters.
In n letter reCs ntly received from the
william II Brown Company OF Hobson.
Men. an account was given OF som
rather unusual service by Pierce Arrow
cars. Part Of the letter Is as follows:
Our work is very hard on automobiles
AS II is necessary for US to drive over
rough prairie and very often over stub
BILE fields or ploughed fields. and some
times We will be running for an entire day
without being on beaten tradk or road
We usually have our cars loaded to tn,
lint. and sometimes have to overload 4
them.
In the fall OF 1912 we sold an old 1900
car to man using livery. who has had
1t In livery service now over year.
do not know what mileage he has made
this season but up to the time we sold
II II ives driven over 10000 miles and
vas in active service every day"
First among the dealers to congratulate
the Lozier Motor Company on its latest
production. the Lozer Light Four" was
Froman speers, general manager OF the
Lozier distributors In San Francisco and
tts Angeles. In his message he said
Tested out the new four to-day over
the hks in San Francisco and wish
state that II Is wonder. Its perform
ance and detail leaves nothing to be de
sired"
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