The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-21
WESTMINSTER ROADS
FOR AUTO TOURISTS
Conditions on All the Various
Highways Reported
by 4. c. A.
ADVICE ON BEST ROUTES
Notes of New Models and Other
Interesting Motor
Topics.
ADVICE ON BEST ROUTES

Road conditions In Westchester and he
yond. as reported by the Bureau OF Tours
of the Automobile Club of America, are
OF interest to automobilists generally. A
good road TO Mount Vernon and BRONX
Vile IL to go out 20 Pelham Parkway
and then rum up White Plains road This
should not he followed beyond Bronxvile.
as 1t IL in poor condition from this point
TO White Plains. Going to White Plains
Central avenue above the city line Is In
good condition and affords a satisfactory
route. A good alternate for this Is to go
by way of broadway to 207th street and
there turn right 10 20 by way OF the
bridge To fordham road, Pelham Park
way and the Shore road to New Rochelle.
From there the Boston post road is fol-
lowed.
Go past the square In Larchmont to
the drinking trough and then turn left
to 20 straight on across tho trolley and
UP hill. About -tenths OF mile
after crossing the railroad take the right
fork and then about 80 mics from this
point turn right Into Palmer avenue. a
half mile further on turn left for one
block and then right into White Plains
road. This route furnishes the best roaus
10 White Plains at present.
North broadway. leaving White Plains
for Arnonk. Bedford and points north
Ii worn and rough through the Kensico
reservoir section. To avoid this rough
stretch, also to avoid the heavy traffic
on the road, go north one block from
the water trough on North broadway in
White Plains and then turn right into
Lake street, which is to be followed.
Bear left into the boulevard around Rye
Pond and then connect with King street
for Armonk.
From New York Broadway Is in good
condition through Yonkers to Tarrytuwn,
with the exception OF "a short rough
stretch in Dobbs Ferry. W9rburton ave
nue., which was rebuilt and finished late
last fall, now affords fine going and fino
Views OF the Hudson from Yonkers to
Hastings. From the city limits OF larry
town the road 10 White Plains Is In fair
condition.
A road which Is in good condition is
from Elmsford to Hartsdalc, thence to
Mamaroneck. This forms good con-
nection from Tarrytown to points on
Long Island Sound and to the ferries for
Long Island
AT ScarOoro, on the Albany trunk route
Broadway is being rebuilt with asphalt
blocks, and TO reach Briarcliff comfort
ably II is advisable to turn off at larry
town, through North Tarrytown and Po-
cantico. Neither this road nor the Saw
Mill River road from Dobbs Ferry by
way OF Ardsley. Elmsord and East View
VIII afrord satisfactory conditions.
North OF Peek.klll the State road is still
under construction. After going through
Annsville do not take the turn right
which connects with the new State road
! but continue on the old road through
Garrison. Take the road TO the right
lust before reaching Phillipseranch and
run east Ia the state road Here turn
left and go through Fishkin Village to
Poughkeepsie.
The dance IN aid OF the fund for the
orphans Automobile Day outing will be
held tonight at the Hotel Marie An
| toinette, Broadway and Sixty-seventh
street Mrs, Joan Newton Cuneo and Hal
*. sheridan, who have the fair in charge
expect TO realize good sized sum with
which to arrange for additional cars and
trucks for the outing held on June I at
College Point.
r. T.. lngersoll Of the REQ says that the
transcontinental record made by Erwin g.
Baker with an Indian motorcycle does not
ancct the cross-Country mark of the REQ
which In 1910 covered the distance from
| New York to San Francisco In 10 days 1J
hours and Is minutes. Bakers time was
about twenty hours slower than this.
A new model with only two doors has
been brought out by the Kssel Motor Car
Company, Both driver and passengers en-.
ter the tonneau from 20 inch doors set Il,
the rear on either side of the car IN,
front seats are individual and between
them there IL an eight inch aisle permit
! ting free passage from the rear Bot
four and five passenger bodies are offered
In the four passenger an arm divides tn,
rear seat For those who do not care FOL
the two door car the company makes III
| siX-4S car with four doors too.
1t is believed that the two door car viii
help out stream line effects by insurinl
an unbroken sweep from the bonnet to
point amldshlps. At any event, II Is
novelty In touring car construction, al
though In closed cars there have beel
some one door cars.
Horace de Lisser OF the Ajax-Grie
Rubber Company rs the owner of a ney
car. a Baker electric. The car Is flnisEe
In unusual shades OF green, gold an
golden brown II can be controlled from
either the front or rear seat The broug
} ham win be for use in running in and on
from Mr. De listers country place o.
Long Island, and Mrs DE Lisser will un
, doubleday make the most use of II.
There vas n rather unusual sort OF din
ner not long ago AT the Locomobile plan
The department forcmen gave the Dime
to the executive and sales organization q
the factory, and II IL remarkable that ther
were in attendance eighteen men who hav
been In the employ OF the company IN
full fifteen years of its existence.
or all those present only about halt
dozen had been with the Locomobile CON
. pany less than ten years. This IL certanl
an Indication of stick together spirit o
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