Evening star., 1914-07-26

ber of years back as Reds Corner. This
place is IO.4 miles from Washington, and
situated directly on the state road
Keeping straight ahead through this vii
lage, arrived next at Clinton Post Of
flee, which until few years ago was more
familiarly known as Surrattsville- A brief
history of this place appeared in these
columns last Sunday, SO II Will not be
necessary to repeat it at this time. Suf-
flee to say, that this quaint little town
always attracts the attention of the tour
iSt in this section, does the old Sur
rats mansion. which stands along the
roadside. opposite the post office A short
distance beyond the town is located the
public school for the little folks in Prince
Georges county, which, however, bears the
name of the "Surrattsville Public School"
7. B. Next Town.
The next town on our itinerary was
T. B. Just before arriving at the town
we picked up splendid new concrete
road and turning sharply to the left
were soon in sight of the village. Here
We turned to the right in front of the
village post office bearing that name.
and We We're soon vending our way iE
a Southerly direction
Six miles south of 7. b. we passed
through Waldorf, still sticking to the
fine. smooth state road, which fol-
lowed the remainder of the distance
into the town of La Plata, the county
entered the town we came onto a sharp
curve where motorists should exercise
caution. abiding by the road signs on
either side of the curve, "Slow Down"
Turning 10 the right in front of the
county Jail we Immediately turned to
the left in front of the hotel and head
ed for Coxs Station La Plata is 32.1
miles from Washington and the viii
lage of CoXs Station just five miles be-
yond to the south. and directly on the
Plata and this town is through rolling
country and over an ordinary dirt
road. which in many places is rough
and bumpy. The fine state road termi-
mates at La Plata.
On arriving at the edge of the town
we turned to the right over a gravel
road. which was a decided Improvement
over the road we had just passed. This
stretch of road extends to a point about
half mile from the town. AT this
point there is a fork in the road. The
road to the right leads to Chapel Point
and the one to the left in the direction
of Rock Point Leaving the gravel
road here. we turned to the left and
through a sandy road, which extended
TO Lothair, 80 miles from our starting
point. Bearing to the left. we crossed
the railroad tracks at the station and
took the right fork just beyond
The worst of the sandy stretch was
found between Coxs Station and Lothair
Beyond this place there are other
stretches of sand but not quite as deep
as between the points above noted. Here
and there are to be found some good
stretches also, over which good time can
he made. In fact. the only undesirable
stretch of road the entire trip was
found between La Plata and point ten
miles north of Rock Point where the
state road ends. The road was found in
fairly good condition where it was
being scraped and rounded up south of
Iothair. Cutters were being provided
along both sides of the road, the weeds
and grass being removed and the road
otherwise put in suitable condition for
touring.
We next passed through Newburg, the
post office being directly on the right
side of the road Newburg is AL miles
from the National Capital. From here
We continued on straight down the pen
insula. through Wayside. 46.1 miles. and