Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05
already completed are to be taken as
samples of what is to come.
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Arrive at Ridgeville.

With the sun fast sinking in the west,
we pulled into Rdgevile at $40 O'Clock
in the evening, having covered the 20
miles from Bay Shore in two hours
and forty-five minutes We were
in ample time for supper and after
enjoying one of the famous chicken
dinners for which this place is
noted. we stored away the storm cur
tains of the machine once more and at
1:4o o'clock opened up the throttle of the
big and swinging to the left in
southerly direction soon found ourselves
annihilating space over the smooth con-
crete road between Ridgeyille and
Clagettsville. After passing through
Clagettsville and just before entering Da-
mascus we saw further evidences of the
rain and hail storm, which struck that
section of the state. The roads were
almost axle deep with mud, while in
many places they were almost en-
tirely obliterated by the sheets of water,
which resembied miniature lakes.
With the exception of all occasional
shower bath. interspersed with some of
the red mud and clay. we found little to
hinder our progress. Turning to the left
in Damascus continued our journey
homeward. ploughing through the mud
and water until we struck Laytonsville.
where we took advantage of the fne
macadam roadway in the direction of
Washington Grove and Gaithersburg. Just
were compelled to once more reduce speed
on account of the extremely heavy and
slippery condition of the roadway. AS
we We're travelling without chains, none
having been found necessary. pre-
ferrcd not to take any chances this late
in the game.
We turned to the right on the outskirts
of Washington Grove, picking up the
I macadam road here and following it
through the town of Gaithersburg to the
| point where it connects up with the Rock
Vile pike. We found the road in good
! shape. Just after leaving Gaithersburg
| we discovered that the oil and tar.
which had recently been put on. still had
| a tendency to stick to the tires and
| spatter over the occupants of the car.
! To prevent this it was again necessary
| to proceed under reduced speed. How
ever. condi tons improved on reac hing
| Rockville. where we turned to the left
and passed through the town in the di-
, rection of home.
| 1t was just after leaving the county
/ seat that we encountered our second
storm on the days run While the
! lightning was playing havoc in every
| direction did not run into the rain
until after leaving Rockville. \ brief
| stop was made to put up the storm
| curtains once more and everything went
well until just as we had crossed the
i Maryland line into the District. when
one of the front tires threw up the
! ghost at 5000 miles and laid down on us
flSht IN the midSt or the transform Inc
delay was not long, however. for in
eight minutes new tire was in place
and were once more on our way,
none the worse for wear. Following the
Rockville pike we passed through Ten
leytown and entered the National Capital
via Massachusetts avenue extended. the
trip terminating at 1O:15 O'Clock, having
covered las miles i'll slightly over twelve
hours, with the actual running time eight
hours.
The itinerary of the trip and the mile
age was as follows: