The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-11
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NEWS

Among the recent additions to the men,
bership of the District of Columbia Au-
tomobile Club are the following: Henry
P. Parker. T. w. Fowler. jr., L. V. Byrd
Fred Dixon, jr.. DIR. A. G. Cromwell. U.
S. NJ, Mrs. w. S. a. Smith and J. w.
Babson.
Touring Director Ferguson, of the local
automobile club, is in receipt of the fol-
lowing advice from James Hemstreet
director of the A. A. a. touring bureau
in New York City.
please advise motorists leaving Phila
delphia for New York City to follow
Broad street north to Boulevard: thence
Castor road. Bustleton and Langhorn to
Trenton instead of Camden. This route
il in fine condition
A message from Secretary Lane and
Judge Hartman, of this city, who stopped
over night at Tallman, n. Y, en- route
to the Adirondacks, and who received
their touring directions at local club
headquarters, states that they are en-
joying a very pleasant trip. and that the
travelling instructions given them at local
club headquarters were found to be cor
rect in every particular.
In a letter to the secretary Of the local
club Osmond L. Barringer, OF Charlotte.
n. c., asks:
Can you furnish me with some infor-
nation in regard to the road between
Fredericksburg and Washington" In
closing. he says: Il have been sending
a number of tourists north via the val
ley route. but will send them via Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Washington.
if the stretch in question is worthy of
recommendation"
Mr.. Barringer's letter is but one of
hundreds received by local club officials
asking for information concerning the
Richmond route via Fred
ericksburg, and should serve to impress
commercial Washington with the i'm
portance of having an improved high
way between the two capitals. 1t Is
not difficult for a motoris. upon reach
ing Richmond from the South to ascer-
tain that the best route North is over
the Valley pike. and unless he wants
to test the bulldog strength of his car.
he usually chooses this route. Conse-
quently Washington is eliminated from
his itinerary. and commercial WASH
ington suffers thereby. Washington
merchants who would benefit by hav-
ing all the motorists who tour between
the North and the South pass through
Washington, would do well to visit
club headquarters and gain some idea
of the extent of this class of travel.
Mrs. w. S. A. Smith. formerly OF
Sioux City, Iowa, who is now a resi-
dent of the National Capital. and who
is an ardent motorist, was among those
who Joined the club last week. Since
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motored to all the points of interest
within a radius of 100 miles of this
city. Today she leaves on an extended
Northern tour which has been mapped
out for her by Touring Director Fer
guson. Mrs. Smith expects to be away
several weeks, and her itinerary will
include the New Jersey coast. New
York City, the New England coast. the
White Mountains, Lake Champaign. and
the Delaware Water Gap. from which
point she will return to Washington.
Motorists touring into New York from
the west side OF the Hudson River be-
low Nyack have heretofore had only the
choice of two ferries-between Fort Lee,
n. j., and West One Hundred and Thir-
tieth street, or from Weehawken, N. j.,
to West Forty-second street. The former
encounters a long. steep hill. difficult for
unacquainted drivers, and which during
the greater part of the past two years
has in many parts been torn up. The
latter descends a short, steep hill and
enters a crowded section of upper Man
haitian. With the increase Of travel over
the west side route to New York, both
of these ferries have been a source of
and occasional dangG 40
motorists.
Recently a new ferry has been estab-
lished from Englewood N. j., to the head
of Dyckman street, New York City From
Englewood, which is easily accessible
from Tuxedo. Suffern and Hackensack,
as we'll as from points Immediately above
on the river, motorists are advised by
the touring bureau of the District Auto
Club to follow Palisade avenue, the main
street, to the edge OF the Palisades
thence down a per cent. broad and
winding. but well-paved stretch of road
to the ferryhouse Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, the boats run every ten
on other days. every thirty min
utes. Rates are the same as by the
Fort Lee ferry.
From the New York end proceed I'D
Dykman street to Broadway: turn right
and continue on Broadway direct to the
center Of the city. This route avoids the
poor and complicated roads encountered
on either of the old ways below Hacken-
sack, and also the congested traffic at
the New York landing.
Some Of those who call at club head
quarters in the Riggs Building to Join
the local motoring organization state
that they are joining because they are
in immediate need Of touring Informal
ton. Some Join. they say. because they
believe In organization and want to lend
their aid to what they believe to be a
worthy enterprise, while others declare
that they are Joining because every
body's dom it." Those Of the latter
class are prompted to take out member
ship because of the large number of mo
tor cars seen upon the streets of the
National Capital wearing the A. A. A.
emblem upon their radiators.
Those persons who arc measuring the
strength Of the local club by the num-
Der Of cars carrying the club emblem
should bear in mind that at the present
time over 20 per cent Of the clubs men,
bership ID an tour. When the cold
weather sets In and these have returned
TO washington. cars decorated with the
insignia of the club win be the rule upon
me street rather than the exception.