Evening star., 1915-03-07
speed through this section Of the Old
Dominion.
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Arrive at Mclean.

Arrive at Mclean.
When the odometer of the machine
registered 10.6 miles we had crossed
the electric car tracks and were enter
ing the town of Mclean. Continuing
through the main street we then
headed for Lewinsville. Lewinsville is
11.s miles from Washington. Here we
found crossroads in the center Of the
town, the spaces on the corners being
occupier by grocery store, residence.
schoolhouse and cemetery, respective
ly. Keeping straight ahead in some-
what Of a southwesterly direction from
Langley. we made run of about two
miles through typical country sec
tion, surrounded by farm lands, the
road leading up hill and down dale.
Tysons Cross Roads. indicated by
small country store at the junction Of
the Lewinsville road with the Alexan-
dria-Leesburg turnpike, is an import
ant point when touring about this sec
tion of the country. 1t is here that
motorist coming from Falls Church,
and desiring to motor to Vienna or
Fairfax Court House. leaves the Alex
andria-LeeSburg road and branches
southwark. Therefore. Fairfax Court
House being our destination, we pro-
ceeded directly across the Alexandria
Leesburg road and. much to our sur
prise. found the worst stretch of road
way of entire run.
The road was a conglomeration OF
ruts, chuck holes. rocks and broken
and twisted branches from trees.
enough to cause the motoring novice
to retreat in haste without investigat-
ing further. Even the old-time en-
durance driver would be put on his
mettIe if he attempted to pilot a car
i ,k~sl for
sweepstake prize. But. from infor-
nation gathered by the writer while in
Fairfax Court House Sunday, there is a
bright prospect that this stretch of
road will be rebuilt by the time sum
mer travel commences. Bids were
opened last Monday at the courthouse
for $4,000 worth Of road bonds. which
were authorized not very long ago.
This bad stretch is not of any great
length, however, and when about a
mile from Vienna, the motorist comes
to good macadam road, which ex-
tends to Fairfax. Vienna is 1862 miles
from Washington via this route.
little further on is the settlement of
Oakton, situated directly on the same
, macadamiZed highway. Passing through
Oakton. 1876 miles out, we continued
to Wiley Station, 20 miles from Wash
ington on the electric railway line.
Crossing the tracks, we lost no time
in showing on to Fairfax Court House,
which was reached in less than two
hours from the National Capital. The
odometer registered 2l.2 miles.
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| Old Tavern a Landmark.
Here we found an ancient landmark
| in the shape of tavern a part of
which was constructed over century
ago. The tavern is situated across
the road from the ancient courthouse.
| where is deposited in the clerk s
| Office the original will Of George
Washington. 1t Is carefully preserved
| and visitors to view this document are
| always welcomed
| After dinner and spending brief
| period listening to the historic points
| of interest in that section. while sit
| ting about a large open fire. we de-
| cided to begin our Journey homeward.
At 230 o'clock we swung the big ma
chine around into the road and we soon
| were spinning over the same macadam-
| ized highway back in the direction of
| Tysons Cross Roads. w edecided that
| instead Of returning to the National