Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-18
ROAD TO WASHINGTON
ACORDURO|D ROUGH SEA
DR.. w. F. Williamson Advocates An
other Route From Fredericksburg
After Recent Experience.

DR.. W. F. Williamson of Richmond
Va. recently made an auto trip te
Washington via Fredericksburg and the
"Hartwood- Fairfax Court House route.
and he writes that he found the roaG
tempestuous sea. as it is a wavy, rocky
country" Dr. Williamson suggests a
good road, which is about fourteen
miles shorter. only about ten miles of
the road between Fredericksburg and
Washington being termed bad How
ever. a force of men is working the
bad spots and the improvement is
noticeable. The route suggested as
the best by DIR. Williamson, from per-
sonal experience, follows:
Fredericksburg to Washington:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Princess Anne
Hotel; turn first street to right,
then first street to left. going
north.
1.4-Turn sharp to right across bridge
t25c told into Plymouth; keep
straight till
1.S-Turn sharp to right around
chapel. of motorists simply
follow good road they will not
go wrong. There is an i'm
portant turn, so follow speed
meter)
4.s-Turn to left leaving telegraph
s7-Bride over Potomac river, turn
sharp to left.
a5-Mountain View. Take left-hand
road.
11.7-Turn TO railroad leaving good
road. Important turn hardly
noticeable.)
1S.S-Caution; go slow: sharp turn to
left half way down hill.
13.1-Turn sharp to right.
16.2-Turn sharp to right to Garrison
willie (gas and OLD.
17.2-Turn sharp to left on good road.
CDR. Snead's office on right)
22.S-Caution. Here is bad stretch
of road where work is going
on now. A few small bridges,
but all safe.
22.S-Caution. Turn to left to avoid
hill. impossible in bad weather
and bad in good weather. This
part is steep. rough and bad
at all times. but short.
24.S-Take road to left.
2t.S-Turn sharp to left.
25.0-Keep strai ght, follow telegraph.
by telegraph we mean a tele-
graph pole with two or more.
usually four, cross-pieces at top
There are telephone poles with
from one to two cross-pieces.
Don't follow these for telegraph
26.6-Turn to right.
2s.I-Turn sharp to left. then through
Dumfries and good road.
21.o-Turn sharp to right; cross bridge.
2S.0-Turn sharp to left, leaving good
road
32.o-Straight ahead; follow telegraph
line.
33.3-Cross stream and turn to left.
36.3-Turn sharp to right.
31.o-Turn sharp to left
31-I-Occoquan (gas and oiD.
3f.S-Turn sharp to left: one block and
again to left.
3S-o-Cross steel bridge over Occoquan
creek.
39.0-Follow telegraph (middle road).
41.3-Straight ahead: cross railroad to
Lorton station.
50.6-Cross railroad tracks.
634-Turn to left into Alexandria,
bearing to right down King
street to Washington street.
b4.1-Turn to left. out Washington
street, north, to garage mid
way square (gas and OLD
64.s-Cross railroad tracks
o5.2-Turn to left, cross bridge over
Potomac railroad yards. then
turn sharp to right Cleft road
takes you to Arlington, Fort
Myer, wireless towers and
Aqueduct bridge into George
town.
bS1-Cross Highway bridge over Poto-
mac river into Washington:
speedway to right and left of
main road or street.
6o-1-Thirteenth street, bear to left
61.0-Thirteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Washington, D. c.