New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
NEARBY ROADS ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION
Easter Run to Atlantic
City Is Advised by
A. c. A.
OPEN WINTER HAS
HELPED HIGHWAYS
Plenty of Amusement To Be
Found at Coast Resorts Apart
from Fashion Parade.

Few motorists realize the number
and variety Of roads around New York
City that are available for touring dur
ing the early spring. The unusual
/ o. ,nHesa of the last winter, with its al
most complete freedom from snow, has
kept the roads in New Jersey, West
chester County and Long Island in re-
markab!y good condition. This is par
ticularly true Of macadam and other
/ hard-surfaced roads, Of which there are
a goodly number within a days run of
/ New York City.
Even the gravel roads which the
State Of New Jersey lays down in many
cases as cheap substitute for the ex-
( pensive macadam and concrete, will be
found in unusually good condition for
/ this time of year. The noteworthy lack
/ Of snow and of heavy rams during
/ March has allowed the roads TO dry
| out TO an extent which would not be
/ possible under ordinary early spring
/ conditions.
The Bureau of Tours OF the A. c. A.
. is able to guarantee to the Eastertlme
motorist, Atlantic City bound for the
( post-Lcnten festivities, a fairly good
road throughout, even though rutted
somewhat in places, as is inevitable at
this time Of yeaI.
As a halfway stopping point on the
Atlantic City route. Lakewood more
than fulfls all requirements.
Excellent hotel accommodations are
available throughout the winter and
spring, thus causing Lakewood to be
ranked as a premier spring resort IN
this section Of the country. Located as
il is in a rCCi n whore pine trees are
plentiful, Lakewood is famous for the
purity and bracing qualities Of its air.
/ This is, no doubt, due in large part TO
the great thickness Of sa.- stf4,a, "5
we as to the forests Of pine trees
which surround and protect the town.
Through the sand the water quickly
percolates after a rainfall, leaving the
ground dry and the atmosphere tree
from moisture. An excellent shooting
club holds clay pigeon shoots at frc-
quent intervals during the year while
golf enthusiasts can p ay around the
excellent l8-hole golf course OF the
Country Club.
To reach Lakewood by automobile the
best route 20 follow at the present time
is that via Newark. EliZabeth, New
Brunswick. Old Bridge and Freehold.
A second but longer route 20 Lake
wood il that running down through
Staten Island to Perth Amboy, thence
via Keyport and Red Bank TO Long
Branch, down the coast to Point Pleas
ant and thence west direct TO Lake
wood. This is a longer route than the
| other and the roads are not as good;
/ il is. however, mentioned as = possible
alternate.
The new bridge, which has recently
4 been under construction between Tuck
erton and New Gretna. on the way 70
} Atlantic City, is now open, thus obyi-
! atiug the necessity for making a de-
/ tour OF several miles over rather poor
country roads. The road from Lake
wood TO the big resort is very good.
Dancing. golfng, bowling fishing and
other amusements, both indoors and
out, afford plenty Of opportunity for
recreation at Atlantic City.
The prime attraction at Atlantic
CITY in the early part Of April, how
ever. is neither the outdoor sports nor
the indoor amusements, but custom
which in recent years has become an
institution. The Easter parade on the
far-famed Boardwalk is OF interna'
tional renown. Then it is that Dame
Fashion. forsaken during the long
weeks of the Lenten fast, comes at last
gloriously into her own in a burst o.
color.