Evening star., 1915-04-11
SNOW DRIFT WINS;
STOPS AUTO PARTY
Banks of the Beautiful Pre-
vent Easter Trip to At
Iantic City.
WASHINGTON MOTORISTS
!: /. LEARN HOW TO SHOVEL
after Terrific Battle With Cold
They Acknowledge King Boreas"
to Be Champion.

: Digging a motor ca r out of thrcc-fo
snow drifts in nearby Maryland vas
fhe novel experience of party of local
motorists who were en- route from the
National capital to Atlantic city,
where they expected to spend Easter
Sunday Instead of parading up and
Siown the Boardwalk at the seashore
they managed to reach Baltimore on
fhe forced trip home. and spent the
afternoon viewing the sights about the
Monumental city.
, The start was made from this city
saturday morning at 9:f5 O'Clock in
tho Hudson $50 touring car by John
". Bella. who piloted the party. The
other members of the expedition with
him were Mark Burnham. James A.
Sullivan. w J. Eccleston and {. A.
Rowfey. all of this city. Although
small snowfiakes were flying every
where when they left the National
Capital. they never dreamed that a
blizzard was in store for them within
the next twenty-four hours, SO off they
started They followed the Baltimore
Washington boulevard and entered
the Monumental city via W1lkens ave
nue. II looked somewhat threatening
to purchase non-skid chains for the
car. Thinking this ample preparation,
fhey motored out North avenue IN the
direction of Bela1r.
, Buy Two shovels.
All went we'll and Beair was reached IN
good shape The snow continued 10 get
deeper and deeper. BY the time Cnurch-
vile was reached the snow drifts began
10 appear at frequent intervals Inc snow
banked up in front of the radiator ana
time and again this was removed and the
Journey continued Finally. snow drifts
were encountered almost three feet high
and then the trouble commenced IN lne
meantime the wind was blowing a gaze
and almost every one in the party was
pretty we'll frozen through. When drift
was eached which was so high that the
car would not bulge through 1t, nearby
farm house was sought for aid farmer
came out v;th two shovels. which were
purchased for dollar apiece. The nve
members of the party and the farmer set
about to dig the car out OF It's predlca-
ment. IL
Saying good bye to the farmer and with
the two shovels aboard the run was once
more begun More and still more snow
drifts Ioo1ned up in front Of them until
finally the road itself disappeared entire
ly from view. At one place 1t was neces-
sary to cut a trail the length OF a CITY
block After numerous delays Havre de
Grace, about eighty-miles from Washing
ton,was reached at o'clock In the after
noon. The local motorists were complete
" tagged out from the snoW-shovellng
exercises and II was decided to put up
there for the night The car was run
in a garage and cleaned up. preparatory
for the journey to Atlantic City SUNDAY
morning A good dinner was enjoyed
with a relish and the boys turned In for
the night.
Bright and early Easter Sunday the
boys were up. After breakfast tne
motor was started and at o'clock
the trip was once more resumed. Halt
ing at the toll gate across the long
bridge over the Susquehanna river, VI
the other end of the bridge, was
reached with safety, and not until
about two miles north of this village
did they realize that 1t was going 10
be most difficult task to attempt TO
go the remainder of the distance to
the seashore. They came across
large touring car, which had left Havre
de Grace early Sunday morning. stalled
in a big drift just ahead OF them II
was equipped with one non-skid chain
and a piece of rope on the rear wheels.
The owner of the car implored the
boys from Washington to take the
lead, by reason of being better equipped
with chains. They did this obligingly.
but found that the progress was very
slow. and almost equally SO for the
stranded traveller back Of them.
Abandon Trip.
A consultation was held out in the
open road, and IL was decided to
abandon the trip and return home. No
time was lost in doing this. and after
a strenuous trip Baltimore was reached
late Sunday afternoon. where a stop
was made for the night. En- route to
Baltimore machines were found by the
score stalled in the snow and up to
the hubs in mud. where they had &C
eide ntally run of the road.
In many places people were walking
around In the snow UP to their waists,
so fierce were the conditions On ar
rival home Monday morning they still
had the two shovels. which members
Of the party said were their best
friends on this auto trip The next
time they will remain home until the
weather conditions are more settled.
However, not a single member regrets
having made the start. the only sad
part of the trip being that they did
not have the pleasure Of seeing Atlantic
City Easter Sunday In 1915. Next year
they hope to mako the trip again, II