Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-11

Among the recent additions to the
membership Of the District Of Columbia
Automobile Club are 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 ]. w. Babson
Touring Director Ferguson of the
local automobile club is in receipt of
| the following advice from James Hem
street, director of the A. A. A. touring
bureau in New York city:
please advise motorists leaving
Philadelphia for New York to follow
Broad street north to Boulevard: thence
Castor road, Bustleton and Langhorn to
Trenton instead of Camden. This route
is in fine condition"
A message from Secretary Lane and
Judge Hartman of this city, who stop
ped over night at Tallman, N. Y. en-
route to the Adirondacks, and who re-
ceived their touring directions at local
club headquarters, states that they are
enjoying a very pleasant trip and that
the travelling Instructions given them
at local club headquarters were found
to be correct 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 in
formation in regard to the road be-
tween Fredericksburg and Washing
tom" In closing, he says: Il have been
sending a number of tourists north via
the valley route. but will send them
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 Washington route via Fred
ericksburg, and should serve to impress
commercial Washington with the inn
portance of having an improved high
way between the two capitals 1t Is
not difficult for q motorist. 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. Con-
| sequently Washington is eliminated
i, from his itinerary, and commercial
Washington suffers thereby. Washing
ton merchants who would benefit by
having all the motorists who tour be-
tween 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 resi-
dent of the National Capital, and who
| is an ardent motorist. was among those
coming to Washington Mrs. Smith has
| motored to all the points Of interest
within a radius of a hundred miles of
this city. Today she leaves on an ex-
tended northern tour which has been
mapped out for her by Touring d.
! rector Ferguson. Mrs. Smith expects
| to be away several weeks, and her
itinerary will include the New Jersey
coast. New York city. the New Eng
land coast. the White mountains. Lake
Champlain 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
| below Nyack have heretofore had only
| the choice of two ferries-between
Fort Lee. N. j., and West 130th street.
| or from Weehawken, N. j., to West
42d street. The former encounters a
long, steep hill, difficult for unac-
quainted drivers. and which during t-le
greater part Of the past two years has