The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
FOR THOSE WHO'D
GO TO TRACK MEET
Road TO Philadelphia for Col
lcgc Championship
Games.
HOLIDAY TOUR BEYOND

~. las, Friday and Saturday in May
x.,s the days OF the intercollegiate
,,.oy and fold meet ~ philadelphia.
naming directions TO the Quaker CITY
.s given for those who may want TO
.,,.nd the games. Because Memorial
nav Is being kept this year on Monday.
vsv Al. the tour Is extended north
through PENNSYLVANIA TO the Wate- Gap
ana back to New York via Po-, 1ervis.
"a AFFORD motorists an opportunity ~
,l,vlng some extremely attractive cour-
,,y whose hills and valleys are In the
nj, rush 81 their spring beauty ius;
,nou, Decoration Day The Informal
son is sen, to THE SuS by the Auto
mobile Club Of Americas Bureau OF
Tours.
The route 10 Philadelphia IL by ferry
., weehp vixen. After ascending the
nm on the New Jersey side a loft turn
q made. followed ~ orce nv u rlrht
urn into Third street. Rergenline ave-
r,e Is crossed and \ left turn At the
church is made into Hudson County
p,uleyard. The boulevard is then fol-
loved for Ave and a half miles to a
polnt where the route turns right into
small park and. winding around n
monument. follows the Newark Plank
rad. the surface Of which is good into
Market street. Newark.
petween Newark and y zabeth the
route via Elizabeth avenue presents good
surface ard from Elizabeth TO Railway,
BY way o, Railway and st. Georges
avenues. the macadam Ia also in hne
condition. Ar inferior bit OF road. which
10 undergoing repairs. occurs after
Railway via Iselin. continuing poor
A. Far as Metuchen. South OF Metu-
chen the direct road along Mlddlesex
avenue toward New Brunswick II
closed for repairs. but the detour fol-
lowing the trolley through Bonham-
town IL satisfactory. consisting Of fairly
rood macadam, and rejo!ns the main
road AZ Highland Park Just before the
Rar,tan River IL crossed to New Pruns-
wick.
Unfortunately the road between New
Brunswick and Princeton via Franklin
Park and Kingston has been allowed
to deteriorate and needs attention In
certain spots The DAYTON. Hightstown
and Windsor road TO Trenton. that
avoids Princeton altogether. offers a
superior surface. After Princeton. how
ever. conditions improve "a far as Tren-
ION and. crossing the Delaware into
Pennsylvania. good macadam or asphalt
will he found via FallsinVton. Oxford
Valley. L~anghorne. Trappe to Bustle-
ton. The right fork IL taken and the
route follows along Castor road and
me new boulevard 10 Philadelphia. The
total distance from New York by the
above route In 90 miles.
The run from PHILADELPHIA to the
Water Gap traverses typical eastern
Pennsylvania scenery. Large towns are
avoided for the most part and the road
passes through a succession OF most at
t-actlve villages. very fair surface heing
found practically all the way. From
Philadelphia the route leads north along
Broad street and Old York road 10
Spencer street In Rranchtown. Here a
left turn IN made and the right fork
'asen into Limekiln Turnpike. Chelton
avenue Is crossed and n lef. turn along
sSty-ftth avenue taken to Stenton ave-
rue. which IL followed straight on
through Chestnut Hill to the bethle-
hem Pike.
Once clear Of Philadelphia pretty
Sihurhe, the road soon becomes good
and open and the route continues more
or less straight on through F%lourtown.
Fort Washington. Amber. S~pringhouse
and Line Lexington TO Sel~lersville.
After passing Sellersville the trolley IL
followed to old Quakertown and
L''ukl 'ooDcrSDurS 10 ,tUteT NdllcN.
We're A sharp right urn Is made over
Bethlehem Mountain 10 South bethlehem.
where the LehlRh River II crossed TO
I've town Of Bethlehem. The road.
fAnceforward, ms II approaches the Blue
Mountain Range, ~traverses Nazareth and
through the Wind Gap to Saylorsburg.
where a right turn IL made through Bos-
sardv!lle 10 StormvilIe in the Cherry
Valley.
At this point the good road M the
Teep hill 10 the left should he carefully
avoided. as the inferior right hand road
"a the one leading to Delaware Water
Gap. S miles from Philadelphia and
1855 from New York.
A particularly delightful part Of the
run, from the point OF view OF natural
scenery, Is now entered upon, the road
Winding along the beautiful valley OF
me Delaware RlveR aas although the
surface varies somSWAak = condition 1t
consists principally q rood dirt and
shale as far as n :emo-ls.
Leaving Delaware Water Gan by the
main road, the route runs through pretty
little Shawnee and by way OF Bush
Kill Egypt Mills and Dingman's Ferry
10 charming old Milford. still follow
ins the main road the Delaware Is
crossed over from Matamoras. Pa, 70
rort Jervis. ". Y. and the fnal lap of
NE tour Is continued through Tri-States,
~ the Junction OF the three States,
ana thence over the Slate Hin road.
which affords magnificent scenery and
unsurpassed views over two beautiful
Valleys, 10 Coshan hv a fairi,, good