Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-12
ALLURING ROADS
IN THIS VICINITY
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| Forge. Gulph and King of Prussia, which
! TEEN with historic associations. This dis
trlct, too, is almost unsurpassed for It's
beautiful vlstas of quiet, restful land.
| scape.
The same Lancaster route leads to Get
I tysburg. five and one-half hours by tire,
and Hagerstown and Frederick Md, the
| twin gateposts of the Shenandoah Val
! ley. Lancaster again Is a stepping stone
TO Pittsburgh, the objective of rather
ambitious automobile trip. Eighteen
hours, at n conservative estimate. can be
allowed for the journey, including repair
ing tires. restocking with gasoline and
eating From Lancaster there are two
forks In the road, one bending northerly
through Harrisburg and Carlisle, the
other southerly through York and Get
tysburg, the two roads Joining again at
Chambersburg. The Importance of the
Lancaster pike. one OF the big highways
leading from the City or Brotherly Love.
can be realized when the frequency with
which Lancaster is used as n junction
point is learned.
The Lancaster pike, Lancaster itself
and Harrisburg play parts in the route
of trip which is described by DR.. j. r.
Overpeck. one OF the officers and former
pathfinder" of the Quaker City Motor
Club. as indescrlbably beautlful-that to
Wiliamsport, Pa.
There are many pretty and interesting
automobile trips to he had from Philadel-
phia," he said. But the prettlest of ALL
just for sheer beauty, is to Wllliamsport.
by way of Harrisburg. 1t is the prettiest
not only in Pennsylvania but In the en-
tire country"
The trip requires about IA hours The
route is by way of Coatesvllc and Lam
caster (or the northern or Reading route)
to Harrisburg, where. after passing Dun
cannon, one crosses the Susquehanna
River at Clark's Ferry bridge. near the
mouth of the Iuniata River, and goes
northward along the Susquehanna. At
Sunbury the rive is crossed again, the
road leading through Milton and Nfuncy
and west to Williamsport, on the thres-
hold of n varied mountain country often
called Pennsylvania beauty spot
ROADS SOUTH NOT so INVITING.
South of Philadelphia especially south
of the Mason and Dixon line, the roads
are not so inviting. but popular short
trip Is that to Wilmington. with that bit
of Elysium. Arden, as its entrance. The
run TO Wilmington takes from ~ to 2
hours.
Wilmington is but a few steps of the
journey TO Baltimore, which can be made
under favorable conditions in ten hours
Add two hours and one is in Washington.
Washington, the capital of the nation,
Is halfway to Richmond, the ancient
capital of the Confederacy. The tour to
Richmond Is one of the most ambitious of
the short trips from this city. not only
an account of its distance but because of
the clay roads of Virginia, which are not
greeted with smiles by motorists. How
ever, there is n fairly good highway be-
tween Washington and Richmond. by way
OF Fredericksburg, and conditions are rap
idly improving. A full "a hours Is the
motor time between here and Richmond
much more charming trip south of
Washington Is that to Staunton, Va. in
the heart of the hazy Blue Ridge. via
Manassas, Warrenton, Gordonsville and
Charlottesville. At the last-named place
one catches a glimpse of the Ragged
Mountains made famous by Poe In the
stories which he wrote at the University
of Virginia. Another full days trip into
the territory of Dixie. and the most I'M
pressive of all, is by way of Gettysburg.
Hagerstown and Winchester Va, 20
Staunton, through the Shenandoah Valley.
Another strenuous trip is via Whining
ton ind Dover. down the Eastern Sho' OF
Maryland and Virginia to Cape Charles.
a 23-hour grind.
Then there is the "beaten path" to At
lantic City. which Is a fiat trip OF two
and one half hours There are several
routes, the two best known being the
White Horse pike, through Haddon
Heights and Egg hsrbor City and the
Woodbury. Malaga route. the two joining
at Pleasantvile, To vary the monotony
of the journey. one can skirt the ocean
rim by steering northward to- .rd Barne-
gat. Toms River and Lakewood.