The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
GOD AUTO ROADS FROM WASHINGTON TO SEASHORE
Good Auto Roads From
Washington to Seashore

There must be an end to every journey
and for those away on a holiday it usu-
ally is a place that offers an oppor-
tunity for pleasure Motorists follow the
line OF least resistance when pleasure
bent. This means the good road. In the
case of washingtonians this is to the
north. But while riding over the smooth
macadam or cement highway Is very
nice it grows tiresome after while.
For the journey to be continued, the
inducement must be sufficiently alluring.
Twenty, thirty or even fifty miles do not
mean anything to the car owner II at
the end there is something worth while
What is an hour or two longer on the
road If it means at the end dip in the
surf, an excellent meal. or a few hours
OF enjoyment.
For probably 75 per cent OF Washing
toms 10000 motor car owners Atlantic
City, n j. is the objective point of at
least one trip a year. 1t may not De
the ultimate end of all their Journeys
but unless the appointment elsewhere is
very important, most all are sure to make
the route read via the Jersey coast re-
sort Just what the particular thing
that draws people to this town is hard
TO say Everybody 1ocks there, and it
is a known fact that very few people
enjoy the same things Some like the
cuisine, others the bathing. still another
crowd. who like TO see and be seen, en-
joy the boardwalk, and there are some
few who go just to say that they have
been to Atlantic City.
/ There is but one Atlantic City In all
the world. Built upon an island fve
miles out and facing south. 1t enjoys a
peculiarly equitable climate. Winter and
summer there is not much change IN
temperature. The gulf stream. a few
miles out to sea, takes care OF this The
! town is cosmopolitan to the last degree.
I Hither travel the wealthy of the land
with their motor cars, servants and other
equipage and take suites at the best no.
! tells or rent cottages for their visit To
{ this great American resort the workman
] with his family and their lunch basket
also make pilgrimages. Both are equally
welcome and on the famous boardwalk,
sixty feet wide. both classes are very apt
! to meet.
/ The 1872 miles of road that separates this
city OF pleasure from Washington Is
macadam as far as Wilmington, Del, and
/ from there to Franklinville, n. j., II is
good dirt highway. The remainder OF
the distance is good gravel road. This
is the route commonly known as the short
way and is most popular with local
/ motorists. as II not only saves consider
able mileage over the long route around
via Philadelphia. but is equally as good
Der of good garages. and whatever hote
I you decide to make your headquarteTj
can refer you to one that Is close by.
! The route from Washington is out ovel
. the Washington-B Baltimore boulevard o
Lincoln Highway, as it is now known
Once in the Monumental City continu,
out North avenue and turn left into tai
BeIair road. when the speedometer
which has been set at zero before start
ing, registers forty-two miles. At Kings
vile. the first point at which there Ii
apt to be confusion. turn suarp to th'
left and then bear right, passing tn
cemetery on your right. At Belsir, ~.
miles from Washington. there is a turl
to the left and then a little farther on {
turn to the right After crossing tn
bridge Just l,eyond Aldino there is
sharp turn TO the right following tn
telegraph wires. At Havre de Grace yo,
cross the Susquehanna River. and for th'
privilege you pay 81.
From here on into Wilmington the roat
is easy to follow. 1t is all macadam. AM
with the exception OF one or two place
there is no danger Of getting on II
wrong stretch. Just outside OF Elktol
there is a sharp turn to the right tina
leads over a concrete bridge that shoul
be watched for. for again at Marshalltol
the road turns sharply to the right dow
Z grade and over a bridge Arriving II
Wilmington you turn right into Marko
off Tenth street. and shortly afterward