New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Hackensack Pike at
Length Is a Real
Road

Many New YORK motorists VIII ne
surprised" says Henry Caldwell. Of the
Maxwell Touring Bureau, "to know
that a road which has been persistent
ly and consistently bad for nearly a
full decade has at last been reformed
and is now good over almost its entire
length. The llackensack Turnpike,
sometimes called the Bulls Ferry Road,
which cuts off several miles between
Wcehawken and Hackensack, has been
rebuilt.
For a century. more or less, com
pany collected. by authority OF the
state, toll for maintaining an impassa-
bic highway. In its last stages the
army mule could not have crossed its
dangerous ruts, much less an automo-
bile. Motorists gave i up, as road,
years ago, but at last it has returned.
II is the last of the Jersey toll roads in
the Hudson Valley TO become public
property. Only one of the old toll
houses remains TO be seen, and 1t
stands there harmless, begging to be
left alone, but no longer expecting
graft.
"The resurfaced road may be taken
from the head Of the Hudson County
Boulevard. At the foot of Anderson
Avenue. turn left and run down Kelly's
Hill. no longer bad. The road is good
most of the way into Main Street,
Hackensack, cutting off the long ride
through Englewood or Fort Lee. All
the resurfacing viii be completed with
in few days. Those going to Pater-
son may bear LETT away from the car
track on Main Street, before reaching
the Hackenssck Courthouse, and run
one block on Hudson Street, into Essex,
turn left and follow into Market
Street, Paterson, over very good sur
face.
when going to Pompton, this way,
through Paterson. the traffic may be
avoided by turning right, off of Market
Street. at a little gasolene station, on
to Church Street, and following the
same to Broadway. Paterson, where
turn left and run to Hamburger Avenue.
The through road entering Pompton
will be opened this week, it is said.
making ii no longer necessary to run
TO the right past Pompton Lake. This
is direct route to Greenwood Lake,
but the surface is not good after leav-
ing Midvalc. and the road entering
Browns. at the foot of the lake, is still
very bad.
"To reach Greenwood Lake it is still
best to go via Ilohokus and Suffern
and turn left at the hotel in Sloats-
burg and run through the woods, on
the old country road, to Hewitt, but
even this does not eliminate the bad
road entering Browns"
AShokan District The latest reports
we have received say the road around
the reservoir is completed. thus open
ing up the main line from Kingston to
Cooperstown.
The Hudson Valley roads, on both
sides of the river, are being repaired
in many places, and it is impossible to
reach Albany without making several
detours, none of which are very bad.
The Morristown route to the Della
ware Water Gap is still bad and we
are advising tourists to go via New
ark, Summit, Far Hills and Chester.
This eliminates most of the bad road
to the Gap via the short route, except
from the Delaware River to the town
of Delaware, where there is a toll
bridge.
Between Albany and Syracuse there
is still detour of one and half
miles between Vernon and Lairdsville.
Between Syracuse and Wstertown
the road is very rough south of Hast
ings.
Between Rochester and Oswego there
is long detour from Sodus to VOL
colt.
The Syracuse-G Geneva road is open.
Both approaches to the Barge Canal
Bridge, at Seneca Falls, are bad.
. Utica to Old Forge Dctour Whites
boro-C arey's Corners.
McKeever-Fulton Chain being re-
paired; open, but rough.
Old Forge Sixth Lake -Dirt road
Eagle Bay under construction from
Eagle Bay to Sixth Lake; rough, but
passablc.
Utica-Lake Pleasant Bridgewater-
Utica road being repaired; traffic not
stopped.
Trenton and Prospect for Morchouse-
Vile and Lake Pleasant
Binghamton- Wurtsboro Work in
progress at West Windsor, between
Roscoe and Liberty. but open to travel.
Detour Masters -Wurtsboro over
parallel earth road. Posted and in good
condition.
Middletown and points south De-
tour at Wurtsboro via Haven, West
Brookville and Otisville.
Binghamton-Albany-Detour east of
Oneonta. Road open nights and Sun
days.
Schenevus-E East Recently
oiled.
Vroomans- Gallupsvlle Being re-
surfaced, but open to traffic; proceed
slowly.
What Sam Farmer Did