New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
To a Warm Winter
Climate Over The
Capital Highway
Route to Miami, Fla, Vi.
Washington, Augusta
and Jacksonville
By 0. NJ. Wells
chief RoddmdR, The Aptor,oSs,
Club Of AWerico.

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CiDb Of Awerico.
From New York run through ~.
ark. Elizabeth, Railway ana sie,nes,.
b 10 New Brunswics. Thence the a.
bury Turnpike Is followed 20 Hi,s,,
town. From Hightstown run to Wiz
son disregarding the Trenton sign !.
/ turn right, and continue straight a,
/ TO n macadam four corners; turn riy.,
3 and run through Robbinsvlle and W..
! ceryille to Trenton, which provide, ~
hard surface road In good cond;tie,
From Trenton to Philadelphia the hirs
/ way is also in good condition.
/ From Philadelphia TO Wilminyton d,
road is hard surfaced snd in fair coz.
dition. Between Wilmington and N.
ton, at the present time, there ar, /,
/ few short detours made Necessary ~
bridge construction. These detours. n
course, will be eliminated as the In.
proyements arc completed. Notori,,,
can obtain a chart over the best rosS
by applying TO the clerk OF the Ho,sl
Du Pont. in Wilmington.
From Elkton through Baltimore I,
Washington the road is all open and !.
good condition. From Wsshing,o,
through Alexandra, Accotink and Lsr
ton TO three miles beyond 0eeoqssn
the road is improved surface in sooS
condition. From that point 10 Dun.
/ fries there is an eight-mile stretch q
very narrow, rough road. That portion
of the road from Dumfries crossing
the Chappawamsic Swamp has beer
somewhat improved by filing in, but "a
very narrow and apt to be slippery 10
wet weather. The government Is nov
working on a four-mile stretch Of nes
concrete road leading 70 the msrins
camp at Qusntica, and without dous,
will also find it necessary 70 maze
repairs on the Chappawamsic road, o.
well as the Dumfries- Occoquan road.
before the heavy trucking can be car.
ried on between the trunk line ARD
Ouantico. The remainder OF the -osp
through Fredericksburg TO RichmopI Is
in very good condition.
The twenty-mile streten betsssa
Richmond and Petersburg Is full Of
holes and in such poor condition that
p, the springmakers on each END nf The
route are doing q rushing business. Il
seems a shame to have road connect
ing two large and important cities such
as Richmond and Petersburg in soE-
dition. of this kind.
! From Petersburg through DInwiddi.
and South Hill to Clsrksville is grad.
ed clay road. with a sand-clsy top dress
ing. which is in fair condition, with The
execution of few gullles. From
+ GAINESVILLE through Oxford 10 Durham,
4 n. c., is fair going. with the exception
OF a few rough and rutted stretches
From Durham through Cary. Sanford
/ and South River TO Pinehurst the road
3 is mostly in good condition, though nos
and then a rough stretch viii be er'
countered, the same conditions existing
between Pinehurst and Chersw. For
ten miles beyond Cheraw the road u
unimproved and very rough, and care
full driving will be necessary. Eros
. that point on through McBee there lea
I stretch of fifteen miles which u .
credit to the town, and the remainder
of the road to Camden is in fair contF
ton.
From Camden through Columbia
Batesburg and Aiken to within aw
miles Of Augusta the road is IN far
! condition. From that point on into Az
; gusta the surface Is very rough and
| has been in this same condition for the
+ last three years. The best road By
which TO reach Atlanta from Augusta Is
/ by way of Harlem, Thompson ard
/ Charlottesville to Athens, thence via
Winder, Lawrenceylle and Decatur to
Atlanta.
From Augusta through Sylyanis 70
Savannah the road is now in good cor
dition most Of the way and can BE-
traversed without any difficulty. From
Savannah to Darien conditions are far
with the exception of one or two shor
rough stretches, and the Altayshs
River is crossed at Darien by ruanIns
the automobile on fiat cars, which IS
accomplished without any trouble.
! From that point 70 JaeksonyiDs
there are two or three places vhieA
arc apt 10 be troublesome in sa
! weather, although much improves
/ since last year. IS convicts have bees
working Cor the past six months hlhH
and grading. The soft dirt where ~
I'll arc being made is apt 10 esrs
difficulties 20 the motorist in VI
/ weather; however, the teams which ar
q being used by the convicts are avail
able for hauling out the car in case
/ il becomes stuck.
! From Jacksonville TO 81. Augustus