Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-10
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AatpmpbiIe Club Marks Road to
Charlottesville and
S.tV! Stanton.
GOES THROUGH sPoTsYLvANIA
NeFt Stretch OF Unimproved Road
III Orange County, but Club ON.
GERS Prefer This to Shorter-Dirt
Roads Through Louisa.

GERS Prefer This to Shorter-Dirt
Roads Through Louisa.
G. e. PelouEe. editor Of tho Richmond
AStortet. and w. r. walker. secretary
Of the Richmond Automobile Club, have
returned to Richmond following a trip
tT Staunten. during which they marked
aanew route from the State capitol to
S0unton. The new route IL several
sases@ longer than the route through
Louisa County but the dirt roads are
sad to be In good condition. only six
tos eight miles of unimproved roadway
bang encountered.
secretary Walker has just issued
csFds' for automobile route g." and
TIP route from Richmond to. stanton.
as, follows:
Richmond to Travellers: Rest. a point
on the Richmond W a shington Highway
four miles south of Spotsylvania Court :
house Then through Spotsylvania
County and then short distance in
oeanEe County.
There arc about six or eight miles OF
ugtmproved road In Orange County on
tHs route, but there Is no trouble in
milking it. as numerous cars come over
tEs road; I'm fact. the traffic from
OtanSe to Fredericksburg and Rich
nlSnd uses this road entirely since
tfsre are but II few miles Of unim
proved road to travel over. and that
Mllcs.
Oio Richmond. Richmond Automobile
Club, Grace and Eighth Streets.
North one block to Broad Street.
< West on Broad to Brook Ave-
d r1 a1s Streets enter Broad street on
. right. Take left fork. which
Z is Brook Avenue, leaving Broad
Street at angle OF about Is de-
I Erees. passing around watering
!. trough on right.
III Caution. Cross railroad and up
slight hill.
4 OF brick residence. Goodrich
!: sign on left.
a Straight. Trolley station Ia mile
Ito left.
4i6 TlEn sharp left. Sign.
Az FnEN sharp right. Sign.
ST. Lakeside Park. Straight.
~ Solomon's store. Turn to left at
blacksmith shop for better road.
80 Yellow Tavern. Cross trolley
81 Turn left.
1es Glen Allen Post-onice. Turn right
49,, at Saunders's store. Turn sharp
lett at end OF road. Then bear
right.
1913 Taylor's Crossing. Keen on this
side of railroad.
1873 Turn left.
l4S Eimont. Cross railroad.
1877 Cross wooden bridge.
ia Turn right
It's Mapiewood. Bear right.
1913 Ashland. Continue across rail
road. Pass electric car station.
1e.a -Four corners. Turn sharp loft onto
Washington Highway.
eSstt -FOUR corners. Reset mileage to
S. to conform to mile posts
VS. Under at
l9,a Concrete bridge. Water flows to
right.
1876 cozy Corner Auto Rest. Good
meals.
ls's Turn sharp right at store on loft.
1913 Cross bridge over South Anna
River 1t Newman's mill
$40 Bear left at fork at small store on
left.
9e.3 Reverse fork on right.
e3.2 Straight road.
Road to left to Verdon
.a'7 Turn left and pass store. then
$50 Pass church on right bear right.
25.4 Straight.
o5.7 Reverse fork on right
FL? Straight.
29.s Turn left.
30.e Gainesville Straight
so.t Turn right.
ala Cross iron bridge over creek.
as Turn right. Left to Buckner and
Fredericks Hall
$3.50 Cross iron bridge.
34,7 Turn right;
$50 Caution. Cross railroad at Man
tico. Staslon on. Chesapeake and
Ohio RsiIwAr.
$50 Straight.
ass Bear left
$40 crs.. bridge over North Anna
<o.5 chiIesburE. Caution for 30 degree
turn to left
Ala Brick church on left
@3.0 Straight.
44.2 Reverse fork on right.
4t.3 Partlow. Toll zoe. Retain ticket.
47.2 Walters Church.
1872 Sharp bend 10 right.
1915 Cross concrete bridge.
sac Sharp bend to right
64.S Cross iron bridge.
55.s Travellers Rest. Turn left at store,
on window OF which is painted
H. y. Brown.
60.7 Post Oak. Keep straight, passing
road on left at new toll gate.
McHenry.
MarXo.
Turn right. Then left. Then
right Then left.
ITO Paytes Post-ofce. Just beyond is
the Orange County line Inn
proved road ends.
over good roads OF clay and gravel
74.1 ST. Just Post-Otfice, or finders
Station. on the r, r. X T. r. r.
marrow gauge. Then over
railroad,
Thence by Old Plank Road TO
Orange.
I'll Railroad bridge.
$50 Railroad bridge passing Fords-
VILE Post Office
sos Unionville Post Office. crossing and
recrossing narrow gauge tracks.
$40 Easons Post Office. or rather rough
roads. probably good in dry
weather.
$751; Orange. Va.
Blue Book route No. 15a for Gull
peper, Remington, Warrenton.
Middleburg, Aide. Fairfax,
Washington. d. c.
Blue Book route No. for Char
lottesville. Stanton and other