New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Road Information
Compiled by tho Touring Bureau OF the
Mczpeu Motor Soies Corp, 1903 Broad

Compiled by the Touring Bureau OF the
Mn1peu Motor Sales Corp. 1903 Broad
uay, New York City.
Recent rains in nearly all parts OF
the country have left the tourable roads
in a deplorable condition generally
The conditions generally are much
worse than they have been for several
years and it is necessary for the motor
traveller during the next few weeks at
least to carefully select the most de-
sirable route.
Vicinity of New York
While the Amboy Road is being rebuilt
travellers through Staten Island TO the Jersey
coast resorts should use the Richmond Turn
pike and the Fresh Kills Road.
N Is difficult and generally impossible TO
get a limousine car on the Greenport,Ne~
London ferry boat. Folding tops should be
Yet down before attempting 70 go aooaru cie
boats. ,-;
Central Park has been repaired and Is open;
Through some unavoidable COMPUTATION Oh
circumstances the Queensborough Bridge Is
quite decent, after five years OF unpardon-
able surface condition. The other bridges TO
Long Island are in their unusual political
The Shell Road from Queens Road 70
Jackson Avenue is under repair. as 1t should
be.
Hamilton Avenue. Brooklyn. below Forty
first Street, Is under repair.
Construction work renders Eastern PARK
way unusable from the Prospect Park fia1a
east. :,
The Southern Boulevard, Bronx. Is I'M
desirable north of l63d Street.
The so-called Lincoln Highway bad
from Railway to Metuchen, worse from &c"
Brunswick TO Princeton. no good from fIs.
burgh TO Chicago and about as bad from
there TO Omaha. with q few miles here and
there which are usable - p.L
On the Jersey coast route through Pesth
Anboy do not turn left immediately aiter
crossing the Long Bridge over the Raritan
River going south, but continue about one
block straight to Stephens Avenue, and turn
left and into Morgan.
Il IS reported that the direct line and the
shore road between New Haven and Milford
Is open.
Boston Post Road
The shore road from Pelham Parkway
into New Rochelle Is in bad condition. Use
Old Boston Post Road into New hochene'
and follow Main Street or Huguenot Avenue.
New York.New Haven
While the detour from Milford east is not
now necessary there is another detour De-
tween New Haven and Ford's Corners.
Mohegan Trail
Another scenic trail has been born in New
England It's press agent and Itne ndon say snS
Webster, up the Thames and Quine6sug
valleys, through Norwich. Jewet City.
Plainfeld. Central Village. Danielson, Put
nam, Thompson to Webster-sixty-two miles.
New York State-Catskills
The roads around West Hurley and on
both sides OF the Ashoksn Reservoir are poor
and should be avoided In going TO Coopers-
town and other points west.
The road through Saugerties is open. 90
TO Woodstock and Phenicia to get back u
the trunk line.
Albany Buffalo Trunk
lis. the south side of the Mohawk. River
between Schenectady and ROTTERDAM juno
t;on. Repavinr 10 in progress between the
Mohawk River Bridge and Scotia
Utica Richfield
Use road via lion, Denison's Corners and
Jordanville.
Otsego Lake
The trunk line on the west side of the
Lake. between ,Cooperstown and Eichneio
Springs, Is cloSeo. 10 VIZ oNhN''~A
Mt. Morris.Geneseo
Under construction but passsble.
Rochester-Niagara Falls
All improved road. avoiding Buffalo.
Hudson Valley
Avoid Garrison and Cold Spring. Go
through McKeels Corners.
Newburg- Orange Lake
Broadway, out of Newburgh. is in good
shape, but the turn on TO Orange Lake is
I bad.
Utica-Syracuse
There is bad detour between Vernon and
| Kirkland.
COldenham-Walden
The road from CoIdenhan. west of New.
burzh. to Walden. Is in bad condition.
Rochester-Thousand Islands
Trunk line bad between Walcott and Sodus.
Syracuse or Utica Trunk to Coopers-
town
Poor detour between East Winfield and
Richfeld Springs.
Binghamton Trunk Line
Detour between Goshen and Middletown
Thousand Islands
| Road between Watertown and Cape Vim
I cent Is in bad condition also between Cape
| Vincent and Clayton.
Acknowledging
Closed; detour is posted.
Syracuse Cooperstown
Trunk line closed for two miles east Of
Syracuse; good detour.
PlattsburE- BeekmAntown
Trunk line closed good detour.
Kingston-Saugerties
| Main road cut of Kingston closed; use