New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Roads Blocked 1,
Many Directions
From City

following the recent heavy suoo. -
touring bureau of the American a..
mobile Association has sent On. !.
ters to its representatives in hi. ~.
trict. Naturally, milder wealth., !.
effecting hourly changes on tia Ma
ways, 50 that 70 obtain up-.o-i.
minute information motorists Ar. I,
vited by the association 10 call a,
telephone 10 the ONCE, at sol y;,s
Avenue murray Hill 473). Al I,,..
reports, these we're some Of N. -.
ditions:
The Albany Post Road is still /.
many places practically impas.y.
with fifteen to twenty inches Of ana.
on the level and badly drift.a /.
spots. A few cars have nansr,s :.
plough their way through the dbn,
in the immediate vicinity Of the lar,
cities along this route, such as pou,s
keepsie and Hudson, but no th,.,.s
trip is feasible as yet.
Conditions along the Boston Pa,
Road are sppreciably better tko,..
motoring is still difficult. Tv..,
have been running through from H,-
ford to New York for several a.,
and employees Of the Couu.e,i.,.
Highway Department have aeeo,
/ plishcd much toward opening nm y.
trunk routes. Between Hartford -,
Springfield the trolley tracks nav /.
used practically sll the way
Waterbury and Danbury both y,,.,.
much snow on all the trunk rou.., 1.
that vicinity, and since there h -,
as much traffic on these rosds =. =.
the Boston Post Road, It would BE- vi
for motorists to avoid them FOR n.
present ~
Newburg, Kingston and ethe, s.,,,.
along the west side OF the HuS.ss
River are temporarily cut % frv-
motor traffic. There are many narrsr
places along the roads in that rss;.,
where deep drifts have formed. ~
these will prevent motor traffic n,
some time, unless a thaw persists
North and west Of Springfield. meter.
ing is now impossible, although d.
road from Springfield to Boston. Il.
Worcester, can be negotiated with al.
Guilty. Motor trucks are running frsr
Worcester TO the military eantonnr,
at Aver, Mass, using the route IA
Fitchburg and Lunenburg Snow drits
six TO eight feet deep make the dirst.
route 10 the camp impossible.
Central and Northern New Yus
State is thoroughly snowbound at pres.
ent and motorists are cautioned sgsirf.
attempting any extended tours in ttr
section. Syracuse reports that even "A,
city streets are impossible, except o.
streetcar lines.
The trunk routes radiSting frsr
White Plains are open, but travelling
is difficult. Il is possible 10 use Il,
direct route 10 the Berkshires as fsrr
Pawling, but beyond that point no eus
have penetrated as yet. In fact L n
{ impossible to reach the Berkshires frun
any direction at the present time.
Reports from points on Long Island
indicate that the main highways az
open to automobiles, and improving np-
idly from day to day, owing TO the con.
( slant traffic over them.
Motorists planning q "Trip TO Lais-
wood or Atlantic City will be glad b
learn that very little snow has fallsr
south Of Keyport, and the road surfso
/ is fairly good throughout. OF courv
the first section Of tho trip throgg'
Newark and Railway is still somewhat
choked with snow, but traffic has psekk
this down, so that no insuperable din
Guilty should be encountered.
Roads leading north and west frc1
! Newark should still be avoided, kes.
ever, as the drifts are still deep arc
very few cars have gone through thsr-
Hackettstown reports that all roads b
that region will probably be irnpsc'
/ able for at least another week, unle'
a heavy, warm rain occurs TO relir.
the situation. Fully eighteen inches q
snow fell in the vicinity Of the pen
ware Water Gap, and deep drifts vt
prevent any extensive touring IN W.
region for some time TO come.
The best way to reach Camp pixh
Wrightstown is via Freehold and Lss,
wood, as the roads leading south . "a
camp from both Hightstown and Ire''
ton are badly choked with snow. Car'
Dix may be reached also from Pnis
delphia without much difficulty, rsi,s
the route via Moorestown, Mount Holy
and Pemberton.
Those whose destination is Wssrllt
ton will find the roads passaof
throughout if they will follow ~
Cranberry Turnpike through Higer
town into Trenton. The Lincoln nisN,
way route. between New Brunswick an
/ Trenton, is next to impossible. az
should not be attempted under any 81
/ cumstances. The best way between VIZ
mington and Elkton, I'D, IS SUI us
road via State Road Station and 1ls,
gov. This is much preferable 70 ~
very rough road via Newark, Del.
course, snow will be found througner
this whole trip, but not in srteiss,o'
. quantities to cause any very great ~
ficulty.
/ All the roads in Southeastern rem
/ sylyania arc covered with snow
depth of a foot or more, but oy ~.
/ time the main highways nave -
/ opened up and are ncgotiapie' 'n''''
with some difficulty.
Advices from Pittsburgh arc ths,u
Pennsylvania Highway Department
endeavoring TO Keep the Lincoln ~
way open between that point and To-
I delphia. Both trucks and pssssas
cars have managed TO get throusn
I last week, but reported q numee ~.
cars i'm trouble on account Of
! snow. Similar conditions pre'sn
the main highway from PittsourS'
Cleveland. so that motoring N tns1L,
gion is bound to be attended oy r.
difficulty for some little time 20 o..
Maryland is much better or g. ~,
ent than any Of the states TO ire "a.
of il, as all the trunk routes 20
eastern part of the state are open
in fairly good condition. freos'
which is an important iuneuel
roads in that section, advises tnn
trucks and passenger cars are 49,, ,.:.,r
between that point aud both bsiu.;s
end Washington without e1peris''