New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

This report on road condt-
tionS IS furnished to The Trio
une by the Touring Department
OF the American Automobile
association.
New York to Washington via Newark
New Brunswick, Monmouth Junction,
Trenton, Philadelphia, Chester. Will
mington, Elkton, Bclaire and Laurel.
The road is in excellent con-
dition to Philadelphia except for
rough stretches on the Hudson Boule-
ward. New Brunswick to Trenton Is
best via Cranberry Turnpike, Mon
mouth Junction and Old New Bruins
wick Turnpike. with poor stretch en-
tering Trenton. Philadelphia to Will
mington Is good with the exception OF
short stretch near Holly Oak. VIII
mington to Elkton, main road very bad.
A detour via Market Street and Hare's
Corners to State Road Station is good
bitulithic. State Road Station through
Glasgow to Elkton fair Dirt road. The
balance of the route excellent through
out. Leaving Baltimore is best via
wilkins Avenue to st. Mary's Academy,
turning left through to Columbia Road.
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh is best via
Lincoln Highway, with one detour west
of Grcensburg.
New York to Atlantic City via New
ark, Elizabeth. Railway, the Amboys,
Matawan, Freehold, Lakewood, Toms
River, Barnegat, New Gretna, Pleasant
vile. Good condition throughout with
exception OF one-half mile in South Am
boy.
New York to Kingston, via Tuxedo,
Newburgh and River Road. on west
side OF Hudson River, in excellent con-
Gition except for two detours. One
between Harriwan and Central Valley
is three miles over dirt road and Is
fair in dry weather. The other is at
Milton, also about three miles over
good dirt road. g.,
New York to Albany, via east side,
in good condition to Poughkeepsie,
beyond that there are detours at khlne-
beck and Red Hook. which are over
good dirt road. 49,,
Albany to Syracuse, open throughout.
Syracuse and Euifalo.-Three de-
tours, one at Geneva, the others east
and west Of Canandaigua.
New York to Buffalo, via Bingham
ton. is in generally good condition. eXI
cent poor stretch between Monroe and
IN
of Wurtsboro and a three-rllle de-
tour in Mamakating Park. The latter
detour is bad when wet.
New York to the Berkshires Is best
via New Rochelle. Mamaroneck, White
plains. Bedford. Purdy, Brewster, Paw
ling, South Dover, Millerton, Salis-
bury. Sheffield and Great Darlington
with a short detour at White Plains.
Utica to Thousand Islands keel
lent condition via Deertield. Boonville'
Iowville, Watertown and Clayton.
West of Copenhagen the road Is being
resurfaced, but no detour necessary:
Kingston to Cooperstown via west
Hurley. Phoenicia, Arkville, Grand
Gorge and Oneonta is in excellent
condition, with one short stretch
(about half mile) under construc-
tion between Collier and Milford.
Owing TO a bridge being down on the
west side of Otsego Lake 1t is neces-
sary to go to Utica via Oaksvllle. SliVer
Lake. Richfield Springs, West Winfield
and Bridgewater About twenty miles
of this road is ordinary dirt, and IN
rather poor condition when wet
New York to Delaware Water Gap.
Main roads still have detours, and the
hest short route is via Newark, Eliza
beth. Summit. Berkely Heights. Liberty
Corners. Far Hills, Chester, Hacketts-
town, But2ville, Delaware and fort-
land.
New York to Spartanburg, ). c.
New York to Washington, as above
noted. Washington TO Fredericksburg
in good condition, but will be bad if
much rain falls. Richmond TO Peters
burg, rough sand-clay. Petersburg TO
Kenbrjdge, good sand-clay TO South
Hi, poor sand-clay to Clarksville,
WORKOUT macadam to Soudan, fair
sand-clay to Oxford; first eighteen
miles out Of Oxford very poor; balance
good macsdam to Durham. Durham TO
| greensboro, worn macadam; very
rough in spots. Greensboro to High
mount. fine macadam, good gravel and
sand-clay TO Salisbury, fine macadam TO
! Kanspolis, rough macadam to Char
! lotte, worn macadam 70 Gasgonis. sand
clay TO Spartanburg, but poor IN
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