New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Conditions on the Highways
Down Where It's
Sunny.

Thousands Of inquiries are coming IN
from motorists who are interested IN
the best ways Of reaching diHerep.
points in the South; an indication tnat
The South Atlantic and Central states
will draw more tourisH dufing the
Gaming six months than in any previous
soason. As answering such inquiries,
the Bureau Of Tours of The auto.
mobile Club Of America has compiled
tho following resume:
The william penn Highway rom
Faston. Penn. TO Harrisburg. IS in eE-
collent condition 20 Bethlehem ~ l3
fair 10 Reading with some SNORT, poor
stretches Between Reading and harris
burg the road is quite poor. Motor
lists desiring 10 reach tine Lancaster
Pike would find II better to run direct
from Reading to Lancaster.
The Lancaster Pike between Phila-
delphia and Gettysburg is now IN TAR
condition, with the exception OF one
or two short stretches, one OF when
is al Paoli. From Gettysburg to Fred
erick and Baltimore. or Frederick and
Wsshington--a good rnacadom. ne
best way to reach the Shenandoah Val
lev from Gettysburg IS 70 continue 70
Chambersburg and then - Hagers-
town. which is all fair macadam.
The Old National Road from iagers
town over the Cumberland Mountains
10 U'niontown is all oDen and IN good
condition. The Shenandoah valley
through Winchester 10 stanton IS all
omen and in good condition. The route
from Frederick TO Winchester via
Harper's Ferry is in fair condition
with the exception Of one or two short
stretches now under construction.
The route through Wilmington to
Baltimore is very bad between Will
mington and Elkton, the remainder is
in excellent shape through Baltimore
TO Washington. Between Baltimore
and Frederick the surface is excellent
macadam, also between Washington and
Frederick. There is good macadam
road between Baltimore and Annapolis.
The road from Wilmington down the
east shore of Chesapeake Bay, through
Maryland, is all hard surface and in
good condition as far south as Cam
bridge. There is also a good cross
connection through Salisbury to Ocean
City. We do not advise the run all
the way down to Cape Charles on
account Of the sand stretches below
Salisbury.
On the Washington Richmond route
trouble is encountered at Dumfries
when crossing the Chippewaumsic
Swamp; there had been some filling
in at the worst places, which has made
il passable in dry weather. II is still
apt 10 be poor and difficult TO get
through after a heavy fall OF rain.
From Frederick TO Richmond the
road is fair sand-clay and quite pass
able. The Leesburg, Warrenton and
Culpeper route between Washington
and Richmond can be used in dry
weather, as about half is improved
road but after rainy season it be-
comics very slippery in places where
the surface is Of red clay. especially
between Gordonsville and Richmond.
The cross connection from Stanton
through Charlottesville to Richmond is
a good macadam road to Charlottes-
vile, and very scenic through Rock
Fish Gap. Between Charlottesville and
Richmond the red clay is very slippery
after rain.
The route between Richmond and Old
Point Comfort is pleasant in the fall,
and in the absence of heavy and con-
tnuous rains motorists will make no
mistake in running down to Fortress
Monroe.
From Stanton to White Sulphur
Springs via Hot Springs and Coving-
ton is very scenic; about half is i'm