New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
Finds Good
430Mile Route
From Buffalo
De Bear, of Maxwell, l,,,.
Out Road for Driving
Cars to New York

'oaa emoafgoes will have to be- d,;s sa'
over the road, Harry ]. De Hcs,u u.Nea
ager of the New York Maxwell, IN man.
decided to lay out a route fra.. u'aaea
faio to New York for the s.,1. oo''
through of Maxwell cars. Ta...a as
with five drivers he took II. t,.: ss'aes
Buffalo with the idea of brinr;ns a,s .e' .''
Maxwell cars (three sedans. tvn s ss
ing cars and roadster) on th;. wy. Ivy
trip. ss'al
The route was by way Of s...,..
Hornell, Elmira. Binghamton ana asms ~,
dletown, which, ACCORDING =. ~'o'
books, measures 43O miles ils CT. 70 guide
ty-five miles shorter than tha AS Sssve seven.
Valley route. 'A' ~onawk
This route. he reports ;s
practical and is hard. d.snrfa .s entirely
throughout. There are soma aSsa Ssa road
mention of which will he ros oaa spots,
pbs ths 'hey are only short stretches whss., .s.,
~ tnv heavy e 1rosts OF the past w;nt.ss rt.s
nave caused ,bulging. These bad d,n.f .ns.
90 not IN the aggregate amount ap0s y
Mo Moae eean n1teen miles out Of AaS
none OF them are impossible st ,s.s ssv'
t, ent, an and the indications are that pss. H..
will be speedily repaired. "' saeg
Inc plans outlined called for . ,,..
from Buffalo at $3.50 a. m. Ths tss;r ssls
however. was late in reaching it, sn' ~.
!lhatlon. Ihere was also some dsIsr .',
IN gettlng the cars ready for the st,,! r,,y
Oesplte the fact that there had ,sss hsss
ran OF snow Thursday night sla sSa
party got away from Buffalo ss ,.ss .as
p. m. a'Su
Where Road Is Swollen
Main Street, Buffalo, was follov.a
Tar as Amherst, where an eYcsll,s.
brick pavement was found hi. Th;,sa' ~.
followed by good cement road wh;I
extends almost into Clarence. Rotmasa tns.a
Clarence and East Pembroke tho rvsa nv.
adam highway is badly torn nm IN 'Iss' ds.
undoubtedly, to severe frost r' cars;., Sus,
the road to bulge. Workman '.1,ns woI.
busy repairing these holes. and !. "'is ~
likely that in a week or 81 ,s..s ~ 10
stretches will be in fair condition l'''
FROM Batavia, through LEROY. Csls.
donla. Geneseo and Mount Mor.;.
roads were in fair condition. with .a,s .hs
exception of about mile tbronns ,.s
Mount Morris, where the main trsa straa.
is a veritable quagmire. Leaving re' nars
vile there is dangerous temnorsrr
bridge at the foot of a lone hiIl Sr,
the foundations for a new bridge sr.
already in place. CIV
Leaving Dansville and cros.;,,
Stony Brook Glen there is a wondarfuiI
piece of highway engineering. the rids Do
:. beng over built-up mountain maas
expressly to carry the highway from
the valley to the crest of the monn.
talns, hundreds of feet above the levsl y,
OF Darsville. This road is excellent ali
the way into Hornell, 112 miles from
buffalo, where a stop was made fo,
the night. All six cars came through
On schedule and without mishap'
After nights rest at the Sherwood
Hotel in Hornell the Journey was NV. ~.
sumed Inquiry there revealed tha
fact that there were two way, 'of NJ
reaching Elmira-one by way of Bath
oavcna. Corning and Households. and
the other by way of Jasper, Woodruff
Addison and Corning. Reports from
crlvers coming in by the latter route
were to the effect that there was four
: 1eet OF snow on the Addison hill. Will
TINS information at hand it was de.
clded to try the Bath route.
Evidently those who had come in b.
'he Addison route did not know thu
conditions on the Bath route. 1t tsot
TWO hours to make fifteen miles be.
tween Horne,l and Bath. In som.
places the snow had drifted to depti
of two feet, making a very hard pulL
one or two of the cars got off tn.
road in places, but with the assistance
, OF the others managed to make the top
! OF the hill. From Bath to Corning the
!. condltlons improved. although there
was sun lot Of snow. From Corning
10 EImlra roads were comparatively
good
, Can Learn From Waveriy
From Elmira to Binghamton th
CONDITION of the roads was excellent
until E. point about ten miles from
blnghamton was reached. From there
on to the outskirts of the city the con.
dltlons were very bad, particularly
through the village of Vestal. Some Of
me villages might we'll take lesson
from Waverly, where every street is
, paved. and tourist clubs could also
learn how things should be done from
the Oswego club. Not only has this
club posted the roads on either side
OF the town for many miles, but the
work has been done in way which
not only attracts but holds the attsn-
. ton of the motorist.
From Binghamton to Deposit, by way
OF Windsor, the roads were found 70
be in excellent condition. A night
stop was made at Deposit, where tho
Hotel Moran proved to be q CON.
= Portable place to stay. There is also
an excellent garage here, the Oquags'
the proprietor of which was thorough!
{ posted on road conditions for msny
/, miles in either direction. One hundrea
{ and fifty-four miles was made the sec
, ond day. :,
: The story of the run from DEPOSIT
/ to Fort Lee Ferry is easily told lns
: roads. with the exception OF shol
' stretches between Goshen and Chester
= and Chester and Monroe, are fine, pa, par
} tlcularly, those from Deposit to Mio
E dletown. Information obtained at MOE
ticello was that the majority OF ta'
parties coming through took the rout'
by way of Charlottesville to avoid tns
long hill between Wurtsburo and MIC
, dletown.
The route by way of Wurtso1%l1o
!, however, is somewhat shorter. ll'
road is in perfect condition and, 81 81
though the hill is long. steady pu" pss
there is no reason why any car wos.n.
3 OF the name cannot successfully neg.
tiate it. The route from Deposnn ~, :.
by way of Hancock. Cooks Falls, hus.
coe, Livingston Manor. Liberty. Monm'
cello, Wurtsboro, Middletown. 1oSh.r.4
p, Chester, Monroe, Tuxedo, Suffern' sl0.r ns.s
ensack. Englewood and Fort Lee fe'''
An Easy Road to Follow
AS result of the trip it IS cree. .,.
that there is no good reason why sror .a,t
cannot be brought into New iorA w. !,
Buffalo. if the route outlined neav ssrt,
followed, in from eighteen TO ,Mea,. -,