New-York tribune., 1918-06-22
Automobihng
Road Condition Up in New
England for Those Who'd
Drive That Way
BY c. E. T. Scharps

Motorists who may be leaving to day
on trips up New England way will be
interested in the following bulletin on
road conditions issued by the Touring
Bureau Of the American Automobile
Association, at sol Fifth Avenue:
New York to Boston. via Shore Road
Good macadam through New Haven to
New London. Short detour between Ston-
ngton and Westerly. Five-mile detour over
narrow dirt between Westerly and Wakefield.
Best to use short cut from Westerly direct
to Providence through Wyoming and Wash
inEton. Balance from Providence to Boston
all i'll good condition..
New York to Springfield, via Post Road
All good hard roads to Hartford. Use
road along west side Of Connecticut River
between Hartford and Springfield. The road
on east side Is under construction.
Springfield TO Boston
Road in good condition all the way to
Marlboro. Then a long detour via Franz
inghan and Newton, good in dry weather.
to Boston.
Springfield to White Mountain, via Connecti-
cut Valley
All good state road to Greenfield except a
bad stretch in oId D@serfield. Zee Balance
ternate via Sunapee Lake and Lake Winni-
pesaukce. all good state gravel to Newport.
Rough dirt from that point to Sunapec
Lake, Balance vic Franklin. Lake Winni-
practically oil good state road.
Boston to White Mountains
All good hard roads through Portsmouth
to Portland. Rough in places through Po-
land Spring to New Hampshire line. Good
from that point to Breton Woods.
New York to Greenfield. via Berkshires and
Mohawk Trail
1T
Brewster, Pawing and Laleeville. Northern
part Of Under Mountain road very rough.
best to follow this road to point about
nine miles north Of Salisbury. where turn
leading into Sheffield. From that point to
LenoN and Pittsfcd all good state roads.
Tho Mohawk Trail between. North Adams
and Greenfield Is in unusually good condi-
tion for this time of year.
Springfield to Albany, via Jacobs Ladder
Under construction east Of Lee. but pass,
able by careful driving. Balance is good
state road.
Invitations have been extended by
the Packard Motor Car Company OF
New York to the truck drivers of
greater New York and New Jersey to
dine and to receive special instruction
from experts on truck operation this
evening at Broadway and Sixty-frst
Street. This is part of the work being
done by this company to assist oper-
trucks, and is in direct cooperation
with the government in its effort to
improve transport conditions.
Through the courtesy Of IL. s. Fire
stone, president of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company and Of the Uni
versal Film Manufacturing Company,
the Safety First film, Careless Amer
ica," will have a special showing to
the men. W. A. Evans. general man
ager of the Packard service station.
will explain ways in which the men
may reduce the cost OF truck operation
with no extra effort on their part. Mr..
Kastendieck, Newark branch manager
for the company, will give. an outline
Of the history and development of
motor truck transportation.
After the motion pictures and the
talks will come the dinner for the driv-
ers. The entertainment was arranged
by o. Coolican, general truck sales
manager for the New York Packard
company.
gestion that every soldier should know
something about gasolene -engined ve-
hicles, the Colt-Stratton company has
opened it's private instruction school
free of charge for the month to army
and navy men stationed around the
city. Groups of men from ten military
stations around the city are coming in
twice week to attend the special
course for them in the company's class
room.
Methods Of trouble finding receive
particular attention, 30 that any man,
even If not connected with q motor
branch Of the service. may be able to
make himaelf useful in an emergency.