The sun., 1918-07-07

excepting for short occasional stretches,
which were broken up by the frost. Be-
tween Binghamton and Cooperstown. the
road is all good macadam, also the Sus-
quehanna and Chemung Valley route via
Owego and Waverly to Elmira. From
Elmira through Watkins Glen to Geneva
the surface IL in excellent condition.
From Elmira through Corning, Addison
and Jasper to Hornel, the road Is In
good condition, excepting for few
places which were washed out during a
severe storm last year. At that time a
great many sections and culverts were
! destroyed on new State roads in this
section. but repair work is rapidly go
ing on.
From Hornell through Olean to Sala-
marca is a hard surfaced road in good
condition and from Salamanca through
jamestown and around Chautauqua
Lake to Westfield is pretty fair travel
ling at the present time.
An excellent way to reach Niagara
Falls on excellent hard surfaced road Is
| to leave the Mohawk Valley at Canaan
daigua and run UP to Rochester; then
follow the Ridge road through GARRISON
Albion, Ridgeway and Pekln to Niagari
Falls. The road between Niagara Falls
and Hamilton. Ontario, is quite rough in
places but passable. The Hamilton
Toronto highway is a splendid new con-
crete road, eighteen feet wide without
any hills and can be travelled for forty
Ave miles without shifting a gear.
From Rochester to oswego the road
| iS oil ha ri u.it ha
of thirteen miles between Sodus and
Wolcott which is a dirt road and in quite
a poor condition. From Cooperstown
running north on the west side of OF
sego Lake there is a bridge under con-
, struction and the detour to Springfield
Is quite poor, especially in wet weather.
The Cherry Valley route from Rict-
field Springs and Winfield Is under con-
struction and a detour necessary, which
Is also poor in wet weather. Motorists
on reaching Sangerfield will find It bet
ter going to run up through Waterville,
then to Deansboro and around through
Oriskany Falls to Madison. This is
somewhat longer, but the surface is all
good macadam. From there on through
Cazenovia to Syracuse is a hard sur
faced road. From Syracuse to Water
town the road Is in good condition. also
from Utica to watertown. From Wa
tertown through Canton to Malone-all
hard surface, in good condition. From
| Watertown 10 Ogdensburg via Alexan-
dria Bay there Is a seven mile detour
between Redwood and Hammond, which
can be avoided on a good road by going
from Alexandria Bay through Plessis
to Theresa, connecting with the Water
tuwu-Malone trunk line at Antwerp.
|
The road from Potsdam to Topper
Lake along the Raquette River has been
improved and now offers good travelling
through Cotton. Stark and Piercefield to
Upper Lake. an excellent way to the
heart Of the mountain region. with good
roads to Paul Smiths and Saranac Lake,
The direct road from Malone to
Rouses Point is all macadam in good
condition, excepting the stretch between
Malone and Chateaugay. which is un-
der construction; fair detour is pro-
vided via Burk.
The cross connection through the
mountains between Malone and Fi'za-
BEETHOVEN via Paul Smiths. Saranac
Lake, Lake Placid and the Wilmington
Notch road. Is in fine shape.
The Adirondack trunk line running
north from Albany is in good condition
TO Lake George. either via Schenectady,
Saratoga and Luzerne or Mechanicsville,
Saratoga and Gens Falls. From Lake
George north through Elizabethtown
and along the Ausable Valley to Platts-
burg and then on to the international
boundary line at Rouses Point is road
way all hard surfaced and in good con-
dition.
The King Edward highway between
Rouses Point and Montreal is quite good
at the present time. The Montreal
Quebec highway is all hard surfaced and
in fine shape for the entire distance, 1St
miles. All boats and ferries that carry
automobiles on Lake Champlain are now
in operation.
The road running north on the east
side of Lake George and Lake Cham
plain through Troy. Hoosok. Salem
Hyde Manor and Mioulebury to Bur
Angton Is in quite good condition with
the exception of one or two rough places
and 1t makes very pretty run. The
trunk line from Williamstown through
Remington. Manchester and Rutland tc
burlington is better this year than Il
, has ever been before