New-York tribune., 1919-06-18
Motors and Motorists

me Hudson County Boulevard Is
under construction between Newark
Avenue and the Plank Road An ex-
cel'ent detour is provided by turning
at Summit Avenue Station into Rer.
gen street, which is followed parallel
win the Hudson County Boulevard to
Ohurch Street, where a right turn il
made to the little park on the bonle-
ward, then on through the park to
Newark. ~
schooley's Mountain never was in
oetter condition. The entire mountain
road has been graded with a trap rock
screening surface, then oiled, and the
oao turn which has always been a
menace to motorists is now quite easv
ana properly banked on the outside.
The best way to the Delaware Water
Gap from Hackettstown is through
Vienna, Buttzville and Bridgeville.
over a good macadam road. From
bridgevllle to the Delaware River at
Delaware, where new bridge lis
crossed, the road will soon be closed.
under construction
When the Bridgeville- Delaware road
is closed there will be two alternatives
10 the Water Gap after leaving Hack
ettstown, both rather poor. One is to
continue through to Belvedere, cross
ing the Delaware River, then over to
Bethel and north to Portland The
other is run north over a good mac
adam road to Allamuchy, then west
through Blairstown to Columbia and
across the Columbia Bridge.
There is a large sign in Portland
which reads, "Newark and New York"
directing the motorist over the Old
columbia Bridge, a toll bridge, over
which a fee of twenty-five cents is
charged. Motorists need not fall for
the invitation, however.
One of the best ways to the Water
Gap at the present time is to run from
Newark through Montclair, Pompton
Lakes and Lake Hopatcong to Branch
vile, then on to Dingmans.
Another alternative would be had by
crossing either the 13Oth Street Ferry
or the Dyckman Street Ferry, through
Leonla or Englewood, to Hackensack,
then out on the Hamburg Turnpike to
Pompton Lakes, New Foundland, Stock
holm and Lafayette to- Branchville.
Both routes offer fair surface all the
way, with the exception of four miles
OF poor road between Franklin Fur
mace and Lafayette.
The Nyack-Suffern. road is in excel
lent condition between Nyack and Suf-
fern, excepting Immediately after
crossing the village line in Suffern
There is an atrocious one-mile stretch
in the main street of the village.
T1o
Arcola has been under construction for
the last two or three weeks, snoring
up the shoulders with a bituminous
macadam. When this is finished soon
the road will be in good condition be-
tween New York and Newburgh via
Tuxedo, also from New York through
Tuxedo, Goshen and Middletown, over
the Liberty route to Binghamton.
Both routes between Stroudsburg and
the Pocono Mountains, via Paradise
Valley and Swiftwater, are open and
in fair condition. From Mount Pocono
to Tobyhanna on the Mount Pocono and
Scranton route the road is closed The
best way to reach Scranton at the pres
ent time is to go from Pocono Manor
via Stoddartvlle through Bear Greek
to Wilkes Barre, then north along the
Wyoming Valley to Scranton.
The Neversink Valley from Port
Jervis through Wurtsboro and Napa-
noch to Kingston is in fair condition,
and the Slate Hille Road from Port
Jervis through Goshen and Monroe is
in fine shape.
Motoring to the Catskills this sum-
mer will be a pleasure, as there is
very little road construction and rs
per cent Of the trunk lines are hard
surfaced and in good condition.
The chief roadn2an of the bureau of
tours of the Automobile Club of
America is now surveying the roads
through the Finger Lake district and
the Adirondack Mountains Informa-
tion relative to these sections will be
given in these columns at later
date. c. E. T. S.