New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

On Long Island the South Shore and
Merrick roads arc open and in good
condition with the exception of short
rough stretch at Babylon.
The Jericho Turnpike is in good con-
dition to Smithtown.
The North Shore road is all good to
Wading River, excepting the short
stretch under construction at Green
vale, between Roslyn and East Norwich
In fact, all the trunk lines on Long
Island, including the main cross con-
nections, are rs per cent hard surfaced
and in good condition.
New England
The Boston Post Road, between New
York and New Haven, is free from
construction and in good condition.
The Shore road from New Haven
through New London and Providence
is good to New London, with short
stretch under construction between
Groton and Pequanock. The detcur
down through Eastern Point is just
as good and much more picturesque
There is also a rough stretch, where
the top surface has become somewhat
pitted, at Charleston.
The Tower Hill road is used between
Wakefield and East Greenwich, instead
of going via Narragansett, as there is
construction at Saunderstown. From
there on through Providence to Boston
the road is all in good condition.
On the inside trunk route from New
Haven through Meriden, Hartford
Springfield and Worcester the road is
shape, with the exception Of short
rough stretch between West Warren
and Brooktied.
The picturesque Naugatuck Valley,
between Bridgeport and the Berkshires
via Waterbury, is now all open and in
excellent condition. The road under
construction between Seymour and
Naugatuck is now finished, and makes
An excellent way to run between New
York and Northern New England
points.
The air line route between New York
and Providence, which runs through
Danbury, Waterbury, Hartford and
Willimantic. is in excellent condition
through Waterbury and over the South
ington Mountain to Hartford. From
Hartford on there are two short sec
tions where repair work is going on
one at Pomfret; the other at Chepa-
chet. Both are provided with good de-
tours.
The inside trunk line to the Berk-
shres, which runs by the Sawmill val
Icy through Briarclif, Pawling and
Millerton, is open and in good condi-
tion TO Millerton. The new concrete
road which has been under construc-
ton between I.akevile and Salisbury
is now completed. There are no de
tours on the above route between New
York and Pittsfield.
New York State
The Albany Post Road between New
York and Albany on the east side of
the Hudson River is all clear and in
good condition. All the Adirondack
trunk lines are free from detours
Motorists will find the road between
East Greenbush through Troy an eX-
cellent short cut to reach Saratoga
and eastern Adirondack points. Troy
also makes a good connection fol
Manchester and western Vermont, as
there is q fine nacadam road between
Troy and Hoosck Falls.
The Mohawk Valley route between
Albany and Buffalo is mostly good, with
some Indifferent sections and con
structon work where detours are
necessary between Tribes Hill ane
Fonda, Little Falls and Herkimer, a
Mycenae and between Chittenango ane
East Syracuse.
The west side of the Hudson Rive
between New York and Albany is quit,
good, excepting for one or two shor
stretches There is detour between
Central Valley and Highland Mills
which is not bad, and q rough stretcl
at Ravena
The Kingston trunk lin
through the Catskills, which skirt
the shore of the Ashokan Reservoir
is under construction between Fleisch
reach Oneonta over the above rout
Is to turn off and run north at Shan
daken to Lexington, then west t.
Grand Gorge and Stamford.
The trunk line between New Yorl
and Binghamton, called the "Libert
Highway" which runs via Tuxedo Mic.
dletown, Liberty and Hancock, is in ex
ceilent condition. 1t is good from Bing
hamton on through Elmra to Watkin
Glen.
The Slate Hill road between Goshe
and Port Jervis is good. Motorists us
ing the above route running to the Del
aware Water Gap will find the roa
closed between Port Jervis and MILFORD
making 1t necessary to cross the rive
on bridge from Tri-States into Ne,
Jersey and back again on a bridge t
Milford. The balance of the route t
the Water Gap is in excellent cond
ton.
New Jersey
The Water Gap route. which run