New-York tribune., 1919-05-10
AutonlOtives

For motorists who may be intending
to take weekend runs, or Sunday trips
in the neighborhood of New York City,
the following road notes of conditions
in Westchester County, prepared by
the Bureau of Tours of the Automobile
Club of America, will be helpful:
Central Avenue, from Woodlawn
Cemetery to the New York City line, is
in fair condition excepting that there
are depressed trolley tracks on each
side of the road, fully eight inches be-
low the hard surface. This makes it
dangerous for two cars to pass. The
hardsurfaced road is narrow and un
less the driver is careful a wheel is
apt to be pulled off when the car slips
over on the tracks.
From Yonkers Avenue north TO,
about one mile the road is in an afro
cious condition. full of deep holes and
bad on springs, but from there on to
Hart's Corners is in fair condition.
Between Hart's Corners and White
Plains rough going is again encoun-
tered. This latter stretch will doubt
less be repaired during the summer.
Motorists going to White Plains vie
Central Avenue should turn off at
Hart's Corners, go over the railroad al
Hartsdalc Station and turn into the
first left hand road, which is Wal
worth Avenue. This leads into White
Plains via Main Street.
The New York and White Plains
post road, running from Mount Vernon
through Waverly Square and Scars
Parkway, the Shore Road anu the Old
Boston Post Road are all in good con
diton to New Rochelle. North Street,
between New Rochelle and White
Plains Road at Waverly Square is in
good condition.
The Quaker Ridge Road in New Ro-
chelle, between North Street and Wea-
yer Street, has become badly pitted,
and at the present time is quite rough.
Weaver Street, from the Boston Post
Road at Larchmont to Palmer Avenue,
in Heathcote, is now in excellent con-
dition. Palmer Avenue and the Old
White Plains Road into White Plains
both afford good surface.
The best way to &C to White Plains,
though not quite the shortest, is to
run to Larchmont, either via the Shore
Road or the Old Boston Post Road
through New Rochelle, then via Wea-
yer Street, Palmer Avenue, the Old
White Plains Road and Mamaroneck
Avenue
Garden Street, Gedney Way and
Ridgeway are all in excellent condi-
ton; also the Fenimore Road. Broad
way IN White Plains, running North to
the Kensico Dam, offers smooth run
ming and the road, built on top of .
dam, which is now open, is wide enough
for two cars to pass. This connects
with the macadam road on the west
side, thus making possible very de-
llghtful run around the lake on all
hard-surfaced road. Purchasc Street
is in excellent condition between Rye
and Rye Lake, and Harrison Avenue,
between Westchester Avenue and King
Street, will also be found good.
The run from Mamaroneck to White
Plains by way of Mamaroneck Avenue
is only fair, but from that point on into
IarrytoWn, with the exception of the
hrst half mile out Of White Plains,
the road IS IN very good shape. The
trunk line from Elmsford to Briar-
cliff is in excellent condition. and
from Briarcliff to Mount Kisco, though
somewhat hilly. is particularly nice
run over good hard d-surfaced road.
Continuing. from Mount Kisco through
New Castle Corners, Bedford ana
cross River to Ridgefield, smooth hard
surface is afforded for the entire dis
tance.
In Connecticut the road between
Ridgefield and Danbury is now in fns
condition all the way and the connie.
ton of the new bridge crossing the
Housatonic River beyond Newtown
again makes this route most favored
one for reaching the Naugatuck Val
ley from New York. In it's present
good condition this route also offers a
pleasing variant for trip to Hartford.
Springfield or Boston. C. E. T. S.