The sun., 1919-05-04
Late Road Notes.


New York to Boston via Boston Post
road through New Haven. Hartford and
Observation-Disclosures road In good
condition, using the east bank OF the
Connecticut River between Hartford
and Sprisgfeld: short stretch Of poor
surface east Of Springfield in the vicin-
ity OF North Notwithstanding. of a
radical nature. however.
New York to Boston via Shore Road
through New London and Providence
Hard-surfaced road in good condition
through to Westerly. The road work
from Westerly to Wakefield in progress
last season has been entirely finished.
There is, however. construction work in
the vicinity of Saunderstown and Mar
ragansett Pier. to avoid which we would
recommend the use of the Tower Hill
road from Wakefield to WEXFORD.
| (Which also is the recommendation OF
the State Highway Commission at Prov
idence)
New York to Albany via the east side
or the Hudson River-1D good condition
except for mile south Of Blue stores.
where road construction is In progress.
| New York to Albany via West Shore
Hard surfaced road in good condition
except Tor a short stretch between Kings
ton and Catskill--road construction in
the vicinity Of Cementon was completed
last fall. -
New York to the Berkshires via
Harlem Valley Route through PawlinS
Good hard-surfaced road to Millerton
ABOUT Il mile rough dirt road en- route
10 Lakeville: gravel In very good con-
dition to Salisbury, and north to the
observation-disclosures line; !, mile
which has not yet been top-dressed. then
excellent macadam road to South
Egremont. In fact, practically the same
condition maintains through Stockbridre
to PlttS1eld, although some slight repairs
are neing made on the road over Mon
| umeh Mountain between Great ->Bar-
rington and Stockbridge, but travel Is
not being interferred with.
New York to the Berkshires via
Poughkeepsie. Millbrook, Millerton. &c.
The Albany Post road is in good
condition to Poughkeepsie, which re-
mark also applies to the cross con-
nection to Armenia and Millerton, where
from the above trip is followed.
New York to Binghamton via Goshen
and Liberty-Hard surfaced road in
good condition throughout except for
/
ress from Southfelds to Hartman.
New York to Delaware Water Gan
via Goshen and Port Jervis-Hard-sur-
faced road. which averages Tood-slight
repairs being made at couple of
places. e.g., between Southflelds and
Hartman. and between Port Jeryis and
Milford. Pa.
New York to Delaware Water Gan
Via Morristown - Hard surfaced road
which averages good conditions over
Schooley Mountain considerably su-
perior to previous seasons: short Sec
ton of u0snproved surface along the
Delaware River to Delaware Water
Gap, which would cause no inconven-
lence except perhaps after rain.
! g.,
New York to Trenton-The route
most generally favored at this time is
that via Newark, New Brunswick and
Hightstown. on which the road surfa &c
averages fairly good.
The Lincoln Highway between New
Brunswick and Princeton is actually
under construction and therefore should
be avoided. (The section between
Metuchen and Railway, which really
has been notorious for its huctuatine
condition. is now in the throes of recon.
struction and when the new road is
completed several bad. dangerous curves
will be eliminated, as will the grade
crossing at Iselin Station and the under
pass just beyond. Is short, the new
road viii parallel the Pennsylvania Rail.
road tracks. For the time being, the
old road has been put in fair condi.
tion).
New York to Atlantic City via Lake.
wood-There Is little preference be.
tween the Staten Island route and that
via Newark to Perth Amboy-botf
average good. The road work be-
tween Wickatunie and Marlboro ha.
been completed. IL now being a splen.
did concrete road and in the near fu
ture work Is projected to complete
same through to Freehold For the
present the gravel road is in good con.
dition. From Lakewood to Toms Rive,
short rough stretch Is found, bu
the scrapers are already at work OF
this road and conditions are rapidly i'm
proving: this remark also applies &c
the road for several miles in either di
reotion near New Gretna Nothing seri
Gus has been reported on the route
however the same remark applyinr
to the route via the Jersey Coast tC
Seaside Heights and thence over the toll
bridge to Toms River, &C.
Practically all OF the main routes or
Long Island. as well as the principa
cross-connections are now in good con