New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25
Drive TO Scenic
Quebec Country
Is UnexcelIed
A. E.. A. Directs Motorists
Attention 10 This Tour,
Which Offers Exceptional
Travelling Conditions Now

Nearly six hundred miles of hard
sui,~v4u iuad is al ,ne u.spos.i OF tn.
i..,.y.,.e ncdutu 10 Nlu,o cv ron Ne i
iut~, ana scenNry all inc way OF the
hnest. thcrc Is the Dcautilu. lludsvu
\asle! fol- 100 mics, VITA many views
ul ,ae tatshilis; then tnc foothills OF
toe .>i.londacEs and through Saratoga
TO ,i'S snores OF Lane George; tncn
ochioon Lake aud Lake CAampiAln. and
noiVh t. Montreal, and then tao kd.a
route. overlooking tue st. Lawrence
den.ntful t.rnc OF year to MAKE this
tliY; the air IS cool and travelling w4tn-
ou1 tAe top permits better view or
the county. Within IL tcw days tAc
iullaso wil take on its seasonal ivefy
vi scaroV AID lusset and gold, and the
mills. SIDES "ii be gorgeous with coiJr.
10 This scenic country the Automo-
bile Cup OF America directs attention
This Wcek and many motorists viii lind
tuc following Iodtc description BY the
cub chief roadman, o. W. Mcus, Of
ieal utility within the next month:
Touring conditions are at their best
how. Inc ROADS are freer from traffic.
anu thc absence OF the large s,ght-see-
ln@ buses extensively used dunn. the
Vacation period is welcome Good motel
recommendations arc available in ali the
larger cities and any number Of Small
inns provide comfortable stopping
places until late in the full.
FROM New York, Broadway and the
Albany Post Road should be followed
through Workers. Tarrytown and peeGs-
~ to Pouch Aeepsie. Continue along
the east size OF The Hudson River ali
the way to Albany. A short cut avoid
ing the state Capitol is available ny
turning off just beyond the East Green
bush Post Office and going through
roy to Saratoga, poor stretch Of road
between Albany and Schenectady will
be avoided in this way.
May Use West Bank
Tourists from New England NAV con
meet With the trip al Tarrytown. peeks-
XII, Poughkeepsie or Albany, from the
belkshlres, through William stewn to
Troy. The west side of the Hudson
River may also be used 20 Albany.
From Albany to Saratoga the route usu-
Ally recommended is chat Via Science
Vady But, as there has been a bad
stretch Of road between Albany and
schenectady, the preferable way at the
Mechanicsville and Cohoes and then
IN to Saratoga. From Saratoga to
Lake George the road conditions are
better via Glens Falls than via the
Corinth Lake Luzerne route.
A speed trap is in operation at South
Ciens Falls, in Saratoga County. and
thls mas been nuisance to the motor
ing public all summer. The club sug-
geSts speed not in excess of twenty
I'VE miles per hour in the open coun-
try, between Saratoga Springs and
Giens Falls. AS a prccaution. that viii
prevent any trouble.
On leaving Lake George, the tour
passes through a number Of small viii
lagos and enters the foothills of the
Adlrondachs at Chestertown, then skirts
me west short of Schroon Lake to
Ellzabethtown. Much misinformation
mas been circulated to motorists
through suggesting the route from
Eilza pethtown to kceseville via Lewis.
he5ter road surface, only tribe longer.
and finer from scenic point Of New
is found by going from Elizabe thtown
TO kecne, then up the picturesque
Ausable Valley, with excellent views
OF Mt. Marcy and White Face, the two
highest peaks in the Adirondacks and
so on to keesevile.
Here there is q choice of two roads
going to Plattsburg. One via Peru and
Lsphsm Mills, the other via Ausab!e
chasm and Bluff Point The latter
route Is preferable, as it is more
scenic FROM Plattsburg the route
continues north to Reuse's Point where
the international boundary line is
crossed into Canada. The only for
malities required from motorists IN
going over the line into Canada arc
stops at the two customs Offices. Tn.
American custom Office is at Rouse'
Point. and motor tourists should he
sure to obtain the car registration GER
tficatc which must DC presented to the
Canadian custom officials at La Cole,
eight miles beyond Rousc's Point. Here
permit is issued, good for thirty
days touring. The motorist then CON