New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Longer Trips
Bv Motor Are
Now Possible
Among These, Trip to the
Delaware Water Cap Is
Particularly Attractive
With Onset of Spring
Roads From Here Good
No Really Bad Travelling
To Be Encountered on
Either of Two Routes

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ELIZABETH, \. J., April 22.-Tho
automobile season has advanced far
enough To make longer excursions at
.-ac;ve, and among these Just now. he
cause Of the good condition Of the in
,ervoniuG routes, is q trip to the Della
ware Water Gap. The north Jcrse,.
highways connecting New York with
this famous resort have survived the
winter iu unusually fortunate fashion
and TO really bad road viii. lie encoun-
tered over the Water Gap route
through Hackett town or over tho.
nghways leading through Morrjsto[yn
Dover and Branchville to the Delaware
River above the Water Gap The good
condition OF these Two ways affords a
selectiye route or different roads over
which to so and return.
From Newark the best wav to Nor
ristown IS through Park Avenue or
Orange Street through the Oranges anf
over the Orange Mountains on the
NorthfeId Road through Hanover and
WhippsnY. Speedwell Avenue in Nor
-istowu is rough from the center Of
the town 20 the city line. but the road
S better through Morris Plains. ana
beyond taat point Is excellent
Smooth roads VIII be found All Tho
way from Morris Plains through Der
Vile and koCkaway. Blackwell Street
II Dover 5 rough and full Of holes
through the center Of the town to the
canal bridge, but beyond. up Mine
Hi! the surfaces arc excellent. On
descending the long grade into Succa-
sunna Plains thc roads are not Of tho
best, but are not bad 1t is expected
that these stretches will be repaired
before midsummer.
Fine Roads Across Flats
Fire roads may be followed across
tho fats through Kenvil and LEDGE
wood through Landing, the last section
being new concrete. Through Port
Morris to Netcong the road was re-
surfaced last fall and is without a
5lem;sh. In Stanhope. however the
main street IS rough and there are oc
caslonal rough spots on the wav from
Cranberry Lake to Andover. though
most Of them have been patched.
cred into Newton. The Branchville
road will be found good and the high
way through CuIver's Gap to Tuttle's
Corners is smooth, with the exception
Of section near the lower end OF
tuIvers Lake that was not resurfaced
last year The Tuttle's Corners Law
ION road 10 Dingman's, on the Delaware
River. is good.
Along the other route the main high
way from Morristown to Hackettstown.
by way of Mendhar and Chester, is
good through Mendham and Ralston.
as this section was paved last season.
The first bad stretch Of highway on
tais route is from Chester to Long
Valley. The ascent and descent of
SchoOley's Mountain are once more be
coming problem. for the road sur
faces are worn and rutted. But after
crossing the Musconetcong River and
entering HaChettstown the going is
good.
Excellent Roads Into Belvidere
The main road through Vienna and
Great Meadows is fair. Beyond this
Iolnt, along the banks of the Pequest
Elve~ excellent roads arc found into
Belvldere. The connecting road for
the Water Gap by way Of Manunka
Chunk and Delaware is in good condi-
ton.
Upon crossing the Delaware and en-
terlnG Pennsylvania, the going really
becomes bad. The short section be-
tween the toll bridgc and Portland is
very rough. A fine piece of highway
ihon starts out toward the Gap, but
ends before this scenic spot is reached
snG Wornout stretch Cf road leads
through tho Gap. The roadway is mar
low and the holes in the surface SO
6ad that little attention can bo given
the marvellous scenery. There is little
Improvement through the ,illage. and
mother succession of holes and way
lsvomcn;s is experienced on the w; =
70 Stroudsburg.
In that city the surfaces are in bad
shape, but beyond Stroudsbure the
main highway up the Delaware River
through Rushkil Falls, Dingman's,
Milford and Port Jervis is in good con
d!tion. Here and there rutted section
IS found, but these spots are now being
patched with broken shale, which
makes satisfactory repair.