Evening star., 1922-11-19

Tn10 IL the I0Nt fOuu ~ uc
ISSUED this season by the Lincoln
Highway Association. The next
report will be issued in April.
1923.
Division l, New York city to rhila-
delphia, Pa, 90 6miles-Weehawken fer
ry to Newark. s miles. Temporary
bridge was opened November Is. elimi-
mating detour. West bound traffic detour
between Metuchen and New Bruins
wick as marked. East-bound unaf-
fected Trenton to Philadelphia. 32
miles. Closed between Morrisville
and Bustleton. detour south via Tul-
repairs at Langhorne.
Note: The Lincoln Highway is now
open without detours from Philadel-
phia to Pittsburgh. and is all in ex-
cellent condition. except through the
town of Irwin.
Division 2. Philadelphia to Cham
bersburg, Pa, 142 miles-Perfect
road. No detours.
Division 3. Chambersburg. Pa. to
Greensburg Pa. 122 miles-Perfect
road. No detourS. Be careful OF speed
in communities.
Division 4. Greensburg. Pa. to East
liverpool, Ohio, So miles-Greensburg
to Pittsburgh, 80 miles. excellent.
Pittsburgh to East Liverpool, Ohio'
81 miles.
Note: A shorter route than the Lin
coin way and one which avoids the
congested communities oet"eeI
Pittsburgh and Beaver can be taken
by leaving Pittsburgh on the Point
bridge and following well marked.
payed road to Clinton and good dirt
road via Frankfort Springs ana
Hookstown to Chester. W. Va. ana
East Liverpool. Dirt section OF Lin
coin way between Beaver and ONO
state line poor when wet. South road
IL miles shorter. -
Division 5, East Liverpool. Ohio. to
Mansfield, Ohio. lis miles-East LlV-
erpool to Canton, 50 miles. excelieh. !,
except detour between LISBON anu
Hanoyerton. 10 miles, marked; Gan
ton to Ashland. 81 miles. excellent
Ashland to Mansfield. rough detour
via Olivesburg. Is miles; v,
Division 6, Mansfield. Ohio. to van
Vert, Ohio, III ullcs-Mansnelu 70
Bucyrus, detour via Gallon. on prich'
25 miles; Bucyrus to Osceola. miies'
excellent: Osceola to Upper SanduskE
10 miles, old macadam. poor conui-
tion. Timer SanduSky to Van vert
&c miles, mostly rough old macauaiii
in need of maintenance: mlies us-
tour just west of Upper Sandusky. IN
bad weather inquire at BucSrus as ~
the best route to Delphos
Division Z. Van Vert. Ohio. to South
Bend, Ind, 116 miles-Nan Vert
Ohio. to Fort Wayne. Ind. so mlieS, ss
excellent; Fort Wayne to Ligonier. SO
miles, fair to good gravel: Ligonler 10
South Bend. 43 miles. excellent.
division s. South Bend Ind. to Chi
caEo Heights. Ill. So miles-Soutn n
Bend to New Carlisle. IA miles. excel
lent paving: New Carlisle to La Porte
13 miles rough Old brick and mac,
adam; La Porte to Valparaiso, 80
miles. good gravel: detour between
ed by state via Hobart and Gary
north of Lincoln highway: Ideal Sec
tion' of Lincoln way under construc-
tton Dyer east: Dyer to Chicago
Heights. rs miles. concrete.
Division Q, Chicago Heights. n. to
Clinton, Iowa. 166 mtleS-Cnlcaeo
Heights to New Lenox, IS miles: -
miles concrete. 4 miles poor dirt and
macadam: New Lenox to Joliet, miles
concrete and macadam; Joliet to Au-
rora, "a miles, old macadam and 1our
miles concrete: Aurora to Cilnton, liz
miles, all concrete paved.
Note-In dry weather the Lincoln
way across Iowa is now in excellent
condition entirely across the state.
During or after rain it Cor any other
dirt road in the state) is very slow
and slippery. Don't attempt to drive
dirt sections during rain. They dry
quickly. Distance across state aso
miles; dirt grades. 1913 miles.
Division 10, Clinton. Iowa. to Mar
shalltown, Iowa. 164 miles-Cl1nton TO
De Witt, 20 miles. good concrete paw
ing; De Witt to Lowden. 80 miles, de-
tour south as marked fair to good dirt
road, bad when wet, Lincoln way un-
der construction, new paving gong
in; Lowden to Cedar Rapids. 4e miles,
good to excellent graded dirt: Cedar
Rapids to Marshalltown. IS miles, ex-
celient when dry. bad when wet sew
eral short concrete stretches.
Division II, Marshalltown. Iowa; TO
Dennison, Iowa, 140 miles-10o miles
of we'll drained and graded gravel: 3
miles of paving; rest of road graded
dirt; fine condition when dry, SLOW
when wet.
Division 12-Dennison. Iowa. to
Council Bluffs, Iowa. 73 miles-Graded
dirt road. in excellent condition when
dry, slow when wet, several stretches
good gravel.
Note-In dry weather the Lincoln
highway is now in good condition en-
tirely across Nebraska, with the ex-
ception of but IL miles between Cozad
and Gothenburg. When wet the grad