Evening star., 1922-09-03

l tnrOu8n into newark on naIFiSot
/ avenue. crossing Passaio river in
Newark and turning left on North
Broad street; follow North Broad
street south to Lincoln way. east
bound. go straight through on Broad
street, Newark. to Harrison avenue:
cross bridge and follow through to
Hudson boulevard IL. H) Newark
to Princeton, A miles. excellent;
Princeton to Lawrenceville, s miles,
under construction; westbound, de-
tour across Carnegie lake to the
}Brunswick pike into Trenton; east
bound. leave Trenton on Brunswick
avenue and follow Brunswick pike to
Penns Neck to Princeton. Trenton
to Philadelphia, 80 miles, excellent,
with exception of smile stretch of
poor maeadam between Bustleton
Division 2.-Philadelphia to Cham
bersburg. Pa, 142 milesIPerfect
road. No detours.
Division a.-Chambersburg, Pa, to
Gresnsburg. Pa, 122 miles-Perfect
speed In. communities.
Shorter Route DeAned.
East Liverpool, Ohio. So miles
Greensbarg to Pittsburgh detour
north of Lincoln way at Greensburg
via belmont. Parnassus, New Ken
sington and East Liberty. excellent
I condition. Al miles. Is miles longer
to East Liverpool. Ohio. 81 miles
Note: shorter route than the Lin
coin way and one which avoids the
/ ongested communities between
Pittsburgh and Beaver can be taken
by leaving Pittsburgh on the Point
paved road to Clinton and good dirt
road via Frankfort Springs and Hooks
town to Chester, w. Va, and East
! Liverpool. Dirt section of Lincoln
way between Beaver and Ohio state
line reported in fair condition. South
| road eleven miles shorter.
I Division 6.-East Liverpool, Ohio. to
Mansfield. Ohio, 11S miles-East Liy-
erpool to Canton, So miles, excellent.
Detour will shortly be announced be-
tween E: Liverpool and Lisbon. Can
ton 10 Ashland, OIL miles, excellent;
Lincoln way via Olivesburg over good
i brick and poor old macadam. II
miles: caution in bad weather.
Division 6.-Mansf1eld. Ohio. to Van
vert, Ohio. III miles-In dry weather
follow Lincoln way Mansfield to
crestline; detour Crestline via Gallon
to Bucyrus In wet weather detour
from Mansfield via Shelby to Crest
line thence via Gallon to Bucyrus
somewhat longer but in excellent
SoiiuitiOh. OSCeOla.
miles. excellent; osceola to Upper
Sandusky. 10 miles. old macadam.
poor condition; Upper Sanduskv to
Van Vert, 56 miles, mostly rough
| oid macadam. In bad weather in
auire Bucyrus as to best route to
Division Van Vert Ohio, to
south Bend, Ind, 11S miles-yan
Vert, Ohio, to Fort Wayne. Ind. aS
mics, excellent: Fort Wayne to
Ligonier. SO miles. mostly fair to
sooa gravel: Lisonier to South Bend
! Division S.-South Bend. Ind. to
| Ghicago Heights. ILL.,. SO miles-Soutr
! Bend to New Carlisle, IA miles. ex-
ceilent paving: New Carlisle to ia
| Porte, l3 miles. rough old brick ans
nlacaoam' LaPor,e to Valparaiso, 2;
valparaiso apn Dyer, 81 miles. marx.
| ed by state via Hobart and Gary
north Of Lincoln highway, Ideal sec
ton OF Lincoln highway under con.
struction Dyer east: Dyer to Chicago
| Heights. rs miles. concrete.
| Division s.-Chicago Heights, Ill.
to Clinton. Iowa. 1S6 miles-Chicage
| Heights to New Lenox, Is miles il
miles concrete. 4 miles poor dirt anc
macadam; New Lenox to Joliet, :
miles. concrete and macadam; Joliet
to Aurora, "a miles. old macadam anG
: miles concrete: Aurora to Clinton
119 miles. all concrete paved Note
4 ln-dry weather the Lincoln highwa,
across Iowa is now In practically per
feet condition entirely across the
state. During or after a rain it (ol
any other dirt road in the state) i.
very slow and slippery Don't at.
tempt to drive dirt sections durine
rain. They dry quickly.
Division 1o.-Clinton. Iowa. tc
Maj shalltown. Iowa, 1S4 miles-Clin.
ton to De Witt. 20 miles. good con.
crete paving; De Witt to Lowden. 81
miles. detour fair to good dirt road
bad when wet, Lincoln way under con.
struction. new paving going on: Low
den to Cedar Rapids, 46 miles, gooc
to excellent graded dirt; Cedar Rap
ids to Marshalltown. IS miles, excel
lent when dry, bad when wet, severa
short concrete stretches
Division 11-Marshalltown. Iowa, tc
Dennfson, Iowa. 40 miles-10o mile.
of well drained and graded gravel
! 3 miles of paving. pest Of road graded
/ dirt: fine condition when dry; slow
| when wet.
Division 1e-Dennison. Iowa. tc
| Council Bluffs. Iowa. 73 miles-Grad-
| ed, dirt road in excellent condition
| when dry, slow when wet, severa
| stretches good gravel.
Note-In dry weather the Lincoln
4 highway is now in boulevard condi-
tion entirely across Nebraska with
the exception OF but eleven miles be-
! wet the graded dirt sections are slow
1 and slippery, but dry quickly.
| Division 13-Omaha, Neb.. to Kear-
| ney, Neb.. 204 mi1es-Omaha to Val.
ley, 20 miles, paved: detour as mark
ed: Valley to Fremont. II miles. fall
dirt and gravel; Fremont to Kearney
| 13S miles, excellent, one good 6-mile
| detour marked between Richland and