Evening star., 1923-12-09

This report (the last OF the 1929
season) gives a complete picture of
the present condition of the Lincoln
highway. The data is provided by
wire by the consuls of the association
from along the route between the
two coasts and is authentic. The next
report will be issued on April IL.
1924.
Division New York city to Phila-
delphia, Pa. 96 miles: Weehawken
ferry % Princeton, 81 miles. excel
lent; detour marked princeton 10
Lawrenceville"; Princeton to Trenton,
Is miles, poor macadam; Trenton to
Philadelphia. 81 miles. excellent.
Division 2-PhTadelphia. Pa. TO
Chambersburg. Pa, 142 miles. Entire
division excellent, no detours Be
careful OF speed: route is patroiled by
state police.
Division Cha mbersburg, Pa. to
Greensburg, Pa 122 miles. Perfect
road. all well maintained macadam
and new concrete, no detours. Be
careful of speed
Route Into Ohio.
Division 4--Greensbure, Pa. to
Canton. Ohio. 133 miles. GreensburS to
Pittsburgh. 30 miles, excellent except III
irwin borough; Pittsburgh 20 Rochester,
80 miles, paved city streets mostly poor;
Rochester to Canton. IS miles. Detour
well marked over paved road via Beaver
Falls, 40 miles. Darlington S.4 miles,
East Palestine IL miles. Columbiana
a.s miles, Salem % miles, Alliance
14.S miles, Canton l9 miles.
Division Canton, Ohio, to Mans
field, Ohio, G5 miles; Canton TO Ash
land, 81 miles. excellent: Ashland to
Mansfield, IA miles, new road just
opt ned. excellent.
Division 6-Mansficld, Ohio, TO Van
Vert. Ohio, Ill miles. Mansfield TO
Bucyrus follow marked detour via
Gallon, 25 miles. brick: Bucyrus to
! Osceola, : miles. excellent; osceoia to
Van Vert, 19 miles, mostly old ma
| cadam.
South Bend, Ind, 129 miles; Van
Vert to Fort Wayne. Ind. 80 miles.
excellent all the way, new concrete.
to Ligonier. A miles, via detour
| marked between Fort Wayne and
Churubusco, Is miles. construction
under way, good; Churubusco to Lig-
! onier. excellent; Iigonier 10 South
Bend, 43 miles, excellent.
south Bend to Chicago.
Division S-South Bend. Ind, TO
Chicago Heights H.. S3 miles. South
Bend to New Carlisle, II miles. con-
! crete; New Carlisle to La Porte, l3
miles. good detour marked around
construction under way on last fVe
miles east of La Porte; La Porte TO
Valparaiso. % miles, Z miles marked
| detour just east Of Valparaiso; VAL
| paraiso TO Chicago Heights, SO miles.
J concrete.
Division s-Chicago Heights, ILL.,, to
! Clinton, Iowa, t66 miles. New con-
| crete construction under way between
| Chicago Heights and Joliet. fair de-
| tour marked; Joliet to Plaintield, ,
| miles, good concrete; Plainfield to
! Aurora, 13 miles, good gravel: Aurora
| to Clinton, 1l9 miles, good concrete.
| Division 10-Clinton, Iowa, to Mar
shailtown, Iowa, 164 miles. Clinton to
! Lowdeu, Al miles, concrete paving;
/ Lowden to Cedar Rapids, Al miles,
/ fair to good, two short detourS bad
! in wet weather: Cedar Rapids TO Belle
| Piaine, 80 miles. good graded dirt and
| gravel; detour Belle Plaine to Tama,
is miles, poor in wet weather; Tama
| TO Marshalltown, 22 miles, good grad
ed dirt and gravel.
Division 11--Marshalltown Iowa to
Denison, Iowa, l42 miles About 95
miles of gravel road in this division:
balance dirt roads, in fair condition,
affected for few hours after rain.
Fair marked detour at Scranton.
Grading just east of Denison.
Dirt Roads Well Graded.
Division 12-Denison, Iowa, to Coun-
| Gil Bluffs. Iowa, 76 miles. All dirt
roads, but well graded and dragged
when wet. Short rough stretch be
| tween Missouri valley and Loveland.
| No detourS.
| Division 13-Omaha. Neb.. to Kear-
ney, Neb., 204 miles. Omaha to Ere
mont, 81 miles paved, miles dirt,
good when dry: Fremont to Ames, 6
| miles, paved: Ames to Richland. 80
miles. well graded dirt: Richland to