Evening star., 1925-09-13
MOTORISTS LURED
BY NEW ENGLAND
Scenic Wonders There At
tract Increased Number of
Tourists Each Year.

Every touring season finds an in
: creasing number of Washington mo-
tor,sts visiting the scenic portions of
, ITew England. Astounding in pic
, turesQue mountains. with an attend
: ant panorama OF stream lake. forest,
: rolling farm lands and rugged coasts.
, this section OF the country wins the
2 heart of the touring motorist. The
I Berkshires. the White Mountains.
Vermont and Maine are becoming
, more and more familiar to motorists
= because of the improved routing to
!, New England territory.
! Auto Club Outlines Tour.
/. The Automohue Club of America
describes a tour through New Eng
land, starting from it's headquarters
In New York CITY, as follows:
"On leaving New York City our
tour follows the Boston Post road,
the historic highway through the
heart of southern New England. I'm
mediately the city's limits are left
behind, the route, bordering the Long
Island Sound. passes through thriv
ing towns and prosperous cities. many
of which We're founded in colonial
days. Rye. for instance, received a
Recommendation from no less a dis
tinguished traveller than George
Washington Greenwich, the first
llew England town along our route, is,
rich in Revolutionary legend. Nor
folk witnessed the final battle of the
Pequot War; Bridgeport, at the
mouth of the Pequonnock River, is
a busy manufacturing city; while a
StratfOrd the old colonial atmosphere
still fingers to a marked degree.
F'r, m Stratford our route turns north
leaving the Boston Post road and
following the west shore OF the HoUsa-
n
crose the bridge to Derby and follow
the haugatuck River through very
pretty country.
The city of Waterbury, 50 miles
from our start at New York, forms
convenient and agreeable stopping
point.
From Waterbury we proceed
northward through the Naugatuck
Valley toward the Berkshires. Be-
yond Waterville are Thomaston, of
clock manufacturing fame, and Tor
rington. Here. there is a choice of
routes-either that through Burrville
and Winsted to Norfolk or that via
South Norfolk. Beyond Norfolk the
route swings west to Canaan. turning
north again along the Housatonic
River, crossing the Massachusetts,
line al Ashley Falls.
Enter the Berkshires
I'VE enter the Berkshires at Great
harrington and enjoy some splendid
views of the Taconic and HosSac
Mountains on our way through
Stockbridge and Lenoc to Pittsfield.
Our route now leads through Will
Jamestown. on the Green River from
which point Mount Greylock. over be-
yond North Adams. and Mount Bel
cher, Mount Hopkins and other peaks
of the Taconic Range may be seen.
Crossing over the Vermont line,
Bennington recalls the bitter strug-
gle of the Green Mountain boys for
independence.
"At Manchester, at the foot of
Equinox Mountain, our days run
comes to an end with a mileage of
134 frum Waterbury. Here the mo-
torist may rest a day or two in the
pleasant Old World village. taking
the opportunity to enjoy the superb
view from the 3,S00-foot elevation Of
Equinox Mountain.
From Manchester to Lake Sunapee
is a comparatively short run of II
miles, but it passes through interest
ing country. not unlike the north of
Ireland or western Scotland, with its
tree-clad hills and oldfashioned
farmsteads. Through the Green