Evening star., 1927-05-29
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
IN GOOD CONDITION
Now TraveIabIe Throughout
Its Length, Eastern Iowa
Area Excepted.

With the exception Of a stretch
through eastern Iowa. the Lincoln
Highway is in good condition prac'
tically throughout its length, accord
ing to the latest report compiled by
the Lincoln Highway Association.
Due to the fact that paving is in
progress In eastern Iowa, detours over
dirt roads that are III poor condition
are necessary, the report states.
Because of this, motorists crossing
the continent on the Lincoln High
way are cautioned to enter Iowa Via
Illinois State route No. ., going to
Dubuque and from thence to Waterloo
via Iowa route No. 8.
Some roughneSs exists in the dirt
roads throughout the country, but in
general they are dried out. Except
for the extreme Southwest, Northern
roads are better than the Southern
roads. the report states. The Oregon
Trail from Granger. Wyo., to Port
land, is said to be open and in good
condition. Passes through the high
Sierras north of Tehachapi still are
closed. with the prospects that they
will not be completely opened before
the beginning of June.
Reports Made to Date.
Reports on the Lincoln Highway
follow:
New York City to Pittsburgh, Pa,
S17 miles. Excellent paving entire
distance. Unless intending to stop in
Philadelphia use around city route,
we'll marked. Drive carefully where
oiling is in progress.
Pittsburgh to Canton, Ohio, 1O2
-.;Io. T~.n ,,,arlyad dafollr via MIX
Rocks, Neville Island. Monaco.
Rochester, Darlington and Leetonia to
Lisbon. This route will provide pave
ment without detours the entire dis
tance:
Canton, Ohio, to South Bend, Ind.
27S miles, paved except a few short
graveled stretches near Mansfield ana
Crestline. Closed east of Ashland Tor
reconstruction: use Ohio route No. l0
Il. S. 30). Wooster to Mansfield. Use
paved detour Upper Sandusky to Bea-
rerdam via Findlay because of new
construction. Graveled detour last 4
miles east of Delphos.
South Bend, Ind. to Clinton, Iowa.
238 miles, all paved no detours. Clin-
ton, Iowa, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1858
miles. Clinton to Lowden, 39 miles,
concrete paved Lowden to Lisbon,
25 miles, two gangs laying concrete;
poor dirt detours. Lisbon to Cedar
Rapids, 6 miles. paved. Cedar Rap
ids to Marshalltown, 7S miles, of
which 81 miles is paved. balance
graded dirt. bad; two dirt detours
around paving crews. Marshalltown
TO Denison, 1872 miles; about 60 miles
is concrete, balance excellent gravel,
generally good. Denison to Council
Bluffs. 75 miles; all dirt road. well
graded and dry: dangerous when very
wet; fair dirt detour between Dunlap
and Dow City.
Omaha to Cheyenne.
Omaha. Nebr., to Cheyenne. Wyo.,
b05 miles; Omaha to AmeS, 42 miles,
paved; Ames to Cheyenne, mostly well
graded gravel, in good condition ex.
cept for rough spot east of North
Bend. During heavy rain periods
east-bound travel should make inquiry
at Central City and Columbus. west.
bound at Fremont and Columbus. Use
old road on north side of railroad at
Duncan and at Clarks.
Cheyenne, Wyo., to Salt Lake City.
Utah, 459 miles; mainly excellent
gravel, in good condition. Has been
dragged in Wyoming since moisture
from recent storms dried out. Evans.
ton to Wanship, good; new construc.
ton in progress between Wanship and
kimball; detour fair when dry; Kim.
ball to Salt Lake City, good travel.
Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ely, New,
246 miles-The Goodyear section has
been dragged and is in good condition.
While it may be a little rough between
Bushs Branch and Granite Mountain,
one should comfortably make the drive
to Ely during daylight hours. Surface
conditions are: First 90 miles paved,
then 80 miles graded and graveled. all
in excellent condition. Fisher Pass, IL
miles long, well graded, but poorly
maintained natural gravel. Then oc.
ours Al miles of natural trail, the only
unimproyed section between the
coasts. The Great Salt Lake Desert is
az miles long where 1t is crossed by
the Goodyear section. all we'll graded
and dragged, miles well graveled.
Balance of route to Ely is graded nat
ural gravel, in good condition.
Ely, New, to Fallon, New, 266 miles
All excellently graded and we'll grav-
eled, dry and in fine condition.
Fallon, New, to San Francisco,
Calf, 314 miles-Fallon to Carson
City, good; Fallon to Reno, excellent.
All routes over the Sierras still are
closed by snow.
San Francisco can be reached by
either of the following routes: From
Ely follow the Midland Trail via To.
nopah, Goldfield, Westgaard Pass and
Big Pine to Mohave, thence over the
Tehachapi Pass to the San Joaquin
Valley; or from Carson via Minden,
Mono Lake and Bishop, joining the
Midland Trail at Big Pine.
Those motorists who take the north.
erly route via Dubuque into Iowa are
advised TO take Iowa route No. SO
from Waterloo to the intersection with
f,oute No. So, proceeding thence via
No. So to Marshalltown.