Evening star., 1928-09-09

| interest In the East-West touring has
| grown greatly in the past few years
| thousands Of Western motorists are
| travelling East to enjoy the matchless
| scenery of New York. New Jersey and
New England and thousands OF East
ern motorists are travelling West over
the Alleghanies to visit not only the
| scenic West but to glimpse the great
centers of automobile production.
There are innumerable routes leading
out to Ohio. Indiana and Illinois from
| New York City, but the Automobile
| Club of America is outlining below sew
eral attractive routes to various i'm
portant centers.
On the southern route, starting from
| New York, there Is a choice of the
| three ways to reach Washington. in the
southwest corner of the State of Penn
| sylvania. First. the ever-popular Lin
coin Highway, which runs through
Newark, Elisabeth, Railway, Princeton,
Trenton and Langhorne to Philadelphia,
and thence through Lancaster, York,
historic Gettysburg. Chambersburg and
Bedford to Pittsburgh, where we leave
the Lincoln Highway and run down
| to Washington.
Another route for the motorist who
would like to include side trip TO
Valley Forge in his itinerary Is to go
from Philadelphia via Norristown, from
which point it Is only five miles to the
spot where Washington encamped at
valley Forge. From Norristown con-
tinue on to Reading on the William
Penn Highway. This highway may then
be followed via Harrisburg, the. capi-
tai of the Keystone State; Hunting
don, Hollidaysburg and Blairsville, to
Pittsburgh and then to Washington.
National Old Trails.
The third route also runs to Phila-
delphia, from which point two routes
are available to Hagerstown on the
National Old Trails. The one run
ming via Wilmington to Baltimore and
then through Frederick to Hagerstown,
and the other following along the Lin
coin Highway through York to Gettys-
burg and then over Charnain Noun
| tain to Hagerstown. then to Cumber-
land and Uniontown to Washington
| Six miles before reaching Uniontown. at
| Summit Hill, wonderful view OF the
| Monongahela Valley may be had.
Some portion of all of these three
routes passes through the Cumberlands
| and the Alleghanies and offers as fine
mountain scenery as can be obtained
| in the East.
From Washington onward the coun-
try is level and the route, If heading
for Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Chicago, Indianapolis or st. Louis, fol-
lows along the National Old Trails
through Triadelphia, Pa; Wheeling
w. Va; Bridgeport, Ohio; Morristowr.
Fairview, Middlebourne. Cambridge
Norwich, GAINESVILLE, Brownsville. Jack
sontown and Reyneldshurg to Column
bus. Ohios pretty and thriving capital
located on the Scioto River.
From Columbus to Cincinnati the pes
route lies via Springfield, Dayton. Mid.
dletown and Hamilton, leaving tht
National Old Trails route at the towr
of Brandt. Hamilton is one OF the fast
est-growing cities in Ohio and his
toricaliy one of the most interesting
cities in the Middle West, and as 1t il
only % miles from Cincinnati 1t is be-
coming a very popular stopping poin
for tourists. 1t was in this city tina
Mad Anthony" Wayne, famous revo
lutionary general. who subdued the In
dians, signed lasting treaty in 1871.
Motorists wishing to reach Indian
apolis and st. Louis should continue
from Brandt straight along the Nationa
pike. For Chicago, turn OH the Nationa