Evening star., 1929-06-30
lIEW YORK BOSTON
TRIP IS POPULAR
Two Routes Appeal to Mo-
torists-0ne Offers Drive
Along Shore.

NO routes are followed--first, the shore
line and then up through Providence to
--oston, and, second, the inside route
through Danbury. Waterbury, Hartford,
,;pringfeld and Worcester. The Auto
mobile Club of America, New York,
therefore,. in this article has outlined
,wo routes that will prove Of interest to
motorists who like to tour in this sec
ION. inasmuch as they both o1er a
variation from the older routes.
Newport is one OF the most famous
Summer resorts on this continent, and
can easily be included on a trip to
Boston without adding any mileage to
the Journey In order to do this 1t Is
necessary to take the shore road out
Of New York. Leaving the city via
Jerome avenue, one runs to Ford
ham road and then to the Boston Post
road. Just after crossing the New York
City line. up in the Pelham Manor Sec
lion, turn left of the Post road into the
Hutchinson River parkway. This may
i1e followed for a distance OF IL miles,
passing through Saxon Woods Park up
10 Westchester avenue at point about
mid-distance between White Plains and
Port Chester. Motorists will find this a
very desirable route. The parkway was
only opened last October, so a little bit
about its history might be interesting.
1t was named after the Hutchinson
River, whose bank 1t follows closely.
The river was named for Anne Hutch
inson, whose cabin, built alongside this
stream, was surrounded by Indians In
1872 and she and her family massacred.
At the end of the parkway one turns
right on Westchester avenue to Port
Chester, and then continues along the
Boston Post road through Greenwich,
Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport to
New Haven.
Of Yale University. The university was
first chartered as a collegiate school and
was opened at Saybrook. In 171S the
college was transferred to New Haven
and called Yale College In recognition OF
gifts received from Elihu Yale. Some
hours may be enioyably spent going
through the various buildings. Fine
specimens of architecture Of different
periods are numbered among the college
buildings. The most notable group Is
that about the HarkneSS quadrangle.
The room most interesting to lovers OF
history will be the one occupied by
Nathan Hale as a student at Yale. This
is located in Connecticut Hall, one OF
the oldest of the buildings, having been
erected in the early eighteenth century.
River Scene Of Much Activity.
At New Haven one leaves the Post
road, which turns northward to Hart
ford and Springfield. and follows along
the shore, passing through Branford,
Guilford Madison, Clinton, Saybrook
and Lyme to New London. This is an
enterprising town, located on the
Thames River and the Sound. On the
river the annual boat races between
Yale and Harvard are held. The river
is often the scene of the most interest
ing maneuvers OF Government shipping.
especially of submarines. as New Lon
don is one of the important submarine
bases Of the world: 1t was In these
waters that the German submarine
Deutschland made its presence frst
known after having been the first un-
der-sea boat to cross the ocean.
Crossing the river to Groton, one con-
tinues through Mystic to Westerly. Here
the motorist viii be well repaid If he
will leave the main road and run down
to Watch Hill, one of the best located
Summer resorts on the coast, with a
fine sickle-shaped beach.
Returning to the main road at Wes-
terly, one continues through Charles
town to Wakefield, where one turns
sharp right for NarraganSett Pier, and
then up to Saunderstown, where the
ferry is taken to jamestown. on Conani-
cut Island, which splits Narragansett
Bay in two. Boats leave Saunderstown
mile run across the island to the east
shore, where the ferry is taken TO New
port
Newport is a very old city as cities
go in America, having been settled in
1923. Long before the Revolutionary
War it rivaled Boston as a port. and
far more than in Boston the evidences
of this colonial seafaring are still visi-
bic today. It IS this colonial flavor that
makes Newport what it is, for there are
other resorts in this country where fash
ion congregates and has built beautiful
houses.
For the motorist who does not wish
to make Boston in a day, either Watch
Hill or Newport offer excellent facili-
ties for an overnight stop.
Continuing on from Newport, one
runs via Portsmouth and Tiverton up to
Fall River, and northward through
Taunton and Ponkapog to Boston, which
Is Just So miles from Newport.
From Port Chester to Wakefield over
this route one follows Route No. L;
from Wakefield to Saunderstown, Route
LIB, and from Newport to Boston, Route
1873. This road is all in good condition
at the present time.
Boston Is Sig1tseers' Mecca.
Boston has always been a mecca for
the sightseer, as there is so much of
historical interest in and about the city.
Any number of enjoyable short trips
may be made to the north, south and
west.
A second route that will interest mo-
toristS, and especially those that prefer
the inland country to the SeaShore, is
the one running out of New York yia
the Bronx River parkway to White
Plains and then past KenSico Dam to
Armonk, Bedford and Ridgefield to
Danbury. the first big town on this
route Danbury is noted especially for
being a hat manufacturing town and
the scene of the county fair each Fall.
From Danbury the route runs on
through Newtown to Waterbury, located
in the scenic Naugatuck Valley. Water
bury, center of the brass industry OF the
world, is a charming New England city,
rich in colonial and Revolutionary his
tory. The Mattatuck HiStorial Building,
opposite the principal hotel in the town,
is used as a museum for collections
pertaining to its early history.
Leaving Waterbury, one runs in a
general northeasterly direction through
Meriden, Middletown, Marlboro, He
bron and Willimantic to Danielson.
Here one turns north and runs via Put
nam, Thompson and oxford up to Wor-
cester. in Massachusetts,.
Worcester is typical fine New Eng
land city, with wonderful old elms In its
City Hall Park. The Declaration of In
dependence which was being carried by
courier to Boston, was first read in New
England right in front of the old City
Hall, which was located on the same
site as the present building, because
Isaiah Thomas, a citizen of Worcester
insisted that the document be read to
the people of the town, who were has
tily summoned together
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runs via Northboro, Marlboro, Sudbery
and Wayland.