Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
CHICAGO POPULAR OBJECTIVE I
FOR FALL AUTOMOBILE TRIP
Motoring Club Outlines Routes to Metrop-
oils of the Middle West for
Tourists of East

Jackson. Washington. Garfield and
Humboldt Parks
For the return trip from Chicago
the club suggests that the outgoing
route be retraced as far as Michigan
City. Ind. Here. instead of going on to
South Bend, turn north and follow
Route IL along the east shore Of Lake
Michigan to ST. Joseph and Benton
Harbor. There the route swings inland
across the State of Michigan through
Kalamazoo, Battle Greek. Jackson and
Ann Arbor to Detroit, the States best
known city. and the worlds leading
automobile center.
Motorists now have a choice Of tax,
ing a bridge, a tunnel or a ferry over
to the Canadian side. Follow Route 3
down to bennington, on the north
shore of Lake Erie. The highway then
follows the lake shore through Blen-
helm. st. Thomas. Tillsonburg, Simcoe.
Dunnville and Welland into Niagara
Falls, ontario. Crossing over the Falls
View Bridge into Niagara Falls, N. Y,
turn right for Buffalo. Follow Route
out of this city eastward through the
Mohawk Valley, passing Batavia, lie
Roy, Avon, Canandaigua, Geneva, Sem
cca Falls, Auburn, Syracuse, Utica.
Herkimer, Little Falls, Fonda, Amster-
dam and Schenectady to Albany.
Choice of Routes.
From Albany there Is a choice OF
routes Either the west or the east
banks of the Hudson may be followed.
But since the west bank highway Is
now in good condition except for few
minor stretches, the club suggests that
this road, CIV, be used going South.
This goes Gown through Catskill into
Kingston, then to Newburg over the
Storm King Highway to West Point,
Bear Mountain and Nyack to Alpine.
at which point the ferry may be used
to cross the river over to Yonkers, and
then Broadway followed back to New
York.
If motorists prefer to cross to the
east bank farther up than Alpine, Trey
will find service available between Cox
sackie and Newton Hook, Saugerties
and Tivoh, Newburgh and Beacon.
There are bridges between Highland
and Poughkeepsie and Bear Mountain
and Peekskill.
given above Is to turn of from the
Mohawk Valley road into the Catskills
and drive through this beautiful region
down to the banks of the Hudson at
Kingston. A good way to do this Is to
turn off Route 5 at Fayetteville, a
short distance east of Syracuse, run
ming down to Route 20, the Cherry VAL
ley Hlke. commune eastward along THIS
road passing through Cazenovia, San
gerf1eld, Richfleld Springs and Cherry
Valley down through Central Bridge
to Route z. A short distance before
Cobleskill is reached the motorist
should be sure to turn right on the
highway for a visit to Howe Caverns,
one of the scenic marvels Of this part
of the country. These unique caverns
extend for mile and q half through
the depths of the earth. For more
than mile they wind along the banks
of the Styx, as the underground river
is called, crossing and recrossing 1t.
Reaching Kingston.
To reach Kingston from Howe Cav
erns run along Route z to Richmond
vile, then along Route 10 to Stamford,
on the western slopes of the Catskills.
From here Route % may be followed
east TO Catskill, then 9W to Kingston,
or else turn off Route az at Grand
Gorge, following Route 80 down to
Margaretville, then Route 2s through
Fleischmans and Phoenicia to the
| Ashokan Dam and Kingston.
Then back to Washington by o. s.
Route No. /, through Philadelphia.