The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-20
Motor 'sDown East"
 Along Seacoast
Presidents Cruise Suggests Auto Trip in New England
 and New Brunswick

wick. His stops along the way ( have brought. into the news many of the old New England ports that 7 were world famous in the gallant days of wood and sail.
 As a motorist you also can en- joy this matchless coastal region with It's bracing summer breezes, it's glorious panorama of land ocean views, its inumerable points 2 of historic interest. The New Eng land states and the Maritime Pro- vinces have vied with one another in the building and maintenance of roads. Automobile owners now have broad, smooth highways, in good. condition. along the entire coast.
 Plenty of opportunity for the enjoyment of your favorite sport will be found on this line of travel golf, fishing, swimming, sailing all are here and at their very best.
 Great interest Is added to the route by the fact that every foot of the way is historic ground. Each town and village, almost without an exception, saw some dramatic incident in the brave old days of exploration and settlement. during the years of savage fighting with the Indians, the colonial wars with | the French or the long hard strug- gle that won our Independence. You will enjoy the thrill of stand ing on the very spots where his tory was made.
 Complete your tour down east by making q friendly call on our Canadian neighbOrs across the border New Brunswick. If you have the. time, put your car on the boat at Saint John. cross the Bay of .Fundy to Digby in Nova Scotia and see something Of the DeautiIul Evangeline country.
 This is quite an ambitious pro- gram but 1t is one that you and your family will enjoy every mo- ment. one that you will remember pleasantly for years to come.
 Boston, the natural starting point for this trip, is within con- venient reach of all parts Of the country, south and west. From Washington and Baltimore, motor it's will run through Philadelphia, Trenton and Newark to New York. For those who preSer to avoid the congestion of metropolitan trafhc. there are various routes skirting New York. From the midwest. travel will be by way of Buffalo and Albany and east across Massa- chusetts.
 In going from New York to Bos- ton several routes are available that via Danbury Hartford. spring fIeId and Worcester Is favored by many experienced motorists; others choose the Sound route via Bridge port. New London and Proyldence. Leaving Boston for our run down east" the first cities that came to mind are the ancient mari time rivals. Marblehead ana salem: , These interesting cities lie east or the main line of travel to the north, | U. $. Route No. l Tn order to reach MarbIehead 1t Will pc hece sary to work around to the riGne shortly after leaving boston' ,Wo ,nI to Lvnn and then the Shore Drive to Swampscott ana o'a'e Road 129 to Marblehead.
 Jn recent years yachting mas wade Marblehead great soclai center in the summer time. Here in inc heighth of the season you will see the finest craft on the AL lantic coast-a1l types, all sizes or .aj, and motorboats up to the great ocean going palaces.
 But with all this patronage on 4be mart of society. Marblehead mas not lost it's quaintness. Much or the flavor of the old seafaring ana nriyateering days remains ana |. ;s foscinatins. to wander up ana down the tangled streets. through the narrow lanes, past the old houses, with al ltheir assoclations of a vigorous fighting past.
 Abbott Hall tower gives me view of the city and here are in- teresting collections touching on the older life of the town.
 Salem is widely remembered as the city of witchcraft; that briei outbreak of hysteria lasted put few months, but it outweighs in n,b.ic memory the long years when Salem was the home port Of ships that sailed the seven seas and car ried the flag into every harbor of the world. There was a time when Salem meant more to merchant in India or China than New York, Philadelphia or Boston. Salem had several periods of great prosperity and the wealth that came to the city went into the building Of homes when Colonial architecture was in it's best day. Fires in recent years have destroyed large sections, but Salem can still show more beau- tiful old houses of early American design than any other city in the country. The Peabody Museum has splendid collections of ship modes, ea-faring m m ntoes. curios gathered from all parts of the world by the eager and ac- quiistive Yankee sailor.
 Now for run down Cape Ann to Gloucester. known everywhere as preeminently the city Of fish. The ocean has always provided Gloucester's living and the city is very frank about it, telling the story to al five senses. eHer fish ing Is q great industry, not sport Shipments go out daily to all parts of the country. The great factories where the ocean harvest is pro- cessed are models of cleanliness and efficiency.
 Yachtsmen will be interested to know that the two-masted fore and aft type of sailing vessel originated in Gloucester. In 1713. Captain Andrew Robinson designed and built the first schooner ever launch ed, surrounded by as many skeptics as Noah when he was building the Ark.
 Newburyport, our next land mark, is back on U. $. Highway No. l. Long and narrow, stretched out along the bank of the Merrimac river, this waS another of the ac- tive shipbuilding towns in the old days of sail. From the ship-ways at Newburyport came the first of the clippers those graceful seabirds that made such q gallant stand a. gainst steam in the forties and fif- ties of the last century.
 Portsmouth on New ,Hampshire's short coast!ine. is our next city of note. Here. on the initiative of the "older" President Roosevelt, was signed the treaty of Portsmouth that ended the war between Russia .'nd Japan. Tn the heyday of sail. the early 18th century. Portsmouth devoted most of its enterprise to the West Indies trade. Much wealth