Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1921, Page 44

» MOTOR TRIP TO GETTYSBURG ; " ONE OF ENTRANCING BEAUTY i Roads in Splendid Condition for 85-Mile | Spin to Famous Battlefield—Other Charming Tours. BY GEORGE ADAMS HOWARD. With the exception of a small de- tour of about a mile, which will soon be eliminated, the road to Gettys- burg, Pa. a distance of eighty-five miles, offers a most delightful trip to the motorist in respect to fine roads and beautiful scenery. h The trip, graced with ‘“close-ups” of the Blue Ridge mountains, flanked on both ‘sides by well kept farms of thrifty Maryland and Pennsylvania faymers. presents new natural beau- ties at almost every turn as the fine macadam road winds through the val- ley devold of steep grades and sharp turns. The small towns that intercept the motorist's speed of thirty-five miles an hour, which can easily be maintained through the open country and allowed by the state laws, are all of historical interest and contain the fascinating simplicity of the rural town. x of Trin. The culmination of the trip comes pleasing climax to the afternoon’'s for. as one draws near Gettys burg, a vista of the battlefield pre sents itself, the sight of one of Amer. fca's most famous bettiéflelds, which marked the tdrning point of the civfl war. The battlefield. containing the graves, monuments and markers rela- tive to incidents of the battle. is an ex- ample of government efficiency in keeping up its reservations consecrat- ed by the blood of its fallen heroes. Whil blets and statues explain to the tourist most thoroughly of the lines and attacks and charges during| the fighting, the tourist, if seeking more details, can employ a licensed government guide at small cxpense and adequately cover the mystic lanes of the great battlefield. Out of Gettysburg many roads lead to other places in Pennsylvania. The Lincoln highway to York, Pa.. to the mortheast of Gettysburg, a distance of twenty-eight miles, Is in_excellent condition, although several miles have ‘been recently tarred.- York, itself is another road center. for roads lead to Laneaster and Philadelphia by go- Drivers of Big Cars Ask for Gas; “Lizsie” | Reuires Only Wear BY 0. OSCAR FISHFACE.- We always used t er of Henry Ford’s, that he wa: ppe ‘we're off him for life. know, there’s been some kind of a doings going on over ia Baltimore and all day loax & _over morning, came a Packard car, and the man asks how d 1 told him “Well,” lt. ;-y-‘ wyom better give me leen walloas gas and Aalf galloa oil.” ther man came lek ear and says. it to !llfl-nn:‘ . says, “Put ia five gallos apd half quart oil, please. right, give me one q and & package of cigarettes.”— Triangle Gas-ette. —————— S i AUTOMOBILE DECLARED BUSINESS INVESTMENT “As one busimess man said to me ecently, in talking about the mo- torization of the business worid: “With the increased demands made upon the business man of today,” it not a question of ‘Can I afford an automobile? but ‘Can I afford to %e without one? ” says G. A. Kissel, president of the Kissel Motor Caf Company. It s money in any man's pocket to mske two business meetings in the same length of time it formerly took to attend one. For the.same reasoh, if by using an automobilée a man ran, through his increased ef- ficieney and economy of time, in- creasg his b ess activities, the purchase of an automobile will prove & good business investment. ‘Before business activities can ex- d . the individual efforts of the ‘business men composing it must ex- pand first. and it is my opinion that every business man who owns a car 4will agree that, irrespective of the amount of knowledge he possesses, if the automobile did not get him to where his knowledge was needed in the shortest possible time, his serv- 4ces would be curtaile AUTO GLASS - Taranto & Wasman 1017 New York ave. n.w. Set Up and on . Display at 920 D St. ' Supply Co. EASTERN DISTRIBUTERS Washington, D. C. Franklis' 2034 or -Sn Write or Call for Cireular ing straight out of the town, or to Harrisburg. Pa., on the left and Bal- timore on the right by way of the Susquehanna trail. Some Othem Fiue Tours. Leaving Gettysburg on the left, a trip may be made to Chambersburg, & distance of about fogty miles, with at present a couple of miles’ detour. A fine state highway just outside of the town of Gettysburg near the National cemetery may be taken to Westmin- ster. Md., from where it is only twenty-eight miles to Baltifnore. A road also extends to Harrisburg. A_brief outline of the trip to Get- tysburg is as follows Leave Washington at Dupont Cir- cle, going out Massachusetts avenue. Continue along this avenue to Wi consin avenue and turn right along the Rockville pike. Continue through Rockville (fourteen miles) and take Frederick pike to the right near the end of the town. Continue along the macadam -pike through Gaithersburg and Damascus, taking care at_the sharp left turn at this village. Pro- ceed along to Ridgeville, Md.. (forty miles) and tarn sharp left entering the Frederick road pike from Balti- more. Route in Detail. Tpon entering Frederick, after pass- ing through New Market miles). continue along through town and turn right at first street car line intersection. Continue along _this street past the old tollgate, which has now gone out of existence, and take first road bearing slightly to the left. Continue along this road through ThurMont, Md (sixty-eight miles) and enter Emmittsburg. Md.. (seventy- five miles). Jukt before Emmittsburg lies Mount St. - Mary's a divinity college, where study is made for the Catholic priesthood. Continue straight through Emmitts- burg and proceed along new concrete road. A small detour is necessary wbout three miles out of town, where & bridge is being concreted. In a wile one is back on good road and €ontinue along it into the Gettys- burg Park reservation. Continue along Confederate avenue wnd turn right on the Lincoln highw nd enter the town (eighty-five miles). SIMPLE RULES CUT - DOWN TIRE BILLS | lImproper Inflation One of i Most Costly Failings of Many Motorists. Tires have improved so much in quality in recent years that even when abused a good tire gives such a good mileage that the motorist is usually satisfied that worth. But motorists continue to show dis- regard for a few simple rules, and their carelessness greatly increases their tire bills. The three ways in which this he got his money's (fifty-two | | 1 l ! Servey 8 Hap by A S 114, carelessness manifests itself chiefly are undeninflation, scraping " along _curb stones and bumping into curbs and ob- structions, according to the observations of the service department of the United States Tire Company Improper Infiation Coatly. Improper inflation costs more than all other faults put together. By the sim- ple expedient of taking the troubls once la week to make sure that each tire is I sufficiently inflated & car owner will add mazingly to the mileage he gets from his_tires. Under this head it is well to repecat old admonition that tires should be pumped to the same figure in summer as in winter. The expansion of the air .|GUIDE ‘FOR AUTOISTS TAKING TRIP FROM WASHINGTON TO GETTYSBURG in the tires in hot weather is so infinite- sifnal that it should be entirély disre- garded and the tire pumped up to the prescribed figure. | glcraplag Curb Amather Ab Scraping along a curb is an exceed- ingly common form of tire abuse. An evidence of the commonness of this practice may be foynd by noticing the number of tires that are peeled or scraped on the outer side of the tire while the inner side s In perfect condi- on. | Bumping a tire into a curb, particu- {larly when under-inflated. is one of the | most serious forms of mistreatment. for | it causes breaks in the fabric founda- | tio which quickly bring the tire's use- | tulness to an end. R T SPEAKS FOR, ITSELF” RUSSELL E. GARDNER reduces the price of thie Gardner Car to meet the universal "demand for a better car at a lower price | WAYNE SMITH AND ¢O. $995 F. . B. §T. Louis - 22d AND M STREETS West 2007 CITES CONDITION: OF ROADS _ FOR BENEFIT OF THE TOURIST Maryland Motorist Gives Information of Interest to Those Planning Trips Over Highways From Washington. Road conditions around many of the principal eastern cities are givea by the Maryland Motorist, the nfagazine | published by the Maryland Automo- bile Club. In planning & trip from Washington it would be Wwell to look over the routes herein described. Baltimore to Philadelphia, Pa., Via Conowlngo—Good ali the way. Fol low the Harford road thréugh Hamil- ton, to Maple avenue, turn right to the”Belair road, in Overlea; turn léft through Kingsville to Belai, hrough town, taking impfoved road to Cono- wingo, continue through Rising Sun, and two miles beyond, turn-left on concrete road, through Oxford, Pa. through Westgrove, Avondale,” Ken- nett Square and Media, through Lans- downe, into Philadelphia, entering via Baltimore avenue. / Section in Delaware Excepted. Baltimore to Philadelphia, Pa., via Wilmington—All good, excepting about two miles in Delaware, just beyond Newark, rough; follo® Belair road through Belair, Churchville, Aberdeen, Havre de Grace, across the Susquehanna river; to}l, 60 cents, cai and driver, 5 cents each passenger: through Perryville, Northeast, Elk- ton, Md., to Newark, Del Wilming- ton, through Chester, Pu., to Darby. north to Lansdowne, east on Balti- more avenue. into Philadelph Philadelphia, Pa., to New, X One detour fair, balance good: take northeast boulevard, through Bustle- tone, turn right on Grant avenue. to the Bristol pike; turn left, to Corn- wells, where take the Hulmeville pike, through Huimeville to Oxford valley, where rejoin the Lincoln high- w take the free bridge into Tren- ton. and go north on the Brunswick pike, through Clarksville to Penns k, turn left on the Washington road, into Princeton. then follow the Lincoln highway through -Kingston, to New Brunswick, Metuchen, Rah- way and_ Elizabeth, to Newark and Jersey City, via the Weehawken- ‘West 424 street fetry into New York. Atlantie City and Cape May. Philadelphia to Atlantic City, N. J. —White Horse pike via Hammonton, xood to Pomona, detour via Port Re- public and Absecon, also good: ferry to Camden, N. J.. take Federal street, to Haddon avenue, to White Horse pike, five miles below Egg Harbor City). detour via Port Republic, right to Absecon, left into Atlantic City. Wilmington to Atlantic City, N. J.— From Penns_Grove, go via & town and Woodstown, to Elmer. Malaga, to Mays Landing: detour via English creek to Atlantic City £ood road. Wilmington to. Cape May. Good, via Malaga and Millville. Philadelphia _to Delaware Water Gap. Pa, via Doylestown road—De- tour at outskirts of city, south of Easton, and some minor omes be- tween: none bad; leave city via Broad street and old York road. to Spencer street, Chelton avenue. Sten- ton avenue. to. Mount Airy avenue. to Germantown-Willow Grove turn- pike, to Willow Grove, Hatboro, Buckingham, Doylestown, Easton. Bangor. Portland and the Delaware Water Gap. There is a detour through 1020 Connecticut A hich follow to Pomona (about | the town of Bangor, about two miles. _ The Bethlehem pike, to Allentown. is reported rough Baltimore to Harrisbuig. Baltimore to Hafrisburg, Pa.. Hanover—Improved road to Littles- town, Rravel road to Dillsburg; bal- ance improved. Take Reisterstown road. through Relsterstown. to West- minster. continue to Littlestown. turn right to Hanoyer. left, through Abbottstown, East Berfin, Franklin- town, to Dillsburg, direct to Harris- hu‘:'x Distance, about eighty-seven mile: Via Hagerstown—Good all the wa: about 145 miles: take lIE Frederic . through Frederick, Hagerstown Cearfoss. Greencastle, Cha \ Shippensburg and Carlisl, | burk. i All Maryland state roads are in good condition. Between Emmittsburg and Gettys- burg there is a short detour, about one mile and a quarter: bad, but not impassable, round a bridge. The York road in Pennsylvan: near Loganville and negar Shrewsbury Detours are well sikn-posted, Tec miles and the other two miles: ou® £ood and the other fair. Harpers Feriy Route. Harpers Ferry road—The road at Harpers Ferry, which was under con- struction. is about fimished, and there lis no further need to use the detour published in last month's Maryland Motorist, it being mow possible to use the main road in all kinds of | weather. , The Philadelphia-Trenton described in the Philadelphia York route. is in particularly bad con- dition, and cxtends practically from ithe outskirts of Trenton to the be- ginning. from the Trenton end. of the Rooseevit boulevard. It is over torn- lup and rough macadam, and is hard on the car. ———— TIRES NEED CARE | ONVERY HOT DAYS Tests Show Proper Inflation to Be Vital Factor in Sav- ing Extra Expenses. What effect has summer heat on IRires? Here is a timely warniny against reducing*air pressure in your tires on @ hot day. Experience shows that the most of the heat generatéd in a tire comes from the inside of the tire, and Is due to friction and con- stant flexing. The amount of thi I heat Increases with underinflation. A test made on a five-inch cord tire run at thirty miles an hour for Pri two hobrs at the etandard seventy |through the air cools a_tire, thougi, pounds air pressure, with the temper- ature of the air 62.6 degrees Fahren- heit, increased the témperature of the | O tire to 36 degrees and the pressure to dnly seventy-five pounds. For 23 degrees increase in temperature, pres- suré increased only five pounds. To obtain &n incremse of fifteer. pounds pres: . it would be necessary to temperature iffcresse of 70 | This. of course, the motorist has little to fear from increased temperature. Other tests, alo in the Milier Rub- ber Company’s laboratories, have shown that it is possible to double this incréase ih temperature by cut- ting the normal inflation pressure to half. This is due to an increase in internal friction caused by rdnning the tire soft. Radiation. of course, carries off a certain portion‘of surplus heat. This is_eesily meen in the fact that the tire suddenly stopped is cooler on the outside than on the inside. Revolving is fmprobable and clearly proves that | up to a certain point heat is gen- m;!u«d faster than it can be thrown By reducing preswures, the increaseas flexing of the tire creates the very condition which the car owner wishes to guard against. It is underinfla- tion, even during She hottest days, thay, ruing more tires tiat any other cau: Reeommended pressures are safe eve d\lrlnfi_lhu— hottest days of the sum mer. The motorist can well afford th time needed (o guage the air pressurs in his tires for the sake of greatly increased mileage. VALUE OF PCLITENESS. “Politeness is the exhibition in manners or speech of & considerable regard for otheémi. Polteness cos's nothing, but it is worth a great deal; it is a valuable business asset in dealing with the public. Politener~ is the distinguishing mark of mawm ners and good breeding.'—Marylana Motori AN ANNOUNCEMENT MARYLAND BATTERY SERVICE, INC. TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT HARRY B. SPICER HAS BECOME MANAGER OF SERVICE MARYLAND BATTERY SERVICE, INC. 1711 KALORAMA ROAD DISTRIBUTORS OF | WESTINGHOUSE BATTERIES Ranging From $200 to - $600 Prices Effective June 20, 1921 HUMMER MOTOR SALES CO. E. Adie Hummér, Mgr. Phone Maia 4756 Py W, Lén Hdinme Fhoke Me. Vorao [4 Lexington Motor Company, Connersville, Indiana, U. S. A Subsidiary United Siates Astortotive Corporation