Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1922, Page 56

7 Baltimore | ar- ¥ those relating to speed.” So ithin the thirty-five-mile-an- | bour mark on the open hig Soon you reach Frederick and by continuing straight through you ar- Tive in Ridgeville. Turn sharp right{cam onto the Washington road and b: through Damascus, Gaithersbu Rockville to the District of Columbia and home. Neotes About- Trip. The dotted lines used on the map indicate where the road is bad. A mentioned in the story, the; very bad road, some not so and some tim Route Recommended to Hardy-Souled Motorists Who Care to Forsake Beaten Tracks. BY THEODORE P. NOYES. town, which nestles snugly against SRR ‘ho like a] the side of the hill. Washington' motorists who like Bumping out of Harpers Ferry, you little bad road mixed with the §0od | soon etrike the good road on the way probably will enjoy the round trip | to Hall Tow, from Washington to Frederick vi&y o, "tyougnts are of the pleasantest, Whites Ferry, and from Frederick t0|3s you are firmly convinced thaf Harpers Ferry and Boonsboro and|there can be no more bad road. back to Frederick, as illustrated in Distllusion Comes Quickly. - this week's map. This route offers &| Alas and alack. you are doomed to|Harpers Ferry to Boonsboro and BEACH ROAD OPENED. trip of approximately 175 miles and g::g:m:lll-l_‘pwh:ltmn& S :uforeibnk to Frederick will take some- | : = e railroa on a affords the motorist an opportunity | ign " o8 SRAFORd SIATIO0 AL RSl | thing over three hours. This Wil lping) piny in Highway to Chesa: to “go one way and come Dback|prepossessing road leading off to the [ PErmit you to get back to Washington iy another. right. You realize that the road you |in time for a late supper. * | peake Resort Completed. However, a word of advice to those | 17 Subposed to take should begin] Toll charges are excessive. The| The new automobile road to Chesa- #bout at this_ point, but you are|mororist should be miven a substan- who wish to travel on boulevard|ioathe to belleve that the liitle nar- | o oria Siopid Do Eiven & substan-|peake Beach is now open and will roads throughout their Sund;y :xmn row, bumpy “cowpathl#houid:be Meliiate’ the roads on the way "t0the ‘:‘; plandble in al k!:ds of rv;eulh‘er. ing. Don’t try it. The bad road whic! Well, t ; : instead of being e road was opened yesterday for is encountered in very bad and. while | (g Soad s erest an s PYINe: {:,'::f chas 1l to pass over these same | the inauguration of the season at it constitutes only a small percentage |mation was given to the party by | prides 4nd ferries. ‘There are thres ' ;o peacn. qf the total mileage, there is enough :::"Jin‘:; the e«;landt ntry Who | ¢ng other two 35 cents aplece. Whites While the road is passable, it will of it to make you wish you had never | “yrr SITURE on B To€ & tarn. Ferry costs you 50 cents to let the lnot be entirely completed for~sev- P inking heart you drive your|cyrrent pull you across. Counting n 8t attempted it. tortuous way along. and by dint of!¢he wear and tear on your car and on eral weeks yet. Practically all For this class of motorist, and there | Persistence and optimism finally ar-|your constitution and toll charges, it | the gravel has been dumped, but it are many of them., who wish peace|{te 12 Shepherdstown. 'From this!makes a fairly expensive excursion. |has not yet been raked evenly and and quiet on & Sunday excursion and | kind of road to Antietam, Sharps aual Sunday Wreeks. packed. Six five-ton trucks were’put do not care to be badly bumped over | burg ."1')? Keoe:‘ysvme. At this point l‘rno tl;.nm =una‘y quota 4:( 'arbgk- into service during the last few i- | you strike g macadam into Boon- |along the road were encountered. One 5 he hauli f the stretehes of atrocious roads, the "" boro, where, by a sharp right turn,!fine $6,000 closed caf took a ditch | 98¥8 to ':“" e rect trip to Boonsboro by Way of|you find yourself on the main Fred-|and scratched up the six people in-|gravel and make pening Rockville, Ridgeville, Frederick. | erick road. juide. A brand-new flivver. in an en- | road possible on the dav the Beach z 5 Your troubles are now over. The'deavor to climb a fence near Rock- |started its summer season Braddock Heights and Middletown 15l only thing you meed watch for now | ville. succeeded only in smubbIng Its | The new road i n atrelch of sev- recommended. You certainly will ar-| 16" he Maryland state police. mount. | NOSe on a stone culvert. It promptly | erai milgs from Mount Harmony on rvive back in Washington in a muchied on powerful motor cycles, who |lay down on its alde in protest, and | the find? state road to the Heacl better huntor rigidly enforce all traffic rule the occupants, although unhurt, were | Heretofore the road has been prac- v = ticuli compelied to abandon it. tically impassable in bad weather. o -‘"';:; e b A Tn taking the long trip allow time — e you wished to vary somew to visit the Antietam battléfie! tis way of going and coming on thel| weil worth the time expe: WILL SERVE ROLLS-ROYCE “boulevard” trip you might come (e and bia party neacly A b s back through Ridgeville and Balti- t i National Service and Supply Com- more to Washington. It will provide pany Named Representative. : hill while acco & Bleasantichaniy from passing over were settlsd with the ferryman. t development in automo- tho agme road twice. siring relazation after the arduous in Washington is the ap- For the benefit of those hardy souls, work of, drlvllfil ov‘:; .t:al;unuh rolu.. 'ment of National s-:-‘v“f:oe .nnd Vi v] il the writer relinqul ‘wheel to | Supply Company as represen! Vi SO e L L nother In the party. The new driver, | Rojls-Royce. They will 6pen for bus Seaten frafk snd Wander'HEOUH eing unfamiliar with the operation of | ness at their new location, 1636 Co; historic parts of Maryland and Vir- the car, promptly put the gear in re-{necticut avenue northwest, June 1, , even at the expense of con- Perfect. = You can make good |verse, thinking it was In low, and|1922, and are bookln‘“rwolntmenu 3 etween Washington and Pooles- | gave it the gas. With a roax the car |for their trials car. . W. King. siderable jolting and bumping, the Frederick and Har, Ferry | started backward down the hill and {[manager of the National Service and writer will endeavor to glve an ac-land Boonsboro back to Washington.|was only stopped within a foot of |Supply Company, with Bunce Allen curate version of the round trip as| The trip described above is on all-|the rather muddy and uninviting- |and Capt, Frank Taylor, U. S. A., re- shown b day affair. By starfing early snough | lookin; ter. It was precisely at|cently made a “drive away” from the in the morning you will be able to|that moment that every onme in the |Springfield works of Rolls-Royce arrive in Frederick in time for lunch. | party decided with_their first shipment of cars for The round trip from Frederick to not 8o There is one stretch of that the roads, were quarter of a mile before reaching the latter place which gives you warning of the bad road you will E = = CORD TIRES AT SALE PRICES A short distance beyond this point you will come to a fork with a sign post which tells you nothing. Bear to A limited number of Tires of this famous make, in the sizes listed helow— | fresh stock—absolutely guaranteed by this house, whose reputation for de- pendability has stood for about 30 years in business in Washington. This the left into Poolesville. 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