Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1925, Page 57

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, C 7, 1925—PART 3. OTORS ana | Drive-a-Day Idea Is Growing GOOD ROADS AND NATURAL BEAUTY MARK THIS. TRIP Fine One-Day Trip Is Offered With Obstacles Disappearing : On Maryland-Virginia Circle Time Is Not Far Distant When Daily Ride : MILEAGES | |\Tour to Rockville, Frederick, Leesburg Will Be Included in the Daily Dozen. #ockyiie,pedorck | | and Fairfax, Total of 131 Miles, All Over Leesburg and Boulevard System, Speeding Travel. R Ffll?'ffl)’?l3l.5 m. Good Road, With Exception of 4 Miles. on sharfer roufe BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. by the inability of the average motor- e | i3 Rockville For the motor-tourist who desires the Monocacy Va over the ol4 Since it is generally accepted as a|ist o appreciate that there ave. 24 Foolesville. Point| | pleasant day’s trip which will prove|“.Jug Bridge'—erected more than a fact that an apple a day will keep the | hours’ in the day and thousands of o/esv/ile, Foini to be at once rich in historical asso-|century ago—and into Frederick. Be doctor away. many people are becom.|miles of highways where hot.dog ofl?oc&s u’esbwp clations and abounding in natural|fore entering Frekerick, however ing more and more convinced that a|Signs and business have not as yet -~ beauty, The Star’s motor tours de-|one can look to the left and see one iy cite ien antaicbile e ;.;n\\fl\t‘i' their appearance. . and Fairfax 1094 e recommends the route in-|of the most beautiful and fertile por very effective means of steadying fraz Many motorists will give as their icated on accompanying map— | tions of Frederick Counts led necves and Lolotoring up. Eotier. | Teason for not taking.a Gaity rida the 4//[04;@4/};‘9/5 E'ae:l‘;mglor;‘, ; YRook\-mo_ Frederick, Frederick has always been a strategir St i : e urg, x g ssed one division ing health excuse that they have to work during extaptdirtsedions esburg. Falrfax . | point. Through it passed one divisi That is said to explain why the|the morning or the afternoon, thus nd) Virtua all of the fterritory tra-|of Braddock's army on the way from park drives and highways are crowded | revealing their ignorance of the fact s indicared. Jersed In this trip has been described | Alexandria, Va., to Fort Cumberland every day with countless motorists|that there are many odd moments in previously in these columns in more in 1755. During the Civil War it was seeking their daily ride and why busi. | Which the daily ride can be scheduled gxtended tours. .The oneday trip.|overrun by portions of both armi ness men are willing to put up with | Without any interference whatsoever however, may be made more lelsurely | and was completely occupied by the parking annoyances in order to enjoy | With the daily routine of work. and comfortably and, therefore. allow | Confederates in September. 1862, when the relaxation of a few minutes each| Lack of planning in the use of the ick thiel Moiucist o) lepomelNet atiisc |s war 11;:dsn1an:.' of $200.000 was ar day at the wheel. All motorists are |car for practical purposes is largely i L sessed akainst it. The stone freight not just tryving to kill time or think- | responsible for the inability of many Ig e./rson ;r;]l:{_es:]v -‘evl_lon:< of the rou'e; a}:v house of the Baltimore and Ohio at ing v in terms of the value of the |Owners to obtain more ‘“recreational miles C ively new even to some or the | Frederick is sald to be the oldest automobile as a transportation service. | mileage," according to traffic experts dirfondetour . Horentraxeisd 'F::&:fffi?m:r’. of dtie | e world. Here, of course. are also Many factors at present operate| Who have looked into the causes o ¥ y { & qio, ~ubaca s Bristchis and Fvancis against the plan of a daily ride for | congestion. The average motorist is ?:;nde;i as hri\mlg a xjmn or two in| Scott Key graves, the Kev Monument every one, but paths across these ob. | Pictured as making his stops in the store for nature lovers. te_ |2 the recently erected Francis Scott stacles are being developed so rapidlv | city in a very unsystematic manner, shorter route also is suggested— | Key Hotel that it is belleved the {ime is not far | necessitating frequent changes in his namely, Washington, Rockville, Point | Leaving Frederick by way of Market distant when the daily ride will be in. | plans and considerable more wastage ‘nr R('v‘l'm ]Lm-::mrz S rfax ‘Th'r; street, the road leads through Buck cluded in the daily dozen, being per. "“f"l'm;aer\and- energy than actually is “{:':‘\l“‘“qu':“l; l:"n‘?e :;rrrn'l:;:;x]rl f‘\;:,n‘v\\lv;‘”:haiz hr'amrm,.r_; y,}g‘){e aft haps yS! t cis d 'S v. 9 '8 D) C] i w s below to Point o 0C L,Exrs,a"]:,?,,",‘.((’,',‘_:,!",9?”‘,\9 Ferleang With more planning in the use of A few miles of dirt roads. wl}:l"h be-| This is an old settlement r‘m the Pot the car for shopping. business, calls come very dusty in dry weather, are| mac River and the Chesapeake and Boulevard System. and errands, it is generally believed Q.uice encountered in the shorter route, but | Ohio Canal. It derives its ";z?m from The speeding up of traffic in many |that the average car owner could get h in the outer trip the entire 131 miles | the massive rock projection along the cities by means of the boulevard sys-[all of the utilitarian service from his rc ard is either concrete or macadam, with|river, The Baltimore and Ohio trains tem is making it possible to get out|machine in half the time it now .re- the exception of four miles approach-| pass through a tunnel in the rock. A of congested districts in less than half | quires. thus providing for an_extra ing Point of Rocks. rare and entrancing view of the river the usual time, thus providing more | half hour or so for a brief spin in v Ce may be had from this point. The mo opportunity to take a short spin_in|the park or along some of the streets Leave by Connecticut Ave. torist is required to pay toll at the the open country before dinner. The |that are not heavily traveled. Leaving \'\z}?hln;lon“fla Connecti-| Virginia end of the bridge spanning better lighting of many highways is ¢ cut avenue rather than Wisconsin ave. | the river here vt ing 18 poesible tolmotor hmore al Temperament of Driver. nue, which is still in the process of Ly night with greater safety, and there| As matters stand too many drivers being paved. the route leads through Short Cut Open. is much proof to support the claim [appear to find it necessary to go back Chevy Chase and Bradley lane to| With the exception of :a few miles that night air is purer. over the same streets two or three Bethesda. From Bethesda to Rock-|of second-class macadam, the road be Even congestion is healthier than |times where one trip should be suf- 0 Befhesda ville the pike is in excellent condition | tween Point of Rocks and Leesburg it was a few years ago in many citles. | ficlent. And because too many driv- because of recently laid new concrete Under the boulevard and tower |€rs try to avoid walking just an ex- ¥ shoulders and surface treatment systems of traffic direction there is|tra block when parking, much time Although Rockville is known to al far less stopping and starting and, ac- | that could be devoted to pleasurable most every Washingtonian particu cordingly. less air pollution. When|driving is consumed in wandering larly as the Gretna Green of the Na cars halted at every crossing drivers |about congested points looking fo: a D Cfievyf/)ase toinal Capital, few appreciate its his rele is in good condition. Leesburg has much by of historic interest. Here Washington had his headquarters, and many an old building still standing attests the age of this thriving town From Leesburg to Ald ro racing the engines and fouling the| The value of the daily exercise de- S house grounds is a bowlder MArking | coeners in. Virginia. | ABout o halt air. Under the newer systems cars | Dends very largely upon the time, 7z the site of Lawrence Owens’ Ordi-|mjles east of Aldie. the motorist are mostly elther at rest or rolling [place and the manner of driving 3 g nary.” In the pre-revolutionary d turns onto the Fairfax-Winchester along at 25 or 30 miles an hour. Stop. | There are times when the temporary an “ordinary” was an inn or lavern|road—a straightaway, beautiful ride ping Is far less frequent, and so there | temperament of the driver demands a . : ' pihard eESG modst i SOULITRES bt isoria 0 e 7 pingiisi ] D e il ey e : 4 0 at stated prices. These prices often : i Thousands o motorists are finding | climbing and the best possible roads Short detour were limited by order of the court. |ument o ine Reer colnier oo oM newer and less traveled routes home. | He may just feel like ambling along /n fown. Startin Po,),}é‘b,gmp »y - It -was at the old tavern kept by |in the Civil War and the will of ward after office hours, shopping or |and taking life easy. When this is 9 g Owens that Gen. Braddock made his | Geo, Fanbitngto e R first _camp in Maryvland during the ! = s on to Alexandri : for a breathing spell and furnish such |the ride is a park or river houlevard ® F WASHI GTON pre-revolutionary Indian wars. The |{ama rip ta W arniomin prand yie Te2 relaxation as the family would not |directly after having dined AIRFAX town was known as Willlamsburg in | wimer By wac of Aiexaravs S ertd otherwise find time to enjoy E Then _there is the ride that stimu- To Mansssas . those days. Braddock’s expedition of [gav of Vienna, Tvson's Cross Roads z lates the appetite. It has to be in 1757 followed the modern road from |anq Langley, as indicated on the ac Night Travel. vigorating. If done in a closed car Rockville, companving map. A short cut art Much traveling s now belng done |there shouid be enough winduws open I r e ey Be it sundow be sunrise. N a river catch the . ol <% . e T T O e e | o e 12 he has to tuce ap s |he knew that dust meant washing [motoring before the car got to be| Practice is-helping them mako per-| ~ Hint'on Cranking by Hand. |Rockville by way of " Dawsonville fng time by using the roads when |coat collar and feel a little expesed [and that washing meant paint de-|such a utility that it almost ceased |fect not only in general health, but| | Poolesville and Dickerson they are less traveled. Much of It s | A few steep hills and perhaps | terloration ~With the dull finishes,|to be a form of recreation.. People in accident and trouble prevendn as| When cranking the ensine slowly | bt s R ol 2 * Sealth. | country road is just right for this|however, dusting the car is not only [are again going riding just for the | wel s by hand, as when checking over the i i done for, Feumaton Sadhfo Sieallh |counley Wl inny K easy for the owner, but for the finish |sake of riding and the relaxation and (Copsright. 1025.) |ignition “or " valve timing, remember | The Rockville-Ridgeville-Frederick | Rule in Attaching Air Cleaner 2 plate without the early morning run| One of the most fortunate Gevelop- |as well. Thousands of owners ure|health that follows. B [to open up the petcocks on the top |road, however. is the more popular| When attaching an air cleaner o fn the car, and the vacation I¢ im:|ments in this line fs the popularity (heading for the country bywavs now | And not a few of these peopls who| There are more motor vehicles in |of the engine in order to relieve com- |and probably one of the most traveled |the centrifugal or gravity tvpe in proved by keeping the family out of |of the dull finishes for automobiles, |that such recreation is not offset by |are rediscovering the health-saving | the District of Columbia than there |pression. When compression fs re.|routes in this part of the country,|which the dirt is tricked out of the Hoors in the evening as well as during | Too many wonderful side roads have |damage to the car's appearunc virtues of the automobile also find |are in Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, |lieved in this way it is possible to|leading, as it does. from the rich|air it is an advantage to have the the day. been neglected in recent vears be-| The daily ride idea is saul to be|that Increased famillarity breeds|Montana. Nevada, New Mexico, New |turn the fiywheel by hand. 1f the |farming sections of Marvland to the |cleaner intake face the radiator. Ths Progress In the direction of the|cause of the car owner's reluctunce |bringing thousands of people lack to | contempt for carelessness and inex- | Hampshire, Utah, Vermont or |engine is not equipped with petcocks, | National Capital. 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