Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1929, Page 58

CITY SHOWS NERVE | IN AIDING TRAFFIC Slashes Through Buildings to. Create New Wide Street for Auto Travel. Boldness, or at least a lack of the un- | progressiveness built up by habit, is | necessary in outfitting the modern com- munity to cope successfully with the automobile, according to E. E. Dufly, highway educational writer. Seattle, Wash., has removed a traffic | barrier at what at first might seem a tremendous cost, yet the $1.250,000 ex- penditure is a cheap price for the traffic benefits resulting. A quarter-mile-long street has been created there, a project that required the cutting through of four blocks oc- cupied by buildings most of which were several stories in height. Today cars flow freely over a 54-foot width of smooth pavement which connects nicely with other main thoroughfares. Second Avenue Extension. This street, called the Second avenue extension, permits Second avenue to continue on through the older diagonal section of the city. Travel has been speeded up remarkably. The cost of acquiring the needed | property, including property damages, | consumed 77 per cent of the tolllx money outiay. Th2 actual paving oper- atiors and the placement of sewer and | water mains Saarhenrbub 15 per cent of the total cost. This high cost of ')'nprn\ condemna- HANCOCK: DERKLEY SPRINGS Berkley Castle Huntley Park CHARLOTTES\ILLE Orkney Sprmgs Hotels knes Springs, Va afge mountain hotel * 2.300 feet eleva- tiom” Cool and delightful, Beautitul four, i 12 miles west of Rotint Jackson on Shenandoah Valley pike. A real playground for 500 guesis. Golf, ten- nis. swimming, dancing, ho-seback riding. | bowling, elc. For week enders no better | place can be tound with the very best table | and reasonable price: —_E. L. COCKRELL, Pres. and Mgr. ‘ THE CREST Over Key Bridue—straight out Lee High: way—four miles east of Pairfax. Drive and enjoy a delicious meal amid hnuu(uh surroundings. WARREN GREEN HOTEL WARRENTON, VIRGINIA Forty Miles {rom Washington Over the Lee | Hishwey Through the Bull Run Battiefield RS. FRED G. BERGER, Proprietress Teieonone Warrenion 280 Sunday Chicken Dinner. 1:00 P.M.—3:00 P.M. Sunday Snpper . 6:00_PM.—-7:20 .M. Or! ton's nearest ..$1.00 ceeesBe CW/W&“ HARPERS FERRY /Hill Top House “Tradin’ Claude Reeder” Accepts Dogs, Crops. What Not in Automobile Deals By the Associated Press. . That was when & customer offered hlm KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — ‘Trade-ins a collection of rnuunlke- as pcn automobiles to the average motor | ment on a car. c:r-:puer. but to Tradin’ Clat d:‘ Reeder, | cherishes no love lo! npwu. lut tcr president of a Knoxville .uwmuu 15 years Reeder has been trading concem. they mean anything froi unusual offers are beginning to uem and chickens to houses and hu, common now, he say ing machines, crops in m fiel luggzr otto of Reed pany is e m of tll wll tom nlnm:n a 1 e mm l;" naver trade for an; to m: a small men; T} order to live up to it. It has :::ale"m au- mlnk I see my way clear, and that way tomobile saies, as is attested to by his |I have managed to make money off of | Q or feat of leading the world nxree years in | all my trades. Our unusual sales roevrd sales of the car he "gflk may be attributed to three things: Only once did he at & trade. ting the customer’s good will, tmdln[ {:l; anything and having no triction in sales for tion and ncquumon Allustrates the need for reglonal planning work in growing Stories Have Gone Far, rsfues. \\l-7herke. lt,h;lodl:gh tfl: e!t-h!d e Storles of Reeder's trading activities of set-back .bullding lines and OMMEr|p,ye peen carried in automobile jour- foresighted requirements, considerable SRS/t Tar eorners of thaleatth: money and difficulty in the future will o4 7 Reeder’s reputation as a trader has be avoided. Exhibit of Civie Nerve. brought & wide variety of animals and Slashing through a street in the articles to him in exchange for auto- Rie Tivie memve.. ot mosk of the nrge | T ittle civic nerve. Yet most of the large|( ., ¥ American citles must, take similar steps, | “D8 Including collies and bird dogs; for the automobile registrations are | diamond rings, lots, houses, chickens, growing, and half-way measures no|turkeys, geese, monkeys, farms and longer bring any real relief. . hwuhnld furnishings are among the Chicago is bridging the Chicago River | things I have nc:':?wd in trade,” he wherever a bridge is practicable; Wash- | says. “I have traded for Iumber, to- ington, D. C., is widening streets; New | bacco, pianos, hay, horses, mules, re- York City is bulldmg an elevated high- | frigerators and_washing machines. way, and many, many other citles need- | “As s rule I dont keep anything ing modern trafi~ facilities are doing|long. You see, I have been trading so no!hlng but planning. |long’ that many people come to me for ‘There {s more of the spirit of Seattle | things other than automobiles. By needed. The Second avenue extension | trading for everyihing I am able to seil was completed almost before the rest of more cars. I generally make a profit the world interested in such projects|on the trade and it takes an article of |knew that it was even being coniem-|the hands of a person who do"! not nlan\d nuam it, so ovrrvbouy h atisfie BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT WESTMINSTER Q The Lafayette Tea Room JEREDERICK Wayside Inn Rldgewlle Hotel ORI LU Brooke Manor’ ommonwealth Farm Gray's Hill Inn BROOKE MANOR Berkeley e ld Colom-l Inn—Built 1773 | /n the Picturesque Foothills of the Ashto: Phone Ashion 141 Alle Coleavitie:Baite. Road, 13 ‘SMiies from D. C.| Tea ‘ll:u- -nd‘ cormflmogmrl. Quarters Al for val T“——Dmflgn Week, $17.50, $22.50; RED FOX TAVERN lonth, $70, $8! Berkeley Castle, Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Mlddleburg. Virginia Telephone 24-W. | HUNGERFORD TAVERN 'AMOL! FOR ITS GOOD FOOD AND Where {I 'l Rockville UTHERN ATMOSPHERE erick. Rnowu with and without private bath sundly Br!lkll". unti Catering to all kinds of parties, | 75¢c and $1. luncheons and dinners Movies In_the new RED FOX THEATER on Monday, Wednendsy and Saturday Go South vis Fredericksburg Return via Shenandoah Valley A Matchless Drive Thru the Blue Ridge Country fiumlg ’ark 1y Unb It; At Cl:;fi;{t:ml-e ""‘ 'ns Siles The Pigeon House Modeled after Early Day Tavern. Well of pure cold water, huge fire places, pigeon loft. Located at intersection of Defenss and Crain Highways. midway be- Eween Washington, - Annapolis. Balti- more. and the Chesapeake water sandwiches, light e eken_ dinners, refreshments Phone Annapolis 1838-F-11 “Your Order, Sir” “The Place to Eat” MILLER BROS. " 119 West Fayette .s:. Baltimore, Maryla: Sea Food a Specialty DUNBRACK INN Monterey Tea House 70 Miles From Washington 1,500.1¢, elevation, Golr. Tennis, Swimming. Riding. Week and week-end rates. Tiustrated Leafiet on Application. Box H., Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. ROSE HILL MANOR North Market St. Frederick, Md. Good Old Maryland Cooking Lafayette Tea Room 106 W. Patrick St., Frederick, Md. Frederick’s Smartest Tea Room Chicken & Waffle Dinners, $1 Free £ Space In Rea: COMMONWEALTH FARM Dl Clln'llh-lll"-.n Pike !mll 0 Fried Chi Our Speci |ty BROCTON ORCHARD'S TEA HOUSE < Harmony Grove, Md. R T Winchester—Front Royal Highway A delightful. unusual place to spend a long or short vacation. DELICIOUS CHICKEN DINNERS Serve .1 lovely open dining rooms over- ing mts. and picturesque Views. Phone Violctte Collins, manager, for reservations—Front Royal 142-F-17 Ridgeville Hotel | ¢ RIDGEVILLE, MD. 33 mi. d to Pi nmhm B e ricas ot umu"r sien 't tlen Cunh‘yv ':.- 2 er with afiles, $1.00 8 Chicken Dinner with Walles, $1.25 | 5 Mies NP Served from 12 .;(lltl till 8:30 P.M. unc| L2t A A — -$200 e Olde Well Tea House 3;"‘ Every Dey I The Yeur TS | 1S3 Olney Md? SEVEN GABLES PATUXENT BEACH HOTEL Ma. (St Mary's c.,l You will enjoy 1t out here. especially our deliclovsly, caoked Tunéhes and dpanera. Fried Spring chicken. ~chicken short cake. ham ‘and Lons Isiand DUck. idge L Bridse Luncheon; Special Partles, i o heeead e The Tarry Tavern Two Miles From Mt. Vernon On the Richmond te Washingten Highway Famous for its Fried Chicken and Waffle Dinners Mrs, M. E. Brown, Hostess. Phone Lorton 3-B THE HILL TOP HOUSE Among the Mountains Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Most picturesque view in Shenandoah Vakey beautiful drive and an ideal mwmnmuumm [VERMONT IS HELD MOTOR PARADISE Routes Through Green Moun- tain State Have Good Surfaced Roads. Xthomnum'.hnmmo(m 8 States of the Union is more a] priately named than Vermont. name means green mountain, and the dominating natural feature tate is the Green Mountain mnfi ‘There is practically no townshi) e State without some sightly elevation, and most of the towns possess & wealth of hills and mountains. Vermont is a motorist's paradise, for a8 one rides along there is a continuous panorama of natural beauty. And the adventurers who like to explore off the beaten track will be wel:“&cld by lol- lowing the good little off from the main highways Imn lh! deen little valleys among the foothills of he mountains. “Here the most interest- lM and intimate scenery is to be found. ‘There are many and varied interest- ing motor Toutes up into the Green Mountain State, but the Automobile Club of America says that the one used the most is that reached by following the Bronx River Parkway out of the city up to White Plains, thence through Ar- monk, Bedford, Brewster, Pawling, Was- salc and Amenia. This is New York State route No. 22, the Harlem Valley road. At Amenia the road beers off to the right and one cuts across the north- western corner of the State of Connec- ticut through Sharon, Lakeville and Salisbury to Canaan, Crosses State Line. From here the route runs northward through the famous Berkshire towns of Sheffield, Great Barrington, Stock! ', Lenox, Pittsfield and mt Pontoosuc Lake to Williamstown. n after leav- ing this fine old college town one cross- es the State line into Vermont. Roads, on the whole, throughout Vi mont this Summer will be found in condition. There are a few places where construction is under way, hut detours over alternate routes e pos! ‘The first large town is Benmnmn. change. COMPILED BY THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA __12E53SINYC. MINIMUM SPEED RIGHT-OF-WAY CRASHES LIMIT IS URGED| MAKE UP THIRD OF TOLL | Failure to ¥ield Crossing to Right Motorist Causes Many Trafic Accidents. Ip;exll' Dispatch to The Star. TIMORE, August 3.—Failure to give right of 18 the cause of every Why not & minimum speed limuty | J1E6 Sufomoblle accldent in Baltimore, Surve o That motorists will not be permitted | by . B: Rostmeyer,” director ot tne to drive below a specified speed on | Baltimore Safety Council. He investi- heavily traveled highways is & devel- | Eated, in 1927, a total of 14484 ve- hicular accidents within the cify limits opment in traffic regulation that is|ana found. beyond doust thas in soe .| entirely probable in the not far dis- |of them one of the drivers tant future, declares Oscar Coolican, |10 give the right of wa: “Tie Tumber local automobile dealer. e prToled (e e sccidenaity was ese, one in The advantages, says Mr Coolican, | five m{ea to give the right of way. The are obvious. It is not a question of | proportion of right-of-way accidents to encouraging great speed, he points out, | ll others, including reckless driving, in- but merely of expediting the move. | 2Lention. excessive spoeding and drunk- en driving, was one in three. ment of vehicular traffic. “There are only three things nece: (4 midloum’spsed imikv/is ot sy 8 eltimale; thicke g ol longer a visionar: » ge. | accidents,” stmeyer said. *“The: lates Mr. Coutinnsy Bossibllity,” de- | are: An automobile with brakes in con- reason, and it is probable that within | 9itilon to obey the command of the the next few years many States snd | driver, & driver with sense encugh to ‘mynicipalities © will | adopt it for | Fealize the danger of crossing accidents, thoroughfares on which they wish to | 20d 2 rate of speed commensurate with avold congestion. ' Speed i ftself 1 | the district in which the automobile is not dangerous, but congestion, all |MOVINg. All three of them must be agree, is the source of hazard. - “There are definite indications that | . Strenuous campaigns all over the Na- & minimum speed limit is an objec. | tion have dore little to improve this tive of the near future. Already there | Situation, Mr. Rostmeyer polnted out. are instances of its practice. On the | The Dercentage—always greater than new | 5lg-mile bridge across. {he|any other—of accidents resulting irom James River near Norfolk. Va, me. | failure to give the right of way remains torists must keep moving at 35 miles | the Same year “""5”' an hour. 1t they fall below this pa | S | police urge them to speed up. A few | years ago this would have been un- GAS TAX BOOST IS URGED. | thinkable, but motor traffic is increas- | |ing in such tremendous volume, 2nd i cars are built with such an increasing A sales tax of one-fifth of 1 per measure of mechanical safety, that| cent of the gross receipts of any en- traffic authorities no longer need to | gaged “In the business of manufactur- hesitate to move vehicles at higher | Ing, compounding or preparing for speed. sale, profit or use any article, sub- “The swing away from maximum | stance or substances, commodity or speed limits is another indication of | commodities” is proposed in Georgia the practicability of the minimum stand- | House bill No. 314, introduced by ard. Three States, Connecticut, Mich- | Representative Key. A similar tax will igan and Montana, have had no maxi- | be levied upon the gross receipts of any mum up to this year, when they were | engaged “In the business of selling Oscar Coolican Declares Such a Statute Would Expedit} Traffic Movement. Changing Vacation Ideas. Vacation ideas are undergoing a ‘There was a time when vaca- joined by Indiana and Tennessee. In |any tangible property whatsoever, real these States the motorist is required | or personal” This tax would apply haps, with hundreds of other persons.|to drive according to conditions. It | to all making or selling cafs or equip- They demand the wide open and free- | is recognized that there are situations [ ment in the State dom in the fullest sense, so that vaca- | where 25 miles an hour is dangerous, Several gas tax measures have been tion time is spreading throughout thc | whereas under other conditions 45 or | introduced into the Georgia Legisla- and shortly beyond one encounters a |tion was synonymous with Summer- | year. Winter for those who want to|50 miles an hour may be driven with | ture proposing an increase in the gas detour between the towns of Shaftsbury | time, but and Manchester. Here on the main |many pei road is concrete construction for almost | a sight-seeing expe 9 miles. The detour runs via East Ar- | Summer is not the time. 0t 80 any more. There aie |take part in the sports of the North |safety. tax rate from 4 to 6 cents. Some of sea trip or | or for those who desire a Mediterran- “If s but another indication that l these measures propose that as much ition, and for these | ean trip, and Spring and Autumn for | we are revamping our ideas regarding | as 2 cents be used for school purpsses. ‘They ar: | mountain trips. The excursion safety in driving. We are coming | There is general opposition to any gas s0r. lington and Sunderland. Continuing | not content to spend their time on a |fs all the year around to suit the indi- ' more and more to the realization that tax when the full amount is not ear- northward, one passes through Walling- | Summer hotel porch, ford to Rutland, a charming town ly- ing in the broad valley of the Otter, nd to the east of which is the Coolidge range of the Green Mountains, recently named after the former President, who was born within view of the range. The motorist heading for the White Mountains, Maine or the Maritime Prov- inces will find an especially senic route across the State by turning east at Rut- land and running via Mendon, Sher- burne, West Bridgewater to Bridgewater Corners, where a short run to the | southwest off the main road will take the motorist to Plymouth, the birth- | place of Calvin Coolidge and where he took the oath of office as President of the country. Proceeding on the main road, one passes through Bridgewater, West Wood- stock to Woodstock, a pretty village ly- ing along the Ottauquechee River, and then through Taftville and Quechee to ‘White River Junction, at which point the Connecticut River may be crossed into New Hampshire. Continul northward from Rutland, one passes through Pittsford and Bran- don. A few miles north of Brandon is Lake Dunmore, considered one of the most beautiful of New England lakes. It is about 4 miles long and nearly 1 mile wide. Next comes Middlebury, then Ver- gennes, Charlotte, Shelburne to Bur- lington. This city is known as the “Queen City” of the Green Mountain State'and is a _gateway to the Adiron- dacks in New York State and in Can- ada. It is delightfully located on a slop- ing hill, at whose base are the waters of Lake Champlain, the largest and most picturesque inland water of the East. Burlington is the home of the University of Vermont. For the raotorist who wishes to in- clude Montreal on his trip the most at- tractive route lies thrchh Grand Isle County, on Lake Champlain. Leaving Burlington, we pass through Wlnooskl and then a short distance north of here we swing off to the lelt from route No. 7, crossing by of the Sand Bar Bl’!dz! to Ihe L!llnd of South Hero. The drive across this bridge in any kind of weather provides one of the i finest views to be seen in any part of the country. From South Hero one runs northward across Grand Isle to North Hero, then to Isle La Motte, where the ferry is taken to Chazy, in New York State. From Chazy one runs via Rouses Point across the border line into Canada and thence to Montreal. The motorist. homeward bound from Burlington, will find an attractive short route back by retracing as far as Ver- gennes. From here follow route No. 30 This runs via Weybridge, Corn- wall to Sudbury. Near here is Lake Hortonia, three miles long and one mile wide. and fed by mountain springs. Its wooded shores interspersed with green meadows and cultivated flelds, the small islands and the surrounding make a beautiful picture. South of Lake Hortonla is Lake Bomoseen, situ- ated in a rocky basin between the towns of Hubbardton and Castleton. The lake is about eight miles long and two and one-half miles wide, and near the center is an island having an area of 10 acres. Part of the shore is fringed with cedars and the western shore is overhung by cliffs. Surrounded as it is by hills and mountains, the lake is a very popular Summer resort. Setting of Story. At Castleton, one turns westward and run via Fair Haven, Whitehall and Comstock down to Glens Falls. One of the most interesting points in Glens Falls is cuopers cave. well known to all readers of “The Last of the ‘Mo- hi Leaving Glens Falls, the most direct and best way to New York will be found through Schuylerville, Bemis Heights, Mechanicsville, Waterford, East G bush, Hudson, crowded, per- 3206 M St. N.W. vidual tastes of the excursionist. our standards must be more flexible.” ' marked to g» on the highways. ROUGH GOING Never stops Us EXTRA WHEELBASE, LONGER SPRINGS GIVE THIS LOW-PRICED CAR EXCEPTIONAL RIDING QUALITIES WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC., TOLEDO, O. WHIPPET 4 SEDAN down payment oaly NEW SUPERIOR R SAUNDERS MOTOR CO. ‘WHIPPET IIIM IOO- meseyg o, oo Ww M&yl&. 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