Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1930, Page 44

- HASITS OWN LURE Automobile Club of America Says Trip Once Made Will Be Repeated. Cape Cod, that section of Massachu- Setts that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, and which is now in reality an 4sland, as it is severed from the main- Jand by the Cape Cod Canal, has a lure all its own, and motorists who once make the trip around it to the tip end will want to come back year after year. The cape is unique. Nowhere else in the world can be found 15 towns com- prising 143 homelike villages with such ualifications, It faces four salt seas— Cod Bay to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Nantucket Sound to the south and Buzzards Bay to the west. It has 586 miles of shore line and 360 miles of beaches. Inland, away from the sea, there are 277 beautiful natural lakes and ponds. Trip of Interest. ‘The Automobile Club of America sug- gests that motorists will find the trip outlined in this article one of great in- terest and beauty. It suggests that the shore road be used out of New York City, after arriving there from Wash- ington, running via Greenwich, Bridge- rt, New Haven, New London, Charles- wn, to Wakefield. Here turn to the right off Route 1 for Route 1-B through Narragansett Bay to Saunderstown, where the ferry should be taken to Jamestown. There is a mile run across the island and then another ferry is taken to Newport, this Summer a place of more than special interest because of the yacht races being held off its shore, F‘rfln}NEWpflrt run up through Tiver- ton to Fall River, and then along Route 6 to New Bedford. Here the motorist who wishes to include a stopover on Marthas Vineyard on his trip may take the boat that runs over to this island. It is 23 miles long from east to west and s crossed by excellent State highways, ‘which also connect its chief settlements, It is a lovely place and reached by a delightful sail over Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. Oak Bluffs is the larg- est Summer resort on the island. There is a long, clean, safe beach here and the harbor is always filled with boats of all descriptions, Leaving Marthas Vineyard, it is not necessary to go all the way back to New Bedford in order to continue on to Clge Cod. Boats stop at Woods Hole and this town is in the extreme south- ‘western part of the cape. ‘The motorist who does not want to over to the island can continue from lew Bedford along Route 6 through Fairhaven, Marion, Wareham to Buz- Eards Bay, from which point one crosses over the Cape Cod Canal to Bourne and then run down along Route 28 wlleunz the east side of Buzzards , through Monument Beach, Catau- met and North Falmouth to Falmouth. ‘The motorist crossing by boat from Oak Bluffs to Woods Hole will have to yun up to Falmouth. The road then turns eastward along the south shore of the cape, ing around through Fal- mouth hts, & gay Summer settle- ment right on Vineyard Sound, and ‘Wagquoit, Santuit to Osterville, with its picturesque east and west bays. Continue along through Center- ville to and here one will note that the highway resembles more a road up in Lenox in the Berkshires or at Westbury, Long Island, than an old- time Cape Cod road. There is a steady procession of walls and entrance gates on either side, with occasional glimpses of fine dwellings through the trees. Shopping Center of Cape. Hyannis is the smart shopping center of the cape. At Hyannisport on the bluffs is ‘ated the Summer colony. Next comes Bass River, then Dennisport and West Harwich. The country through here is 3ulu flat and suggests the sea. At the latter place there is a ine grove down near the water which a very aftractive spot. Run through Harwicl and South Chatham and then at the very end of the south shore right out on the Atlantic lies Chatham. ‘The motorist who wishes to linger along this south shore for several days will find good accommodations at Falmouth Heights, Osterville, Hyannis, West Har- ‘wich and Chatham. Running northward from Chatham up to vincetown, after leaving Pleasant Bay behind, which is an arm of the sea that comes in among the hills like a lake, the highway runs in- land through forests and freshwater nds and farms into Orleans, where e ryoute running along the north shore of the cape comes in, From Orleans on to Provincetown the roads runs on a narrow strip of soil and sand only about 6 miles in width stretching from Cape Cod Bay to the Atlantic. It passes through East- ham, Wellfleet and Truro. This is a ‘wild coast along here, where in Winter many ships have foundered. In Win- ter the tides wipe the beach out and eat away at the base of the cliffs, so that the cape is narrowing every year. But in Summer it is perfectly safe. Beyond Truro is North Truro, and from her to Provincetown is the only part of the cape that is all sand. Cape Cod to_many people means Province- town. It maintains a large art colony and is a most picturesque place, with its narrow streets going up and down over the sand knolls, gray gabled houses, red chimneys, picket fences and tiny gardens. And behind the town are the duns, & miniature Sahara coging down to the edge of the ocean. Here at Provincetown the Pilgrims first landed, and to thelr memory the granite shaft of the Pilgrim Tower rises from Town Hall. The view from the top of this is superb and should be seen by all wvisitors to the town. For the return trip, it Is necessary to Tetrace to Orleans and then follow the | pia north shore road skirting the shore of Cape Cod Bay through Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth and Barnstable to Sagamore. | fha ‘This highway here goes through very different country than the south shore road. To the south of the bay highway is a range of wooded hills, and the farms and villages are on a narrow strip between the hills'and the bay, sometimes behind long-lying salt marshes and yellow sandbars. The vil- lages here are all tree-shaded ones and give visible lie to the impression that Cape Cod is all sand. From Sagamore over to Buzzards Bay the road skirts the canal, and then for variety on the return trip the motorist should run via Wareham, Marion and Fairhaven to New Bedford, and then, instead of running via Fall River, take a good road that runs to the south of New Bedford via Dartmouth, Central Village and Adamsville into Tiverton Four Corners and then up to Tiverton From here run to Portsmouth and then over the new Mount Hope Bridge to Bristol and up through Warren and Barrington into Providence. From Providence the airline route through Danielson, Willimantic, Marl- boro, Middletown, Meriden and Milldale should be followed to Waterbury and then through Middlebury, Newton, Bethel to Danbury and through Cross River, Armonk to White Plains and down the Bronx River Parkway to the city. Plymouth and Boston. Most motorists in visiting the cape will also want to include a trip to Plymouth and then up to historical Boston in their itinerary. For this, in- stead of going from Sagamore over to uzzards Bay continue along route 3 up to Manomet Point. Here there is a sightly elevation overlooking the sea, and from this point may be scen seven lighthouses—Race Point Light and Wood End Light at Prpvincetown, Highiand Light, Truro, illingsgate Light, Weliflcet, Gurnet Light, Plym- outh, and Minots and_Boston Light pointing the way into Boston Harbor Six miles farther on is Plymouth, crowded with historic spots of absorbe ing interest. There is the famous &Zmouth Rock, the William Crowe Fredericksburg Golansville THE SUNDAY “HEN ah heahs Mrse Jckson ng conflict was needed :igrpir:‘?; v%hn served as persona “Stonewall "of Southern arms This modest cottage at headquarters for the great mil- Shenandoah Valley. @rocan Hasmmay Eocxarones Buerau Winchester served as itary strategist in the in’ lon ah knows a battle is comin’ sog\;‘aq No STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 20, (Title registeved U. 8. Patent Office) _— — = ]N l’w historical of Winston Churchill, the American author;to travel on foot in gathering material for his pen. Here at Carter Hail, near Winchester and the country round- about, he found much of the background for Carvel"a novel of the post-Revolutionary period, This romantic home is set back from the main road asif seeking seclusion from modern travel. in de night ier sij g&' the faithful affendant to the 1930—PART novel wrihngrdaigs dwa:fl‘l.c’?a-hT 7 FOUR. —BY JAMES W. BROOKS. '(Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) WER a cenfury ol Long Branchons of the famed estates of Virginia, remains fo connect the present™ with the past. Ifs builder, Capt. Robert Carter Burwell, died in his countrys service at Norfolk during the War of B12. The old mansion crowns a hillop near e Tt e d . Inside, quaint w: presen scenag’u\:‘%an: and fllc Bay of Ngapr;m > COURTS TAKE NOTE Constant Increase in Fatali- ties Results in Rigid Rulings to Control Motoring. The constant increase of automobile fatalities, reaching last year the enor- mous total of 33,060, has resulted in a corresponding increase of responsibility which the courts are placing upon the motorist, according to a survey made by the legal department of the Ameri- can Motorists Association, citing recent court decisions showing the trend of judicial thought. “Decisions, indicative of the attitude that courts are taking toward the mo- torists' responsibility, are being render- ed almost daily,” declares Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the A. M. A. “This fact, that motorists are being held to a higher aeglena of account- ability, while no eritici of the judic- iary, should serve as a prophetic warn- ing to motordom.” Recent Cases Cited. Following are a few of the recent cases, briefly epitomized by the A. M. A, survey, as illustrative of the trend of current court decisions, each of them of interest to every Washington mo- “An automobile driver on meeting or passing a street car which has stopped, must anticipate that some of the pas- sengers who have alighted may pass from behind the car to the other ing a deaf estrian to cross the street, signal & truck driver to pro- ceed and the truck driver pursuant to the signal proceeded into intersection and struck the pedestrian while pro- ceeding slowly and with nothing to obstruct _his view of the pedestrian, a verdict finding the truck driver negli- gent was warranted, notwithstanding the officer’s signal to,the motorist to proceed.”—Mass. Sup. Jud. Ct. Right of Way Defined. “The statute giving the motorist on the right the righ of way does not war- rant drivers in taking close chances. It the d"v"lro‘t‘l: lnwa\ohlla ap- proaching a street intersection sees a vehicle approaching at a fast rate of speed so that there is reasonable dan- ger of a collision if both proceed, then it is his duty to exercise due care so as to avoid a collision.”—Minn. Sup, Ct. “Evidence that an automobile driver, while traveling about 20 miles an hour, took his eyes off the road and lowered his head in order to the time from his wrist watch by the dashboard light was sufficient to warrant a find- fyn'd nét gross negligence.”—Mass. Sup. u . “An automobile driver who is blinded by the lights from another vehicle so as to be uneable to distinguish an object in front of him must, in the exercise of reasonable care, stop the automobile in order to avoid injuring pedestrians.” —Maine Sup. Jud. Ct. “Where pedestrians may appear at any time in the highway the duty of the operator to watch for them is con- stant, and to look too late to avert an accident is to not look at all.”—Cal, Sup. Ct. . BRAKES OF MANY AUTOS Often Said to Have Valueless Mechanism. Brakes on at least 10 per cent of the automobiles in Washington which have been on the streets a year or more are so badly worn that they would be to- tally valueless in an emergency, the Washington Automotive Trade Associa- tion declares in a statement just issued. ‘The association declares further that more than 75 per cent of the automo- s in the same mileage class have brakes which in their present condition are unsafe, although it is peinted out t in most cases minor adjustments ?re"nll that are necessary to correct this ault. These estimates, it is stated, are based upon the conditions found in automo- biles brought in to automobile dealers in Washington to be traded. At least 10 per cent of those in the year-old class are found to have their brake lin- ings almost if not completely worn away. Negligence alone is held responsible. Hard to Understand Why a day after you buy a new car the factory announces a new price cut. Why a dealer will say there are no new models coming out for a long time, no matter what month you are consid- ering purchasing a car, Why the factories keep secrets from their own dealers. | Why a tire | service station. ‘Why some people are called automo- | bile mechanies. not get flat near a Why automobile jacks are not made bette! House, built in 1664; the Shaw House, belonging to the Shaw family since 1685; the monument to the forefath- ers, Burial Hill, the last resting place of many of the first settlers, and countless other spots of interest. Beyond Plymouth the shore route 3A will be found attractive into Boston, running through Duxbury, Marshfield, Cohasset and Quincy. Points of inter- est of Revolutionary and Colonial days in Boston are the old State House, Trinity Church, Old South and Old North Churches, King's Chapel, Faneuil Hall and Bunker Hill Monument. For the return trip from Boston the route via Marlboro, Worcester, Spring- field, Hartford, Waterbury and Dan- bury may be uged back to New York. ' OF AUTO HAZARDS DECLARED DANGEROUS | Those on Street a Year or More| Taxi Driver’s Life Not Uninteresting Report Discloses LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 19.— ‘The finding of $50,000 in his taxi and the receiving of a $5 reward for it is one of the sidelights into cab drivers’ lives revealed in the report of a cab company of this city. Another vehicle was hired for a solid month by a busy Eastern mag- nate, who footed the bill of $3,000. One intoxicated passenger insisted on paying his fare five times. Taxis are frequently used for eloping, for airing pet dogs and canaries, and to send to market, the driver doing the marketing and returning to the customer with the purchases. HIGHWAY BUILDING OUTLAY INCREASES Construction Work for 1930 Will Top Last Year’s Cost by $250,000,000. New highway censtruction alone in the United States this year is expected to exceed the outlay for that class of public works last year by more than "$250,000,000, which will bring the total 1930 expenditures for roads and bridges constructed by the Federal, State, mu- nicipal and other local governments throughout the country close to $1,750,« 000,000, according to a survey j#st made public in Washington by the Committee on Recent Economic Changes of the President’s Conference on Unemploy- ment. Among the many projects which were pushed ahead to offset business de- pression, highway construction is likely to show the largest increases wher final records for 1930 become available, the survey observes. Expenditures Increase. Actual expenditures for the construc- tion and maintenance of bridges an@ roads, not including varefus overheads and the cost of equipment and materials, the survey states, rose from $784,000,000 in 1923, to more than $1,237,000,000 in 1928, and the annual cost of mainte- nance alone is now rapidly approaching $500,000,000. It is pointed out in the survey that the cost of constructing and maintain- ing roads, streets and bridges in this country now amounts to about 40 per cent of the total expenditures on public ‘works, ‘The survey, begun last July at the suggestion of President Hoover for the purpose of lp&r&\slng public construc- tion as a factor in business stability, was prepared by Dr. Leo Wolman, sta= tisticlan and economist, under the au- spices of the National Bureau of Eco- nomic Research, with the assistance of the United States Department of Com- merce. The survey, together with an interpretative report signed by the Com- mittee' on Recent Economic Changes, has been published by the National Bu- reau under the title “Planning and Control of Public Works.” 00,000,000 Is Average. Federal Government expenditures on road building, including Federal aid to Btates and forest roads, have averaged about $90,000,000 annually during re- cent years, the survey notes. The ap- propriations for Federal highway con- struction for 1931, 1932 and 1933 have been increased from $75,000,000 to $125,- 000,000 annually. Last year the Fed- eral Government spent $101,212,185 on roads, mostly in the form of aid to States. Federal aid appropriations are matched with State funds, the survey explains, res on income and funds avail- able for State and local highway and bridge work contained in the survey show that the main scurces of meeting the cost of new State roads throughout the country are motor vehicle fees and receipts from the tax on gasoline, the latter being the leading item. Tax Fees Large. Out of income and funds available for State roads during the years 1923-1928, amounting to nearly $4,000,000,000 in that period, nearly $2,400,000,000 was derived from motor vehicle fees and the gasoline tax together, motor vehicle fees providing about $1,265,280,000, and the line tax about $691,000,000. Funds or the gasoline tax, which totaled $15,- 872,884 in 1923, had risen to $234,163,826 in 1928, being the leading item of sources to meet highway construction costs in that year. Funds provided by the Federal Government in the 1923- 1928 period were somewhat less than $500,000,000. For State highway and bridge bulld- lns, road taxes in the same period pro- vided $113,124,697; State appropriations, $194,067,624; bonds and notes. $647,- 750,000 transfers from local authorities, $459,811,442. More or Less ‘The habit automobile manufacturers have of advertising their cars “F, O. B., less tax,” and the tendency of radio dealers to quote their sets “less tubes” rmmpu some one to suggest that other lines follow the same practice. If they do, pretty soon we will have something like this: Walkeasy Shoes, $9.01, less strings. This snappy soft shirt, $1.63, less but~ ns. Try these delicious canned peaches, only 42 cents. extra. Here is a fine home, well located. $8,640.98, less windows. Spectacles that fit your personality, $12; lenses extra. Palace Hotel offers eight-course din- ner, only 56 cents. Cover charge, $3. The book of the year, $2.13; printing extra. ‘Tour to the Orient—$222.22 pays all expenses. You furnish nothing but the boat. & mobile dealers against factory over-pro- | State-wide organization, %ho said that College Preparation. OPPOSE OVERPRODUCTION Maryland Automobile Dealers Seek Factory Co-operation. duction and for betfer dealer organiza- tion were voiced at the first annual convention of the Automobile Trade As- sociation of Maryland, at Oeean City this week. if automobile dealers were as well or- ganized as the farmers of the country they could with equal justification de- mand Government purchase of surplus automobiles. b1 gee you are letting your wife drive the car now.” “Yes, I figure she'll have it looking Can and sweetening | The demand for a closer-knit dealer organization in the State was made by John E. Raine, general manager of the Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 19.—Pleas for a determined stand on the part of auto- #aveD RoADs emaveL moaos ®ARTH ROADS PLAIN KUNERALS IXDICATE MILEAGE SETWEEN QUTLINTD POINTE. @ 2 B soseas i cmrss, o ) CORRESPOND T8 STATE HIGIAY NUNRERD sewmas i o g EONNINROND TO BLOERAL ROLTE WUAMRERY, Wechancsile CHARLOTTESVILLE w eragwne about right for my son to take to col- United States motorists spend $10,- | [e8¢ With him in September.—From the 00,000 a day. WHERE TO MOTOR AND DINE ‘Wheel. SE o = o oo Maryland Ro Route 5. Tea House, Rockville Pike. Route 240. Routes 240-20, 24 Routes 240-29, 2 Emmitsburs. Route 240-1! rd Inn, bevond Laurel. Route 1. Tavern, Rockville. Route 240. Tea Room, Fret lck. Route 240. A Re¢ Maryland Bethes Olney Inn, O Patty Kit 28, Route 240. Alexandria, Virginia Gateway to Historic Virginia THE GEORGE MASON HOTEL Sunday—12 to 8 P.M. Virginia Chicken Dinner Sea Food Dinner Steak Dinner Chapman Manor Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Special Chicken or Sq_unb Dinner_fi_ BEECHAVEN INN Sund; 2to M. Waldorf Road—13 Miles From District Line ~ MRS. OLNEY Brandywine 51 or Met. 9351 Enjoy a Cool Ride and a Dish of OFFUTT’S Homemade PLOUGH RIGHT ALONG TO or House, Franklin Manor Beach. Route 4. s Wisconsin Ave. or Bradley Lane. via Wisconsin Ave. or nderson Corners). Monterey Inn Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Dinner, Phoy THE LOG INN On Chesapeake Cool, Attractive Comfortable, Restful Motor route via Annapolis over Severn River Bridge—First Con- crete road to right, Baltimore and Annapolis Blvd. P. 0., Annapolis, Md. Virginia The Duck Inn, Upper Road to Alexandria. Gray’s Hill Inn, Richmond lc‘l i oraeshoe Hill Inn. beyond Falls C Route 1. ours House. Route 211 (Read o) utes 211-50-15, 2! ennsylvania Blue Ridge Sum: . R WARREN GREEN HOTEL Warrenton : : Virginia Forty Miles from Washington Over the Lee ooy Frdoush ‘The Bu” Run Battiencid MRS, FRED BERGER, Proprietor Telephone Warrenton 280 Special Sunday Dinner, $1.00 Elizabeth Burritt’s Tea House Luncheon o Summit 50 and Unusual Phone 1831-F-3 s Hill Inn 2118 Miles Dinner, $1.50 Long Island d Chicken Fresh Peach Ice Cream Soda Sandwiches 6706 Wis. Ave. Phone Wis. 4048 Incy Inn OLNEY, MARYLAND FOR - LUNCHEON TEA-DINNER Olney Inn On Highway 28 12 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON Out 16th Street or Georsla Avenue Extended New Screened Porches— Wide Lawns—Beautiful Trees % 600 Feet Elevation OFEN EVERY DAY OON T then Telephone Ashto: YAWINGTON SEVEN GABLES B h t l t to BEAUTIFUL Patuxent Beac .,._!1:- °mnl_ SINGING PINES TEA HOUSE dnyi for an Old Virginia Ham or gollo ta b to Waidort, chidken" B jreat Mills. Phone Great MRS. K's TOLL HOUSE TAVERN Colesville Pike, Silver Spring, Mary A 20-Minute Di th" on 16th 8t to State Line, urn through Traffic Light on to Auto Route No. 27. D § This old Toll House, with fts > -~ charming furnishings and terraced gardens, makes a delightful smart Country Dinner Place. Upper Road ts 15U mhutes soutn Wi ouine NN ©ey Bridve. Phone Clarendon 1087 rive from the White House right, going straight cation eek E: MANOR HOUSE Rates: $3.50-85.00 daily; §16-525 weekly Seafood and Chicken Dinners, $1.25 Phone West River 18-F-33 /OUS SERVICE, 13 NOON TO 8 SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL BOOKLETS ARE AVAILABLE Unprecedented Seasonal Demand Is Reported by Williamsport Chamber of Commerce. Although the early seasonal call for its Susquehanna Trail travel booklet has been without precedent since the initial issue in April, the Chamber of Com- merce of Willilamsport, Pa., reports that & number of the brochures are still available for motorists. ‘The booklet, describing one of the finest of Eastern highways, the Susque- hanna Trail, which links Niagara Falls and Wi n, D. C, two foremost national touring objectives, is complete with detailed two-page map, road logs and historical and scenic data. It is handsomely illustrated. Motorists may secure their copy by addressing the Chamber of Commerce, Williamsport, Pa. The service station employe who tells you that he was unable to get the last gallon in your tank. ‘The man you ask concerning direc- tions, who does not reply that he is & stranger in town also. ‘The dealer who tells you correctly how many miles the car he is selling you will make on a gallon of gasoline. Any one who can sell & tire that is puncture proof. The Weather Bureau forcaster, who prophesizes accurately clear weather when you are planning a trip. ‘The farmer who says that the next town is 10 miles away, and it turns out not to be more than 15. The HARVARD INN On Washington Bivd.—% Mile Beyond Laurel our delicious Chicken $1-25 and Waffle Dinner. b Management. Geo. W. Gregory, PEN_EVENINGS. Lafayette Tea Room 106 W. Patricle St. Frederick, Md. ’ ki gWANN’S H5 i Et PINEY POINT CHICKEN DINNERS Good Bathing, Boating and Fishing Tel. Great Mills 9-F-11 COLONIAL INN- Westminster, Md. The best $1.00 dinner served in Maryland Scotla BeachHote Scotland Beach, Md. On Chesapeake Bay Sea Food and @ Chicken Dinners, $1.25' Phone Great Mills 5-F-12 ~ The Mariena S Specal Weekdy Eates Ciilcken Waffle Dinners, $1.00 Pormerly & Luncheon ung L vern ROCKVILLE A Quiet Place to Enjoy an Unusual Di y $1. Parking Space Phone Rockville 236 | RED FOX TAVERN Middleburg, Virginia i Phone Middleburg 39 or ll COLLECE INN tween Alexandria Mount Vernon On Richmond Road Howme CéoKin ‘Luncheon or The—farry Tavern 2 Miles from Mt. Vernon on Richmond Famous for its Fried Ch & Waffle Dinners, Hot Bis- cuits & Honey Upper Road to Alexandris 10 Minutes South o1 Hishway Bridoe