gainst you, you are pretty sure to have a capital run.
If desired, a stop can be made at the Cumberland House in Bridgeton for
lunch and a short rest, though the whole run to Vineland is not a long
one to take at one stretch. On leaving Bridgeton, take the turnpike
direct to Millville, a distance of eleven miles. It is a good road-bed,
but not a particularly interesting road so far as scenery goes. Still,
it is the shortest and best road to Millville, though hardly the
shortest way to go to Vineland. The admirable condition of the road is
enough to persuade many to go that way. From Millville to Vineland is a
distance of six miles, also along a capital road, side paths being, of
course, taken where possible.
The shorter route runs out of Bridgeton on the road to Finley, but the
rider should turn off to the right shortly after crossing the railway
about three miles out from Bridgeton, and keeping on into Pleasant
Grove. Thence he continues to Rosenhayn and Bradway. Keeping to the left
of Bradway, the best road-bed is found by keeping on towards the
northeast, as shown on the map, until a fork--a meeting of roads--is
reached just out of Mill Road. Here a very sharp turn is made to the
right, and in less than a mile you come to the main road into Mill Road,
whence the direction is straight into Vineland. The Baker House is a
good stopping-place at Vineland, and the second night can be comfortably
spent there. On the following day a run can be made into Philadelphia
direct, or the wheelman can take a train back if he does not want to
risk the chance of poorer roads. This whole run, as has been said, can
be made in one day, since it is only sixty-two miles by the shortest and
sixty-six miles by the Millville routes from Philadelphia. It is a
pretty run through picturesque country, and makes one of the best trips
out of Philadelphia. There are many other attractive trips out of
Philadelphia, but it will be necessary for us now to move on towards
Boston, and give some runs in and around that city. We shall begin next
week, therefore, by starting from Stamford, Connecticut, and moving on
towards Boston in easy stages.
NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford,
Connecticut, in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New
Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814.
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