The Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W. the Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership blanks and information so far as possible.
Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers.
Start at Copley Square through Dartmouth Street to Beacon; turn to left, and follow Beacon to Massachusetts Avenue; there turn to right and cross Harvard Bridge, and again turn to the right at Windsor Street, and cross the electric-car tracks, keeping direct road to Webster Avenue; there turn to the left, and follow to Prospect Street; then turn to right, and go up small hill over railroad, turning to the right at Washington: follow Washington to Medford Street; then turn to left, and take direct road past Central Square and Winter Hill Station, passing Mystic Park on the right, and crossing bridge over Mystic River into Medford. Take High Street to the drinking fountain; then at the fork take Purchase Street, and at Symmes Corner keep to right, and then bear to the left into Winchester. After crossing the square, go over railroad tracks, and keep to right along horse-car tracks to Woburn Common. Roads from Boston to Medford good; from Medford to Winchester fair, rolling country; and from Woburn on, roads good. From Woburn Common take Main Street, following horse-car tracks to railroad crossing, then turn to right to North Woburn. Follow main road over railroad, then keep to left, following railroad to Wilmington Depot. Cross Lawrence branch track over the rise, then keep to the right through the woods, passing Silver Lake, and following telegraph poles. About two miles beyond Tewksbury turn to right, cross the tracks at Wamesit, then keep to the left through Atherton to electric-car tracks, which follow into Lowell. American House is wheelmen's hotel. Distance 28 miles. As a choice in returning: Follow car-tracks towards Billerica; turn to left, and cross the river and turn to right now, keep direct road up long hill, at top of hill turn to right, and follow telegraph poles. Road fair, but hilly.
Follow Spring Street into Bedford; then turn to left and take direct road through North Lexington to Lexington Common. From Lexington follow Massachusetts Avenue. Good roads, considerable down-grade, macadam surface most of the way. You pass through East Lexington, Arlington Heights, Arlington, and still keeping on Massachusetts Avenue to Harvard Square. There keep to the left, following electric-car tracks through Cambridgeport. Cross Harvard Bridge, turn to left at either Beacon or Commonwealth Avenue, and to the right at Dartmouth to Copley Square. There is more or less hard wheeling on this trip, but it abounds in pretty scenery of woodland, lake, etc.
Such a trip as this need not necessarily be made in all its details. It is impossible in this Department to cover all the possible trips in the vicinity of Boston. General directions are therefore taken, and one trip in each direction given.