Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

expense. The distance from East Cone
: inaughis greater if anything to the stone
/ pike than from the northern boundary of
Mlnersvile or Johnstown City, and there
would be no more pike to build on the
Iun route than on the Conemaugh route,
likely not as much. There could scarcely
be any money raised along the Conemaugh
route, as The people there are Indifferent
| to any turnpike while tht best men in
the three townships are enthusiastic as to
the run route.
East Conemauoh and Franklin did not
recognize the eternal fitness of things, but
refused to enter into u city government
along with the other boroughs. Actuated
by pure sclfishness they thus refused to
help build up their neighbors that were
worse injured by the flood than they.
Your honorable Committee certainly can
not report in favor of route that would
give these boroughs all the traffic passing
over it. and JOhnstown get very little of
it. This fact olone ought to induce you to
decide in favor of the Hinckston's Run
route which would give to Johnstown
City all the trade passing over. 1t could
not possibly 10 any thing else.
There is only one man In favor of the
Conemaugh route, (P. F. Custer, and he
because it would pass his front door,
Only one man, if We except the busi
ness men of East Couemaugh and Frank
lin, who oppose the run route because
they are afraid some of their trade would
be diverted to JOhnstown.
The fact that the run route was adopted
for the plank road ought to be positive
proof that it is the only good one. This
route can be easily reached by any one
going to Johnstown. All the travel from
points north and east of Fairview or Vinoo
must pass through that place. Now the
pike along Hinckston's Run would pass
within quarter of a mile of Ninco, and
all persons passing through it could very
easily reach the pike by road now eX-
istlng. For the country south of Ninco
the run can be reached fully as readily,
aud also from all points on the west of the
run. Only five or six persons living west
of the run could use pike along the
Ebensburg road, consequently there
would be nearly twice as much travel on
Run route that all can reach, than on the
Conemaugh route that could be reached
| by about one half of the people.
We beg your honorable committee not
to be misled by Caldwells Atlas of Cam
bria County, 1890, as it is absolutely false
and does not give the correct course of
the run at all especially on the pages de-
voted 10 Jackson and the two Taylor
townships. 1t gives its course more
nearly correct on page 81.
| Wehope when you consider these facts
that YOU will decide in favor of the
! Hlnckst0n's Rnn rOate and so report to
the Beard of Trade 81 its meeting on the
18th inst. The farmers living NJ rth of
Johnstown are not able of themselves
to build the pike, but rs it would benefit
the people of JOhnstown as well as our
selves we ask the Board of Trade 10 en-
dorse the project and request all parties.
who are interested in Johnstown's wei.
fare to aid the project AS soon as your
! Board takes this action we shall have a
survey made, also estimates, and we shall
do our best TO have the pike built. We
do not ask your Board to assume any re-
sponsibility. We only ask you 10 adopt
resolutions stating HAT turnpike north
| from Johnstown is hadlN needed. That the
| Hinc&ston's Run route is The only availa-
BILE good route, ard that the Board of
Trade earnestly recommend the proposed
| turnpike TO the favorable consideration of
| those disposed to aid in increasing and
extending Johnstown's trade.
! Al a meeting held in NincO on the Sth
inst, Benz. Ben-hotf, Jno. \. Strayer,
George Warner, James NJ. Singer and j.
G. Wakefield were appointed a business
! committee to take charLe of all matters
relating to the proposed pike. This com
mittee appointed JAS. NJ. Singer and j. c.
| Wakefield, a subcommittee, to prepare
this communication. A meeting on the
turnpike matter will be held in Rosedale
on the evening of the 14th inst.
! We advertised for the whereabouts of
Capt. Alexander, who made the survey
for the plank road, but we can not find
him. We wanted The drafts and notes of
that survey bat, as they can not be found,
another survey must be made.
We earnestly hope the Committee on
Municipal Affairs may be able to report
in favor of Hinckston's Run Ioute at
your meeting on the 18th inst If you do
not decide in favor of it there will be no
pike built as nearly everybody is in favor
of this route and opposed to the Cone
maugh route.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES NJ. SINGER,
j. G. WAKEFIELD.
p, 5. Some OF us will likely attend
the meeting of the Board of Trade as to
a survey and surveyor.
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