Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-22
MORE HIGHWAYS To
Be RECONSTRUCTED
State Highway Department Will
Ask Bids For Eight New
Roads Very Shortly
OLD YORK WILL. GET TWO
Lycoming Will Have Improve
ments Made in Montgomery
Borough This Summer
OLD YORK WILL GET TWO

! The State Highway Department is
preparing to advertise for bids on
| State-aid construction in Cambria, Fay
ette, Mexican, York, Chester, Lycoming.
Montgomery and Tioga counties and
| igor bids on small piece of approach
work on a Sproul highway in West
moreland county. These bids will close
on June 16.
| In Cambria county there are two con-
| tracts. one of which is in East TAYLOR
township and East Conemaugh Bor-
ough, running from the Ebensburg and
Johnstown road in East Taylor town
ship. near the property of Mrs. Louise
Good to the northern borough line of
East Conemaugh, also from the north
borough line of East Conemaugh via
jackson and Oak streets to Fourth
street, also from Oak and Second
| streets via Second and Locust streets to
the intersection of Locust and Green
streets. The length of this stretch is
9,lS0 feet and the construction is to be
Of brick block on concrete founda
ton in East Conemaugh Borough,
while alternate bids will be received on
one-course concrete roadway and
PRICK block paving on concrete foun
dation for the the piece in East TAYLOR
piece of work is in Barnesboro Bor-
| ough from the north line of the bor-
| ough via Chestnut street to the inter-
streets, the length being 6,242 feet. and
Is to be brick block paving.
In Fayette county the proposed con-
struction is to run from the bridge over
Lamb Lick creek near the property of
Ed. Stevens to the Fayette City hor-
ough- Washington township line This
is 70 be one-quarter of mile in length
The Mexican county bid is for work to
be done in Port Allegany borough, a
distance of 6,272 feet of brick block
paving. This is to run from the inter-
section of Barnett alley and Mill street
VIA MIL street to the bridge over the
Allegheny river at the west borough
line; also from Arnold avenue and
north borough line.
There are to be two contracts to be
awarded in York county. the one in
Hopewell township. where the road of
nearly three miles in length of asphalt
tic bltuminous macadam, penetration
method, construction, is to be built
dr4m dr3E the north borough line of Stew
artstoWn to the North Hopewell town
ship line. The other York county bid
is continuation of the first one and
runs from the north borough line of
soe,th soeWharttstoWn t via Main street to the
mile, lacking a few feet. This to be
constructed of asphaltic concrete on a
concrete foundation.
IN chester county portion of the
cd State road is to be improved for a
distance of approximately of three and
oht -halI miles IN East Bradford town
snip extending from point opposite a
N. Miller and John Nj. James on the
East Bradford Pocopjson township
me me is seven Sc EN- hunded and fifteen feet Of
TINS is TO be one-courSe concrete road
way and the rest is to be asphaItic
bltumlnous macadam, penetration
method. In Kennett township, Chester
eTI1unty: eI1 MY the Old Creek road, familiar to
al readers of Bayard Taylor's STORY Of
hennett, Is to be improved from the
southeast borough line of Kennett
square to the Delaware State line. a
to be of asphaltic bituminous macadam
penetration method ''''
In iycoming county little more than
IN a mile or brick block paving is to be
Cllnton township line via Montgomery
! ana Main streets to the same town
snip line near the property of j. r.
Two bids to be asked in Montgomerv
county, one in Upper Dublin TOWNSHIP
where S,l07 feet of asphaltic concrefe
exten ei d HeidoFa Ioundation Is to be laid
snip llne In northwesterly direction
70 the Butler pike. This is known as
= she e,b1lI,Ers MOTIFS road and extends through
ing developed by the erection of mag
nnlhcent country homes. The nther
m.ohtgomery county bid is for nearly
,V.. .wo. mlles OF asphaltic bituminous
road known. as Township Line Road
eSTktendlng Sk from Old York Road To-
1hnurcn Road; This highway also runs
Lhrough a suburban residential district
Winien Tiah Is greatly in need of up-to date
approximately a mile and a ha1f of
held borough. Tioga county. extendins
ION ttro.n ele improved road at the Richmond
romtIbsniip- nomtbaripI mansfield borough line in a
tHtortnerly ttt direction via Main street 10
81. sHe intersection of Main and Prospect
T., !. me relocation Of an overhead cross.
Ihg over the Hempfield branch Of fh =
HHennsylvania Railroad on the west
Was!' WWemton road, in Hempfield township
tMbes'Gnoreiand tbe nn county, has necessitated
Ine construction Of telford macadan,
approaches to the length of sS5 1aa1
on Sproul Route No. lis. 90 ieet