Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
COUNTIES BEGIN
ROAD MEETINGS
This Section Of the State viii Have
Series Within the Next
Fortnight

| Such rapid progress has been made
by the Bureau of Township Highways
of the State Department in forming
county organizations of township su-
pervisors that by the middle of April
every county In the State will have
| Its supervisors and commissioners
united In a body in accordance with
the provisions of the Legislative acts
under which the Bureau of Township
Highways is working
These meetings for the organization
or the supervisors are being called in
accordance with the act of July %,
1918, and also under the provisions of
the act OF May 8, 1918, which author
lied the formation, in each county, of
an association of officials in charge of
| the construction and maintenance of
public roads. While in most of the
counties thus far organized the super
visors have shown a desire to Coop
crate with the Bureau of Township
Highways there have been some in
stances where the provisions of the
law were not fully understood and
where the supervisors resented the
action of the Legislature in having
placed their operations under the su-
pervision Of the State Highway De-
partment. These instances have been
few and in most cases the supervisors
have been reconciled when the advan-
tages of the new law were made plain
to them.
During the third week in March
seven meetings have been called by
the Bureau of Township Highways for
county organization. On Wednesday,
March Is, E. A. Jones. second deputy
state highway commissioner, will at
tend the meeting to be held in the
courthouse at Lewisburg at o'clock
in the morning when the Union coun-
ty supervisors will elect officers to
form permanent organization. Mr..
Jones will address the meeting and will
outline the procedure necessary to per-
feet the formation of the boards Of
supervisors. On the same day the
Cambria county organization will be
formed at meeting to be held at
Ebensburg in the Happy Hour Theater
at 10 o'clock in the morning. Joseph
w. Hunter, first deputy State highway
commissioner, in charge of the Bu-
reau of Township Highways will ad-
dress this meeting. On Tuesday,
March II. Mr.. Hunter will address the
meeting to be held in the courthouse
at Somerset at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing when the Somerset county super
visors will organize. On the same day
the Snyder county organization will
be formed at a meeting to be held at
1 o'clock in the morning In the court
house at Middleburg. This meeting
will be addressed by E. A. Jones. On
the following day Mr.. Hunter will go
to Ebensburg where the Cambria
county supervisors will hold their
meeting in the Happy Hour Theater at
10 o'clock in the morning. On Thurs
lay. March 10, Mr.. Hunter will be in
Bellefonte where the Center county
organization will he formed at a meet
Ing to be held in the courthouse at 10
o'clock, while Mr.. Jones on that day
will be in Sunbury where Northum-
berland county organizes at a meeting
to be held at 10 o'clock in the court
house. On Friday, March 20, Mr..
Hunter will attend the Clearfeld coun-
ty organization meeting which will be
held in the courthouse at Clearfield
at 10 o'clock in the morning.