Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14

A Statewide campaign for popular
izing the movement for improved high
ways in Pennsylvania is about to be
Roads Association.
The board of directors of the as
sociation to-day announced from it's
eodquarters in the Telegraph Build
ing the appointment of E. ]. Herman
as State organized, and that Mr.. Her
nan will at once take charge of a
thorough canvass of the entire State
for the purpose of putting the cause
of good roads on an organized basis
in every community.
Mr. Herman was selected for this
work because of his successful career
as organizer for the Ohio Good Roads
Federation, an organization whose
growth and influence has been the
most remarkable of any similar body
in the country. Through the efforts
of Mr.. Herman and his associates, the
good roads campaign has become a
peoples movement in Ohio, and many
thousands of citizens are actively en-
rolled in the forces working for high
way improvement.
The results of this work are already
apparent. Ohio has adopted a system
of development of State, county and
township roads that is admittedly one
of the best in the country The edu-
cational work of the Ohio Good Roads
Federation has been so effective tha,
the people have readily submitted to
tax for road construction and mainte-
nance.
Is NonpoliticaI
l,n slxra 10,
citation is composed of men of all po-
litical beliefs and all walks of life.
1t is advocating good roads for their
economic and ethical value to all the
people, and not for the benefit of any
particular class of road users. Its an
nounced policy is to work for the i'm
provement not only of the main State
highways, but of the rural dirt roads
also.
The principal officers of the Penn
sylvania Good Roads Association are:
secretary, Frank Bell, Harrisburg;
treasurer, Charles S. Boil. Harrisburg;
executive committee, A. l.. Martin,
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Sen
ator William G. Sproul, Chester;
James b. Hammond, Bolivar; William
Jennings, Harrisburg, and Frederic w.
Fleitz, Scranton.
Weil-knOWn Men Leaders
The presidents Of the associa-
ton include such well-known men as
Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart, Charles
NJ. Schwab, the great steel manufac-
turer; Justice of the Supreme Court
John P. Elkin, General Charles Miller,
oil manufacturer, of Franklin; DIR.
Edwin E. Sparks, president of State
College; j. Horace Mcfarland, presi-
dent of the American Civic Associa-
ton; the Right Rev. James Henry
Darlington, Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg; Ed
ward e. Jones, chairman of the roads
committee of the House of Represen-
tatives; Charles S. Price, ex-president
of the Cambria Iron Company; Mayor
Frank r. McClain. of Lancaster, for
merly Speaker of the House; John s.
Killing, of Erie, member of the State
Board of Education; Joseph c. Trees,
millionaire manufacturer OF Pitts
burgh: Colonel J. n. Schoonmaker,
vice-president Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie Railroad: A. B. Farquhar, of
York, leader in the Pennsylvania
Conservation Association and promi-
nent manufacturer; Congressman
Charles E. Patton, of Curwensville,
and John II. Rothermel, of Reading;
ex-senator John r. Fox, of Harris
burg; Robert p. Habgood, postmaster
of Bradford: William McClung Donley,
civil engineer, Pittsburgh, and C. H.
Morgan, Williamsport.
The board of directors, in addition
to the members of the executive COM
mittee includes Julian B. Huff, Of
Greensburg; e. S. Bayard, editor of the
Farmer and Stockman; J. V. w. Reyn-
ders, general manager of the Penn
sylvania Steel Company: ex-Audltor
General A. E. Sisson, Leonard Rhone,
former head of the State Grange;
Thomas c.. Leslie. secretary Of the
State Hotel Mems Association: Robert
X. Cassatt, of Philadelphia; George H.
Finn, son of William Finn, of Pitts
burgh; Colonel Harry c. Trexler, of
Allentown; ex-Representative James
B. Hammond, of Bolivar; 8. Jones
Phillips, prominent manufacturer, of
Kennett Square: c. E. Foster, of Brad
ford; John NJ. Heany, banker, of
Bridgeville; George L. Collard, steel
manufacturer, of Sharon; G. A. Young
and III. j. Werneburg, of Pittsburgh: (:
Seth r. Mccormick, of Wil1iamsport:
Daniel T. Pierce, of Philadelphia; ex-
Representative Andrew A. Thompson.
of Uniontown; State Highway Commits
sioner f. M. Bigelow, and w. A. Ais
dorf. of the National Highways AS
sociation, with which the Pennsylvania
Association is AFFILIATED.