The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-08-12
RESOLUTIONS.

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Among the resolutions unanimously
adopted were the following:
Resolution commenting the States
of Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Viz
gina and Ohio for their enterprise in
improving this road and authorizing
the chairman to appoint a committee
having at least one representative Of
every town situated on the Pike or in
terested III Its Improvement in Penn
sylvania the duty Of said committee to
be the presentation to the Governor to
his successors and to the next and sue
ceeding legislatures, the desirability
and necessity of Pennsylvania at least
keeping pace with the neighborlug
States in the Improvement and main
tenauce of the Cumberland Road.
Resolution advocating the planting
Of trees and ramblers along the Pike
after some uniform plan and authoriz-
ing the appointment of a committee to
further the plan.
Resolution approving the bill of the
National Highways Association, and
authorizing the appointment of a com
mlttee by the chairman, TO see that
every Congressman and United States
Senator representing the States of
MARYLAND, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois
and Pennsylvania, receive a copy of the
bill and our resolution endorsing it. -"
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Among the other interesting speakers
was Mr.. Robert Bruce, who came all
the way from New York City to attend
the meeting. MI. Bruce has DEVOTED
ten years Of his life to the subject of
good roads and map making He is a
writer of wide repute and has now run
ming series of articles in the Club
journal, entitled; The Old National
Road His articles are extremely in
terestlng and instructive His talk at
the Summit House meeting was, my
Opinion of the Cumberland Road as
Highway for tourists" He urged his
auditors not to depend on government
aid, but to go to work and organize the
communities through which the National
Road runs and build their respective
sections through the aid of the counties
and the States Mr. Bruce favors the
idea of making the National Road
link in the proposed "Ocean-to Ocean"
Highway, and says it is the logical
route, the most beautiful, historical
and interesting. He paid high compl-
ment to Maryland for its liberal ap-
preparation for the improv ement of its
roads and the splendid work that has
been done on the National road and
lateral roads in this State.
Mr. ". E. G. Hitchins, of Frostburg,
a good roads booster of more than
local note, was an active participant in
the proceedings of the meeting by con-
| trlbuting good roads literature and
views of sections of the National Road
in MARYLAND. especially of views from
Cumberland to the Pennsylvania State
line.
A DISGRACE TO PENIS STATE.
The Times staff correspondent, who
accompanied the Maryland good roads
boosters to the meeting, in common
with the rest of the large Allegany and
Garrett county delegations, was sur
prised at the shameful condition of
the National Road in Pennsylvania.
| From point seven miles west of Add
son, there is a stretch of seven miles of
as bad road as it is possible for public
| highway to be. This stretch is in
Fayette county, the home of last Thurs
day s big meeting. Through Somerset
county the road is in excellent condition.
In this county there is a stretch of road
ten miles long that is model of good
roads building.
Letters were read at the meeting by
the chairman from Governor Colds
borough; Hon. d. j. Lewis, and Coy.
Brumbaugh. of Harrisburg.
A complete list of those who attend
ed from this county is as follows:
Uaiah M. Stanton, Henry C. Bong,
DR.. G. c. Keller, Jacob Bender, C. A.
Bender, Edward Stanton, John o. Get
tv, DR.. J. A. Carney, William Winter
burg, NJ j. Miller, DIN j. Bender.