Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-10
|STATE WORKING
| FOR BETTER ROADS
Every County Has Lined Up Behind
the State Highway Depart
ment's Suggestions

Every county in the State is max
ing preparations to make the State
wide Good Roads Day" on Wednes-
day, May &c, success. In the coun-
ties where organizations to promote
this project have been formed, much
has been done, but much remains to
| be done. In every county there are
certain organizations whose aid should
be enlisted in the cause. 1t is the
duty of those back of the movement
TO see that these bodies do their share
| in the good work.
| The State Highway Department,
which is desirous of doing all that it
can to aid the project, has suggested
| that the cooperation of the following
organizations be secured:
! Boards of Trade. Commercial Clubs
and Chambers of Commerce. These
bodies can exert a powerful influence
toward the success of the plan. 1t is
suggested that they be urged to ap-
point committees to cooperate with
the county organizations and that
they call special meetings to make
sure of the fact that all of their
members will be on the job on May 26.
Automobile Clubs. From the very
fact that the members of these clubs
are the greatest users of the highways
of the State. their members should be
Especially enthusiastic.
| School Superintendents and Teach
ers. The influence welded by these
important factors in community life
make their aid most desirable.
Churches. Pastors of churches in
the county should be urged to use
their influence to the utmost to pro-
mote the project.
Medical Associations. Whether as
| individuals or as associations, the doc
! tors in any community exercise great
influence over those in their neigh
borhood. In the country districts the
subject of good roads is one which
makes the strongest possible appeal
Ito the practitioner
The State Grange. Through each
county pomona and the subordinate
oranges aggregating in membership in
the State more than 10000, consid-
cradle portion of the agricultural COM
munity in any given county can be
reached and therefore it is most i'm
portant that the support of the grange
be secured.
Farm Bureau. A most influential
body which has the cause of good
roads at heart and whose enthusiastic
support can be depended upon.
County Supervisors Association.
Through its alliance with the State
Highway Department this body OF
| 0ractlcal ana Nell-lllI OTUleu TOdu men
will be of the greatest assistance. In
nearly every county where organiza
tions have been formed the super
visors have taken a leading part.
The State Highway Department.
State Highway Commissioner Cum
iningham has urged every citizen to
give heed to the proclamation issued
| by Governor Brumbaugh and every
employe of the State Highway De-
partment is pledged to assist in every
manner possible the Statewide Good
Roads Day."
Agricultural Fair Boards. These
men for the most part are allied with
some of the foregoing organizations,
but point should be made to enlist
their aid as members of their boards.
Bankers and Manufacturers. 1t
should be called to the attention OF
these dominant individuals in the in
| fluential world that they can render
effective aid proclaiming a holiday on
May 26, to the end that their en-
ployes may supplement their indi-
Vidual efforts for the cause.
4 Newspapers. Last, but most impor-
of every newspaper in the county
should be secured. Editors, whose
| business brings them in close relation
ship with the welfare life of the COM
munity, are a unit in declaring for the
cause of good roads and will donate
cheerfully the space needed in their
columns to arouse public enthusiasm,
| in behalf of the cause.