Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-18
GOVERNOR TOUR
WILL Be UNUSUAL
VIII Take Over 100 Men on a
Trip Covering Half of the
State Early in October

Governor Brumbaugh's automobile
tour of Pennsylvanla's great scenic
regions, the typical farming, Industrial,
mining and urban portions of Penn
sylvania, has been arranged by the
State Highway Department and will
cover half the State during the week
of October to 3. 1t will start from
Harrisburg and end in Philadelphia,
traversing almost l 1000 miles, and over
100 men have accepted invitations to
participate.
In many ways the tour will be
unique. It is an idea that the Gov
ernor says he got while touring the
state in his campaign and is for the
purpose of interesting Pennsylvanians
in their own wonderful state. The
State Highway Department has laid
out the tour. made all arrangements
and will pilot the party.
The detail of the tour calls for a
start from in front of the Capitol on
Monday, October 4. the ninth ami
versary of the dedication of the Capt.
tol. Then the party starts with all
cars numbered and the Highway De-
partment officials plotting the Gov
crnor and passing through Lemoyne,
Camp Hill, Hogestown, New Kingston
and MiddleseX and Carlisle. The road
from Camp Hill TO Carlisle is water
bound macadam which has had this
summer a surface treatment of as
phaltic oil. Passing through Carlisle,
the tourists will proceed over Route
80, known as the Walnut Bottom road.
The tourists will pass through the VIII
lagos of Dickinson, Hockersville, Wal
nut Bottom and Lees Cross Roads to
the borough limits of Shippensburg.
Nine and eight-tenths miles of this
road was resurfaced with water
bound macadam during the last sea-
son and is being treated with as
phaltic oil,
Leaving Shippensburg the tourists
Will proceed over a turnpike for nine
miles to Chambersburg. Negotiations
are under way with this turnpike COM
pany for the purchase of the road by
the State and it is expected that
within short time this highway will
be free to the public. Luncheon will
be taken in Chambersburg, following
which the tourists will proceed over
Route 81, through the villages of
st. Thomas and Fort Loudon, up the
Tuscarora Mountains to McConnells-
burg, stopping at Lookout Point on
the summit of the mountains to afford
o. view of the magnificent scenery. The
water-bound macadam road over
which the tourists run from Cham
bersburg has been treated this season
with asphaltlc oil and is in fine con-
dition. Passing through McConnells-
burg on Route SO the tourists will
climb the mountain, continuing
through Harrisonville and Saluvia,
thence over Sideling Hill to Breeze
wood and thence to Juniata Crossing.
This road Is water-bound macadam
for the first four and a half miles out
of McConnellsburg and then shale for
four ard half miles. then sand and
clay to the Fulton-Bedford county line.
All of 1t has been treated with as
phaltic oil.
The ride up the beautiful Juniata
| river to Everett will be taken at slow
speed so that opportunity will be af-
forded for observation of the scenery.
Proceeding to Tussey Mountain, the
tourists will continue to Bedford, where
stop will be made for the night.
This road forms a portion of the old
Pittsburgh pike and has been for the
most part resurfaced and treated with
asphaltic oil. Starting early the next
morning from Bedford, the route will
proceed through Schellsburg. crossing
the Allegheny Mountains, with ample
opportunity to see the wonderful
panorama from Lookout Point, not
far from which is the highest point
on the Lincoln Highway between New
York and the Rocky Mountains, then
| onward to Seven Mile Stretch" Here
| the highway unfolds like a waving rib
bon as far as the eye can see to
Stoyestown.
The second night will be spent in
Pittsburgh and the third in Altoona,
while on the fourth day the party will
go to Huntingdon and be the guests OF
the Governor at lunch and then go to
Bellefonte. thence travelling to VIII
| Transport and thence next day to Po-
| como Summit. The tour will end after
a trip down the Delaware to Phila-
delphia.