Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-31

delphia through Wilmington and Bal
timore to Washington, and from
Washington through Frederick to Get
tySburg, marked by the accepted colorS
of red, white and blue, and to be
known as the route to the Lincoln
memorial at Washington, or a feeder
to the Lincoln Highway. The main
line of the Lincoln Highway to run
from Philadelphia through York to
| Gettysburg will not be disturbed, but
as to any reasons why 1t did not touch
! Harrisburg. 1 am in perfect darkness.
| only know their original object was
in getting 1T through on as straight a
line as possible from New York to
San Francisco, taking in Gettysburg.
! The above are my views of the
situation. and as we are to have a
| meeting of the joint committee of
! Washingtonians and Baltimore people
! in this city on Thursday of this week.
l hope to very shortly be able to mark
this new route, or detour from the
| main line"
Feeder to Washington
Replying further to a second letter
| OF the Telegraph a week later, Mr..
| Harper said:
Since my writing to you we have
had meeting of the joint committee
| OF Maryland and the District of Co
iumbia and have outlined our details
IN every way. We are now simply
waiting for the report of some sub
committees regarding the marking and
| erecting the signs along the route,
and particularly through the various
cities, as that seems to be the greatest
! stumbling block the tourists have to
encounter.
Il am very sorry that Harrisburg
was not included on the route, and
from what you state in your letter l
| take for granted you will do as we
| have done and establish a marked
route to be known as the Lincoln
Highway feeder
Wishing you much success in the
| undertaking, beg to remain" etc.
| Immediately the TELEGRAPH took un
the matter with the Lincoln Highway
headquarters at Detroit and the secre-
tary OF the association makes the fol-
lowing suggestion:
Harrisburg Detour
1T is entirely beyond the power of
the association at this late date to
make any changes in the established,
| announced and dedicated route. We
can think of no better way to answer
your inquiry relative to a change of
route than to quote the words of
! Mr.. Joy in his letter to President
| Wilson of last June in answer to the
| Presidents request that the route be
changed to include the cities of Wash
ington and Baltimore. Mr.. Joy
| states:
| The Lincoln Highway Association
! has committed and entrusted the
| Dlnco In way to all the people and
! especially to the States, counties,
villages and cities through which
its route extends 1t is not possible
| to undo the wonderful work of the
communities whose loyal, patriotic
| EFFORTS are making, have indeed
made, the Lincoln Way a part of
| COnntrV
| plans for its improvement are be-
ing effectively carried forward ac-
| cording to the financial means and
energies of those communities ira
| Yersed, and the aid our association
| is able to extend.
! The Lincoln Way is the shortest
| most direct and practicable route
consistent with the topography of
the country from New York on the
/ Pacific, and to change from that
basic principle and extend its
length to devious windings from
est to point of interest. would in
sure Its failure as permanent
useful Memorial Way.
| 1t is not within the power of our
association to alter the already
( painstakingly selected and actual
ly adopted route.
''The arrangement which you men,
ton as having been effected with re-
! spect to the cities of Washington and
| Baltimore, which arrangement has
been somewhat garbled by many news
| papers, merely contemplates the
! marking of the roads leading from
Philadelphia southwest through Bal
timore to Washington, and thence
northwest to Gettysburg, as the Lin
coin Highway feeder road with the
markers officially adopted for feeder
! roads, as is shown on the enclosed
| card.
Blue Line On the Map
1T is entirely in accordance with
the policy of the association that inn
| proved present roads, such as the
road leading from Harrisburg to Get
tysburg, be marked with these Lin
| coin Highway feeder marks, indicatinE
to the tourists that the road leads to
the Lincoln Highway. In fact. on all
our maps we have marked with a blue
line this road leading from Harris
burg to Gettysburg, the blue line on
all our maps indicating Lincoln High
way feeder roads. The map which is
enclosed and which we trust you will
accept with our compliments shows
the action. we have taken relative to
TINS matter. The marking of all the
roads indicated by blue lines on this
map is the aim of the association and
anything we can do to cooperate in.
the advancement of such marking we
will be pleased to do"
1t would seem from the foregoing
correspondence that the only way Har-
risburg can be placed officially upon
the Lincoln Highway route is through
the marking of the main highway he
tween this city and Lancaster and also
between this city and Gettysburg with
the official feeder marker of the Lin
coin Highway Association. This is a
proper field of activity for the HARRIS
| burg Motor Club and we have no
doubt. If 1t has not already been con-
! sidered, proper markers can be placed