Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-29

rebuild the road and make it one of
the best in the State. Not only would
Newport be benefited by the change OF
route but tourists coming from the
west or travelling west would save
seven miles between Millerstown and
Juniata Bridge and Duncannon. From
Millerstown to Duncannon by way ot
Liverpool is about 23 miles and from
Millerstown to Duncannon by way OF
Newport Is a little more than sixteen
miles. A big argument which the
Newport boosters will use in working
for the change OF route and the reop-
ing of the river route, will be that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in
choosing its shortest route west, Sc
lected the Juniata Valley in which to
lay its tracks.
To Attend Conference
On March % a meeting of persons
interested in the proposed William
Penn Highway will meet in Harris
burg and mmittee of ten represen-
tative citizens of Newport will be in
attendance to urge the change in the
proposed route and ask for the re
building of the broken stretch along
the Juniata. This committee will be
headed by John S. Eby, as chairman
Frank NJ. Snyder. secretary, and c. w
Lahr, the Rev. William Dorwart, ]. S
ButZ, Austin Smith, William B. Han
ley, j. Emory Fleisher, J. Edgar Leiby
and L. II. Butturf. Not only are these
men and many others, directly inter-
ested in the change, going to Harris
burg, but they are also going to carry
on publicity campaign in the towns
west of Newport and urge the CO.
operation of residents of those towns.
The towns in which campaigns will be
carried on include Lewistown, Hunt
ingdon. Altoona, Johnstown, Tyrone
and Miff1intown. At the meeting in
Harrisburg the committee will present
a big map on which the big elevations
along the Liverpool route and New
Bloomfield route will be shown. to-
gether with the water level route
along the Juniata. The old stage
turnpike left the river, however, about
a mile and a half below Newport and
crossed four big hills before reaching
the bridge across the Juniata at New
port. 1t is the plan of the road boost
ers, too, to ask that q new stretch of
road be built from that point to the
bridge, 50 that the hills would be elm
mated.
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John s. Eby said yesterday, I'VE
have all we want in Newport, except
the road, and we're going to have that
if there is any possible way of getting
it. We're not asking for a separate
road to Newport. What we want is
road to other towns and through
Newport. Our motives are not sell
fish. We ask for the river route for
other towns as well as our own and
when the people realize the beautiful
scenery along the Juniata and the
level stretch over which the highway
can pass. they will demand that the
route be changed. We're going to
that meeting in Harrisburg with maps
showing the advantage of the river
route and we want Harrisburg to help
us get a 2S-mile route instead of a
40-mile one to the capital"
]. Edgar Leibs, one of the towns
wide-awake businessmen and a COM
munity booster, is another hearty
advocate of the proposed highway
change and declares he is going to do
all that he can to bring about the pro-
posed route. I'VE in Newport" he
said, want to see the William Penn
Highway proposition go through, and
we want it to touch Newport, too. Not
alone because we live in Newport but
because we believe the road along the
Juniata, II put in condition, will give
tourists q better chance to see one
of the most beautiful sections of the
State and permit them to travel along
level and shorter road to or from
Harrisburg"