Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-08
THOMPSONTOWN,
TOO, IS BACKING
HIGHWAY MOVE
Boosters to Hold Meeting To-
morrow Evening to Select
Conference Delegates

Thompsontown, Pa. March S.-Resi-
dents Of Thompsontown interested in
the proposed William Penn Highway
will hold a meeting in the office of
the Thompsontown Globe Thursday
evening to make arrangements to send
n delegation to Harrisburg on March
- to attend conference of William
Penn Highway advocates.
Thompsontown does not have to
fight for a place on the highway as
many other towns have to do. If the
highway is established, then It must
pass through Thompsontown, as there
is no road which would leave out the
town in this vicinity. But the citizens
are not satisfied with simply having
the highway run through the borough.
They want to boost the movement, and
that is why they are going to meet and
arrange TO have the town represented
at the Harrisburg meeting.
Residents of this town have always
worked for good roads and by helping
outside of the borough they have
proven this. Several years ago the
stretch of township road between here
and the Pennsylvania railroad was in
exceptionally bad condition. The State
took over the piece and offered to bear
a certain part of the cost of repair and
balance. Thompsontown citizens at
that time showed their appreciation
for what was about to be done by sub
scribing $500 to help the township.
Fhompsontown highway advocates
are going to band together. too, to
help support Newport in their efforts
TO have the old turnpike along the
Juniata river between Steckley's and
Amity Hill reopened and rebuilt. Often
residents of this borough make busi-
ness trips to Duncannon and Harris
burg, and if the wishes of Newport
are carried out the route to these
towns over good roads will be short
ened about seven miles People here,
too, like the Juniata river scenery and
those who travel for pleasure are quite
anxious to see the stretch reopened
and a good road constructed. A part
of the closed stretch was washed out
by the great flood of 1889 and at that
time the stretch of rSad was ordered
abandoned by the Perry county court.
Thompsontown is located about
three-quarters of mile east of the
Juniata river and this is one of the
few towns in the Juniata Valley away
from the river that the proposed high
way will touch. The river makes a
big bend just opposite here and it was
TO shorten the route that the old turn
pike was started cross country. The
road leaves the river about a mile
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short distance north of the borough.
II. w. Wickersham, editor of the
Globe, issued a call for a meeting of
highway boosters in this weeks issue
of his paper and also offered his office
as a place for the meeting. Mr.. Wick
ersham is grealy interested in good
roads and is doing all he can to help
along the William Penn Highway
movement. I'VE want the highway to
run through Thompsontown and we're
sure of getting it, too he said, but
We want our town to be represented at
the meeting in Harrisburg. I'll issue
call for the meeting in the Globe
and continue to boost the highway as
7 have been doing. Thompsontown is
located in pretty section of the Juni-
alta Valley and I'm sure that travellers
will be pleased TO travel through our
well-kept borough"
At the meeting Thursday evening it
is understood an effort will be made to
form a permanent highway association
to work with the state organization
and urge upon the representatives Of
the Legislature in the district the ne
ceSSity for voting for good roads hills