Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-26
WILLIAM PENN
WAY DEFINED
Illuminated Markers to Light
Road; Deputy Governors
Named


bile Club of Philadelphia, the Phila-
delphia Chamber of Commerce, and
other organizations present the board
of governors of the William Penn
highway yesterday met at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia,
4, and. among other things. definitely de-
Atermined the road routing from Potts
town to City Hall, Philadelphia. From
Fairmount Park, at the Green street
entrance, the Penn highway will ira
verse the S15,000,000 parkway con-
templated by the city. Until that
parkway is completed the highway
will use Spring Garden street from the
park to Broad; thence on Broad to
City Hall.
Illuminated Markers
Markers visible at night will feature
the William Penn highway, inasmuch
as a highly phosphorescent substance
will be used in the gold paint which
will outline the keystone and letters
VIM. Penn H" on a field of blue. No
roadway in the country has employed
markers visible at night, the William
Penn being the pioneer.
Member National Body
Following action taken yesterday
by the board, the William Penn be-
comes associated with the National
Highways association, of which Gen.
Coleman Dupont is chairman of the
board of councillors.
Announcement was made that Au-
gust Is, next, Francis y. O'Brien,
South Yarmouth, Mass, will begin a
956-mile walk over the William Penn
and Pixies Peak highways, from Phil
adelphia TO Chicago, to arouse further
interest in good roads everywhere. He
will leave City Hall, Philadelphia, at
o'clock, August 10, going thence to
Norristown, Pottstown, Reading, Ann
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city Monday, August 21, and will be. at
the State Capitol at 10 o'clock.
Deputy Governors Named
Deputy road governors were named
at yesterdays meeting. There is one
from each county along the highway.
with full power, TO act in place of the
governor during the latter's absence or
illness. These governors are as fol-
lows:
Fred. K. Sheesley, Johnstown, Cam
bria county; Charles NJ. Smith. Mifflin
county; H. W. Wickersham, Juniata
county; w. H. Dorwart, Perry county;
c. NJ. Lingle, Indiana county; Z. E. c.
Gibbs. Huntington county; Robert
Mccormick, Harrisburg; William Nc
Clurg Donley, Pittsburgh, and Rich
ard Beaston, Blair county.
Tour in the Fall
Tentative plans were discussed for
tour from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
early in October, when il is planned to
start a number of enthusiasts from
Pittsburgh and pick up more tourists
as each town is reached, so that when
Philadelphia is sighted there will be a
string of 80 or 200 automobiles 1t is
planned, further, to have Governor
Brumbaugh and Highway Commis-
sioner Black lead the procession of
cars across Pennsylvania greatest
market road and scenic route
The board of governors completed
laying out, the route as follows: From
Pottstown to Norristown over State
highway route No. 146 from Norris
town to City Line. route No. 145. On
City Line to Stenton avenue, to Gordon
lane, to Bethlehem pike, TO Chestnut
Hill avenue, to Seminole avenue, to
Willow Grove avenue, to Huron street,
to Mermaid lane, to McCallun street.
to Lincoln drive in Fairmount Park;
River drive to the Green street en-
trance. to the Park, the Parkway to
Spring Garden street, Broad street to
City Hall.
All other sections of the highway
have been routed. 1t will connect with
the Pixies Peak highway at the Ohio
State line, and follow the Steubenville
pike into Pittsburgh, and from Pitts
burgh through Williamsburg. New
alexandria to Blairsville, TO Armagh
and Johnstown. Thence it goes to
Ebensburg, to Altoona over the Allie
SA4NA44SSf " IAuliN4llSQOll, luTOuSn the
valley OF the Juniata river to Lewis
town, over the Lewistown Narrows
road along the Susquehanna river.
through Mlllerstown to Harrisburg to
Lebanon, Reading and Pottstown
In addition there will be two extern
sions of the William Penn highway
. which will make it the most desira BILE
road in the State. 1t will connect at
, two points with the Lincoln highway,
the southern through route across the
state, and will have extensions from
Harrisburg through Gettysburg to
Washington, D. c., and from Reading
through Allentown and Easton to
New York city
The Route has macadam, concrete or
brick roads except for about fifty
miles OF Well-kept dirt roads that the
state highway department is turning
possible. Two new stretches of the
= highway route have been improved
this summer. In Cambria county a
stretch OF road is being built to make
the eighteen miles between Johnstown
ana Ebensburg a complete improved
road. The stretch between Hunting
don and Mill Creek, in the Juniata
valley. is also being improved.
, Those attending yesterdays m eetine o
were w. L. Plack, Philadelphia; DR.,
Joseph D. Findley, Altoona; ii NJ
Minker, Reading; William Jennings,
harrisburg; Senator William Man
/. peck Mlthln; James Mackhn. McVev-
town; z. NJ g. Africa, Huntingdon; :;
Gran. Blairsville; S. H. jackson. Muir.
Davld Barry, Johnstown; Frank NJ.
I .saysVlIle; j.. g. H. Rippman, Millers-
+ .own' J. w. Donahey, Pittsburgh. and
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