Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-04
HIGHSPIRE FOR
BETTER HIGHWAY
Borough Council Will Be
Asked to Cooperate With
Commissioner O'eNiI

The borough of Highspire has on
swered Highway Commissioner j. d.
ONeils invitation to join in improve
ment of highways with the State on a
fifty fifty" basis by the statement
that it will be taken up by council at
once.
Penbrook and Paxtang are also
taking up the matter and it looks as
though some action will be obtained
in Dauphin county.
Senator S. S. Leiby headed a large
delegation in the interest Of the road
leading from Harrisburg to New
Cumberland. The commissioner agreed
to have survey made and place the
road on the list to be considered for
spring.
]. e. Shute and W. A. Sllliman. of
Altoona, headed delegation of bus
inessmen from Altoona and vicinity
tha tcalled upon Commissioner ].
Denny O'Neil for the purpose of en-
listing the aid OF the State in main
tanning two miles of War Emergency
Road In Blair and Cambria counties.
At the present time there is a con-
crete road leading from Altoona to
the county line. Two miles from the
county line there are several coal
mines and if the two miles of dirt
road are kept passable, 1t will enable
the citizens of Altoona to secure at
least 1900 tons of coal a day and
have it delivered throughout the city
by motortrucks. A statement was
was made that unless this relief was
AFFORDED, Altoona would face a coal
famine this winter. Commissioner
O'Neil Will take steps at once to CO.
operate with the local authorities and
endeavor to keep this road opened
during the winter as "A War Emer-
gency Road
ID. ]. Snyder and ]. D. Goldsmith.
members of the House of Representa-
tives from Westmoreland county, held
conference with Commissioner
O'Neil at the Highway Department
to-day in the interest of having the
Donegal Turnpike made free. They
were Informed by the Commissioner
that If Westmoreland county would
cooperate and pay one-half the cost.
steps would be taken to have the road
made free.
state draft headquarters to-day re-
ceived letter from w. ]. Fletcher,
who gave the Philadelphia Fifty-first
draft district as his home, protesting
against the refusal of State and Ma
tional draft authorities to advance his
name on the list. He wrote that he
was away down the list and wanted
to get into the Army, declaring that
II some way could be arranged to
take him now he would be "the hap
piest man in Philadelphia"
Governor Brumbaugh to-day fixed
the week of November for electro
tion of John Lacie Cambria, and that
of November 10 for electrocution of
Frank Alfred Wendt, Blair.
Highway Commfssioner O'Nau 10
day asked bids for the old toll houses
along the Berks and Dauphin Turn
pike, the main highway to Reading.
which the State took over recently.
The bids will be opened October 80
on the ground.
w. G. Murdoch. disbursing officer
under the draft law, is home from ten
days at Philadelphia and Washington.
T. P. Sloan, member of the Ohio
Canal Commission. was at the Gov
ernor's offices to-day.
A NeVin Pomeroy. former superin-
tendent or printing. was a Harrisburg
visitor.
Congressman T. w. Templeton, of
Wilkes-Barre was at the Capitol.
Publishers from various sections of
the State will meet with Auditor Cen
eral Snyder next week to discuss adj
vertising matters.
Joseph b. LeCompte, assistant CASH
Ter of the State Treasury, will leave
tomorrow for a visit to Tulsa and
other cities in Oklahoma.
Senator w. NJ. Lynch, of Scranton,
was here to-day with Wallace Barnes,
prothonotary of Wayne county, who
has developed acute desires to be pub
lie service commissioner.
Public Service Commission hearings
are being held in Philadelphia and
Reading to-day. None will be held
here until next week.