Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
.17S MILES OF
ROAD TO FREE
State May Get Rid of All Toll
Gates in Next Two
Years

Just IT'S miles of toll-road remain
in Pennsylvania and the plans Oh
the State Highway Department can
for their elimination wlthln tWo
wears if county authorities VIII uh..e
with the State in buying tnell' a.
annropriation of half million ool-
1ars is available to buy these turn
pixies. cot rid
Df toll-gates was launched with
State appropriation in 1910 oof'v
niles have been freed from toll
gates. at a total cost OF si'o-i'-
1887. - co,,
80 Indiana counties all of the
railroads are in the southeastern
mart of the state, as follows: Ian
easter. as: York, Is; Adams, l2t2
Rucks 41h; Montgomery, So =
Delaware, 6; Berks. 4; cam morla.
Indiana, 2. The total approNltha'eS
The following figures will show
the toll-roads taken over py uro
state since 1918, the date OF pur
shaSa Iocation, length and total
Chambersburg and Bedford turn
,;,ea TrIton county, 1876 miles, $l7,-
Gettvsburg and Petersburg turn
nike. Adams county, 22.5 miles, F-''-
046.23. Adams
Chambersburg turnpike ADAMS
county, so miles, $9,S9o; o. 11-onE-
Chambersburg turnpike, anE
"a. nonrty 1O.5 miles, S31, ,422.Zo.
cbambersburg and Bedford turn
,,lSe franklin county, 1S.o miles,
41,152.23. -,,.,, C,barnbers-
Harrisburg, Carlisle Cha .1. N
buyg turnpike, Franklin county lV'i
miles. 100000. ,, +,,rr-
west Kishacoquillas NalleE co
pike, Mifflin county o'V hii'eS'
5Os.25. 1,brs+owr plank
.oaSDavidsville and BenscteeN
rootion1 Somerset county, 81 miles,
'iSso' Sentre and Kishacoquillas turn
,,;,Ce Centre county, 10 miles Sle'-
Northern boulevard, LacRa""iiii'' cN
county. IA miles, sSO'oou'o'' ocl,a-
Roaring Brook turnplhe. go 20
wanna county, 30 miles, So,zoV;oU,
'ritIe Graranty and Surety COM
-onv Scranton, title, eNamlnation
recording fees. Iacka"ahlla
ponscreek and North Fork ROAD
Somerset county, 2.5 miles, So'VVV,Uo'
Wriehtstown and Newtown TURN
nilxe Bucks county, 6.l miles, Fo'-
10000 .,;,,o +,,rnnilSe.
,ye.l Cen',vr,, oo,,ntv 3.T5 miles, S5,6S1.I5.
Tabaska and New Hope turnplke'
pucLs county, 90 miles, l5.o44.oV.
buckingham and Doylestowh
+rrnpike. Bucks county, SO miles
IsYSaster ,ooSt Avenue Improvement
Company. Chester, Delaware ana
Montgomery counties, l4'o hliles'
S169,437.26. ..,,,,o road
Dauphin. Lebanon and Berhs couN-
ties. S4.5 miles, SIC. .1O4.oo' ~
Si+ pleasant and Donegal turn
lilo Westmoreland and Fayette
counties. $50 miles, s10,O2S.5o'
co opnncansville, Tm,1' Newry and Lea,
noersyille turnpike. Blair county 4'V
miles, $50, ,361.6O. ..-sl..,--.- r.no,
THE Cornwall turnpike, Lebanon
county, SO miles, $6,27S.oo.
Danborough and Plumsteadvllle
+urnnii;e Bucks county, 2.5 miles,
GTeencastle and MERGERS turnpike,
1,,,I+on and Franklin counties, S6.2l
miles. 53,S61.6o. ,,, cuo,.o
Cheltenham and WILLOW H[oNe
turnpike. Montgomery county o'o0
miles, S7S,002.5O. ..,,-.
Hatboro and Warminster turnpike,
Montgomery and Bucks counties 40
miles, S25.007.5O. r-..,
turnnille, Bucks county, .S6 miles,
Philadelphia and West Chester
+urnnike. delaware county, S.4 miles,
s75,015.90.
Lancaster, Elizabethtown and
NIiddletown turnpike, Lancaster
county, 1926 miles, S6s,oo4.5O.
Lancaster and Williamstown turn
nike. Lancaster county, l2.O miles,
York and Gettysburg turnpike,
York and Adams counties, 100
miles. s96, ,009.75.
York and Maryland Line turn
pike, York county, 40 miles, SILL
SoS.05.
Susouehanna and York Borough
turnpike. York county, 100 miles,
S60.004.25.
York and Liverpool turnpike,
York county, SO miles, s2S, S,5O5.25.
Lancaster and Mannheim, Lancas-
ter county. 9.5 miles, S35, ,007.00.
Lancaster and Susquehanna, Ian
caster county, 100 miles, sS0,007.75.
Waynesburg, Greencastle and
Mercersburg turnpike. A d a m S
county. 80 miles, s4,709.25.
I.ewistown and Kishacoquillas
turnpike. Miff1in county, 5.5 miles,
$S.006.40.
Lehigh and Berks turnpike. Berks
and Lehigh counties, 4.25 miles, s6,-
1856.
Jarrettown and Horsham turn
pike, Montgomery county, 20 miles,
$4,200.00.
Purchase of "Pay No Toll" cards,
$7.25.