Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-12
NEW INTERSTATE
ROADS PLANNED
Highway Commissioner Sad
Ter to Improve Highway Be-
tween Pa. and Ohio


Highway Commissioner Lewis. S
Sadler, of Pennsylvania, and High
way Commissioner A. r. Taylor, oi
Ohio. have arranged improvement oi
important thoroughfares which will
link Ohio and Pennsylvania centers
Of population.
They have agreed that the con
meeting thoroughfare shall be those
from Conneaut leading to Erie
from Youngstown to New Castle
from East Palestine to Beaver
Tails, and from st. Clairsville te
Washington. The latter is known al
tho National Pike and that from
East Palestine to Beaver Falls a.
the Lincoln Highway. Projects FOL
the not distant future include tbs
construction of roads from Warren
o., to Sharon; from East Liverpoo
to Beaver, and from Steubenville tt
Pittsburgh. 1t will be several years
however, before these three project:
are completed.
Commissioner Sadler was highl,
complimented by Commissione
Taylor on the great progress beint
made in Pennsylvania. not only ir
the constructing of new roadways
but also in the maintenance Of
missioner Taylor, who for the laS'
week has been inspecting roads 1t
eastern counties, in company wit
A. FL. Hinkle, maintenance engine"
for Ohio; Eft Smith. OF fonnSstow-
a county surveyor, and senator
A. Als6orf, secretary u NJ ~
Good Roads Federation. % Hom
missioner Sadler thar Pennsv'vanIs
maintenance surpaSses INV 1L
seen on his trip rhs MAO
men spent ruesdav nigh n Ptt'
burgh and expect to reach -olumo'
wednesday evening
sioner Sadler laid great stress on the
importance of constructing. as soon
as possible, a road system which will
connect the centers of consumption
with the centers of production.
I'm England recently" he said
freight transportation ceased. As t
result there was tremendous diff
Gully in transporting foodstuffs t,
the centers of population. Motoi
trucks, passenger cars and horse
drawn vehicles were pressed int,
service. Suppose freight transpor-
tation were to cease in the United
States. What would happen?
I'm five days babies in our larger
cities would die. In twenty days the
State would be on rations. In forty
days men, women and children
would be sick through lack of suf-
ficient nourishment.
1T is the idea of Governor Sproul
and the State Highway Department
that all possible haste be made ir
the construction of a primary high.
way system connecting our State
with other States, and our centers
of production with the centers o.
consumption"
That is splendid idea." said
Commissioner Taylor. I'VE have
been greatly impressed with the
magnitude of the Pennsylvania con-
struction program. Pennsylvania s
1919 expenditure of approximately
$36, 100000 for road work will al
most be eQualed by the Ohio eX-
penditure for 1920, when we plan to
put $25.000,00 into better roads. 1t
Is our idea in Ohio to put an end to
the island system of road building.
mean by that, the construction of
isolated strips of hard-surfaced
thoroughfare. which in the summer
time are flanked by ribbons of dust
and in the winter by rivers of mud"
Highway Commissioner Sadler
told Commissioner Taylor that the
Pennsylvania Department is putting
its money into permanent work.
1--WE are not building for present
use alone" said Mr.. Sadler. TT will
be such work as our descendants
will thank us for. We have issued
bonds to pay for construction of our
primary system. 1t is our idea that
the roads we build must outlive the
bonds issued to pay for them. Any
other system would be economic
waste"