Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-06
LEGISLATURE NEWS
LEGISLATORS
TALK ROAD WORK
Highway Commissioner Says
Primary Roads Will Not
Be Changed Now

Highway Commissioner Sadler as
sured legislative delegation that
the State Highway Department will
cooperate with the authorities OF
Miffiin county insofar as possible in
the construction of lateral roads.
He promised early improvement of
the section of road between McVey-
town and BewiStown, but declared il
is not feasible to include the Mt
Union -McN eytown- Lewistown road
on the States primary system. AS
a result, the William Penn Highway.
routing through Miff1in county. will
be from Lewistown through Burn
ham. Belleville and Allensville to
Huntington.
Members of this delegation told
Commissioner Sadler that for the
purpose of improving the Dewistown
McVeytown road, owners of quarries
near that thoroughfare will give the
department all the limestone needed
John Shaver. of Mt Union, one of
the delegation, told the commission
er that he is a candidate for COM
missioner in Mifflin county and will
run on good-roads-for- Mifflin
basis. In this party were Repre-
sentatives c. G. Corbin. of Mifflin,
and l.. r. Crum, of Huntingdon;
Tom 5. Johnson, Robert Montgom-
cry. DR.. Hendron. Meredith Meyers.
George Mccoy. DIR. Hutchinson and
Martin Kochenderfer. all of Lewis
Newton Hamilton.
Mr.. Sadler in conversation with a
delegation from Juniata County said
that there was once an idea that
1t was impossible to build perma-
nent road. The permanent road
idea is not laughable one any
more" said Commissioner Sadler.
The Highway Department of Penn
sylvania proposes to put down
foundations which. with reasonable
care. will answer for all the time"
The delegation asked the Commits
sioner whether it would not be pos
sible to consider route 1874, from
Mifflintown to Selinsgrove as a por-
instead of route 2S. from Lewistown
to Selinsgrove. The Commissioner
informed them that this was imp pos
sible under the present program.
a delegation from Fulton County,
headed by Senator Miller. of Somer-
set county, saw the Commissioner
relative to the McConnellsburS- Mt.
Union road. consisting of portions
of routes 1872, 1913 and 121. They
suggested this route as better con-
Meeting link between the William
Penn and Lincoln Highway than the
route between McConnellsburg and
Mifiiintown.
Erie and Westmoreland counties
came to the front with substantial
offers to supplement the States
highway construction program with
millions of dollars worth of road
improvement, the Erie countians
alone informing the Commissioner
that their county had $1,300.00O ap-
proved for building. The Erie pro-
gram was one of the most extensive
from any county, covering thirty
one and a half miles. The West
moreland people said they would
cooperate with Allegheny in i'm
provement of the William Penn
highway from Monroeville to Pitts
burgh.
The Erie people included Mayor
NJ. B. Kits, William C. Kraemer,
and Joseph +. Rogan, who stated
that the county would build and
would like state aid. Mr.. Sadler
explained the situation in regard
to roads contracted for which he
said would be built and that the con-
struction to give a good across the
county road connecting Ohio and
New York was down for early work.
Somerset county roads were dis
cussed by Ex- Highway Commission
er Frank B. Black: Senator John S.
Miller, John Lochrie and w. T.
Geddes who were interested in
the Windber-J Johnstown road. The
latter two also asked for improve
ment of the road between Geistown
and Scalp Level which is not in the
primary system. d. l.. Morgan, pres
ident of the Lackawanna Motor
Club and Joseph Jermyn, of Scran-
ton. went over plans for the Lacka-
wanna Trail and Representative w.
NJ. Benninger and a number of La
fayette college professors and other
Easton men suggested that the de-
partment's second and third year
program be changed. They approx
ed the general program with the ex-
ception of moving up the construc-
ton on the road to Philadelphia.