The Republican., 1925-03-05

Meyersdale and to the Maryland
line, and embraces only a part of the
old B-P Highway, discarding all of
the B-P south of Dubois. 1t was
suggested that as the section through
which No. 6 is laid was once the home
of the Pennsylvania White Pine and
that the state is industriously en-
gagged in reforesting this section
with the same species and that with
that in addition the work of restora-
ton has been due very largely to
the conservation policy of the present
| governor, and that no more fitting
name could be adopted than the
"Plnchot Pike" the emblem sugges-
ted being a pine tree on a keystone.
The suggestion was so well received
that resolution was introduced and
unanimously adopted to urge this
name to the department, and a COM
mittee was appointed to prepare the
emblem for use along the route"
Meyersdale Republican Differs
Since the action of the Dubois Au-
tomobile Club has been made public,
the Meyersdale Republican and citi-
zens of Somerset county, the South
! ermost Of the five great counties
/ through which the road traverses,
have become interested in the matter
Of selecting name for this great
highway and the choice seems to be
in favor of the "Transylvania Trail" :"
In discussing the subject, the Mey-
ersdale Republican in its last issue
has the following to say:
"Pinchot Pike" has its appeal, and
no doubt the governor deserves much
honor for his activities in the mat
ter of reforesting the denuded tim
berlands Of the commonwealth. But
there always are objections to nam
ing a geographic subdivision or a
great constructive work in honor of
an individual yet among the living
Such honors can wait until the dis
tinguished individual has taken his
permanent place in history, as have
such immortals as Washington, JEFF
ferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, ETC., whose
names will be perpetuated in the geo.
graphical nomenclature of our coun-
try as long as the country itself en-
dures.
With ell due respect for Governor
Pinchot, and Difference to the Board
of Governors of the Dubois Automo-
bile Club, the Meyersdale Republican
ventures to suggest a name for Route
6, that, in the writer's opinion at
least, is more euphonius and appro-
pirate than any other that has yet
been suggested. The Republicans
entry in the name contest is
"Transylvania Trail"
"Sylvania" is the Latin or poetic
name for woodland" Coupled with
his own name, William Penn accepted
it as fitting name for the magnif-
cent woodland he obtained by grant
from the British crown. By grace
of His Britannia Majesty, Charles II,
one Of the greatest forest domains
in the eastern part of the North
American continent became "Penn's
Woodland" otherwise, "Pennsyl-
vania"-a name musical to the ear
and which the millions who have been
born within its borders, or who have
been attracted from the outside by
its bountiful resources and opportuni-
ties, have learned to love and adore.
1t was King Charles, himself, who
suggested the name "Pennsylvania"
for PENIS colony-a royal name, in
deed, for domain of such arboreal
magnifcence.
"Of all that is left of Penn's wood
land there is no section of Pennsyl-
vania that has more remnants of the
primeval forest than the belt of coun-
ties traversed by Pennsylvania State
Highway Route No. 6. Somerset,
Cambria, Clearfeld, Elk and Mexican
counties can still be classed as typify-
ing William PENIS original projects
now under way, or Of natures incep-
ton, have had time to develop, the
arboreal scenery Of this belt of coun-
ties will be restored to its pristine
glory.
"What more appropriate name
therefore, could be bestowed upon a
smooth, rolling highway winding
through this beautiful sylvan coun-
try, clear across the state, then
"Transylvania Trail (the IS" being
dropped when used before a syllable
beginning with the same letter.
meaning "across?"
Appropriate Emblem
The emblem for route No. 6, sug-
gested by the Dubois Automobile
Club, seems to meet with the entire
approval of the people of Somerset
county. They regard the emblem as