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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
6
Boone county highway engineer P. L. Quinn organized a class for fifty farmers serving as road overseers. The first meeting in the circuit court room focused on road laws and prompt action, with guidance on ditching, clearing ditches, hedge trimming, and enforcing work from laborers. Subsequent sessions covered team use and scheduling, aiming to improve local highways.
United States public roads office estimates bringing 9 percent road improvement to 20 percent could save between a half and a billion dollars annually nationwide. About 250,000 more miles must be improved at roughly $7,000 per mile, totaling around $1.75 billion for a fairly complete system. Each state investing $4 million could achieve this quickly, stressing roads as a vital community investment, not a luxury.
The Wichita Falls Tex Times notes that areas with good transportation have grown richer and more densely settled, while localities lacking this advantage stagnate or decline in wealth and population.
A listing of aims outlines goals for a healthier town with faster medical care and improved education. Vivid plans include better farms and cultivated land, higher crop yields, cheaper transport, stronger economy with more producers, reduced isolation, fuller church attendance, and improved citizenship.
The nation shows rising road interest with two major items. Delaware plans to form a company to build a New York to Washington boulevard. General du Pont offers to construct a highway across Delaware over 100 miles. Promoters seek joint work where routes align.
The Mothers' club of Lindhurst Missouri affiliated with the National Mothers' Congress held an August 12 ice cream sociable at St Charles and Handley roads to raise money for a local road. Proceeds were given to the county court to finance road repairs and improvements. The group also promotes road scout troops among students to report hazards to the county engineer or road overseer.
Wyoming residents respond to growing tourist traffic with a statewide road initiative. Evanston residents join Utah to upgrade the Evanston Ogden route, then extend improvements east toward the Uinta and Sweetwater county line.
Good Roads Boosters announce a national gathering in Richmond Virginia from September 12 to 15 marking the first annual meeting of the American Association For Highway Improvement. President Taft is expected to deliver the principal address.
The piece argues road quality reflects economic health, noting daily state spending of seven million dollars on road work. It predicts better roads will curb urban migration as improved rural areas draw residents back from cities, signaling a broad development trend.
In Letters From India Lady Wilson notes Indian habits differ from Anglo-Indian norms. She cites examples such as turbans kept on, shoes removed, inward beckoning, ayah lining slippers, and a cook reading recipes backward, with carpenters driving screws from right to left.
A clipped fragment shows a King's Counsel questioning a witness with corrections about dates and parties, then shifts to a social exchange where Mrs Meekton asserts she thinks for him. The sources mix legal jargon and a sharp domestic rebuttal in a satirical voice.
A fragmented Baltimore American notice notes Griggs and Parker with admiration and a quip about argument. It references Parker’s frequent ties to competition and a stray line about a restive script, ending with a joke on debating the brain.
Schedules show trolley departures from Lancaster Lititz and Manheim with start times around 6 A M and 6:45 A M, hourly runs, additional half hour services on busy days, and weekend variations. Also lists first cars Sunday from Lancaster and Lititz and service gaps.
Trains depart Lititz on weekdays at 7 58 AM and 1 68 PM and Sundays at 7 58 AM and 7 03 PM. Service to Lancaster and Columbia runs weekdays at 8 19 AM, 1 26 PM, 7 08 PM with Sundays at 9 19 AM and 7 08 PM. For Lebanon trains run weekdays at 7 03 PM and Sundays at 8 1 AM and 7 08 PM.
Various lodges and clubs in Lititz meet weekly or monthly in Kudys Hall Rudy's Hall and local venues. Organizations include Lititz Castle No. l A O K of M C meets Saturdays at 7:80 PM, Lititz Lodge No. 253 K of P on Thursdays at 7:30, Garfield Castle No. 76 K of the elivery, Morning Star Temple No. 7 Ladies of the G H meetings, Washington Camp No. 559 P C 3 Rothsville Thursdays at Swan Hotel, Stevens Post No. 617 meets first and third Wednesdays at Brobsts Hall, Lititz Borough Council last Monday monthly, Lititz School Board first Friday monthly at High School, Lititz Hose Company first Wednesday monthly, Warwick School Board last Saturday afternoon, Agricultural Mutual Insurance first Tuesday morning, M C A Rooms open daily, W G T U every other Monday evening Moravian Chapel 7:38, Loyal Temperance Legion every other Saturday 2:15 PM, Lititz No. 236 F of A second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 PM in Rudy's Hall.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania proposes amendments to the Constitution and submits them for approval or rejection by citizens. Published by order of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in pursuance of Article XVIII of the Constitution.
Granite Roofing, Peroid Roofing, Monarch Roofing and Mutual Rubber are listed alongside Didar AVUULLL in a historical business directory entry. The fragment hints at a trade association or vendor consortium active in the period.
A proposed joint resolution seeks to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to consolidate Philadelphia courts of common pleas into five equal courts of three judges each, with exclusive jurisdiction and rules for distribution of cases, and to vest Allegheny County courts with a single unified court of common pleas. The amendment would take effect January 1 following adoption, with composition and venue changes to be set by law.
A document presents a proposed amendment to Section 8 of Article Nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution. It details debt limits for counties cities boroughs and townships, allows limited increases with election approval, and adds special Philadelphia provisions for transit and wharf projects including a sinking fund requirement. The text cites Joint Resolution No 2 and is signed by Robert McAfee.
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