A Proposal to Buy a Portion of Lancaster Turnpike (1880)

A Proposal to Buy a Portion of Lancaster Turnpike (1880)

An $8000 offer to purchase the section of the Lancaster Turnpike that ran by Villanova's campus and also the Moulden's property.

America's Historical Newspapers — Philadelphia Inquirer

1880-04-02

America's Historical Newspapers

Newspaper

English

"The stockholders of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company will hold a meeting next Monday week to discuss the advisability of accepting or rejecting a proposal which has been made to buy up that portion of the turnpike extending from the upper end of Hestonville to Bryn Mawr, a distance of fifteen miles. The purchasers have no pecuniary motive in view, but simply aim at converting the road into a fine carriage drive and thereby brightening the attractiveness of Bryn Mawr. The amount offered for that portion of the road is $8000, and it is believed it will be accepted. The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company is one of the oldest chartered corporations of its kind in this State. The road was originally sixty miles in length, but some years ago that portion of it between Lancaster and Coatesville was sold at another time a portion of it was sold to Hestonville Railway Company, combining in all these sales about forty miles."