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Show HISTORIC OLD YORK ROAD IS OPENED PHILADELPHIA, March 21. An interesting in-teresting piece of news for the motorists motor-ists of tho country IB tho announcement announce-ment by tho Highway department of Pennsylvania that the historic Old York road, from Philadelphia to Now Hope, has been freed of toll gates. Tho highway was a favorite stago coach route to New York boforo tho ora of railroads, honco its name. General Gen-eral Washington's continental army marched it's length many times and severe battles with the British foe were fought in It's vicinity. . It was dotted with numerous toll gates which in rerent years had become be-come a sourco of vexation and delay to motorists desirous of making the journey jour-ney to and from New York quickly. |