. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. as opened fortravel from Kutztown to Allentown in 1902,and from that time dwellings began to beerected east of the Saucony creek, creatinga large and valuable addition to the bor-ough. In 1903 a trolley line was extendedto the borough from Reading, thereby op-ening through travel from Reading to Al-lentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, via Kutz-town. Similar building operations have beencarried on beyond the western limits of theborough, opposite the Keystone State Nor-mal
. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. as opened fortravel from Kutztown to Allentown in 1902,and from that time dwellings began to beerected east of the Saucony creek, creatinga large and valuable addition to the bor-ough. In 1903 a trolley line was extendedto the borough from Reading, thereby op-ening through travel from Reading to Al-lentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, via Kutz-town. Similar building operations have beencarried on beyond the western limits of theborough, opposite the Keystone State Nor-mal School, making that section also veryattractive. As elsewhere, the influence of HO CEXTEXXIAL HISTORY OF KUTZTOWN this railwa\ has been feh in the generaldevelopment of the place. A power housewas established at Kutztown in igo2, andthis has supplied the power to and fromTrexlertown and to and from Temple sincethe extension to Readino-. Streets and Side\va:,ksThe principal streets have been macadam-ized and upwards of seven miles of cementsidewalks have been put down in recentyears. Efforts are under way for Pi,av House CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Board of Trade The Kutztown Board of Trade is an or-ganization of progressive citizens, businessand professional men, whose purpose is, byjoint and concerted effort, to promote thegeneral welfare of the borough, and espec-ially to protect, aid, and develop its indus-trial, commercial, and business interests. It was organized on the loth of January,1915, in the reception room of the KeystoneHouse. Regular meetings are held the sec-ond Tuesday of each month. The first of-ficers were: Cvrus T- Rhode, Plesident; Victor H. Hauser, Secretary, and NathanS. Schmehl, Treasurer. The following were the charter members :Harry H. Alirens, Llewellyn A. Angstadt,Arthur Bonner, Jacob K. Boyer, Dr. U. Bieber, Frank Cadmus, A. S. Christ,Rev. J. J. Cressman, Dr. W W K. Deisher, Walter S. Dietrich, Dan-iel Dries, Jacob B
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