The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-11

an unfair system of competitive bid
ding. In other words, that the cost t
the state has been two, three, four ant
as high as eight times in some in
stances as much as II should have been
and that this money went to persons
| furnishing the materials and labor, anC
further that at least some of the boart
of public grounds and buildings Gus
todians have guilty knowledge of thes,
| excessive costs.
THAT the act of 1895 in relation tC
public buildings and grounds is cor
rupting In its tendencies, pernicious In
| It's results, and has cost the state al
| least 100000 more than the same inn
| provements, etc, should have cost un.
| der some other system of manage
| ment."
Among the bills introduced recently
was one fixing the term of licenses for
selling liquor at three years; one pro-
viding for the payment of mileage at
the rate of three cents a mile to poor
directors In the performance of their
duty. and those passed finally were
one allowing female teachers the same
salary as the compensation secured by
male instructors; also the arrest and
committing to bail by burgesses of per-
sons violating any borough ordinance,
and to protect the right to form, join
or belong to labor organizations.
Interest on State Deposits.
Representatives McClain Of Lancas-
ter, Hoy of Clarion, Baldwin of Fayette,
bnd Scott and Stewart of Philadelphia,
the legislative ub-committee having
charge of the bills to compel the pay
ment of interest on state deposits, met
In Philadelphia on Saturday. 1t was
thought advisable that an entirely new
bill should be framed, which was pre-
sented to the house this evening. The
bill, 1t is understood, fixes the rate of
interest at 2 per cent, provides for
three active banks, one in Pittsburg,
Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and al
lows each S500,0O0, but whether this is
to receive favorable consideration af-
ter its introduction remains to be seen
There is plan to put this bill into
the hands of the sinking fund commits
sion, the idea being to make the state
responsible for the deposits. Banks will
be compelled to give judgment bonds
in double the amount of deposits given
them.
Senator c. c. Kaufman, of Lancas-
ter, leader of the "Seventy-six," last
night gave out a statement over his
own signature declaring that 1.-The in
terest bill proposed by the sub-com-
mittee of the house ways and means
committee, II enacted into q law on
the form proposed, will defeat the pur-
pose of all this agitation and rob the
state of thousands of dollars of reve-
nue.. 1t proposes to keen $500 600 of the
s'a.e iuhos as an active account in
each OF three banks located in Phla-
ueipiiia' Dauphln and Allegheny coun-
Ties, respectively, and thus exempt
sn'ooo'oVo from the payment of interest.
Inc purpose is apparent. 1t is to evade
'he OBJECT OF the original measure, al
',,' "iue liiarslii lor personal and po-
liticai spoils' Deprive the state of much
: nue' anu array the country
'a,n..s hu ooun.iy members OF the leg
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md will receive Iittla ~ ON oo,s,sN
ltion in the house.
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nittee on anpronriations hos -
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