The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-18
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Veteran Water Supply Company
Grccnsburg; capital, $1,000.
Veteran Water Company, Creensburgf
capital, $1,000.
Metallic Ladder Company. Pittsburg;
capital, $1,000.
The possum Glory Distiling Com
pany, Indiana; capital, $4,000.
The People Savings & Trust Conn
parry, Hazlcton; capital $I25,ooo.
Martin Coal Company, Philadeiphfas
capital $4,000.
The York x Windsor Gas Company.
Dallastown; capital, 10000.
Gcotge B. McAbee Powder & Oil
Company. Pittsburg; capital, $4,000.
Washington Township Water Com
pany, Faycttc County; capital. $4,000
zoe Electric Light Company, York
County; capital, 5000.
Harsimmus Coal Company, PhiiadcT-
phia; capital. SIoo,ooo.
Ice K Hamilton, Inc, Pittsbury;
capital $4,000.
Thomas r. Mackcy Baking Company.
Pittsburg; capital, $1,000.
Voucher Cigar & Manufacturing COM
pany, McKeesport; capital, $4,000
Eastern Automobile Company, Philz-
dclphia; capt. ,alSIo,ooo.
Nationl Metal Molding Company.
Pittsburg; capital, S5o.oooi
Warrants for back pay under the pro-
visions Of the Judges salary act OF 1903
are being held ZIP at the State Treas
ury. and tho Auditor Generals Depart.
:ncnt has been notified TO issue no more
until the suit to test the validity of tho
act is settled. This condition is neccssi-
tatcd by move OH the part of James M,
w. Newlin. OF Philadelphia, who has
taken the matter into the United States
Circuit Court in all appeal from the re.
cent decision OF the State Supreme Court
that the act is constitutional. Several
warrants for back pay have already bcer
caShed by the State Treasurer.
Frank Zillings and Thomas Pick.
wick, aged I3 years. we're convicted in
Juvenile Court OF Norrstown OF ma
l;cious mischief in piling railroad ties on
the tracks OF the Philadelphia & Read
ing Railway below Bridgeport, in ordes
to wreck a nortibound passenger train.
"A disaster was averted by the discovery
OF the ties by shifting crew. Pickwick
confessed that there were Eve boys ir
the crowd. He also said That the wceb
before they had set merchants wa.
gon on fire to get the iron on it for
junk. The boys were committed to ths
Catholic Protcclory at Flatlands.
A committee representing the League
OF Third Glass Cities OF Pennsylvania
met at Harrisburg to prepare Legislation
for presentation to the Legislature. Tho
committee decided to prepare bills en-
powering authorities OF third-class cities
that own water plants to. make contracts
TO supply ncighboring towns and ham,
lets with water and authorizing the
water department. officials OF such cities
to investigate the sources OF their water
supply and protect them from contami-
nation. The committee has prepared
bill authorizing city treasurers to receive
all taxes collected within the cities, and
is working on a bill to make more uni.
form the assessment of real estate 10
third class cities. City Solicitor Gard
ner,- OF Newcastle, is chairman of the
committee.
Positions as lctter-carriers at Potts
town are eagerly sought, as the work
is regarded as tending to prolong life.
During the fourteen years that free de-
livery service has been in operation in
that town there has not been death
among the letter-carriers Three Of
them were Civil War veterans, well past
middle age, when appointed, and they
are still carrying the mails. They are
John H. Bond, William II. Jones and
G.. w. Rohn.
A meeting OF commission of Ma
tional Guard officials, of which General
]. p. S. Goblin is chairman, was held
at Harrisburg, for the purpose Of dis.
cussing legislation for an appropriation
for the erection of armories for National
Guard organizations throughout the
State that at present are compelled to
rent buildings The meeting was al
tended by Adjutant General Stew>1.
Brigadcr General Schall, Brigader Gen.
eral Goblin, Colonel A. J. Logan Colonel
Tilghman, Third Regiment; Colotxi
Bowman. First Regiment ColofSa
Doughcrty. Ninth Regiment; Colonel
William F. Richardson, OF General
Millcr's staff. aud Captain Jones. Of t..s
Sheridan Troop A long discussion en-
sued and General Goblin, Colonels Bow
man, Tilghman and Doughcrty and Cap
tain Jones were empowered to draft
4 bill covering recommendations in
General Stewards report and providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 annually
for armories for six years. Adjutani
General Stewart in his annual report
says "No State has been better served
by the citizen soldier Ihan Pennsylvania.
and while the State has been liberal in
their maintenance, yet it has failed to
provide proper army facilities, and has
done nothing along this line beyond Civ.
ing an annual allowance OF $500 per COM
pany for armory rent purposes. This is
insufficient. In some communities where
excellent organizations exist no suitable
hall or building can be rented for armory
purposes" In his report General Stew.
art will also recommend that an annual
allowance should be made to officers
to assist them in defraying the expense
OF providing themselves with uniforms
and equipments.
1t is now believed that H. A. Klcns.
ing, who shot and killed Millie Crever,
an Austrian, at Martic Forge, a week
ago, is still in that vicinity. After tho
shooting Klcnsing disappeared near Safe
Harbor. The other night the commiss-
AIRY department Of the contractors, by
whom the two men we're employed was
broken into and everything belonging