Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-04-25
Will Likely Institute Legal Proceedings.

compel the Pennsylvania Construct
ion company, of which Congressman
IL. Burd Cassal was treasurer, and
John IL. Sanderson & Co., to return
at least S3,0O0.0 900 of their profits on
their capital contracts, are in pros
pect. Counsel for the capitol investi-
cation commission says that basis
for such suits was established by the
admission of former State Treasurer
Harris that the law of 1895, creating
the board Of public grounds and
buildings, had been violated in
awarding these contracts.
This admission, counsel declares,
invalidates fullyS2, 900 600 ofthe fur
nishing and decorating contracts for
the l3,O0O,O 900 building, and fully
81 900, 900 can be recovered on the
Cassel firms $2,O00,O00 metallic fur
niture contract and s., 900, 900 on the
"trimming" contracts of Sanderson.
Hc INV VI 1919, Niiitii WI. Halls
admitted was violated 10y the board
of which he was member, provides
that all contracts let by the board of
public grounds and buildings shall
specify "the quantities needed for
the year and that the quantities given
i'm the lists Of schedule shall he the
estimated maximum quantity that
is likely to be required during the
year" 1t also provides that the
board" shall disallow any payment
in excess of fair cash prices
I'm Mr.. Harris testimony these
two admissions on which counsel
proposes basing the prospective suits
stand out: Virtually at the furnish
ing contracts awarded by the board
OF which Mr.. Harris was member
violated the act Of 1895 in that the
quantities required We're not speci-
fled and that the ARTICLES contracted
for were not for use in the current
year, but for building not yet con
structed. None of the 81 900 per cent.
profit" charges of Sanderson and
none of the charges by Cassel's firm
were reduced to"fair cash prices" by
the board.
Counterfeit pennies by the hund-
red are being circulated throughout
this city and street and steam rail.
way conductors are experiencing no
end of trouble.
The coppers are of uniform and
regular size but are not stamped: in
some instances, designs bearing
on the standard pennies
have been found.
Conductor John Metz, on one of
the Pennsylvania accommodation
trains, stated that he has been re-
ceiving the counterfeits from foreign
ers at Il Wholesale rate and like many
Others is of the opinion that they are
being made in tins vicinity.
\ pile of over three hundred of
the limitations were found lying along
the Pennsylvania tracks above town
yesterday, evidently having been
dropped by one. of the counterfeiters.
Several lead nickles were found near
by and from all appearances Il count
erleiting den is going full blast some
where near town.
# will he remembered that several
weeks age, half and quarter dollars,
of poor imitation were unearthed i'm
different parts of town but it is
thought that owing to their flimsy
makeup and chance for detection,
the counterieiters ceased circula-
tion. -Shamokin Dispatch.
The majority of the troopers of
Company B. Pennsylvania State
Constabulary, are now patroling the
trout streams i'm LuZerne, Sullivan,
Wayne, Lackawanna and Columbia
counties. Troopers adopt various
tactics in guarding the understood
specklcd beauties from being hook
ed. Some of them guard the streams
in full uniform, with carbine in hand.
while others dress as tramps and
prowl around unknown to the fish
ermen, watching MI the fish that are
landed. Captain Page and Sergeant
Wilhelm are fishing for trout in sew
eral Of the counties in plain clothes
for the purpose of guarding the
fingerlngs.