Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
DAUPHIN COUNTY
OFFICERS TO MEET
Arrangements Made For Conven-
ton Of the Supervisors the
Last Week in the Month
WORK is WELL ORGANIZED
State Officials Taking Advantage
of the Township Road Bureau
Act of 1913

With permanent organizations
formed in more than half of the coun-
ties of the State, the Bureau of Town
ship Highways of the State Highway
Department is perfecting the forma-
ton of associations of township super
visors in Dauphin and the remaining
counties with view to having each
county in the State organized by the
end of the second week in April.
These organizations are being
formed under the provisions of the
legislative acts under which the Bu-
reau of Township Highways is work
ing. that of July %, 1913, and that of
May s, 1913, the latter of which au-
thorizes the formation in each county
of an association of officials in charge
of the construction and maintenance
of public roads.
Some few of the counties have such
associations of township supervisors
already in existence and in these coun-
ties the meetings are being held this
year for the first time under the pro-
visions of the act establishing the Bu-
reau of Township Highways. Such a
meeting will be held in Butler at the
Courthouse at 10 o'clock on the morn
ing of Wednesday, March 25, by the
Butler County Association of Super
visors. During that week in March
seven other meetings have been called
by the Bureau of Township Highways
for county organization. On Friday,
March 27, the Dauphin county super
Visors will meet in the Courthouse at
Harrisburg at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. The meeting will be addressed by
Joseph w. Hunter, First Deputy State
Highway Commissioner in charge OF
the Bureau of Township Highways,
who will outline the procedure neces-
sary to perfect the formation of boards
of supervisors. On Tuesday, March
%, the Bedford county organization
will be formed at meeting to be held
in the Courthouse at Bedford at 10
O'Clock in the morning and will be
addressed by Mr.. Hunter. On the same
day E. A. Jones, Second Deputy State
Highway Commissioner. will be pres
ent at Wilkes-Barre, where the Lu-
Zerne county supervisors will meet in
the Courthouse at 10 o'clock in the
morning. On Wednesday, in addition
to the Butler county meeting, Colum-
Dia county will organize at a meeting
TO be held in the Courthouse at
Bloomsbury at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and will be addressed by Mr..
Jones, while Mr.. Hunter will be pres
ent at the organization of the Blair
county supervisors in the Courthouse
at Hollidaysburg at 10 o'clock in the
morning. On Thursday, March 26,
Mr.. Hunter will go to Huntingdon,
where the Huntingdon county organ
ization will be perfected at a meeting
to be held in the Courthouse at 10
o'clock in the morning, while on the
same day Mr.. Jones will attend the
meeting to be held at Danville when
tho Montour county supervisors will
meet in the Courthouse at 10 o'clock
in the morning.
c. w. Hardt, assistant engineer of
the State Highway Department in
charge of the district of which Dau-
phin county is a part, will attend the
meeting, as will also c. P. Walter.
county superintendent of Dauphin
county.