Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-08

county legal au-
thorluos on tne question of cost per
prisoner.
When the city settled its bill year
ago the basis upon which the cost was
inquired was 20 cents per diem. The
bill for the nine months ending De-
cember 81, 1913. however, averages
between 50 and SO cents per head
The difference. the prison authorities
explain, is due to the increased cost OF
keep under the new system. The only
way, 1t is held, by which the cost can
be obtained is to divide the number of
days during which all the prisoners
served in the year into the total
cost of maintenance. When the per
capita cost is had this is piled
by the number of city pri~
For the nine months eston
5000 prisoners were CO.. ICED to
prison, it is figured, and they were in
carcerated for more than $4,000 days
The bill for quarter ending April
], 1914, has not yet been presented.
Prospective Bidders Seek Informa-
and engineering
firms from all over the country have
written or applied through their rep
resentatives to City Engineer Cowden
Tor information of various kinds that
may be of value to prospective bid
ders in competing for the contract for
building the Front and Second street
subwayS under the Cumberland Valley
tracks April 15.
County Treasurer Bailey in PhiIa-
delphia.-County Treasurer Arthur II.
Bailey has returned from a brief busi-
ness trip to Philadelphia.
At the Registers Office.-Letters Of
"a
estate of Sol. j. Baer, Middletown, to
Mrs. Emma Baer. Felix K. Davis
superintendent of the Harrisburg Rail-
ways Company, was granted letters on
the estate of his father, Israel c..
Davis.
Realty Transfers.-Realty transfers
included the following: John f. Clip
pie to Leo f. Poppel, % North Nine
teenth street, 500; Ed. Moeslein to
P. f. Herr, 1913 Manada street, 81;
a. X. Thomas to l.. Begelfer, SIS
North Second street, $500; j. B.
Esenwein to Harry e. Kise, 1904
Penn street, $40; l.. Fisher to Leona
Nj. Bower, 1511 Vernon street, 81;
Helen Och to Friend German Build
ing and Loan Association, 1415 Wal
lace street, 500; A. Kern to E. Noes
lein, Highland, 81; II. d. Tschupp to
c. f. Keiter. Elizabethville, $500; ].
Hassinger heirs to John L. Rom
berger, Mifffin, S602.
To-day's Building Permits.-E. n.
Lebo, two 21a STORY frames, 1928
Swatara street $4,000; John Shelly,
five 2-story bricks, 226 to 234 Seneca
street, $4,000.
Want Possession of Basement,-An
amicable suit in ejectment with a view
to obtaining possession of a portion
of the basement of 221 Market street
was begun to-day by Jacob and Isaac
SilVerman, trading as Silverman
Brothers, against George Brengle Mill
Ter. The plaintiffs allege that the de-
tendant has not complied with the
lease requirements relative to repairs,
improvements, etc. The elevator room
has been made too small, it Is set
forth, and the steam pipes have been
rearranged in such a way as to inter-
fere with the operation of the valves.
Auditor 5. III. OrwiS 'aid.-Attorney
5. II. Orwig. special auditor, who re-
Gently filed his report on the accounts
of the register of wills, prothonotary
and recorder of deeds, was paid to-
day. The warrant was for s2625O.
Courthouse Visitor. = George M.
Kozier. Lykens, called upon Deputy
| Register of Wills C. w. Rubendail
| to-day.
Poor Directors Raise Salaries. -
Salaries of some of the employees of
the almshouse were raised consid-
erably to-day by the Poor Directors
/ The salary of Margaret Zimmerman
laundress, was boosted from $40 to
$2S per month and the salary of David
Gll, the farmer. was raised from
$3.50 to S35 per month. Robert
Smeltzer, who got s27.5O, boarded a
horse and Gill does not.
| FILED Committee Petition. - Nomi-
nation petitions were filed with the
county Commissioners to-day as fol-
lows: Republican, city, c. Alfred
! Hopes, Albert j. White and John r.
Barr; county, Daniel w. Brubaker. ali
OF the Fourth precinct of the Fifth
ward; Grocer c. Buser, Hummels-
town, Democratic. county committee.
Hohday friday.-County and city
offices will likely be closed ali day
Friday. Good Friday is a legal bank
holiday and there is movement
among the Courthouse officials to have
business suspended for the day.