Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-08

u ACT was sought by eleven bidders,
Taylor being the lowest with a tender
of s44,922.24. When the bids were
opened 1t was found that it was not
signed and that John l.. Elder, of Eb-
ensburg, was the low bidder, his tend
er being S45,433.66.
When the announcement was made
Taylor protested. saying that his check
was evidence that he had bid in good
faith, but Commissioners +. M. .Bige-
low said that he had neglected very
vital matter. Taylor offered to sign
1t then, but the commissioner inform
ed him with considerable emphasis
that he would not do 1t, Elder was
then informed that the paper for the
contract would be sent to him very
soon.
The commissioner formally award
ed contracts for roads in New Eagle
borough. Washington county, to Par
sons Construction Co, Brownsville,
and for Franklin township. Greene
county, to r. Galiardi, Connellsville.
Twenty Listed.-Twenty cases are
listed for the September meeting OF
the State Board of Pardons next week,
five capital cases being in the list
This is one of the largest lists in a
long time.
Home From Ohio.-L. II. While.
chief of the bureau of statistics of the
Department of Agriculture, has re-
turned from Ohio and other middle
western States where he made a study
or the methods used for collecting
agricultural statistics. The State is
inaugurating a system of crop re-
ports by townships and smaller dis
tricts and about to introduce other
methods of obtaining date.
Actuary Forster Home.-Robert Il.
Forster, actuary of the State Insurance
10 igIN,
er came to the city last evening after
an exciting trip from Europe. Mr..
FORSTER went to Switzerland on his
vacation and was marooned when the
war broke out. He managed to get
into Paris by roundabout way and
thence to London, travelling in trains
that were not meant for tourists, to
say the least.
Paid Upper Allen. - Upper Allen
township of Cumberland county to-
day received $1,336.32 as its share
ol school appropriations. A number
OF Lebanon districts were also paid.
To Visit New York. - Charles r.
Willitts. assistant chief clerk of the
State Department. will take his vaca-
ton tomorrow and will visit New
York.
To Accept Hamburg.-Dr. Samuel
G. Dixon, State Commissioner of
Health, will probably accept the State
sanatorium at Hamburg before the
end of the week. The sanatorium will
take care of over 400 persons and will
receive the strain upon the other es-
adjustments. There are over that
many people awaiting permission to
enter the sanatorium. mostly in Phila-
delphia.
Many Want Licenses. - Brisk de-
mands for hunters license blanks are
reported by State Game Commission
officials from the eastern counties In
some of the interior counties local Of
hcials are among the first to apply. In
county the two
judges received the first two licenses.
Very Complimentary. but. State
Commissioner of Fisheries Nathan r.
Butler to-day received copies of the
Toxic Japanese journal devoted to fish
culture, in which there is an extensive
account of the McCall's Ferry fishway,
illustrated by photographs. The ar
ticle was written by II. Shiiharo who
made a study of the States hatcheries
and other enterprises. Unfortunately,
no one at the Fisheries Department
can read the article
Senator Sprouts Idea.-Senator w.
G. Sproul. of Chester, in speaking of
the conditions in Europe, said that
he was surprised TO note that Ger
mans expected America to side with
them and to take advantage of British
preoccupation to Annex Canada. The
American attitude, he said, upset
many Germans
EX-Legislator Dead.-Joseph T. AL
slip. former member of the State Leg
islature and proprietor of the Aran-
dale Hotel i'm Bedford for forty years,
was found dead in a chair in the hotel
He served in the State
House of Representatives for Bedford
county from 1903 to 1906