Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-04
TEN THOUSANDFOR
REMOVING SNOW
State Highway Department Will
Open the Roads in Counties
Hit by Blizzard
The maintenance

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vanla on Sunday and Monday. This
sum FAR exceeds the amount pre-
Viously spent for snow removal this
year. Up to last Saturday night the
maintenance division had authorized
the expenditure of $7,704.S1 for snow
removal.
AS soon as the magnitude of the
blizzard this week became known,
George II. Biles, maintenance engi-
neer of the State Highway Depart
ment. began preparations to aid the
county superintendents in getting the
main thoroughfares throughout their
territories made fit for use. Bucks
county, where, from all accounts. the
snowfall was heaviest and the drifts
We're the deepest, has not been able
to dig itself out of the snow far enough
TO voice any appeal for q definite sum
necessary to make the roads passable.
1t is known, however, that conditions
there are far worse than in any of
the other counties and 1t is likely that
a much larger sum will be necessary
to put the roads in passable condition
than has been apportioned to any of
the other counties.
Reports this morning indicate that
with the moderating weather the work
of removing the snow and opening the
highways will be prosecuted rapidly
and it is likely that no further snow
fall will interfere with the work of
placing the highways in normal con-
dition.
Governor SpOke.-Governor Tener
spoke last night at big Elks' dinner
in Reading and received a notable re-
ception.
Want Bridges.-Commissio of
Cambria county have asked the ap-
proval of the State Water Supply
Commission for several new bridges
in that county.
Camp Hill Tomorrow.-The fight
water rates in Camp Hill will come
up tomorrow before the Public Serv-
ice Commission. 1t is expected that
lit will be held during the morning.
AtherhoIt Suit.-The suit to test the
right of the city of Philadelphia to
butt into the State Registrars work
in the Quaker City will be tested out
| in court. The quo warranto against
the city's registrar was brought yes
terday afternoon by the Attorney Gen
erals Department.
Commissions Returned. - Fulton
county to-day returned two commits
sions for justices to the Capitol to-day,
| the justices having refused to serve.
Tioga sent back ten.
Foster On Way.-A wireless mes
sage from the steamer Berlin to the
State Highway Department to-day
gave the information that Chief Engi-
neer S. d. Foster. who has been on q
vacation trip to Europe and looking
over famous roads, is expected to ar
rive in New York on Thursday.
Treasury Receipts,--The State Treas
ury receipts yesterday were $467,000
To-day the New York Life paid
| $4,000 as its State tax on business
| in Pennsylvania.
Mothers Pensions. - Auditor Gen
eral Powell to-day directed that all
applications for mothers pensions
made by the Philadelphia board be
/ returned to-day for signatures of the
| applicants, it being his plan to have
all applications conform to general
plan. This plan was first adopted in
| Allegheny county.
| Public Service Work. - The Public
| Service Commission to-day heard COM
| plant of the Penn Central Electric
Company against the manner in which
| the Raystown Water Power Company
| was stringing wires in Mount Union
| The Bell Telephone hearing set for to-
morrow has been postponed until
| March 20.
Charters Issued.-State charters
have been issued as follows: Peerless
Laundry, Lewisburg, capital $4,000;
Thomas kitson & Son, Stroudsburg
textiles, capital 100000; w. Calver
Moore, inc, printing, Philadelphia
capital $4,000; WHY'S Busy Bee Quick
Lunch, Philadelphia, capital 10000;
Bushllill Amusement Co., Easton, cap
lital $4,000; G. c. Seidle & Co., inc.
frealty, Philadelphia, capital $4,000;
Defco Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, type
writer's, etc., capital $4,000.
Justice Named.-I. Fl. Rojahn has
been appointed a justice for Dallas
town, York county.