Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

and truce between the fiscal officials
and the Highway Commissioner was
arranged about o'clock, 1t being un.
derstood that the Highway Commits.
sioner would not be further harassed
In his efforts to obtain money to fix ur
the State roads, but that his reuuisi.
tons would be honored by the Auditor
General and State Treasurer, who an.
nounced that they would, in the event
of the Supreme Court overturnine the
decision of the Dauphin County Court
surcharge the Highway Commissioned
with the money drawn and ask the
Attorney General to collect it. Mr.
Bigelow said he was satisfied with the
result of the conference and hurried
of to give the order to go to work.
Everything Ready
The heads of districts were read,
when the word came last night and
gangs were on the roads at an earlS
hour. Rain did not stop some of them
the men being eager to get roads fixed
up.
The following kilograms were sem
last night to the assistant engineers In
charge of the fourteen districts in the
State:
Begin at once dragging all routes
filling chuck-holes, opening culverts
drains and bitches. Important high
ways to be given precedence. Attemp
no road machine work at present. En-
gineers will issue authorization forms
and specific department authorization,
will follow"
These instructions have been wiret
to all superintendents: I'm resumint
maintenance work you will give spe
c1al attention to the repair of danger
Gus bridges and culverts to insur,
complete safety" George H. Biles
maintenance engineer, is in charge o
| the work.
1t is the intention of the State High
way Department to go over all of tn,
mainly travelled roads clearing ou
cutters, repairing bridges and culverts
filling chuck-holes and general,
smoothing and cleaning the highway
as whole before the more extensiv,
repair work is attempted.
BY Monday of next week. IL Il
stated that the maintenance division
will have the repair work in full swint
| all over the State, and from this tim,
on. Incidental repairs having beer
quickly made, the object will be t.
put every mile of highway in the bes
condition possible with the limited
amount of money at hand.
Will Keep Promises
Highway Commissioner Bigelov
was at his department bright anC
early and personally directed the worl
| of getting started. "The department
is satisfied with the decision of tn,
courts and will keep it's promises. Re
ports show that 500 men are at worl
to-day and there will be 5000 work
| ing by Monday We are going ahead
with the repair work. I could say
much more but that covers it,
Governor Tener, who returned tc
the city last night. said that he wal
glad the department was now in 6
| p sition to proceed with road repairs
Auditor General Powell has gone
to Pittsburgh and will go to the camr
of the Second brigade at Indiana to-
morrow. State Treasurer Young sale
this morning that steps to get the
forms of requisitions and other de.
tails we're under way and that the
automobile fund would be carried
separately in the treasurer's report.
Fiscal Officers side
At the conclusion of the conference
Messrs. Powell and Young united In
IaCll1tatf
the payment of the money from the
automobile license fund to the Highway
Department according to the decision
d oa tne RaHiphH hirpb woS1d GT11n5y court super
ments pending decision of the Supreme
Court on our appeal from the Dauphir
Tefnsed G9fqnty Govt nanss @s fssfsgts asYng beer
every way the use of the
funds by the Highway Commissioner
as he sees At, but this does not indi.
paf a N hot
give up any rights which as the nscal
officers of the Commonwealth we be.
lieve we have for auditing. In case the
supreme Court sustains our contention
we propose to surcharge the Highway
Commissioners with the funds disbursed
certifying the same to the Attorney
General for collection. Payments will
be made upon requisition with the CON
dition that the money drawn to pay for
labor or materials be kept in separate
fund and in separate, bank and that
all payments be made by voucher
check. The funds to be paid from the
automobile license fu1nd fund are to be kept
lowed the Highway Commissioner for
road work out of another appropria-
ton"
After the conference the fiscal Of
ficers and the Deputy Attorney Cen
erals met to draw up the forms to be
used in the use of the fund, and ar
the first requisition. Other requisi-
sitions will be presented as needed and
for every cent drawn to furnish cash
for payrolls and other expenses indi-
vidual vouchers will be required. This
will be done until the Supreme Court
passes upon the appeal, which will be
argued in Pittsburgh in October.
Auditor General Powell stated that
the balance available for the Highway
Department as of July l. 1914, includ-
ing all of the 1914 automobile licenses
amounted to $3.3S0.000 in round num-
bers, this being the total of a variety
of items appropriated by the Legisla-
lures of 1911 and 1913, including sal
aid highways. national road and other
objects.