Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
CUNNINGHAM TO
MAKE BIG CHANGE
Announces Grand Change
Around in the Personnel of
Highway Field Force

OthSES were announced To-Day Dy state
Highway Commissioner Robert J..
Cunningham to become effective on
January l. The plan was worked out
by Chief Engineer w. d. Uhler and
represents what Is considered to be
NEEDED as a result of the study of the
department administration for several
months.
The new positions have been filled
by promotion on the merit system, -
was the statement made by Mr.. Cum
nnigham on the announcement. Two
attaches of the department have been
advanced to acting assistant engineers
and one transferred. Four new coun-
ty road superintendent have been
named and more will be appointed.
The Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scran-
ton and York districts remain un-
changed, but every other one was hit.
The new district will have headquar-
ters at Clearfield and include Clear
field, Indiana, Jefferson, Elk and Cam
eron counties. Miffiin has been taken
from the Harrisburg district and Sny-
der added to it.
In announcing these changes, State
Highway Commissioner Cunningham
and Chief Engineer Uhler declared
that all of the new positions had been
filled by promotion based on the
merit system" Every man ad-
vanced has been with the State High
way Department for several years and
has demonstrated his ability to hold
his position.
The First Engineering District,
formerly composed of Center, Clear
field, Clinton and Indiana counties,
has been changed to comprise Center,
Clinton, Mitfiin and Huntingdon coun-
ties. The headquarters of this dis
trict had been at Clearfield but has
not been transferred to Bellefonte. w.
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engineer in charge of this district. w.
O. Bennett is the superintendent of
Center county and c. II. Orndorf, who
has been craftsman attached to Dis
trict No 2, at Harrisburg, has been
promoted to be superintendent of
Clinton county. d. A. McCloskey,
who has been acting chief of con-
promoted to be superintendent of
Huntingdon county, taking the place
of t. j. Strickler, resigned.
In District No. 2, with headquar-
ters at Harrisburg, formerly compris-
ing Dauphin, Perry, Lebanon, Mifflin
and Juniata counties, Mifflin county
has been cut out and Snyder county
replaces it. The assistant engineer,
c. w. Hardt in charge of remains
and the county superintendents are
unchanged.
In District No. ., with headquarters
at Bloomsbury, A. S. Clay remains as
assistant engineer in charge Snyder
county has been added to District No.
2 and Sullivan county has been taken
over to District No. 3 in it's place.
The county superintendents remain
as before except that d. r. Mason,
is transferred to be under Mr.. Clay
instead of under the assistant en-
gineer in charge of the district OF
which Sullivan county was formerly
a part.
In District No. 4, with headquarters
at Franklin, II. w. Claybaugh re-
mains as Assistant Engineer in
charge. jefferson county has been
withdrawn from this district and has
been added to the newly created en-
gineering district.
District No. D, comprising Berks
Schuylkill, Carbon, Northampton and
Lehigh counties, remains as it is but
| w. r. Wolfinger, who has been as
sistant engineer in charge of District
No. 8, with headquarters ut Cham
| bersburg, is transferred to District
| No. s., with headquarters at Allen
town, succeeding John II. Gephart
Jr., engineer of construction, who has
been temporarily in charge of this
district. Mr.. Gephart returns to the
| Harrisburg office to assume his duties
as engineer of construction.
District No. 6, with headquarters al
York, retains w. A. Van Duzer as as
sistant engineer in charge and the
| county superintendents remain un-
| changed. The same Is true of District
| No. Z, with headquarters at Philadel-
phia, where w. F. Crossman remains
as the assistant engineer in charge
with the same county superinten-
dents.
The newly created District. No. 8
will have its headquarters at Clear
field and will include Clearfield, In
diana, Jefferson, Elk and Cameron
counties. The engineer in charge
! will be f. L. Winter, who has been q
resident engineer in charge of inspec-
| tion at Warren, and who is promoted
to the post of acting assistant en-
gineer Mr.. Winter is a graduate OF
Pennsylvania State College and has
been with the State Highway Depart
ment four years. The county super
intendents in this new district re-
main the same
In District No. 8, with headquarters
at Chambersburg, where w. r. VOL
finger, transferred to Allentown, has
been in charge, w. S. Hammaker,
county superintendent Of Cumber-
land county, is promoted to the post
of acting assistant engineer in charge
of the district. Mr.. Hammaker is
succeeded as county superintendent
of Adams and Cumberland counties
by w. b. Fleming, who has been gen.
eral foreman and acting superinten-
dent in Adams county.
District No. 10, with headquarters
at Wellsboro, remains in charge of j.
S. Ritchey, as assistant engineer. but
loses Sullivan and Cameron coun-
ties. Sullivan county being transferred
to District No. 3 and Cameron county
to the new District No. 8. w. II. Hat
field, who has been county superin-
tendent of Potter and Tioga counties,
retains Tioga county and J. w.
Frazier, who has been craftsman at
District No. A., is promoted to the sup
erintendency of Potter county.
In District No. II, with headquar-
ters at Hollidaysburg, G. S. Lemon
remains as assistant engineer. Hunt
ingdon county is withdrawn from this
district and becomes a part of Dis
trict No. l. The superintendents re-
main the same except in the case of
Huntingdon county where Mr.. Nc
Closkey succeeds T. ]. Strickler.
In District No. IL, with headquar-
ters at Scranton, P. M. Tebbs remains
as assistant engineer and the counties
remain as heretofore, the only change
in this district being that of J. G..
English who has been q transitman
at District No. z, with headquarters at
Philadelphia, and who is promoted
to the superintendency of Wayne
county.
In District No. 13, with headquar-
ters at Pittsburgh, S. w. Jackson re-
mains in charge and the county
superintendents are unchanged.
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