Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
BOROUGH LEADER
CONFERENCE NEXT
Over 500 Men Expected to At
tend the Conference in This
City Next Week

More than two hundred Pennsyl-
the fifth annual convention of the
State Association of Boroughs to be
held in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives at the Capitol next Tues
day and Wednesday.
Acceptances to the convention call,
issued by Governor Brumbaugh, indt-
cate that approximately five hundred
borough officials will participate in
the discussions which will include all
phases of borough activities.
Since the last annual convention of
the Borough Association, the Division
of Municipal Statistics has been
created in the Bureau of Statistics
and Information of the Department of
Labor and Industry.
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Commissioner John Price Jaci-Son,
of the Labor Department, will point
out to the borough officials the i'm
portant service that this new division
can perform in the collection. compila-
ton and distribution of information
regarding standardizing of borough
administration and development of
beneficial municipal activities. The
DIVISION can-serve virtually as a clear
inShouse for information on borough
procedure. j. Herman Knisely is
chief of the division.
Governor Brumbaugh will address
the Association on Tuesday afternoon.
Robert j. Cunningham, Highway Com
missioner; DIR. Samuel G.. Dixon, Com
missioner of Health; A. w. Powell,
Auditor General; w. d. b. Ainey,
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission, and Horace w. Davis, Deputy
Attorney General, are included among
the State officials who will speak on
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partments with the boroughs.
The complete program of the con-
Vention is as follows:
10 A. Mt. i. Chrostwaite, presi-
dent of the Association, presiding.
registration of delegates. Annual re-
ports Appointment of committees
Resolutions.
1870 P. M.-John Price Jackson,
Commissioner of Labor and Industry,
presiding. Address by Martin G.
Brumbaugh, Governor of the Com
monWealth of Pennsylvania, Borough
Road Building in Connection With
state Road Building; Robert J. Cum
nlnsham, State Highway Commits
sloner, The Borough Code and What
IL Means to the Boroughs"; Nelson
McNicker, member of Legislature
from Allegheny county, "Co-operation
with the Division of Municipal Statis-
tics ; Paul n. Furman. chief of Bu-
reau OF Statistics and Information of
the department of Labor and Indus
G; ttH; COMMISSION Government For the
cues and Boroughs of Pennsylvania;
a. Al. RULER, president Allied Civic
Bodies of PENNSYLVANIA.
y. All. Elmer Saul Burgess of
Nofrlstown, presiding. State Super
VISION OF Indebtedness of MunicipaIi-
ties Charles f. Gettemy, Director of
Bureau of Statistics of the Common
El m
tIoh on Municipal Loans" A. w.
Powell Auditor General; Modern
and Uniform Methods of Assessing
Real Estate" y. G. Pleydel. Secretary
New York Tax Reform Association.
"Wednesday. April IL
10 \. M.-Charles Walter, Borough
solicitor of Chambersburg, presiding.
Uniform System Of Accounting and
BookkeepinS For municipalities" Jo-
seph L, Tracy, Supervisor of Division
or Municipal Accounting of the State
OF Ohio; Hugh Reber. New York City.
zThe Need of a Building Code For
Pennsylvania"; r. A. Weimer. presi-
cent or pennsylvania Building Code
commission, pennsylvania and Her
municipalities" Samuel G. Dixon,
NJ. D., Commissioner of Health, Uni
form Regulation For Boroughs": ::
Horace w. Davis, Deputy Attorney
1890 P. M.-"Relation of the Public
Service Commission to Borouehs and
Their Duties" w. d. =. Ainey, Chair
man of Public Service Commission: !:
What Is the Most Difficult Problem
Confronting Your Borough" William
w. Hall, Solicitor for West Pittston.
ratification of constitution and by
laws. Election of officers.
9 p. M.-Reception to delegates nv
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh at
Governors reception room, in the