Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-13
lO'NEIL Maryland
HIGHWAYSPOST
Patton Also Spoken of as
Choice for State Com
missioner
FOR BRUMBAUGH MACHINE
Talk of Other designations in
Consequence of Political
Hands in Departments
uARRISRIlRG. Aug.

HARRISBURG, Aug, IL,
The forced resignation OF Frank u. Black,
Of Somerset County State Highway Com
missioner. because he says the Governor
desires to make the department a political
annex OF the are-Brumbaugh machine,
again revives the names of ,. Denny O'Neil,
State Insurance Commissioner and G. r..
Patton. Secretary OF Agriculture as the pos
able men who are TO aid In building up
the machine through the expenditure OF
the millions OF dollars provided for high
way work
ONei on of the keenest politicians in
the State outside the Penrose camp, Is
looked upon the man who will most
likely to be selected, unless The Wares have
some one else in view. Patton II anxious
FOR the place because. among other things
II carries an $1,000 salary.
ONeil In one OF the best organizers the
Governor has In HIS Cabinet, and more
over. N In entire sympathy with virtually
everything the Governor doea. He. however
In of the same type as Black. u is gen
orally believed that " he were told by the
Governor 20 do something he did not think
right, he would sever his connections with
the State Government
Talk OF other designations because of the
alleged injection OF politics into the state
cepsrtmentsby the Governor and his At
torney General, Francis Skunk Brown, con-
tlnucs. 1t Is said state Health commis-
soner Dixon win not stand for the injec-
tlOH VI poHlFs iIlO UlS Impairment Tie
was greatly disturbed because the Governor
saw ft 10 provide State funds for the in
specton OF streams for the benefit Of fish
but not for the benefit of humankind
The Governor vetoed the item providing
the salaries for the ifty-four stream in
spectors of the State Health Department.
but approved the bills for the fish wardens
who see that manufacturing plants do not
Dour chemicals into streams
chief Engineer rhler OF the State High
way Department, may resign as result OF
his chiefs break with Governor Brumbsugh
over the latters attempted censorship of
the departments plans TO distribute the
3e,00O,o00 for state highway work among
the counties on n rOad-mileage basis
Publication OF the various amounts
which Black intended 10 set aside for each
county released the figures which the Gov
ernor desired to keep dark why he should
have tried to do this is unknown, for many
counties have known for months just what
they would received provided they put up
similar sum. They knew these amounts
definitely as soon as the Governor APP
proved the highway bill being able TO work
IL out on a percentage basis, after figuring
out the number OF miles of State highway
route unimproved in their districts
Already Mexican, Allegheny, Armstrong.
Butler Beaver. Bradford, Crawford. Cam
bria, Chester. Erie, Elk. Fayette, Greene,
Indiana, Lawrence, Luzerne. Mercer, Mont
gomery Northampton, Northumberland
Potter, Tioga. Somerset. Venango, Washing
ton and Westmoreland Counties have agreed
to cooperate with the state Highway De-
parment on the ffty-ifty basis that the
Governor dsapproves