The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-25
$24,850,000 ASKED
FOR HIGHWAY WORK
Budget Prepared For Legislature Calls
For 100000 Yearly
Construction.
Harrisburg


The State Highway Department am
nounced that II had prepared q budget
for submission to the General AZ.
sembly calling for $24,850. 900 for two
years. Commissioner Black said that
the budget contained "the depart
ment's own figures" and had no refer.
enc TO previous announcements.
The budget Is as follows:
Six million dollars per year for State
highway construction, S12. 0 .000.
One million dollars per year for con.
struction Of State highway routes In
boroughs, $4,000, 900.
This money Is 10 be used only In
building missing links In boroughs.
where a State highway route is i'm
proved up to each end Of the borough.
the money to be allotted to the various
counties on a mileage basis. Final de-
cision as to the expenditure to be Left
TO the State Highway Commissioner.
Amy unexpended balance in each coun,
ty to be available for s on routes
outside Of boroughs in said county.
One million five hundred thousand
dollars per year for State aid construc.
tion and maintenance, SO, 900, 900.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars per year for the purchase Of turn.
pixies and toll bridges, $500, 900. local
authorities paying fifty per cent. Of
the cost OF freeing toll roads and
bridges.
Township road bonus deficiency for
the years 1912, 1913 and 1914. $780,.
900.
In addition, the necessary legislation
is asked to make available the automo.
bile license fees for State highway
maintenance, three million dollars per
year. 100000.
Normal Schools Ask More Money.
Increases in the State appropriations
for normal schools will be asked Of the
General Assembly when the budget for
the educational departments OF the
State Government Is made up and
there will be a request for 500. 900 to
enable the State to continue purchase
Of control OF such schools and for some
means to e%xtinguish debt on the prop.
critics. Principals Of the State normal
schools have asked for additional al
lowances because Of the advance in
prices. the increases In pupils and de-
mands due to the establishment OF
vocational and agricultural training.
Tina hnht IN thu nnrmnV QQhnnlQ
amounts to 100000 and was taken
over when the State bought the ten
schools II controls. These schools are
valued at about $4,000, 900. Three
schools remain to be bought.
Institutes Largely Attended.
According to reports received by the
State Department Of Agriculture. at
tendance at the farmers institutes this
winter is greater than II has been for
years, records being broken In some
counties, and even In severe weather
the number OF persons reported az
meetings has been ahead Of the aver
age. The attendance in York and
Lebanon counties was very high. while
in Somerset county 5000 persons at
tended the sessions. Dauphin reports
a record-breaking attendance, with big
figures from Crawford, Fulton, Frank.
lin, Schuylkill and Washington coun-
ties, in Lancaster county the attend.
met jumped from $500 to 7.400. State
officials say that the increase In at.
tendance is due largely to the inter.
est in the propositions Of forming CO.
operative associations for marketing
OF products in large lots and soil con-.
servation.
State Found Jobs For 1890 Persons.
The State succeeded in placing
1880 persons in Jobs during December.
according to q summary Of the opera.
lions OF the bureau for that month
made by Director Lightner. This Is
the largest number placed In a single
month since the bureau began work
last January. The summary shows
that 43 per cent. Of the 2,545 requests
OF employers for workers were for ID
Dor, while 24.4 per cent. Of the appli.
CdtlOHS WcIo ldDOItIo. luiity-oibht
per cent. OF the women who applied
for State aid to find places were for
domestic and personal employment
The requests for women workers was
1915 per cent. Of the total.
Growing More Corn and Oats.
Figures compiled by the State De.
partment Of Agriculture show that
Pennsylvania advanced from twentieth
to seventeenth place as a corn-raising
State and Is now twelfth In the Union
as a raiser Of oats. having risen from
fourteenth place last year. The State
Live Stock Sanitary Board has report
ed that rabies occurred in twenty-nipe
counties during 1915. There were 126
animals affected, including IFS dogs
and six hogs. The number Of cases 10
less than usual.
To Ask Historical Funds.
An appropriation will be asked OF
the Legislature by the State Fedora
ton of Historical SOCIETIES for the pur.
pose Of making historical researches
and II also will be asked to continue
its appropriations for marking Of his.
toric sites.