Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-31

Crawford, with headquarters for the
time being at York.
No. z, composed of Delaware,
Montgomery and Chester counries--
Major c. e. Myers, with headquar-
ters at Philadelphia.
No. 8, composed of Jefferson, In
diana, Clarion and Armstrong coun-
ties-Paul Brubaker, temporarily i'm
charge, with headquarters for the
time being at Dubois.
No. 8, composed of Cumberland,
Perry. Juniata and Mifflin counties
Captain George P. Searight, with
headquarters at Harrisburg.
No. 10, composed of Bradford,
Tioga and Lycoming counties-Cap-
tain ]. S. Ritchey, with headquar-
ters at Wellsboro.
No. IL. composed of Cambria,
Blair and Huntingdon counties
Charles S. Lemon, with headquar-
ters at Hollidaysburg.
No. IL, composed of Susquehanna,
Wayne, Lackawanna, Pike and Mon
roe countless. P. Longstreet, with
headquarters at Scranton.
No. 13, composed of Beaver, AL
legheny and Westmoreland counties
w. d. Meyers, with headquarters
at Pittsburgh.
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Greene and Fayette counties -
Charles Fitzsimmons, with head
quarters at Washington.
No. Is, composed of Warren, For
est, Erie and Crawford counties
Captain F. E. Winter. with head
quarters for the time being at War
rem.
No. 16, composed of Mexican, Pot
ter, Elk and Cameron counties-M.
A. Lynch, with headquarters at
Smethport.
No. II, composed of Wyoming,
Carbon. Schuylk:ll and Luzerne
counties-H. r. Moffitt, with head
quarters at Wilkes-Barre.
No. 1S, composed of Somerset,
Bedford and Fulton counties-A. K.
VaEIngen, with headquarters at
Bedford.
Messrs. Stackpole, Erisman. c. E.
Myers, Searight, Ritchey, w. d. Mey-
ers, Winter and Moffitt have been
for some time district engineers for
the State Highway Department.
H. G. Harper has been resident
engineer in District No. Is. G. il.
Buckius has been assistant engineer
in District No. 1. G. E. II. Smith
has been assistant district engineer
in District No. 5. George w. Craw-
ford has been assistant engineer in
District No. 6. Paul Brubaker has
been assistant district engineer in
District No. 8. Charles S. Lemon
has been an engineer in the towEc-
ship division. S. P. Longstreet has
been assistant engineer in District
No. Is. Charles FitZsimmons has
been assistant engineer in District
No. 13. M. A. Lynch has been an
inspector in District No. 3. A. K.
VanIngen has been resident en-
gineer m District No. II.
The title of all the new men placed
in charge of districts is Acting Dis
trict Engineer"
The Public Service Commission to-
day ordered abolition of four grade
crossings on the State main high
way east of Erie and the construc-
ton of a subway at Harbor Creek
Station. The opinion, which was
written by Commissioner John S.
Killing, disposes of proceedings
which were begun when complaint
was made against crossings OF the
New York Central, Nickle Plate and
other railroads and the Buffalo and
Lake Erie Traction company and
East Erie Commercial railroad de-
sired to make certain crossings. The
opinion relocates highways and
makes various orders for changes
which will amount to approximately
$319,075.90. The Commercial line
is to pay s24,640; traction company,
$14,744; State Highway Department,
$2O,502; Public Service Commission.
$4,000; New York Central, S97,G32;
Nickle Plate, $44,332: Harborcreek
township, $15,40O and Erie county,
oiCciA al
ders payments by the various parties
to the county for shares of the i'm
provement.
Men appointed mercantile ap-
praisers by Auditor General Charles
A. Snyder, last night, will be sent in
structions Immediately by c. w. My
ers, chief of the county bureau, to
whom they will report. One of the
prime requisites VIII be prompt re-
port. The appraisers will start their
work within a few days and collec-
tions will begin about the same time
as heretofore.
Attaches of the State Highway
Departments automobile division
have had so many applications for
license tags in the last twenty-four
hours that there may be an extern
sion of time granted.
Senator Max L.. Leslie, OF Pitts
burgh, was visitor here yesterday.
The first complete compilation of
the production of alfalfa in Pennsyl-
vania by counties shows that Cam
eron, Clinton, Forest, Lackawanna
and Union are the only counties
which did not raise this type of hay
during 1919 and that the aggregate
production for the State was 1878
tons against 9,154 tons in 1909, the
acreage being 62,214 in 1919 and the
average production 2.S4 tons per
acre. Chester is the leading alfalfa
county with 6,995 acres and 20,9S5
tors, Berks being next with 1874
tons and Northampton and Lancas-
ter following in the order named.
Dauphin raised 2,793 tons; Cumber-
land, 6373; Perry. 1866; Lebanon,
6,513; Juniata, ia; Franklin, 5,255;
Adams, 315; Mifflin, 499, and Sny-
der, Sc.
The State Highway Department
has revoked the paid drivers auto
mobile liceRSe of Clark Cover, Ship
pensburg, for a year because of con-
viction of reckless driving.
According to figures issued by the
statistical bureau of the Department
of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Is a
close competitor with Wisconsin and
Minnesota for third place as po-
tato raising state. New York is first