Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-28

Highway Commissioner Lewis s.
Sadler by DR.. Irwin E. Deer. state
supervisor of the rural survey sec
tion of the Interchurch World
Movement. Commissioner Sadler
said that he considers the letter one
OF the most remarkable that has
como to his department. The report
says that most of those in attend
ance said that the road conditions
affected most of oil the regularity of
attendance at service and gave
hgures from various churches. 1t
was also stated that in eight town
ships particularly reported upon as
lacking in good roads population
had shown a decrease from is to
81 per cent; 81 per cent of the farm
ers were rented and housing condi-
tions below normal.
The report goes on further to
show that the completion of hard
surfaced thoroughfares results in
increased value of real estate. A
paragraph covering this phase is as
follows: Where there Is an at
tempt at better road conditions,
every phase of life shows improve
ment-rcligious, economic and edu-
cational. An illustration of this is
the situation in Brooklyn and La
tkrop township, S u 8 a u h a II II a
county. where a six-mile stretch of
macadam was built. Six years after
the completion of this road there
was rise of from "a per cent to so
per cent in real estate value, due to
the. greater accessibility of markets,
and the possibility of hauling heav-
Ter loads from the railroad. This
road Facilitates fhn nnnSnii1a ttnn nf
schools as practiced at Brooklyn;
and all gatherings of a religious or
a social nature are more easily at
tended.
Susquehanna county voters at the
primary election to be held in May
will vote on a proposition to bond
the county for 100000 for road
construction purposes. Indications
are that the bond issue will be ap-
proved by a large majority.
The Public Service Commission
has adjourned all hearings until
Monday and Tuesday.
Col. Edward Martin, State Com
missioner of Health, to-day an
nounced a series of appointments in
the Henry Phipps Institute at Phila-
delphia. DR.. ]. NJ. Sterling. Phila-
delphia, is appointed assistant in the
State tuberculosis Dispensary; Dr.
n. S. Rothschild, Philadelphia, az
assistant in the prenatal clinic, and
DR.. John ID. Donnelly, Philadelphia,
placed in charge of the babies dis
pensary. DR.. John B. Critchfield
has been appointed chief of the
State dispensary at Lock Haven,
while these medical inspectors of
schools have been named: TT. ].
c. Simpson, West Conshohocken,
Montgomery county; DR.. Charles S.
Flagler for the model school of the
State Normal school at East
Stroudsburg; DIR. b. r. Kunkelman
for West Middleton borough, JEFF
ferson and independence townships,
Washington county; DR.. Revert w.
Lenker for Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
county, and DR.. Z. l.. Whistler for
New Freeport borough, Spring Hill,
and Gilmore townships, Greene
county.
Health officers named are r. w.
Lehmaster, Chambersburg, for
Greene, Guilford, Hamilton, st.
Thomas and Antrim townships,
Franklin county, and w. d. Gasser,
Tamaqua, for Rush, Ryan, Delano
and Kline townships, Schuylkill
county in addition to districts al
ready in his care.
Governor Sproul has announced
appointment of these delegates to
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, to meet at Washington, d.
c., December 9-11: J. 8. w. Holton,
w. E. Bernard, George F. Sproule,
James ]. McNally, Wilfred Fl.
Schoff. Durell Shuster, Howard ].
Saeger, Elisha Webb, Jr., Emil P.
Albrecht, Ernest T. Trigg, C. Her.
bert Bell, William II. wetherill,
James B. Bonner. Theodore Justice,
Philadelphia; C. Frank Williamson,
Media; William E. Headley, Chester;
T. B. Stockham, Morrisville; William
G. Peirce, Bristol; Albert r.
Granger, Chester; r. Lincoln Nc
Neil. William r. Tucker, A. B.
Clemmer. N. B. Kelly and ]. t. Ker-
nan, Philadelphia.