Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, June 08, 1915, Page 9, Image 9

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WHIG CUTS
WIN AT MINERSVILLE
Colored Champions Hit the Ball
Hard; Carpenter Is Big Star
in Yesterday's Game
The Harrisburg Giants returned last
night from a successful trip through
the coal regions. Yesterday they won
from Minersvllle, score 9 to 0. The
Giants hit the bill in big bunches in
two innings. Carpenter was a big star
for the Giants. The score follows:
GIANTS
R. H. O. A. E.
Hawkins, lb 1 2 9 0 0
Manning, cf 1 2 2 0 0
Carpenter, ss 0 2 3 3 0
H. Jordan, c 1 111 2 0
Clay. 2b , 1 1 0 0 0
Banks, rf... 1 1 1 0 0
Potter. If 1 1 0 0 0
R. Jordan, p 1 1 0 2 0
Christian, 2b 2 3 1 5 1
Totals 9 14 27 12 1
MINERSVILLE
R. H. O. A. E.
Moran, cf 0 1 1 0 0
IMetz. ss 0 1 2 5 1
Usherty, 3b 0 2 3 0 0
'dams, c 0 0 6 2 1
Derr, p 0 1 0 2 0
Larkin. rf 0 0 0 0 0
Conroy, If 0 0 4 1 1
Spents, lb 0 1 9 0 1
Karger, 2b 0 0 2 8 1
Shore, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 6 27 13 6
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Minersville .. 00000000 o—o
j HARUAND
A becoming collar that is mod
erately low and comfortable.
Ide Silver
■ k Collars
SIDES & SIDES
Buy Coal Before
July 1
That is, if saving 50c on
furnace sizes and 25c on hard
pea coal interests you. The
summer schedule of low
prices is in effect —but July
1 coal prices advance.
Order Kelley's Coal for
next Winter this month and
get the same good burning
(juality that Kelley always
delivers.
H. M. KELLEY & CO.
1 N. Third Street
Tenth and State Streets
TUESDAY EVENING,
Baseball Summary;
Games Past and Future
SCORES OF YESTERDAY
American League
St. Louis. 4; Philadelphia, 1.
Boston, 3; Chicago, 0.
Detroit, 3; New York. 2.
Washington, 6; Cleveland, 3.
National League
Philadelphia, 8; St. Louis, 4.
Pittsburgh, 6; Brooklyn, 1.
Others postponed.
FederaJ League
Brooklyn, 4; Baltimore. 3.
Brooklyn, 3; Baltimore, 2 (10 in
nings. )
Kansas City, 1; St. Louis, 0.
WHERE THEY PI/AY TO-DAY
American League
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Detroit at New York.
Cleveland at Washington.
Chic&go at Boston.
National league
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Boston at' Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
New York at Chicago.
Federal League
St Louis at Kansas City.
Baltimore at Brooklyn.
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-MORROW !
American League
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Washington.
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
National League
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Boston at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Federal League
St. Louis at Kansas City.
Newark at Brooklyn.
Buffalo at Baltimore.
Chicago-Pittsburgh not scheduled.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
American League
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 30 17 .638
Chicago 27 17 .622
Boston 21 16 .568
New York 19 .21 .475
Washington 18 20 .474
Cleveland 18 23 .4 39
St. Louis 16 25 .390
Philadelphia 15 28 * .349
National League
W. 1,. Pet.
Chicago 24 17 .585
Philadelphia 23 19 .548
Boston 21 20 .512
Brooklyn 21 21 .500
St. Louis 22 23 .489
Pittsburgh 20 21 .488
Cincinnati 17 22 .436
New York 16 21 .432
Federal League
W. L. Pet.
Kansas City 26 lfl .578
Pittsburgh 25 19 .568 i
Newark 23 19 .548 i
St. Louis 22 19 .532
Brooklyn .• 23 21 .523
Chicago 24 22 .522
Baltimore 16 26 .381
Buffalo 16 30 .348 (
Penn State Wins in
Meet With Pittsburgh 1
Special to The Telegraph
State College, June 8. Penn State I
track squad closed the most successful j
season in recent years by defeating ;
University of Pittsburgh in a dual i
meet here yesterday by the score of 82 !
to 44. Penn State records in the quar- |
ter-mile and broad Jump were smashed |
by Mason and Palmer, respectively.
Sheehan, of Pittsburgh, adned 11% ,
inches to his college's broad-Jump mark, i
leaping 23 feet 5 4-10 inches. Palmer,
of State, bettered the Blue and White I
record in the same event by two inches
with a Jump of 22 feet 8% Inches. Mason
clipped 2-5 second from the 440-yard
mark, running in 50 2-5.
In the fourteen events Plttaburgn
captured only four firsts the pole
vault, the halfmlle, broad Jump and mile
run.
ARROW
Soft COLLARS
Of White Pique or Repp, or plain
Mull. - 2 for 25c.
Cumberland Valley Railroad
TIME-TABLE
In Effect May 24, 1»14.
TRAINS leave Harrisburg—
For Winchester and Martlnsburg at
6:03. *7:50 a. m., *3.40 p. m.
For Hagerstown. Chanibersburg, Car
lisle, Mechanicsburg and Intermediate
stations at 5:03. *7:50. •11:58 a. m.
•8:40. 5:32. »7:40. *11:00 p. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle and
Mechanicsburg at S:4ft a. m., 2:18; 3:27,
6:30, 9:30 a. m.
For DlUsburg at S:O3, *7:50 and
•11:53 a. m„ 2UB. *3:40. 5:32 and *:3O
p. m.
•Dally. All other trains dally except
Sunday. H. A. RIDDLE,
i. H. TONQE. 0. P. A.
LEBANON HIGHIO
OPEN WITH TECH
Schedule Also Includes Central
Eleven; Season Starts Satur
day, October 2
Tech High football players will open
the season for LeDanon high. The
schedule was announced at Lebanon
yesterday by Professor J. Walter Es
penshade, faculty manager of the
Lebanon eleven. The schedule fol
lows:
October 2, Harrisburg Technical H.
S., at Lebanon; October 9, Steelton
H. S., at Steelton; October 16, Allen
town H. S., at Lebanon; uctober 23,
pending; October 30, Harrisburg Cen
tral H. S., at Lebanon; November 6,
Pottsville H. S., at Pottsville; Novem
ber 16, Sunbury H. S., at Sunbury;
November 20, Heading H. S., at Leb
anon; November 26, Pottstown H. S.,
at Lebanon. Captain Jimmy Hyn
son has issued a call for summer
practice in kicking and handling
punts. Henry Wilder will again act
as coach, with the prospect of a large
string of candidates for the regular
places.
High Class Games
For Local Patrons
In preparation for the arrival of
Harrisburg's International League
team, Manager J. Harry Messersmith
will stir up baseball enthusiasm with
a series of classy games. There will
be something doing between now and
the first league battle.
At Island Park to-morrow, the Mo
tive team of the Pennsylvania rail
road will play the Independents. This
will be the first of a series of games
to decide the local championship. The
Motive Power team is now leading
the league with a clean record of vic
tories.
On the Motive Power team is a num
ber of local stars who have signed up
for the season with the railroaders.
John Breckenridge the former Tri-
State star, late of the Scranton New
York State league team will pitch.
White will be on the mound for the
Harrisburg team. RUoades, the
plucky little catcher, will also play.
The game starts at 3.30 o'clock.
Next Monday the Pittsburgh Fed
erals will be the attraction. This is
the fifst outlaw attraction to visit Har
risburg. On the Pittsburgh team will
be a number of former stars of the
major league. This game will start
at 3.30 by request of a number of
businessmen.
Sport News at a Glance
Liberty and North Street split even
in a double-header yesterday, scores
4 to 7 and 4 to 5.
Mathuwson is out of the game with
a sore arm.
Pittsburgh shut out Penn State yes
terday, score 4 to 0.
Manager W. R. Winn, of the Metho
dist club, wants a game.
The Shamrock Fire Company team
las night withdrew from the Firemen's
League and will play independent base
ball.
In a five-inning game last evening
the Reading ftam sljut out Iner-Peal.
score 1 to 0. Johnson allowed no hits.
Reading still leads the Allison Hill
League. .
Leo Houek was outpointed by Young
Ahearn, of Brooklyn, at Albany last
night.
Packard A. C. wants games. Address
Earl Kelley, manager, 623 Reily street.
KAGLES AT A I/TOON A
Altoona, Pa., June B.—To-day and
to-morrow the annual convention of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles will be
in session here. The convention was
called to order this morning in thi
lodgeroom of the Eagles' Home, re
cently completed in this city at a cost
of $50,000. A spirited contest for
state president has developed between
John W. Heller, Jr., of York, and M. J.
McGulre. of Allentclwn, the present
vice-president. Last [evening a public
reception was extended Past National
Worthy Presidents Flank Herring, of
South Bend, Ind., and] W. J. Brennan,
of Pittsburgh.
Harrisburg Hospital Had
« Big Year, Report Shows
The annual meeting of the con
tributors of the Harrisburg hospital
was held at thut institution this aft
ernoon. The board of managers also
held its meeting. H. B. McCormick,
president of the board, was in charge.
Reports of the year, including the
improvements recently completed,
were read at the sessions after which
the time was devoted to discussion of
the plans for the coming year. Dur
ing the past year almost 200 more pa
tients have been in the hospital in
wards and rooms than last year. The
dispensary report also shows a big
increase in the number of cases com
pared to the total for the year pre
ceding.
PLAN AUTO TRIP
An automobile trip may take the
place of the annual picnic and outing
of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce. Plans ate I*JW being consid
ered by Charles W. Burtnett. chair
man of the committee on trade exten
sion.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS COMMENDED
£ Continued from First Page.]
and explains to date the public im
provement situation In Harrisburg.
Here are a few of the particular items:
The Improvement Program
Period covered by work, 13
years, beginning July, 1902.
Total expenditure, $1,513,496.45.
Engineering expenses, fees, sal
aries, Including designing and su
pervision, $149,484.78.
Percentage of whole cost for
engineers, etc., 9.9 per cent.
Savins? on type of dam designed
by Mr. Fuertes alone, $125,000.
Expended during year June 1,
1914, to June 1, 1915, $203,620.66.
Engineers, supervision and de
signing, $11,440.58.
Percentage, 5.6 per cent.
Work yet to be done, amounting
to $13,000, as follows: River wall,
$8,500, Including cost of plaza at
pumping station, to be paid for by
water department, but supervised
by board's engineers; Paxton
creek, $4,000; river dam. SSOO.
Approximate time for com
pletion for all work, weather and
water conditions permitting: Pax
ton creek, July 15; wall. August 1
or 15: placing of remaining slabs
on dam, same time.
Approximate cost of engineer
ing expenses to complete jobs,
$1,500.
The board submitted its statement
in answer to councilmanlc action of
last Tuesday, when definite action on
the Gorgas resolution calling for the
dismissal of all the subordinate engi
neers and employes of the board on
July 1 and the completion of the
works by the City Engineer's office.
Asked for Postponement
City Engineer M. B. Cowden, J. Wil
liam Bowman and E. C. Thompson,
members of the board, and J. D. Jus
tin. the board's engineer, attended tht
meeting.
Commissioner W. H. Lynch asked
for Indefinite postponement of the
Gorgas resolution, taking the stand
that the work was so near completion
that it would be folly to turn the Jobs
over to the City Englneer'e office at
this time. The engineer, It Is under
stood, under any circumstances would
have to employ practically the same
men as are now employed by the
Hoard of Public Works to complete the
work because of their familiarity with
the situation.
The Statement
The statement of the board in full
is as follows: •
"The activities of the Board of Pub
lie Works cover a period of thirteen
years, beginning with July, 1902. Dur
ing this period the city has entrusted
uS with the expenditure of $1,513,-
496.45. This figure is the total cost to
date of all the Improvements with
which the board has been entrusted.
Out of this total cost the sum of
$149,484.78 was spent for salaries, fees
and expenses of the engineers and as
sistants who designed and supervised
the improvements. Thus the engi
neering cost of all these improvements
was 9.9 per cent.' of the total cost.
"It should be borne 'in mind that
without the employment of compe
tent engineers the design and construc
tion of Harrisburg's public improve
ments would have been utterly impos
sible. Engineering costs properly vary
widely with the character of the struc
tures involved and with the speed with
which the work is executed by the
contractor. If the bids are low the
engineering percentage will, of course,
be higher than as though tt\e con
tract were greater. A complicated
structure like the filter plant would,
of course, show a higher engineering
percentage than a simple vitrified pipe
sewer. When structures are located
in or near water courses this fact has
the tendency to increase the engineer
ing percentage, for floods hinder and
delay the work.
The Saving: On the Dam
"Accordingly it is not always just to
use the engineering percentage on the
structure as an index of the efficiency
with which the work was designed
and executed. Had our dam been built
in accordance with any of the stand
ard designs for such structures known
to the engineer the cost would have
been at least three times what it was.
Mr. Fuertes originated this type of
design at a saving of at least $125,000
over any other design that could have
been used. The engineer cost in either
case would have been about the same,
but the engineering percentage for the
more expensive structure would have
been less ,than one-half that for the
structure as actually built.
"During the past year, June 1 to
June 1, the board has expended on the
various improvements the sum of
$203,620.66. Of this total $11,440.58
was for the salaries of the engineers,
Including Mr. Fuertes' only bill of S7B.
This is an engineering percentage of
5.6 per cent, which is considerably be
low most engineering percentages.
This low engineering cost is partly
accounted for by the efficiency of the
engineers themselves, who at certain
seasons work both at night and day.
To inspect construction work from
7 a. m. to 5 p. m. and then work In
the-office until 11 p. m. without addi
tional compensation is more than is
expected of most city employes.
Only Worth to be Done
"It is a fact that the Improvements
are nearlng completion. There still re
mains to be done approximately
$13,000 worth of payment work, di
vided as follows: River wall, $8,500,
Including the wall at the pumping sta
tion, which Is to he paid for by the
Department of Public Safety, hut su
pervised by your board of engineers;
Paxton creek. $4.n00; dam. SSOO. in
i addition to this there is work totaling
several thousand dollars which the
contractors are required to do under
their contract but for which they re
ceive no additional compensation. In
cluded in this class of worlc Is the fol
lowing: Cleaning of all structures, re
placement of condemned work, patch
ing of minor defects, cleaning out of
conduits, grading, etc.
. "It would seem to be almost self
evident that the men most competent
to supervise the completion of any en
gineering work are those who by long
experience on that work are familiar
with Its every detail. It will also be
more economical to have those familiar
with the work complete It. The finish
ing up of an engineering contract is
always the most critical and trying
stage of the work.
Ten Days to Wind l"p Job
"After the work is entirely com
pleted final estimates must be finished
and presented to the contractors and
the final settlements made on each
contract. At the final settlement on
every contract there are a number of
loose ends, frequently aggregating
many thousands of dollars.
"We have our estimate figures in
such shape that within ten days after
the "final acceptance of the work on
the contracts we should he able to
make our final settlements and wind
up the affairs of the board. With
favorable weather conditions the en
gineering cost to complete the im
provements should not exceed $1,500.
The work on Paxton creek with fair
weather should be finished by July 15
and the river wall with favorable
water conditions by August 1 or IS.
The placing of the slabs on the dam
should be completed at the same time."
Bowman to Buy More
Than 400 New Water
Meters For the City
From 400 to 800 new water meters
will be purchased by City Commis-
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JUNE 8,4915.
slower Harry F. Bowman, superinten
dent of public safety, the award of
the contract to the Gamon Meter
Company having been approved this
afternoon hy Council.
The Gamon company's meter was
selected after a month's endurance
test of nine machines which Mr. Bow
man kept in operation for a month.
The Gamon company bid "$5.45 for
the five-eighth inch type; 18.60 for
the three-quarter inch; sll for the
one Inch; sl9 for the inch and a
quarter; $21.50 for the inch and a
half and $35 for the two inch type.
It was the lowest of the bidders
whose wares made the best tests.
Council by "3 to 2"
Votes Commends Methods
of Public Works Board
By a i vote of 3 to 2, Council this
afternoon approved of the activities
of the Board of Public Works and en
dorsed its actions in handling Har
risburg's hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of public improvement
funds by postponing, indefinitely,"the
Gorgas resolution directing the board
to dismiss by July 1 all the engineers
and other subordinates in its employ.
Mayor Royal and Commissioner
Gorgas, who voted against postpone
ment and who insisted on passage
of the resolution, declared they did
not mean to criticise or question the
board's work.
Commissioners Lynch, Taylor and
Bowman all pressed Mr. Gorgas to
tell "what was behind" his resolu
tion, or as Mr. Lynch put it "who was
after the board?" Mr. Gorgas didn't
say other than to declare that he
meant to save money for the city
and that the city engineer could do
the work. City Engineer M. B. Cow
den explained to council that even
though his department would have
to take over the Jobs under way, he
would naturally be compelled to hire
•the men who are now in the board's
employ as they are familiar with the
work and capable he thought to com
plete it.
Curfew Ordinance Passed
The curfew ordinance was passed
finally with the bell or whistle sec
tion cut out. Mr. Taylor alone voted
against it as he usSd the Mayor's con
tention that the measure was worth
less for enforcement with the bell
or whistle section eliminated. Mayor
Royal declared he thought the meas
ure would lack force aspolice regula
tion, without the bell or whistle sec
tion. However, he voted for the
measure.
Action on the $300,000 Walnut
street bridge measure was postponed
until the first meeting of August by
Mr. Bowman who said that if the
ordinance was not passed within
ninety days of the general election,
the city will have to bear the cost of
a special election.
Mayor Royal questioned Commis
sioner Taylor's park police and play
ground instructor appointments and
asked if council ought not by law
approve of them. Mr. Taylor said
this had never been done before but
he was willing to submit them to
council. The Telegraph Printing Com
pany and Aughinbaugh Press sub
mitted bids for printing council re
ports, which were laid over for a
week.
LIQUOR DEALERS MEET
By Associated Press
Cincinnati. Ohio, June 8, —"The so
lution of what is commonly called the
liquor question depends upon what we
consider the problem to be," said Sam
uel Woolner. Jr., of Peoria, 111., presi
dent of the National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers' Association, at the opening
session to-day of that organization.
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