MANY MODERN HOMES ARE BEING BUILT IN HARRISBURG DURING PRESENT SEASON
TYPE OF HOUSES BEING BUILT O W.
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One of the largest building operations now under way Is the erection of fourteen attractive residences at
Kijthteonth anil North and Seventeenth and Regina streets. These modern homes are being l<ullt bv Harold A.
Hippie, First National F;ink building. for William A. Mcllhenny. Foundations for a number .'f tlie dwellings have
been completed and several of the structures are ready for the carpenters. Each house is of brick and stucco con
struction. slate roofs, containing eight rooms and bath.
WEST END TRACTS
TO BE DEVELOPED
Backenstoss Bros. Handle Two
Large Realty Deals In Second
Street. Neat Seneca
Development of a rather large sec
tion of the West End of the city has
been started in the sale of two good
sized tracts !n the vicinity of Second
and Seneca streets through the Back
enstoss Bros, real estate agency.
The large Hummel tract at Second
and Seneca streets has been sold
through this firm to H. J. Fornwalt,
who contemplates erection of three
modern dwellings.
Another large development project
in this vicinity is the laying out into
building lots by the same firm of the
ilcXaughton-Fairlanib tract on the
opposite side of the street. This plot
has a frontage in Second street of
feet.
Real estate men predict a rapid
growth for this section, which is now
being paved.
TO-DAY S BI II.DING PERMITS
Building permits were issued as fol
lows to-day:
Edward Yingst, one-story brick car
age. rear 190S Holty street, SSO.
Thomas Lebo. one-story frame gar
age. rear 13$ Hoerner street. SIOO.
L>. \V. Etter remodel three-story
brick 1900 State street, SSO.
W. \ Starkly, one-story brick and
stone garage. Front and Kelker streets,
J 3.000.
J. F. Saussaman. two two-story
brick houses. Jonestown road between
Twelfth and Cameron street, $3,600.
EXPLOSION* WRECKS BI'ILDIXGS
York. Pa., June 3.—When a half
barrel of dynamite exploded at the
Rockdale powder works yesterday
three buildings were destroyed. The
explosion is mysterious, as no work
has been done at the plant for eight
years.
XEARI.Y DOI BI.E COAL TCX
Special to the Telegraph
Scranton. Pa., June 3. Lackawanna
County Commissioners at a meeting
yesterda> increased the assessment on
cnsl lands from $175 per foot acre to
s3;'s per foot acre
TO AID Y. M. C. A.
Special te the Teletrefh
Lebanon. Pa.. June " A ten-dav
campaign with the raising of $4«.00O
'•»!- [li« wiping on of the indebtedness
and placing the Young Men's
i is.ixn ..saociation "n a sound fluan
• <1 footing was inaugurated Thurs-
FOR SALE
Property Cora South and Myrtle Avenue
26x107. Fine site for erection of a garage.
Inquire
DAUPHIN DEPOSIT TRUST CO.
PICK YOUJB (AH!
Now s the time —lots of bargains in both
fours and sixes. Every style one could
wish for, from a little rush-about to a state
ly limousine.
A used car, properly bought and prop
erly treated, yields a wealth of pleasure on
the investment.
You 11 find used car offers at extremely
low prices tonight in the Telegraph Want
Ads.
Pick your car!
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SATURDAY EVENING,
DEMOCRATS WHIP
BIG NAVY PLAN
Their Naval Program Wins,
189 to 183; Bill Passes With
Four Dissenters
Washington. D. C., June 3.—By a
majority of only six \otes. one of these
being oast by Speaker Champ Clark.
Democrats in the House yesterday suc
ceeded in adopting their naval pro-
I grain over that of the Republicans.
Exciting scenes attended the voting.
So close did it appear before the re
sult was announced that Minority
Leader Mann demanded a recapitu
lation. The vote was IS9 to 183
against recommitting the bill to in
sert the increased appropriation advo
cated by the Republicans and the bill
was then passed. 3Sj tc 4.
The Republican program would
have added close to $ 100.000.000 to
the bill and provided for completion
; of all the new ships within two years.
It would have added two dread
i naughts, one battle cruiser and many
| auxiliaries, and increased the person
nel by 3.500 men.
The government nrmor plate plant
amendment was put into the bill by a
' vote of 235 to 136. Representatives
Steele, l.esher and Llebel. of Pennsyl
vania, Democrats, voted against the
plant, while the other two Democrats
in the delegation, Casey and Bailey,
voted with their party.
On the final passage of the bill Rep-
I resentatlves George Graham, of Phlla
; delphia. and William J Browning, of
; Camden. X. J., Republicans; Meyer
London. of New York. Socialist, and
Randall, of California. Prohibitionist,
voted against the measure.
The bill carries appropriations and
authorizations of Sl' C.970.000. It em
braces the Republican amendments for
>3,500.000 foraviation and 50 sub
marines.
SFRIOVS BI.OW TO t\ S.
By .luocinted Presi
London. June 3. The la'est ordei
In counclll curtailing importes whlcf
was announced yesterday and will be
come effective on June S. strikes a se
vere blow at American exporters, as
most of the articles on the list are tm
I ported chiefly from America.
CAR MtKERS CEl' 040.000 (10M'«
S fecial to the Telegraph
Reading. Pa . June S. A bonu» o<
149,000 «ll paid ti> 1.000 employe* oi
the ' on The Carpenter Steel Com
I pony's payroll here yesterday. Th»
».\tra motif: was based on full time ir
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HARRISBURGERS
LUCKY BIDDERS
State Supplies For Year Will Be
Furnished in Large Part
by Local Firms
A list of the successful bidders for
furnishing supplies to the Pennsyl
vania Suite government as Included in
the annual schedule of supplies for
the fiscal year ending Maj 31, 1917,
was announced to-day. Harrlsburg
blders fared well. The list:
Donaldson Paper Company, Paul
I Johnston. Remington Typewriter Com
pany, D. H. Rineard, David \V. Cot
terel. Dives. Potncroy A Stewart,
Elllott-Flsher Company. L'ndcrwood
Typewriter Company. U C. Smith A
Bros. Typewriter Co.. Harrlsburg Type
writer and Supply Co!, Roberts A
Meek. Jacob Taustg ■< Sons. Harrlsburg
Blue Print Co.. Wit man Brothers,
George H. Lewi*. Joserh Goldsmith,
Thomas H. Johnston. Hoover Furni
ture Company, Robert Ross Jones. E.
/.. Gross, 'leorge C. Potts, Swift &
Company. Gohl A Rrunw, W. A. Heller,
Charles Wlesemanti. I'nlted Ice and
Coal Company, People's Ice Company,
Renjamln Strouso A Co.. William
Strotise A Co., Henry Gilbert & Son.
Holmes Seed Company, Walter 8.
Schell. Wittenm: er Lumber Company,
Harrlsburg Lumber Company, Harrls
burg Box and Shook Company. Wil
liam Zeiilers A S>>n anil Simon Cooper,
all of Harrlsburg.
Guckes Bros. ,v Hall. A. P. Little.
Ro>al Typewriter Company. Noiseless
Typewriter Companj. J. H. Weil & Co.,
DeHaan A Co., Deverc Rubber Com
pany. Library Bureau, Rills A. Glmbel,
John Hayworth Company, Williams,
Brown & Karle, Eugene L. Keefe, F.
Webber & t'o., Keystone Blue Taper
Company. Warren Knight Co., Young
& Sons. John Joseph McVey. George
T. Blssel Company. William H. Horst
man Company. James Boyd A Brother,
James X. Tassel, National Ammonia
Company, Atlantic Refining Company.
Heaton & Wood. Thomas C. Warley .fc
Co.. Joseph J. Kelley A Co., C, J.
Ralnear A Co.. Hosea Waterer. H. C.
Roberts Electric Co., Western Electric
Company, Anchor Packing Company,
Belmont Packing and Rubber Com
pany, Otis Elevator Company and E.
Clinton Co.. all of Philadelphia.
I'nlted Paper Mills Company, New-
York: Yletor Typewriter fompany.
Scranton: American Multlgraph Sales
Co.. Cleveland. <'>hlo; Addressograph
Company. Chicago. Til: Burroughs
Adding Machine Company. Detroit.
Mich.: Dalton Adding Machine Com
pany, Cincinnati, Ohio: Yawman A
Erbe Manufacturing Co., Rochester,
N. Y.: Keystone Flic Company, Chi
cago, 111,; Kulamaxoo I.oose I/eaf
Rlnder Co., Kalamasoo, Mich.: The
Letter Shop. Carlisle. Pa : Index
Vi«|ble I'omponv, New Haven, Conn.:
Baker-Vawter Company. Benton Har
bor. Mich.: Art Metal Construction
Company. Jamestown. N. V.; Kny-
Schcerer Company. Now York; Spen- .
<-er I.ena Company, Buffalo. N. Y ;
n. K Flllott fompam. Pi'tahurnh 1
New York Blue Print Panar Company. 1
New York. Individual Prinklne i'up
Companv. New York; Max Fuoha f'om
pany. New York; Jortn .! Kfnnfjr, Par
aona. Pa ; I'udaliey T 'n<kliiß Company,
Chlcaeo. 11l ; Honeywell Soap Com
puny. Cincinnati, <">hlo; American Mill
Pud* Company. Petrolt, Mbh.: Chi
(Hsro Plain and Deccralln* Company.
Chicago, 111 : York Paint and Color
I'ompunv, York: A. f». Ro'le ,t- Co ,
Cincinnati, nhto: \ I. 'Hick. Plita-
Imrßh, and Douh>day-HIU Electricl
Company. Plttaliurrh
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania
I arllalr.— Ptihken withy \eitlgn
wltlle on * damonatratlon run. William
A Pallor. * motorcvcle dealar. ««■
thrown from hi» machine and aarloualv
Injured.
ItmaMua. Tne Ke.v.tone firnace of
th«* Reading Iron Company, which haa
heen Idl. alncr tha latter p»i t of Feb
ruary, when an accident rauaed the
ata< k to he blown out, «ai atari-d up
to-day
l'»tl*«llle. My ralalng an ax which
came In contaot with a live wire.
Joaaph Novltak*. a itinherman, waa
•Iri'trocuud at the I.N tie colliery to
day.
tahlnnd. ' \l»eit KNMTi aaaiai
ani poatmaater for ten year* pant, re- !
»ijcii« d the position, taking i-ffect to
duv
\url». When a half barrel of dyna
| mite t-x|il"ded at the fto<-Wd«l* powder
work a yesterday, tlirae building wat*
1 deal ro> <-d
I'oftatllle, HalfM U. wa»
held for highway robher her# and aent
to a i •furtiiatiirv. Ktldema ahowr.l
that ahe held up paraona of her own a** I
on the hlghwaya and robbed thatn
«<k%»:h%i. aroitK Htn*Kl»
sptfial to lit* ! tltfJfl i
Wa> neahoro. Pa., (una 1 W rd haa
l ain rerelvtd >n n'ai naitinre announc
ing a fire that daelroyed ttia general
imri haiidlae aloe* at Uui'M Pa . of
mi i n l(arr> Oordon ton of Mra Kath
• rli.a ilordnn. of Wayneaboro, la («u
nal manager and In whb h ha had a
thud intaraat
I iihi »: Ml It I Kil l IM. MWW •TKPa
j i i. tSt rtHfnifh
l,(«i(lu»ii Pa, June 3 >lia MMta-
I). Iltlng wltb ha. la,gilai. Mia
Ti tu4ur* Heller, in Waal rJufi awa.i,
fall 4»wa Ibr rallar etepa kaalai.|a|r
II a lea wet > rakan and it la I' ,fM
her Inluflea will fatal
William I'ecla. nti|Jio>.,| bl Iha Maa
t'.iin|>aii>. lno|»« a i«'iia In hie foot i
falling down a flight if atepa a I tlx
plant a ' iui»la da> • ago
Mia William I Y.eaer, of \a|lav
• Keel, fall down a flight of atafe at
ihr mailt- o.iaa hate laat ..aging
leering the liaaniaoi. In tier right fuoi
ami ana waa badly brulaad
\ I II \M I I <i|| I 111 I II %I* I \I \
"Wub i fiiu l*a »arv, i»ri nappt whan
> out aeiii •!«■ kl» mar 1 iliaarfullt aah.
•d a woman of a mn in in prlMn
I dunno ma am I dunno, ri huh*
11|> an aw i*l t«l the man
"Vtui don I hii >w iihul lha wo
wall ania»t I \\ I. V Hill •
I m lit (wr Ilia flia VUiiaiuw
( Hat aid. j
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
SPEND MILLIONS
IN NEW BUILDING
First Five Months of 1916
Knock Records Into Cocked
Hat; Outlay $68,543,000
Building and engineering operations
In Eartern Pennsylvania, Southern
New Jersey. Maryland, Delaware, Dis
trict of Columblt and Virginia dtirln*
the first five months of 1916 .according
to comparative statistic* compiled by,
the F. W. Dodge Company, knocked i
| The Past and Future of Bellevue Park 1
| OUR PREDICTIONS f
A f « w yeam ago, at the time when Bellevue Park VIM farm dSJ
property, and the departed village of Bnttztown, its center of popu- §3
latlon, we told the people what the character of the development tjgj
work of the Union Real Estate Investment Company In connection r3j
I». #*' W,th ,hl " prol,er,y wo, 'l<l l,e . «nd the kind of homes that woulcVbe <s?[
if »>ave b\n
, M |Ht ho in- §§j
JI a %ni I Jill : tw eluded within the city limits; many more squares of streets will Sj
Hflß 1' Iff"' *5.1 PHII hav " b< '*" n P* V ®<>J practically nil of the lots will have been sold: SB
HP ___ ~' r~ M& there will be many more houses erected and many In the course of )stt
«!v n'_ T C7 construction, and the general attractiveness of the Park will be
BiTtf f Sllf** """ further Increased, In fact, excel any development In this section of £sjj
SI I 1 sPPPnI, Sf|| IIR I || , Bmle The values of lots within five years will be doubled over what !§l
| -' Miller Brothers & Co. 1
y'< PARK OH'lt K CITV OFFICE ra
•y-, OXF OF RELI.EVI'E PARK'S MAM MNE IIOMEB Market and Ist Street* Ixxnist ami Court Strcota £§
' ' M**!' P'«one MST IHKril PHONES K{
g§^^^^g^^^§^s§a§s§^m^-^a@^agaasamsMaagssmmaa^»ma)amitsita^
; - HOMES
If "HOME means more tn you than four brick walls—if it means idea! loca
tion, light and fresh air, romping space for the kiddies, and a lot of little con
venient details not to he found in the average house— these modern new homes
will win quick favor with you.
If you're intereite<l In home* of character and rettnement, yet moderately priced, we SUK
seat your Inspection of these really Ideal Home*. Can he aeen any time.
Tw•■•and-a-half story hrh k and hollow tll«; located hut H stone's throw
from two f«r lln- » eight rooms Mild bath. large < eniented cellar, alate roof,
r-iir porch and balcony, of I.rick rind concrete construction. Hardwood finish
• igliout, nil flour* double-laid. first floor In oak Open fireplace* with
automatic fire (tun. i* and uali dumper* Mullt-ln <lre**er* and deep clo*et*
with huge mirrt'ik in dour* Luxurious hatha wltli floor* and walla of whlto
tilt. Lo< ated on Mciieca street, near Green, on north aide of straet.
J. P. McCULLOUGH F. M. TRITLE
Stilt N. WCOXD *T. lIU 1/OCI'ST ST.
Fine Homes For Sale
410 Emerald Street. All-night car service- paved street, 10-foot cement porches and cement
cellars. Steam heat, electric lights and gas. First floor hardwood finish, second floor white !|
enamel and mahogany. Best bathroom fixtures.
[the best records of the past seven
years Into a cocked hat.
From January 1 to June 1, 1916, the
estimated expenditure was $68,543,000
while the nearest approach to that re<*.
j ord was reached In 1912 when In the
same time 157,260,000. In 1915 the
estimated outlay was 137,263.000.
Other figures were: 1914, $42,562,000;
1913, 132.853.000; 1911. *44,417,500;
1910. *44.519,000.
What was true of the smaller dis
trict above mentioned was followed
out on a larger scale In the New Kng
iand States, New York, New Jersey,!
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Delaware, j
District of Columbia, Virginia, Ohio,
West Virginia. Illinois, Indiana, lowa.
Wisconsin. Michigan, Minnesota. North
and South Dakota, and portion* of
Missouri and Eastern Kansas. Com
parative statistics compiled by the
Dodge Company show the following
! figures:
I In 1916, *456,101.500; 1015. *321.-!
JUNE 3, 1916.
1241,100; 1914, *300.721.000; 1913,1
j *379.001,500; 1912, *327.015.000;
1191 1, *339.167,813; 1910. *366,037,-
505.
REU/H PROPERTY
The property at 426 South Seven
teenth street wa* sold yesterday by
Clifton D. Hackens'cus to A. Catherine
Miller through liackenslos* Real Es
tate Agency.
In Realty Realms
Suburbanites who live In the Calder
tract, the section of the township lying
just east of Nineteenth street, north
nf Cameron Parkway, south of the
!'hllad«lph!a and Reading "cut" and
west of the almshouse road, will be
regular citizens of llarrlstiurg bv early
Fall If the plans for annexation are put
through *reordlng to schedule. The
viewers will make a favorable report
to court In June quarter session* and
| the court will approve It temporarily.
I According to law the report will lie
over until September sessions In order
I to permit the tiling of any possible ob
lection* itnd If there he none, then re
port will he confirmed tlnally.
Juat 3,1 T>B acres of unsettled lands
will be Included In the sale of prop
erties for delinquent 1913-14 county
taxes which has been scheduled by
County Treasurer Mark Muinma on the
courthouse steps, August 7.
Pale of the Itumley Products Com
pany property In South Second street lo
the Kastern Sheet Metals Company, of
I'hlludolphla, through Miller Bros. &
Compuny, will be a big boom for real
estate In this vicinity. The building
has long stood Idle although It Is ad
mirably situated and equipped for dis
tribution purposes.
Actual construction work on the big
apartment house at 711-13 North Second
street for J. Hervey l'atton will be
started by Augustus Wlldman next
: week. The old buildings have been
1 razed and the foundations are now un
■ der way. This will be one of the city's
! 1 larger apartments.
I North Fifth'
St. Homes
j Located at 2311-13-15-17 N. Fifth
Street
EASY TERMS
Fred C. Miller
Builder
213 Walnut Street, Harrlsbunc, Pa.
Bell Phone 797-M
H
Evergreen Street
House
Now vacant—All Improvements;
I front porch; paved street, front and
rear. Nothing like it for $3,000.
Inspect It. Key at our office.
Bell Realty Co.
Bcrffner Building
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Prospect Hill Cemetery {
UAIIKKT ANO 20TH STREETS {
This cemetery Is soon to be en-»
larged and beautified under planet
prepared by Warren H. Manning. '♦
Lots will be sold with the per-1
petual care provision.
Prospect Hill Cemetery Co. j
Ilarman P. Miller, PrcalJeat I
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