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MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES
MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE 1916
mcdcl. Special built to carry sidecar. 1
Well equipped. Good as new. Two
cylinder, three-speed. Call 328 Mul
berry avenue, Steelton. Pa. Mrs.
*6Hertha Kepner.
MAGNETOS All types; 4 and 6 i
Bosch high tension. Elshmaun. Dixey, |
Splltdort, Uea, Reuiy and different I
makes of colls, carburetors, etc. A. ,
Schiffman. 22-24-26 North Cauierou I
street. Bell 3633.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE is hereby given that Let
ters of Administration have been
granted to the undersigned, on tie .
estate of JOSEPH C. Eli' 11 EL, late ~|
the City of Harrisburg, l'a., deceased:]
all persons being indebted lo said es
tate are requested to make immediate '
payment, and those having claims j
against said estate will present them I
for payment to
LAI'KA E. SIIAMRAI C.il.
Administratrix.
Or Harrisburg, l'a. 1
STROt'P & FOX. Attorneys,
Russ Bids.,
Harrisburg, l'a.
NOTICE
DEPARTMENT ITT.Lb' SAFETY. j
Bureau of Water and Light.
BIDS will be received at the Offlee
oi Superintendent of Public Safety.
Room 10, Court House, t<> 71 o'clock
A. M.. April 21, 1919, for furnishing
2,500 tons river coal delivered in
bunkers at Pumping Station, Front
and Ncrtli Stieets. Coal t<> be free of
send and stone and delivered each day
until .-aid amount is supplied. Certi
fied check equal to 10 per cent, of .bid
to accompany bid.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
S. F. HASSLER,
Superintendent.
The following ordinances were read
In place of the City Council at a
meeting held Tuesday morning. April 1
1. 1919, and are published as required J
by Article 5, Section 3, Clause 10 of 1
the act of assembly approved June
27th, 1913:
AN ORDINANCE
To authorize the paving and curb
ing of Home street from Berryhill
street to Kensington Street, and pro
viding for the payment of the cost
thereof.
Section 1. Re it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg. and
it is hereby ordained by authority
of the same. Ttiat Home Street from
Berryhill Street to Kensington Street
be aiid the same is hereby authorized
to be paved with lirst class sheet as
phalt, 011 a concrete base, and curb
ed with granite or granolithic curb
ing, the cost and expense thereof to
tie assessed according to the foot
front rule.
Section 2. That all proceedings and
work incident to the improvement
herein authorized shall be taken and
done, and the cost and expense thereof
paid for. and the assessments levied
on abutting properties shall be col
lected, as provided by Ordinance No.
19. Session of 1914-1915. and. Ordin
ance No. 24. Session of 1914-1915: the
total amount of said assessment is
hereby appropriated to the payment
of the contract price of the work and
other necessary expense.
AN ORDINANCE
To authorize the paving and rurbing |
of David Street from Park Street to'
Whitehall Street; Helen Street from 1
Nineteenth Street to David Street;
Kunkel Street from Sixteenth Street
m to Seventeenth Street, and provid
ing for the payment of the cost
thereof:
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg
and it is hereby ordained by authority
of the same. That David Street from
Park Street to Whitehall Street; Hel
en Street from Nineteenth Street to
David Street; Kunkel Street from Six
teenth Street to Seventeenth Street
be and the same are hereby authorized
to be paved with first class sheet
asphalt, on a concrete base, and curb
ed wtih granite or granolithic curb
ing, the cost and expense thereof to I
be assessed according to the foot
front rule.
Section 2. That all proceedings and
work incident to the improvements j
herein authorized shall be taken and
done, and the costs and expense there- |
of paid lor, and the assessments levied 1
on abutting properties shall be col- \
looted, as provided by Ordinance No. ]
39, Session of 1914-1915. and the Or
dinance No. -4, Session of 1914-1915: I
the total amounts of said assessments 1
are hereby appropriated to the pay- ]
ment of the contract price of the
work and other necessary expense.
AN ORDINANCE
To authorize the opening of York
Street from Seventeenth Street to
Eighteenth Street, and providing
for the payment of the cost thereof.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg,
and it is hereby ordained by author
ity of the same, That the City Solic
itor he and he is hereby directed to
take tlie necessary proceedings to
have York Street from Seventeenth
Street to Eighteenth Street. as
marked on the official map of the i
city, legally opened, and for that I
purpose lie is authorized, subject to
the approval of Council, to agree with
the property owners whose property
will be taken, injured or destroyed
by said improvement upon proper
compensation for the damages to be
done or caused by the said opening
of York Street as herein authorized.
Section 2. That in case the City
Solicitor, in behalf of the city, and
the property owners along said York ;
Street, between the points desig-1
nated, cannot agree upon the amount |
of compensation proper to be paid i
or Council subsequently fails or re
fuses to confirm any such agreement, !
or does reject the same, the City
Solicitor may, if the property owners '
do not, apply to the proper l ourt for '
the appointment of viewers to assess
the damages and benefits according
to law.
Section 3 That the Superintendent
of Stieets and Public Improvements
be and he is hereby directed, as soon
as the damages mentioned in the
first and second sections hereof shall
have been properly adjusted, to cause
all obstructions now on the line of
said street, between the points named,
to be removed, so that said highway
inay be hereafter graded.
R. ROSS SEAMAN,
Clerk to City Council.
Office of the City Clerk, Harrisburg
Pa., April 2. 1919.
NOTICE ~~
The following ordinance was read
in place in the City Council at a meet
ing held Tuesday morning, April 8,
1919, and is published as directed by
Article 5, Section 3. Clause 10, of the
Act of Assembly approved June 2 7
, 1913.
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the paving of a ten foot
wide alley from Nineteenth Street
to Twentieth Street, the north side I
of said alley being parallel with,
and one hundred feet south of the
south side of Market Street.
Section 1. "Be it ordained by the!
Council of the City of Harrisburg, and
it is hereby ordained by authority of
the same. That a ten foot wide alley
from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth
Street, the north side of said alley
l.eing parallel with and one hundred
feet south of the south side of Market
Street, be and the same is hereby au
thorized to lie paved, from house line
to house line with sheet asphalt on a
concrete base, the cost and expense
thereof to lie assessed according to
the foot front rule.
Set lion 3. That all proceedings and I
work incident to the improvement I
herein authorized shall be taken and
done, and the rust and expense there-I
of shall le paid for and the assess- j
ment levied on the abutting proper- 1
tits shall I"' collected as provided 111 I
t irtiiriain <• No. is. session of 1914 -10 1.,
and Ordinance N 21. Session of i'i|i-l
1915. 1
It. ROSS SEAMAN. I
Clerk to City Council. 1
tit five of the City Clerk.
THURSDAY EVENING, HAJUUSBURG.(IISfifIU TEUEGRXPH. APRIL 10,1919.
MARKETS
1 1
j New York. April 10.—Motor
\ shares and allied specialties over
shadowed all other issues at the
opening of to-day's stock market,
j General Motors, Stutz, Chandler
j and Kelly-Springfield rising one to
two points. Pronounced strength
j was shown by various industrials,
1 equipments and specialties, particu
larly Industrial Alcohol, American
I International Corporation, Baldwin
Locomotive. Midvale Steel, lnterna
j tional Agricultural common and
| preferred. Associated Drygoods and
I Burns Brothers. Oils were irregu-
I lar. also shippings and tobaccos. U.
! S. Steel was barely steady at the
| outset but strengthened later.
XKW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company
j members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar
] bet Square. Harrisburg; 326 Chestnut
! street. Philadelphia: 34 Pine street,
i New York furnish the following
! quotations: Open Noon
j Allis Chalmers 38'4 38
1 Amcr. Beet Sugar 78*4 78H
American Can 5154 51'.
Am. Car and Fndry C 0... 93 *4 93' i
] Amor, Loco 67 67 H
] Amor. Smelting 71 1 * ~ 11 4
I American Sugar 129 7 12S
Anaconda 62 *4 62' i
I Atchison 92 s * 92*
] Baldwin Locomotive .... 92 *4 91 *4
| Baltimore and Ohio .... 4S's 4S ;1
j Bethlehem Steel B 72 t- 72U
• Butte Copper 21 7 21*4
California Petroleum .. 26L 26' a
Central Leather 7814 78H
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 59 59
Chi., Mil. and St. Paul .. 3S'i 38*,
Chicago, R. I. and Pacific. 24' 4 24
Chtno Con. Copper 37 37
Col. Fuel and Iron 43 *4 4314
Consol. Gas 96 90
Corn Products 57 58*4
Crucible Steel 67'4 67*4
Distilling Securities .... 67 T s 66*4
Erie 16 >,4 16 >4
General Motors 179 L 179
| Goodrich. B. F 67*4 f"H
[Great North., Pfd 92'- 92's
I Great North. Ore. subs .. 42 42 1 4
Hide Leather 222 22's
Hide and Leather 22's 22 >g
Inspiration Copper 51 51*4
International Paper ... tC'z 46
Kennecott 32 L 3214
Lackawanna Steel 70-% 71
Maxwell Motors 40> 39*4
Mere. War Ctfs 26*4 27 n
Mere. War Ctfs. Pfd 112* a 113K
Mox. Petroleum 23 7 a 23 ; a
Midvale Steel 46*s 46' 4
N. Y. Central 74' a 74*
N. Y., N. H. and H 29' 29*4
Norfolk and West 196 106
Northern Pacific 94' s 93"4
Penna. R. R 44', 44'.,
Pittsburgh Coal 4S 7 a 4S 7 a
Railway Steel Spg 81 81
Ray Con Copper 2114 21'4
Reading 85** 85
Republic Iron and Steel. S2* 4 83L
Southern Pacific 115 104\
Southern Ry 2S 28',
Studebaker 68 67*4
t'nion Pacific 130 130'
I*. S. I. Alcohol 159'4 157 K
I". S. Rubber 88'- 88'*
I'tah Copper 75751.
Virginia-Carolina Client. 61 7 „ 61*4
Westinsjhouse Mfg 47* a 46 7 a
Willys-Overland 30' a 30' 4
I'll 11 tDF.I,t'HIA PRODUCE
By Associated Press.
I'liilndrlphia, April 10. Wheat
No. 3, soft. red. $2.20; No. 2. red. $_ 24,
No. 3. soft, red, $2.24.
Corn - The market is lower; No.
-, yellow, as to grade anil location.
$1,70 7/ 1.75.
Oais The market Is steady;
No. 2. white, 7S®7Ssac; No. 3, white, j
7 6 1 ' r si 77 c.
Butter The market Is firm:
western, creamery, extra, 67c; nearby |
prints, fancy, 73® 75 c.
Refined sugars Market steady;
pcv.dered, 8.45 c; extra fine granulat
ed. 9c.
Eggs Market firm; Pennsylva
nia and other nearby firsts, free
case#, $13.05 per ease; do., current
I receipts, free eases, $12.75 per case;
1 western, extra, firsts, free cases.
I $13.05 per ease; do., lirsts, free cases,
| $12.75 per case; fancy, selected, pack
itd. 48® 50c per dozen.
| Cheese The market is steady;
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE is hereby given that Let-
I ters of Administration have been
(granted to the undersigned, on the
i estate oi Aaron T. Stahl, late of the
Borough of Dauphin, Dauphin County,
Pa., deceased. All persons being ni
idebted 10 said estate are requested to
) make immediate payment, and those
having claims against said estate will
present litem for payment to
IDA STAHL,
Administratrix.
Or Dauphin, Pa.
STROPP A- FOX, Attorneys, -
Russ Bldg.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
NOTICE
The following ordinance was read
in place in the City Council at a meet
ing held Tuesday Morning, March 25,
1919. and is published as required by
Article 5. Section 3, Clause 10, of the
Act of Assembly approved June 27
1913:
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the paving of Turner
Street. from Seneca Street to
Schuylkill Street, and providing for
the payment of the cost thereor.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg. and
it is hereby ordained by authority
of the sr.ine. That Turner Street, from
! Seneca street to Schuylkill street be
land the same is hereby authorized to
Ibe paved, from house line to house
'line with sheet asphalt on a concrete
■ base, the cost and expense thereof to
|be assessed according to the foot
front rule.
j Section 2. That all proceedings and
j work incident to the Improvement
> herein authorized shall be taken and
done, and the cost and expense there
of shall be paid for and the assess
ment levied un the abutting proper
ties shall be collected as provided by
Ordinance No. 19, Session of 1914-1915,
and Oidinance No. 24. Session of 1914-
1915.
R. ROSS SEAMAN.
Cerk to the City Council.
Office of the City Clerk, Harrisburg.
Pa. March 25. 1919.
H. M. HOFFMANN
Professional Funeral Director
Day and Night Calls Promptly
i Attended To.
Phone Bell 4101, or Call at
310 N. SECOND ST.
I
Auditing;
Sperinl 1 n vcattiKiit ion*
I Accounting Syilemn Inntnllcd
H. E. SCHRIVER
Public Accountant & Auditor
I nion TriiMt Co., Kildg;.,
llnrriMliurjf, I'M.
Hell I'honc 1013
—J
Grocery Store
FOR SALE
Located in Harrisburg. Doing
j splendid business. Established 18
>ears. Corner building. Can lie
i bought at inventory. Excellent
business opportunity. Good roa
i son I'or selling.
j For Further Particulars
Address Box D. P. A.
I t'nre Harrisburg Telegraph
New York and Wisconsin, full milk,
new, SUc; do., old, 35®38c.
Live Poultry—Easier; fowls lower;
fowls, 39® 43c; spring chickens, large
sizes. B®4uc; fowls, nol leghorns, 32
®36c; white leghorns, 34®37c;
young, softmcated roosters. 32® 33c;
old roosters, 26®27c; staggy, young
rccsters. 30®>31e; spring chickens, not
leghuin. 3044320; while leghorns, 29®
30c; broiling chickens. 1% to 2
pounds, 50®/55e; larger, 50® 35c;
roasting chickens. 30® 36c; ducks,
Peking, 424.545 C; do., old, -04} 33c; In
dian Kunners. 40®>41c; spring ducks,
Long Island, 3441 3tic; turkeys, 34®36c;
geese, nearby, 30c; do„ western, 30c.
Dressed poultry Firm; turkeys,
spring, choice, to fancy, 46®>4ac;
do., western, choice to fancy, 464440 c;
turkeys, fresh killed, fair to good, 40
4f 43c; turkeys, common, 30 44 35c; old
turkeys, 404442 c; capons, seven to
eight pounds, 44®45e; do., smaller
sizes. 40®)43c; fowls, trcsh killed,
choice to fancy, 3S®3o; do.,
smaller sizes, 304434 c; roosters, 27c;
western roasting chickens, 2<®37c;
western broiling chickens. 424444 c;
ducks, western, 38®40c: l'ekiu ducks,
o&4f4uc: old ducks, 304432 c; Indian
Runners, 3644370; spring ducks. Long
Island, 304440 c: geese, 264430 c.
Potatoes The market is steady;
New Jersey, No. 1, 65 44 7 6c
per basket; do., No. 2, 50® Sue per
oasket; do., 100-Ib. bags, No. 1, s2.su®)
S.l'o, extra duality; do.. No. 2, $1.50®
2,26; Pennsylvania, No. 1, 100 lbs.,
52.25443.60; do., per 100 lbs., fancy,
>2.00 443.10; New Jersey, No. 1, lUO
Ttjs., $2.15442.5(1; do.. No. 2, 100 lbs..
31.254} 1.75; western, per 100 lbs., 32.00
4} 2.2.5; New York state, per 100 lb..
32.254} 2.50; Maine, per 100 lbs., $2.0044
2.25; Delaware and Maryland, per 100
lis.. $1.75442.00; Florida, per barrel,
hamper, 754455 c; Florida, per 15u-lb.
bags, $1,501( 3.00; North Carolinu, per
barrel, $ J .60 44 4.00; South Carolina, per
bargcl. $1.50444.00; Norfolk, per bar
rel. $3.25; Eastern Shore, per
barrel, $2.0 044 2.75; fancy, Macungie.
No. 1. per barrel. $2.05 44 3.00, do.. No,
2. per barrel. $1.25441.50.
Flour The market is firm; winter
straight, western, $11.25 (g> XI. 75 per
barrel: do., nearby. $11.20@11.23;
barrel; Kansas straights, $12.10 44 1 2.30
Jer barrel; do., short patents, $12.53
4412.75 per barrel; spring, short pat
ents, $12.0 044 1 2.65 per barrel; do.,
spring putents, $11.5 0 4411.75 per bar
rel; spring firsts, clear. $0 504410.05
per barrel.
Tallow —The market is firm; prime
ct\y, loose, 10 54c; prime citv, special
loose, ll'ic; prime country, I'C.e; dark
6C. 44 7 c! edible, in tierces, 154420 c.
Hay The market is firm; timothy,
No. i, dlaigo and small bales, $33.50
M "4.00 per ton: No. 2. do., $32.00@32 50
per ton; No. 3, do., $25,004} 29.00 per
ton.
Clover, mixed: Liglit, $32.00® 32.50
per ton; No. 1, do., $31.00®)31.50 per
ton; No. 2. do., $28.50® 29.50 per ton.
llran The market is steady; soft
winter, in 100-Ib. sacks, spot, g 47.0-J<31
48.00 per ton; spring, spot, in 100-Ib.
sacks, s46.Ou® 47.00 per ton.
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press.
Chicago, April 10. (U. S. Bureau
of Markets). Hogs Receipts,
32,000: market fairly active, mostly 5c
lower than yesterday's average. Top,
$20.50; bulk of sales, $20.1044 20.40:
heavy weight, $20.30®20.50; medium
Weight, $20.25 ®-20.45: light weight,
$19.80® 20.40: light lights, $18.65ru
20.10: sows, $18.25® 19.75: pigs, $17.30
® 18.75.
Cattle Receipts. 9.000: beef
OPPORTUNITY
FOR PERSON OF VMIM.E MEANS
WHO has the pluck and ambition
for substantial and honorable
business nch 1 eye men ts —Public ser
vice enterprise.
Care Telegraph L-7445.
C ORST.It PROPERTY UPTOWN
FOR SALE
A three-story brick property on
a lot 25x108—large storeroom suit
able for any kind of business, au
tomobile showroom especially
sturdily constructed. A great bar
gain for a quick buyer.
For further particulars address
RON A-1 SOT, tare TELEGRAPH
CONSYLMAN & COMPANY
The Uptown Gents' Furnishers
.offers a variance in display of desir
able Easter wear that is sure lo meet
the approval of the most fastidious
dresser, and due to location and low
. expense, at prices that fit anv pocket
Urop in book
i i Silk Shirts
3nd 'Ct US . Our assortment of silk shirts is
, complete and the designs and models
COnVinCC you are u P" to_ the-minute in every respect.
J We also carry a complete line of dress
of the low p"r rk shirts and a bi ° ranse of
Drices and the Neckwear and Hose
prices ana me Be gure to see our stock of neck _
• •, r wear and hosiery for Spring and Eas-
SUperiOrity or ter wear. The designs cover every
, known desire that is sure to please
QUI* SorinSf ,lie fanc Y as well aR conservative
o dresser.
Styles Easter Suits
Our custom made suits—made to
your measure; your choice of pattern
and style—rank as the hest looking
and best made suits in Harrisburg.
Order now for Easter.
1117 NORTH THIRD STREET
Below Cumberland Street '
FOR RENT I
Having ordered additional safety deposit boxes, whic-h we
expect to arrive about May 15, we are now receiving applications
for the same. File your application now. Until such arrival we
will keep your valuable papers free of charge. $1.50, $3.00, $O.OO
Allison Hill Trust Co.
Thirteenth & Market Streets.
Established 4 3 Years. Both p hones .
PUBLIC SALE
VALUABLE STORE BUILDING AND
DWELLING AT ARENDTSVILLE
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919
The slore building anil dwelling of H. W. Trostel,
deceased, is for sale.
It is situated in the borough of Arendtsville, which has a popu
lation of nearly 500 people. Fine agriculture section and In the
Fruit Belt of Adams County, best of schools, electric light and water
system in the borough.
The store building proper is 52x28 feet, two-story brick and slate
roof, with modern store front in good state of repair with ware
house In rear attached, 50x20. Store building is heated by hot water
furnac-e and acetylene light system is installed.
The dwelling is solid brick, two-story and slate roof is 50x30 and
part of dwelling is added to main store room. It has 10 rooms
bath room, is supplied by town water. Large barn, partly used as
warehouse, hog pen, wagon shed, wood house and other small
buildings.
Garden In good slate of cultivation. Front yard along side of
dwelling, large enough to build on it. Some fruit trees and grape
vines.
One of the best business stands in the county.
Persons desiring to view the place may do so by calling any time
Sale to begin at 1.00 o'clock p. m„ when terms and conditions
will be made known by.
ALLAN B. TROSTEL, Executor,
MRS. HANNAH E. TROSTEL, Executrix.
SALE RAIN OR SHINE.
steers, feeders and calves steady; can
ners and cutters 15c higher; other
she stock slow and steady. Heavy
beef steers, $11.50®>20.25; light beef
steers. slo.oo® 18.50: butcher cows
and heifers, $7.40®11.75; canners and
cutters. $5.75® 10.00; veal calves,
$14.50® 17.50; stocker and feeder
steers. $8.25® 15.25. . ,
Slieep^—Receipts, 11.000: best hand)
weight lambs held 10c to 15c higher,
sheep steady. Lambs, eighty-four
pouds or less. 818.00®19.6.>: eight)-
five pound or better, $17.i5®19.60.
culls, $1 LOO®" 17.75: ewes, medium and
good, $12:25® 15.50; culls and common,
$6.00® 12.25.
WILL FIGHT DIVORCE
Mrs. Lura Arnold, wife of Robert
H. Arnold, to-day announced she
would contest his suit for divorce,
when she applied by petition to the
Judges to compel Arnold to pay her
alimony so she can engage counsel.
She denied the charges made by Ar
nold. who. in his suit, mentioned one
William F. Welsh as co-respondent.
bIAMNfi
18 SEALS & STENCILS
30 MF6-BYHS6. STENCIL WORKS ■ |j
130 LOCiiSTST. HBGLPA. it
j?® ' 1
Hughes & Pier
MEMBERS
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Slocks Bonds Grain
Penn-Harris Hotel
Harrisburg, Pa.
Telephones: Bell 1963
Dial 2427
Philadelphia. New York.
I —>
I want men
to introduce from
house to house a high
grade line of per
fumes, cosmetics, flav
oring extracts, spices,
toilet soap, etc. Steady
work. Big profits. No
experience necessary.
Cake of soap and full
particulars mailed free
to any address. Lacas
sian Co., Dept. 221,
St. Louis, Mo.
On the contrary she declared that she
was deserted in 1900 when her three
children and that Arnold absconded
from the local court's Jurisdiction.
She received nothing from him to
help support the children, she de- |
Clares.
LAUNCHES LAST SHIP
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia. April 10.— Having '
fulfilled its mission as a war time |
emergency shipyard, the Taylor plant '
Op A LARGE LIST OF i
■ MUNICIPAL BONDS
We own and offer an I
unusually large and di- j
versified list of bonds j
of counties, cities, ;
§1 towns and school dis- !
tricts. Twenty-seven
states arc represented, j
Particulars on request
I A. B. Leach & Co., Inc.
Investment Securities
115 S. 4th St.. I*liilalrl|lilii )
I Now York, Chicago, Boston i
Baltimore, Buffalo, Seranton
LEI' A. I,AVHF,NSTKI\
Representative
2-OS X, 3rd St.. Hnrrlshurg; j
Phone 4776-R.
FOR SALE
Immediate Possession
227 Muench Street
i
254-Story Ilrlck, good condi
tion. (> rooms and liatli. all
improvements exeept wiring.
A eozy, modern, wcll-loeated
home in a worth-while neMi
iKirliooil; am holding vacant
in order to soli; an unusual
bargain for some one; ini ir lit
consider exchange on other
property. Apply to your agent
or the owner,
A. C. Youn^
34 N. Second St.
Member of the H.rrl.burg Real
I'tnte Hoard
FOR SALE f
By Susquehanna Collieries Company
The Short Mountain and the
Williamstown Collieries
Consisting of all the coal and coal lands of the Company, situate in the
Townships of Wiconiseo and Williams, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and,
all of the other property of the Company in said Townships, consisting of im
provements, personal property, etc.
To be conveyed free from all claims, liens or encumbrances whatsoever
except for a certain contract of sale covering a portion of a culm pile near the
Short Mountain colliery.
For a total cash price, for all of the property of the Company within said
Townships, of
$1,400,000
THE PROPERTIES TO BE SOLD AS A WHOLE.
This offer to remain firm and open to acceptance at any time by any person
on or before the third day of May, A. D. 1919.
Susquehanna Collieries Company
No. 1300 Leader News Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.
at Cornwells, Pa., on the upper Del
aware, launched its last ship to-day,
the 3,500-ton cargo carrier Seyton.
WAR DEPARTMENT (
SALE OF ARMY CAMPS
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE OPENED ON ?
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1919 AT 10 A, M.
In Room 2-126, Building "C," 7th & B Sts., S. W., Washington, D. C. X i
THE SALE INCLUDES 3
(IN GENERAL)
Buildings and Fixtures in place. ||
Electric, Water, Sewer and Sewage D isposal Systems and their accessories.
Government owned Railroads, Roads, Culverts and Bridges. g
CAMP BEAUREGARD, CAMP KENDRICK, CAMP SHELBY, i
ALEXANDRIA, LA. LAKEHURST, N. J. HATTIESBURG, MISS.
CAMP LOGAN. , .
CAMP BOWIE, HOUSTON TEX CAMP SHERIDAN, IM*£
FORT WORTH, TEX. CAMP POLK, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
CAMP COLT, r ., 18 CI ,H L n EIGH ' N,C CAMP WADSWORTH, ' '
GETTYSBURG, PA. GREENSVILLE S C SPARTANBURG, S. C.
CAMP HANCOCK, NORTH CAMP CAMP WHEELER,
AUGUSTA, GA. COLUMBIA, S. C. MACON, GA.
Digest of Specifications L ' jt
Bids must be submitted in duplicate and should be The Government reserves the right to make the
addressed to: award as seems to best conserve the interests of
CHIKF OP CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OP THK ARMT the Government to accept any combination-bid or
-.v, T, C ,_ TV to reject any or all bids.
ith and M . ts., b. W. Purchasers must assume liability for damage
Attention T.t. Cot. Cottprr, Washington, D. C. done to land or improvements thereon and for in
and the envelope which should show the bidder's Jury to their employees or third parties as a result
nnme and address, should be plainly and conspic- of the performance of the contract,
uously marked "Sealed Proposal. Do Not Open." Buildings not owned by the Government and
Special envelope will be furnished, on request, for those erected by the benevolent and charitable or
this purpose. gani/.ation are not included in this sale.
The Division Storehouses, the utilities serving The Government will continue the leases for not
them, and the ritlle and artillery ranges are not in- more than (5) months nfter possession is given and
eluded in this sale. the purchaser must remove all building, structures.
Bids must be submitted for an entire camp, with etc., within that time and must assume all obliga
the exception of the Division Storehouse Area. In tions thereafter due to violation of this provision
addition to the total bid there must be the alterna- —including the renewal of leasee,
tive proposals based on the possible withholding Purchasers must remove debris In a manner sat
of either or both of the following: Isfactory to the Government unless specifically re
(a) The Base Hospital teased by the property owners.
(b) The Remount Station Tentative proposals have been received for the
Should the Base Hospital or the Remount. Station jurehase of Camps Beauregard and Sheridan for
be retained, the public utilities, such as sewer. :he use of the National Guard. Formal proposal*
water, electric lights and trackage serving them, covering sucli a proposition will be given preferred
will be retained also. lonsideration. •
Base Hospitals at the following camps have been Telephone*, fire-fighting apparatus and equip
turned over to the Public Health Service, and thev ment refrigerators, refrigerating machinery, incin
are not included in this sale, nor are the utilities erator plants, laundry equipment, construction
serving them: Camps Beauregard, Hancock, Rogan equipment, small tools, tents, rolling stock,'live
and Sevier —others may or may not be withdrawn. stock, stoves, ranges, range-boilers, supplies, and
Bids may he submitted for one or more camps. surplus material or equipment not installed, will
or anv combination of camps. no ' . be J n ,hi " B ®"r ~
* . Fire risk will be assumed by the purchaser after
Bidders must assume all land and property dam- the delivery of the camp. Sale will be cancelled
age claims. Maps snowing the areas involved will jf twenty-five (25) per cent of the c&jnp is de
be furnished on request and will form a part, of the stroved by fire prior to date possession is given,
contract. Information as to the conditions of the TERMS: Certified check payable to the Treas
leases will be furnished by the constructing quart- urer of , he United States for twenty (20) per
"master at the respective camps. The successful cent of the amount of the bid will be required
bidder must furnish to the government satisfactory accompany each bid. This check will be applied
releases of all land and property damage claims or upon the purchase price of the successful bidder
a guarantee to cither furnish such releases within and in the event that such bidder fails to consum
one year from the date thereof or to save the gov- mate the contract of purchase such check shall re
ernment harmless against all such claims, such main the property of the United States. Balance of
guarantee to he secured by a satisfactory bond in purchase price to be paid at the time the contract
a sum predicated upon the conditions at each camp. j s exe cuted.
Bids must hold good for sixty (60) days from In addition to the above a bond, in the sum of
date of opening and the awards will be announced twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars for each
within that time together with the dates on which camp, satisfactory to the Government will be re
the purchasers will be given possession. quired insuring compliance with terms of the sale.
Possession to be given as camps are released by Further information and detailed specifications,
the General Staff of the Army, but in no case will which will form a part of the contract, may be ob
date possession is given be more than five (5) tained from the constructing quartermasters at
months from date bids are opened the respective camps or from
THE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OF THE ARMY
7TH & B STS., S. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
ROOM 2-126
The yard has turned out ships, all of
wood. It had contracts for two more
but these were less than forty per |
cent, completed when the armistice
was signed, and the contracts were
| cancelled.
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