8 HOUSE IN FAVOR OF THiRD JUDGE Nissley Bill Affecting Local Bench Passes Finally in the Lower! Branch GOES NOW TO THE SENATE General Appropriation Measure Is Pre-1 seated Carrying a Total of S4H,- 853.722, of Which State Highway Department Asks $11,418,100 ______ The Nisslev third judgeship bill fori' Dauphin county was passed finally in : | the House last uight by a vote ot' 16i> • ] to 17, and will now go to the Senate, 1 ' "where Senator Beidleman, who is said! ' to favor the measure in its present ' form, will act as sponsor for it. Sen ator Beidlenian 's third judgeship bill, introduced in the Senate last session,,, was not acted on. Mr. Garner, of Schuylkill, attempted! to.start an argument on the bill bv say- j ! lag he read in a Harrisburg paper that ' i * third judge was not needed in this i i county. Representative Nisslev came to the defense of his bill with an argu- i ment designed to show the present juices of Dauphin county have too much work to do. A resolution introduced by Mr. Cro- 1 •tier, Allegheny, to fix March" 17 as the ' last day for introducing bills, was laid j ; •ver. | i Governor Brumbaugh's action on the ( deficiency bill, from which he cut S9S,- | ' SOO, was sustained. IST to 2. A resolution by Mr. Wood-ward, A 1 PAIN CONE ! RUB SORE, RHEUMATIC ACHING JDINISi Rub Pain Away With a Small Tiial bottle of !! Old "St. Jacob's Oil" Stop "dosing" Rheumatism. It's pain only; not one case in fifty I c requires internal treatment. Rub j ' . toothing, penetrating "St. Jacob's Oil" light on the "tender sjKit," and by the ' time you say Jack Robinson out 1 comes the rheumatic pii. and distress. "St. Jacob's Oil" is a harmless rlieuma- ! tism liniment which never disappoints i i ami doesn't burn the skin. It' take- 1 pain, soreness and stiffness from ach- ' ing joints, muscles and bones; stops j sciatica, lumbago, luekache and neu- , ralgia. ' Limber u{>.! Get a small trial bottle I 1 or' hcne«t "St Jacob's Oil" -from any drug store, and in a mo 1 ment. von'll be free from pains, ache- ' ■nd stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub j 1 r*"*nmatisn away.—Adv. FIGHTING FORTS IN TH " I | [ I V ;|A ' '>'• -IP :V. |:'J THE CORNWALL/5 Among the war ships bombarding the forts of the L> aiuunelies 10 force a way to Constantinople Is the British battle ship Com wall is. She is a battle ship of 14.000 tons normal displacement. 418 feet long, with a draught of 27% feet. launched in Ju'v. 1901. She carries four 12-inch and twelve tt-lnoh guns and has four submerged torpedo tubes. Her speed is 19% knots. In the illustration above she is "taown firing a broadside. _____ HARRISBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 2. 1915 Piles Quickly Cured at Home Pjrtudi Smito Pyrnmtd Pile Remedy gives quick re lief. stops Itching, bleeding or protruding piles, hemorrhoids and all rectal troubles. In the privacy of your own home. Pyra mid Pile Remedy Is tor sale at all drug gists. eoo a box. A single box often cures. A trial treatment will bo mailed free If you mall coupon below, FREE SAMPLE COUPON PYRAMID I>RVf» COMPANY. K7 Pyramid Bldg., Marshall, Mich. Kindly send me a Frt'o sample of Pyramid Pile Remedy, in plain wrapper. Name Street ..._ City State leyheny. for the chairmen of the Ap propriation committee and five mem bers of each house to investigate pub lished charges against certain Allegheny institutions, was laid over on objections by Mr. Garner. The general appropriation bill, to carry on the State government for two years, was introduced by Chairman Woodward, of the House Appropria tions committee. It is made up from the estimates made by heads of depart ments. which will be considered by the committee when the bill is referred to it. BUI Carries 1110,955,7:22 The total carried is $46,9*53,722.42, the largest ever put in a preliminary bill. The Highway Department asks $11,448,100, of which $6,000,000 is for maintenance and $3,000,000 for State highway construction and other highway expenses. Schools are given $15,000,000 and the Health, Labor and Industry, legislative and other depart ments are down for large sums. Provision for refund of any increase in the price of coal which may have been paid to any producer of anthracite coal because of the anthracite tax be ing refunded in the event of the act be in; declared unconstitutional is made in a bill introduced in the House by Mr. Garner, Schuylkill. The payments are to be made within one year after the act is declared unconstitutional, if it should be, with lawful interest. Per sons entitled to the increase are to file claims within six months, and suit may be brought to enforce ,\-di. -tion. If an accounting is not made by ci il nroduc ers in a year the Attorney Oeu. :il may bring suit on behalf of the State. Other Bills Offered o.her bills presented were: I.andis, Montgomery, requiring all persons, except dealers desiring to earn er possess deadly weapons to secure permits from District Attorneys. Nisslev, Dauphin, prohibiting sprink ling paved streets in any cities between 6 a. iu. and 7 p. in. Ostran(ler,» McKean, appropriating $62." >0 for State aid to agricultural exhibitions. Nisslev, Dauphin, requiring all plans and materials for construction and burial vaults to be approved by State Commissioner of Health or his officers, and providing for State inspection. Yi kerm ail, Allegheny, taking from the Public Ser\ice Commission jurisdic tion over puVi utilities in counties, municipalities and townships. Whitaker, Chester, appropriating $75 1 0,000 for constniction of armories | and $129,945 for maintenance. | Walton, Lawrence, appropriating $240,320 to reimburse counties for I payment of bounties on noxious ani mals. Powell, Lnnerne, increasing mine in fections in first and second anthracite districts. Kunkle, Monroe, est-ablishiing a bu reau of poultry in the Department of Agriculture. Dunn, Philadelphia, authorizing the j Governor to name a commission of ten for an annual celebration of Independ ence Day in Philadelphia, and appro priating $20,000. Davis, Lackawanna, increasing pre j emptory challenges from six to twelve in cases involving election frauds and jury tampering. TEACBERS'IMENT BILL BEFORE SENATE Senator Tompkins Introduces Measure Providing for Creation of a Pension Fund—No Action Last Night on Deficiency Bill Veto I Governor Brumbaugh's veto of the measure providing for an increased number of employes iu the Senate and House reached the Senate last night, but no action was taken. After it was ! read Senator Sproul moved that its con-j sideration be postponed for the present, which was agreed to, and it was said , last night that it is possible that noth ing further will be heard of it. Senator Tompkins introduced a teach ers' retirement bill which provides tor the retirement of superannuated or in capacitated public school teachers wiieu they have reached the age of 70 or have served twenty years in the schools. A pension fund is to be ere-1 ated by setting apart a certain per cent.; of each teacher's salary. Teachers in all parts of the State have asked that should such a measure be introduced they be given a chance to be heard in i its support. Senator Martin, of Cumberland, in troduced a bill appropriating $15,000 for the maintenance of Carlisle hospital, and Senator Hoke one for $5,000 for the G. W. and Agnes Hoffman Orphau age, Littlestown, Adams county. Senator Magee, of Allegheny, asked for $600,000 to complete the new peni tentiary in Centre county and $400,000 for the Western Penitentiary, while Senator Patton asked for $i,760,000 for the University of Pennsylvania. Adams county wants a state road from a point on the Taueytown road. I by way of Barlow, to the Maryland line, a bill being introduced to that effect ; by Senator Hoke. Under a bill introduced bv Senator! Thompson women can work only a maxi- j mum of 63 hours a week in hotels.! boarding houses and restaurants; girls! under 18 must not work before 6 a. mJ or after 9 p. m., and during every six! hours work there must be a rest period of 45 minutes. There is a fine of $25 j for violation of the law. None of the more important of the gubernatorial nominations now in the hands of the Committee on Executive nominations was reported out owing to' the absence of Senators Crow, Vare and MeNichol in Florida, but a number of] notaries were confirmed and the Senate adjourned to meet this morning at 10 , Governor Names a Judge Governor Brumbaugh last night sent to the Senate the appointment of Wil-, liam 11. Shoemaker to be judge of Com- j moil Pleas Court No. 1, Philadelphia, j vice John L. Kinsev. deceased, and the name of Ignatius J. Horstmann, of | Philadelphia, to be inspector of the! Has tern penitentiary vice Robert A. j Balfour, deceax accruals. ...$7,889,523 47 $151,330 42 Uncollectible railwav reve i »ues " M.riS 21 $11,313 24 $7,700.558 71 $140,017 18 Railway operating Income $37,258,771 60 $3,983,068 95 CONDENSED GENERAL BALANCE SHEET Decou t> r 3ls:. 1914. ASSETS: Investments: Investment in road and e iu'.pment $481,553,513 69 Improvements on leased railroad property since June 3010, 1907. 16,294,103 39 Sinking funds (. 2.309,427 30 | Miscellaneous physical property 2.0:6,833 23 j Securities owned a;vd advances to affiliated companies 3*0,493,097 97 Current assets ti7,..»9,i84 iu ! Deferred assets. Including Insurance and other funds. 28,952 9:3 111 Unadjusted debits 2.223,373 63 $951,463,056 96 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $499,203,600 00 Premium realized on Capital Stock from January Ist. 19j9 7,254,247 63 Bonded debt and other obligations 236.951.612 73 Current liabilities 33.743.697 79 Deferred liabilities 187,774 13 Unadjusted credits including accrued ;sses and depreciation reserves 29.2i1.093 63 Corporate surplus: , Additions to property through Income and surplus since June 30th, 1907 73,184,541 S7 Miscellaneous fund reserves 32,426,820 49 Sinking fund reserves, etc 5,412,283 22 Protit and loss, 31,877,355 47 _______ $951,463,056 96 ' The operating revenue of all lines easi aivl Wist of Pittsburgh for the »pi .... , , - , . , , y«ar 1814 was $354,41 - -,996.34.' operat ,L «l ' e ff t 0 V 8 >° f , r .? e! * lu ins expenses $258,503.507.54. and operat pif.y f,_sy ... f i®'" divisions east of j, „ i nco .i.c $65,609,188..>0. a decrease in fjj Si*l .,! " r riu -•■> vns J"'*~ operating ie\enue. compared with 1913, n»J •»?«%* C i 2 I'-'>>• Of 535.022.917.71. and a decrease in op- Sn 't 16 ! crating income of $5,373,832.58. There ner pent " tciejSl ' 1.903,9j1, or ..»U were 313.983,414 tons of freight moved pei tent. 01 -, ,he entire system, being a decrease of 58,039.716 tons, and 183.031.295 pas sengers carried, a decease of 1,463.150. GFXERAL RF.MARKS Mileage. The increase in the mileage of t'.:o lines directly operated was hie chiefly to the l?ase of tlie Nor;her'i Cential Railway, Income Statement. Business conditions 011 your liner. as , well as on other railroads, were unsat- j lsfaetory In the year 1911. The total, operating revenue show n decrease of 5.69 per ctnt., compared with 1913. chiefly in the freight and passenger; traffl ■. arising from unfavorable co'n mercUil and :inan.ial conditions, which in the last live months of the "yea: Wete accentuated by the European War. The gross revenues a id expenses in clude. since July 1, 1911. the operations! of the Xorthern Central Lines under the lease to your company, and they also j include, in accordance with the revised Classification of Operating: Revenues 1 and Expenses of the Interstate Com merce Commission, effective since July 1. 1914. the results from Auxiliary Opel - ■ ations. for whie.i separate accounting was previously required. Express Revenue shows a decrease 1 due to a reduction in express rates, and by reason o: the operation of the j Parcel Post. This will require some , equitable adjustment of the contract | with the Express Company, and offsets to some extent the increase in Mail Revenue. Mail Revenue increased as a result of the quadrennial weighing, effective July 1, 1913. The manifest unfairness of weighing the mails, including the grow ing parcel post, only once in four years deprives the Company of revenue for • the increased weights cairied each year' and should be remedied by an annual weighing and an annual adjustment of pay. The total Operating Expenses de creased 8.67 per cent., chiefly through enforced economies required by the loss of revenue and tiamc. These wore effected by a reduction in the use of I materials and supplies. In the work- 1 ing forces of all departments, and in train and car mileage, and by deferring other expenses, but having in view at ! all times the preservation of the safety of your tracks, equipment and facili- | ties. The increases in wages of en ginemen. firemen, conductors, and train- ! men, under the Wage Arbitration: awards, and other consequent wage ad- | justments, and the expense of comply ing with legislative enactments, pre- I vented still further savings in ex- j penses. Railway Operating Income shows at decrease of $3.087,538.68, compared with the results of the lines operated by | your Company in 1913, but if the figures j for 1913 used in comparison had also j included the operations of the Xorthern Central Railway for that year, the Rail- I way Operating Income for both Com- j panies would have shown an aggregate 1 decrease of $3,983,068.95. The X'et Income for 1914 was $34,090,- 764.82, a decrease of $7,830,067.97. com pared with the previous year: from' which appropriations were inade to . Sinking and other Reserve Funds: cer tain ■ necessary additions and bettor- j ments were provided; cash dividends ! amounting to six per cent, were paid j on your Capital Stock; and $123,000.53 . was credited to Profit and Loss account. | The latter account has also been cred- j lted with $5,689..179. the par value of. the Northern Central Railway Company • stock received as a 40 per cent, divl- \ dend and the cash dividends accrueu i thereon since January Ist. 1911; the' extra cash dividend of 10 per cent. 1 amounting to $1,057,720, received 011 '■ your stock holdings in that Company; | also the proceeds received from the | Manor Real Estate and Trust Company, . which is owned by your company, re sulting from the sale, to the Susque- I hanna Coal Company of coal lands for- ■ merly leased to the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company, amounting to $670,368.98 and with profits from sales of securities and sundry credits. Against this account has been charged s3.lSu.- 031.38, representing construction anJ real estate expenditures on long term leased lines especially the United Xew Jersey Railroad and Canal Company and Harrls'burg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster nallroad Company, the net income of your Company not being sufficient to provide the same; advances to Branch Lines for similar purposes, which were unable to meet the same out of (heir own resources, and advances for interest on, and retirement of, water trust certificates and expenditures on your water supply system; also the rental and leasehold settlement of the Xorthern Central Railway Company in the adjustment of the accounts under 1 the lease from January Ist, 1911, involv ing a charge of $1,343,510.83, so that the net amount credited to Profit and Loss account during the year was $2,850.- 174.81. Legislation. Tlie increased scope and great bur den of the duties and responsibilities Imposed upon the Interstate Commerce I Commission should now be followed by the amendment of the Federal laws from which its authority is derived. The Commission should be definitely empowered by specific provisions in I these laws to strengthen the railroads, f'tpon which the welfare i>f the Coun- I I try so largely depends, so as to en- I coinage t: e investment of private cap ita; for the expansion of their facili ties and scivices, and the preservation if :!uir c.edlt.by means of reasonable rates which will accord with the high er costs and bin ('ens placed 011 them in ccmplylng with statutory requlre m.r'.j r.nd governmental awards and j regulations. Ihe Commission should be enlarged am -o organized as to be able to r.eal i rimntlv with the impor tant railroad questions which under the existing scvenie of government regula tion.'in. :_t 1 c nis.del cd by it. The po sition of a Commissioner should lie placed beyond politic..l influence by a long ten re of office, and the compen sation should l»e sufficient to attract an! rtt.ihi men of the widest experience and greatest ability. The regulatory j power of the Commission should be I clearly extended to the supervision and I : control of all rates and practices whie.i > diectly or .eniotely affect interstate] transportation of commerce, and should ' include power to maintain a jate struc- | tare approved by or satisfactory to it, 1 even t.icngh to accomplish this it should ; bt t.ecessarv to prevent reductions of ! ( rates or to compel advances of rates j 1 lou id by the Commission to be unrea- ' | souably low. An unreasonably low rate ( i isuy be beneficial to some one or more I 1 snippets, but the rates of some other, shippers are sure to be disadvantag eously afTected thereby. The services 1 'of the Commission should be made | available to remedy the concededly in adequate revenues of the railroads for ; the transportation of mails and Parcel ! Post, and tiie powar of Commissions. 1 ; w !ate and Federal, to suspend Increases i in rates should be limited, so as to pre- I vent loss of revenue to the railroads! , during the suspension of rates sul>se- j . quently determined to be reasonable. . j increases in wages and other, burdens i which seriously enlarge railroad ex- ! p- use? should not be Imposed by legis- j 1 lai.on, or through awards of Govern- I ■ mental bodies, unltss the ability of I ' '-e 1 aiiroaris to pay the same under the rate shedules then in effect is clearly I apparent, or unless toe Interstate Com-! merce Commission is prepared to ap- ! prove of increases in the rate schedules j that will enable the railroads to meet I the same without impairment of their) ; credit or efficiency. • Weak railroads are among the great- I I est obstacles to business enterprise | and commerce, and the country will j j have too many weak railroads unless a 1 I constructive and equitable policy of | 1 public regulation Is practiced, not'as a 1 ' palliative, but as a permanent public and business necessity. 1 The railroads are still burdened with 1 | the needless expenditure required to : j comply with the so-called Full Crew I Laws, which are actually Extra Crew ; Laws. The principal requirements of j |taese laws, which vary somewhat in 1 tile different states, aie in substance - that every freight train of more than j thirty curs must have a second brake- j : man in addition to the regular crew ' of engineman, fireman, conductor, one : leguiar brakeinan a.id a flagman: every : Passenger train having four or nrtore coaches—this term covering Pullman I land dining cars as well—and one bag ; gage car, must have an extra brake • man in addition to the regular full | crew consisting of engineman, fireman, j conductor, baggageman and brakeinan, I this not to include train porters and i ; Pullman employes: every train compos | I'd of four or more passenger, mail, or j express cars, empty or loaded, must I have a crew of engineman, fireman, j conductor and two brakemen, even ; though no passengers are carried. I It is estimated that this law lias I added over $1,000,000 per annum to the • Operating Expenses of the Pennsvlva ! ma System East and West of Pltts i burgh, and this enforced expenditure is i a pure economic waste, because it does . no; I net ease the safely or efficiency of • | operations. This amount could have 1! been spent to far greater ai,.antage in :• tile imp. ove.neni ot roadway and equip ment, and in giving increased empiov n.ent, from which the public and ern , ployes would have received real ben ■ll . Arbitrary laws requiring arldition ! al men 011 trains without regard to me I necessity for their services, impose a di , reel and unnecessary burden on the : 1 public and tiie Company. Such laws 1 tend to weaken the working discipline. I and from the standpoint of the em- I ployes not only impair the ability of •, the Company to continue to pay tne ■ I present rates of wages to that great I body of employes wnose activities afe II needed, but also to delay promotion. 11 Your Company has, therefore, joined 1 with other railroads in appealing to the •'public for their co-operation in secur ing the repeal of tills unwise and waste -1; ful-legislation. The Management request 1 the SiOck anu bondholders and the em ployes. in their own Interest, to sup poit this movement. Traffic. The tonnage decreased 12.83 per cent. 1 and the tonnage mileage decreased 11.67 ' per cent., due to the general restriction ' of business, hut freight train mileage > was also reduced 13.87 per cent. The . reduction in passenger business is re ' fleeted in the decrease of 2.30 per cent. 1 in the number of passengers, 4.31 per , cent. In passenger mileage, but passen ger train mileage was also reduced 4.73 per cent. The net revenue per ton mile shows a slight Increase, but the net revenue per passenger mile shown a lurge decrease. Capital Stock and Funded Debt. The capital stock was Increased $31,- 850 through the conversion of that amount of receipts Issued under the stock allotment of 1913. The Funded Debt and Equipment Trust obligations show a net decrease of $7,080.879.3.V. It will be recalled that at the last annual meeting the stockholders ap proved of the creation by the Hoard of Directors of a General Mortgage so that the Company might have a broad basis for future financing. This mortgage has not yet been recorded, and no bonds can be issued for any, purpose thereun der without the urlor consent of the stockholders, whlcn has not so far been requested. The Company will refund $86,827,000 of Convertible Bonds, ma turing October Ist. 1915. and other ma turing obligations, and it must also provide for other necessary corporate purposes such as additions and better ments to its railroad and equipment. Since the close of the year It therefore sold 149,000,000 Consolidated Mortgage 4<* per cent. Bonds, bearing date Feb ruary Ist, 1915, realizing n price slightly In excess of par. a satisfactory result under existing conditions. Including , the Issue recently made, the total i amount of bonds outstanding under the Consolidated Mortgage is almost $ 100,- 000,000, which is the maximum amount that can at any one time be Issued and outstanding. In view of the creation of the new General Mortgage It is deem ed advisable that hereafter the Consoli dated Mortgage should be closed, and no further issues of bonds made there under. This issue of Consolidated Mortgage Bonds was made under the authority conferred by the stockholders in March, ! 1909, when an increase of the bonded indebtedness was authorized to the ag gregate amount of $80,000,000 for the purpose of meeting the Company's re quirements ill 1909 and 1910. As such requirements were met through an Is- I sue of Capital Stock only $49,000,000 of the authorization then made has been utilized, so that the Company Is still possessed of authority to Increase the indebtedness to the extent of $31,000,- 000. The latter amount will not be suf ficient to meet the balance of the re- . funding and other requirements for 1915 as above stated, and the stockholders, , pursuant to notice duly given, will at J the forthcoming annual meeting be requested to consent to an increase of the indebtedness to I the extent of $40,000,000 so that j with the pre-existing authorization the Company may be possessed of authority j to increase its indebtedness to the ex tent of $71,000,000. and the Board of Di rectors desire authority to make such Increase through the Issue of bonds se cured either by the new General Mort gage or otherwise, or by the Issue of other obligations of the Company In such form, at such times, and oil such terms and conditions as shall be deemed , to be most advantageous but not in ex cess of $71,000,000. Koad and Equipment. The following statement of improve ment work carried on by your Company during the past year of unfavorable commercial and financial conditions Is an evidence that, while every effort was made to enforce economies in the oper ations of your lines, because of the reduced volume of business, your Com pany, desiring to stimulate traffic, to en courage business activity and take ad vantage of lower prices, continued s fairly active improvement program I throughout the year. The work on the improvement of the passenger facilities in and around Phil- I adelphla was continued. As a result, the five-track reinforced concrete and stone , arch bridge of the Connecting Railway over the Schuylkill River at the Glrard Avenue entrance to Fairmount Park has been completed and placed in operation and the old double track bridge re moved; the work at North Philadelphia, has been flnfched with the exception of remodeling the passenger station. For the expenditure made for this and other work along the Connecting Hall way, your Company will be repaid through the issue of securities of the Connecting Railway Company. The electrification of the Main bine from Broad Street Station, Philadel phia, to Paoli. is progressing rapidly, and without seriously interrupting the traffic. The work from Paoli to West Philadelphia is almost completed, in cluding the sub-stations and the re maining section of the electrification into Broad Street Station is being ac tively prosecuted. The new beam-light: signals are in operation between Over brook and Paoli. Satisfactory progress has also been made In equipping the ! steel cars, many of which are now In I the present steam service, with electric motors and apparatus, for which these | cars were originally designed. It Is, i therefore, expected to operate the main ! line suburban passenger trains by elec- I trieity about June Ist. 1915. ; It is hoped that In 1915 financial con ; dltions will permit the extension of ! electrification to North Philadelphia and the Chestnut Hill Branch, and also the , elimination of certain grade crossings I on that Branch. This would relieve the track and yard congestion at Broad j Street Station, by transferring to the electric service over 60 trains on the I daily schedule now operated by steam. Your pier properties on the Delaware j River south of Washington avenue and lat Walnut street, Philadelphia, were I improved during the year by the erec j tion of new sheds and the enlargement | of office facilities. i The reconstruction of the bridges at Karnest, Trenton Branch; over North ; Broad Street at North Philadelphia; i llighspire, Philadelphia Division; Au burn and Norristown, Schuylkill Divis- I ion, and at Dornock Point, Pittsburgh | Division, was completed during the 1 year, and the bridges placed in service. The masonry work for the double , track steel bridge over the Allegheny ■ Itiver between Kiskiminetas Junction I ■ and Freeport has been completed, and [ i the superstructure is being erected; j the bridge at Phoenixvllle, Schuylkill | Division, is being rebuilt, and will be completed in 1915. ' On the new six-track section of the I New York Division, between Colonia j and Bay Way, just west of Elizabeth, j N, J„ work was continued during the I year, consisting principally of the ele | vation of the. four original running j tracks. The greater part of this work has been completed, and placed in oper -1 atlon, and it Is expected that the re By order of the Board, SAMUEL RE A. President. STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN COPIES OF THE ANNUAL REPORT COM PLETE. BY APPLYING TO Oil ADDRESSING LEWIS NEIbHON, SECRETARY, • BROAD STREET STATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Soeks Aid For Local Charities j Local appropriation bills wore intro | duced in the House last night as fol- ' | lows: Mr. Nissley, $3.0-00 for maintenance j of the Messiah Rescue and Benevolent j Home. I Mr. WiMnian, $7,000 for maintenance i and SIO,OOO for new building for the Xursev Home, and SB,OOO for mainte- ; nance of the Children's Industrial; I Home. Provides Help of Prosecutors Representative Swartz, of Dauphin j ! county, introduced a bill in the House j j last night to permit District Attorneys | I in counties of more than 100,000 popu-i I lation to employ stenographers. This, ! act amends one relating to counties I whose papulation is from 110,000 to, j 250,000. Reasonable ' Lord Ksber, who when president of the English court of appeal used to { keep up a running fire of chaff on i learned counsel, sometimes got .a Ro- j laud for his Oliver, as when a young barrister in the course of argument! stated that no reasonable person could doubt one particular proposition. "But I doubt it very much," said: the judge. The youthful advocate, not one wtiit; abashed, replied, "I said no reasonable person, my lord." The master of the rolls could only I gasp, "Proceed, sir, proceed."—London j Express. IT PAYS TO USE STAB INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. maining portions will be Mulshed In the Spring of 1915. Considerable progress was made dur ing the year in placing the telephons and telegraph wires underground, thu section from Broad Street Station. Phil adelphia, to Puoli, and from .lersev City to Railway, having been completed. The purpose of this work is to prevent de lays in train movements and In the transaction of the Company's business by reason of the destruction of over head wires by sleet and other storms, and also to avoid Interference bv elec tric transmission lines, and other wires. During the year the final link In ihe automatic block signal system on vour Main bine between New York and Pitts burgh was completed. The Installation of this modern slgnul system will add to the safety of operations and materi ally aid ill expediting train movements. New freight stations were placed tin der construction at llarrlshurg and Al legheny. which will be completed In 1915. The passenger and freight facili ties at Elliabetlitown. Altoona and Brookville i\re also being enlarged to handle an increase traffic. The Sugar Camp Branch, Tyrone Di vision, the Shade Creek Branch. Pitts burgh Division, and the llonier and Cherry Tree Branch, Conemaugh Divis ion, were extended to reach new coal openings, the Yukon Branch extension from Bells Mills to Cowansburg. Pitts burgh Division, was completed, and a branch Is being constructed from Gll berton to Mahnnoy Plane. Schuylkill Di vision, to develop additional coal traf flc. Work was continued on the elimina tion of grade crossings at ilomewonil Avenue. Pittsburgh, and in the Borough of Wlikinsburg. Pittsburgh, at which latter point a new passenger station is being constructed. It is expected that this work will be completed In 1915. The elimination of grade crossings, change of grade and the erection of a new passenger station ill the City of Johnstown is proceeding, but will not be completed before 191 ii. The change of line and grade oil tile Renovo Division at Cameron and Horn, and the construction of a second track between Corry and Novell have been completed. Surveys and many of the plans have been completed for the new line and the elimination of grade crossings In South Philadelphia; to be carried out jointly by your Company, the Philadelphia, llai timore and Washington Railroad Com pany, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the City of Philadelphia. Further consideration was given to plans for the future electrification of your main line crossing I lie Allegheny Mountains, from Altoona. the foot of tUo eastern slope, to Conemaugh, on the western slope, by which it is believed large operating economies can be ef fected, and the heavy passenger and freight train movements facilitated. The aggregate expenditure for Con struction and Equipment upon the own ed and leased lines was $14,485,898.55, of which SS,O7ti,OSB.BO was charged to Cap ital Account and the balance to in come, ProfM, boss and the Reserve for Additions and Betterments. Road and Equipment—Affiliated Companies. The construction of the New York Connecting Kailroad was continued. The foundations and masonry of the Hast River four-track arch bridge have been completed to tile track level, and the erection of the steel arch over that river Is proceeding. Its viaducts and approaches on bong Island and on Ward's and Randall's Islands are also substantially completed, and favorable progress lias been made on the remain ing sections of the line. The funds for these expenditures were provided by the sale of the New Y'ork Connecting Railroad Company's First Mortgage 4 1 ■ per cent, bonds guaranteed by your Company and the New Y'ork, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, own ers of all the stock of that company. The erection of the double tra< - k steel bridge over the Delaware River south* of Trenton, is proceeding. This bridge is part of the proposed New York Division double-track relief line, known as the Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad, which will extend from the Yard at Morrlsville, Pa., to Colonia, N. J., a distance of about 40 miles, there connecting with the six-track system on that division, and will also have branches connecting with the Trenton and New Y'ork Divisions near Tren ton, N. J. The revision of the grades and align ment and the construction of additional tracks and passing siding on the West ern New Y'ork and Pennsylvania Rail way between Oil City and Buffalo, via Chautauqua, was continued during the i year, and will shortly be completed. This work in connection with the im provements on the Allegheny Division, will, when fully completed, furnish a route on lower grades and with Im proved alignment between Pittsburg and Buffalo, over 58 miles shorter than the present route via Salamanca Branch and Olean. Coal Companies' Securities The properties of the various anthra cite Coal Companies served by your lines, in the securities of which your Company and the Northern Central Railway Company were Interested, were purchased by the Susquehanna t'oal Company, and a complete examination of the coal lands, collieries, plants and facilities of the latter Company and their operating results. Is being made by an experienced mining engineer and by certified public accountants, so that your Company will have the benefit of this independent survey and report of the properties to assist in determining the proper price that should be received for the securities of the Susqeuhanna C'oal Company In the event of a pur chaser being found therefor. Securities Owned. Y'our Company received as its pro rata share of the stock dividend of 40 per cent of tiie Northern Central Railway Company, $4,230,880, at par, of the Capi j tal Stock of that Company. This stock issue was approved by the Public Serv ice Commissions of Maryland and Penn \ sylvania, and represents part of the cost of capital expenditure made in previous years for additions and betterments to Its railroad and equipment. Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company Special Guaranteed Better ment Stock amounting at par to $3,- | 729,100, was sold and additional Nor folk and Western Railway Company Common and Preferred Stock, amount ing at par to $1,800,000 and $1.7i6,000 of Susquehanna Coal Company Bonds were purchased from the Northern Central Railway Company. OUR FIRST NEWSPAPER It Was Published in 1000 and Lasted Just One Issue The first newspaper printed in North ■America was "Publick Occurrences," • which issued its first and only number ' in 1690 in Boston. The publisher, Ben- I .jainin Harris, proposed to get it out ! monthly, but the authorities came down ion the project "like a ton of brick," j and Harris bad to abandon the scheme. "Publick Occurrences" was printed on three pages of a folded sheet, tlit* | pages being 7 by 11 inches in size. It 'was "Printed by R. Pierce for Benja ; miu Harris at the London Coffei) ! House" in Boston. The authorities al j leged that it contained "reflections of a very high nature," and within twen- I ty-four hours of the appearance of the j first number the editor and publisher ! was solemnly warned that a repetition : of the offense would merit severe pun ishment. "That Memorable Occurents of Pi- I vine Providence not to be neglected or forgotten, us they too often are," and , "That people everywhere may better ' understand the Circumstances of I'ub lique ffairs, both abroad and at home," ! Harris founded his journal, and it was | a pity that he phould have beeu | thwarted in his design "that the Ccun | try shall be furnished once a month (or !if any Glut of Occurrences happen joftene*), with an Account of such con | skleratde' things as have arrived unto jour Notice."—New York World. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS j Printed at this office in best style, at lowest prices and on short notice.