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ONNSVLVANIA'S
NEW ROAD LAW
Sew Highway Department Created
to Improve Highways. '
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' tTATE PAYS TWO-THIRDS COST
Balance of Coat la Divided Between
County and Township In Which
Work Is Done $6,500,000 Approprl
ated, of Which (500,000 la Avail
ble Thla Year.
( AN ACT
ProvltUiw for the establishment of a
State Hlphway Department, by the
appointment of a State Highway
Commissioner and atalt of assist tints,
and defining the powera and duties
(hereof; authorising the State High
way Depaifenent to ro-operate with
the veral counties and townehlps,
and with boroughs In certain ln-
stances, In the Improvement of the
public highways and the maintenance
of Improved highways; providing for
the application of counties and town
ships for State aid In highway Im
provement and maintenance; provid
ing for the payment of the cost of
highway Improvements, made under
the provisions of this act, by the
State, the counties, and the town
ships, and making an appropriation
for this purpose.
Whereas, it Is of great Importance
to the people of this Commonwealth
that the public highways should be
systematically Improved, and that the
several counties and townships should
be given the aid and encouragement
of the State. In the building and main
tenance of Improved highways; there
fore. Section 1. Be It enacted. Ac, That
Immediately upon the approval of thlH
aetJa State Highway Department shall
be established by the appointment by
the' Governor of the Commonwealth,
'with the advice and consent of the
Senate, for a term of four years, of a
State Highway Commissioner, who
shall be a competent civil engineer,
and experienced In the construction
and maintenance of Improved roads.
Said State Highway Commissioner
shall receive a salary of three thou
sand five hundred dollars per annum,
and shall be allowed his actual travel
ing expenses, not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, while officially employed.
He shall furnish a bond In the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars for the
faithful performance of his duty, said
bond to be approved by the Governor,
and he shall give his whole time and
attention to the duties of his position.
The said State Highway Commissioner
may appoint, as the work of the de
partment requires It, and subject to
the approval of the Governor, one as
sistant, who shall be a capable and
compotent civil engineer and exper
ienced in road hulldlng, who shnll re
ceive an annual salary of two thou-
d dollars, and Bhall be allowed his
acmial traveling expense, not to exceed
flvhuj)(1red dollars, when on official
business; and he shall also appoint a
chief clerk, at an annual salary of fif
teen hundred dollars per annum, and
may employ an additional clerk who
shall be a competent stenographer, at
an expense not tb exceed one thousand
dollars per annum. The State High
way Commissioner may require e
employes of the Department to give
bond for the faithful performance of
their duty, in suitable and reasonable
amounts.
Section 2. The State Highway De
partment shall be provided with suit-
tile rooms in the State buildings at
Harrisburg, and Its offices shall be open
at all reasonable times for the trans
action of public business. The State
Highway Commissioner shall carry
into effect the provisions of this act
and all acta of Assembly providing for
the co-operation of the State in the
construction and maintenance of public
highways. He Bhall have charge of
the records of the State Highway De
partment; and shall each year submit
to the Governor of the Commonwealth
a full report of the operations of the
Department, the number of miles, cost
and character of the roads built under
its direction, detailed statements of the
expenses of the Department, and Buch
other information concerning the con
dition of the public roadB of the State
and the progress of their improve
ment as may be proper.
Section 3. 'Whenever the county com
missioners of any county shall repre
sent by petition to said State Highway
Department that any principal high
way in said county, outside of the cor
porate limits of any city or borough,
la not in a satisfactory condition for
comfortable or economical travel, and
ought to be reconstructed under the
provisions of this act, and shall fur
nlah to the said Department an accu
rate plan of the layout, lines, profile
and established grade of such highway,
it ahall bo the duty of the State High
way Commissioner to examlno such
highway, or tnstruct one of his assist
ants so to do and If in the Judgment
of the State Highway Commissioner
aaid representation is well-founded, he
shall determine what changes should
be made In suld existing highway, what
portion of it should be Improved and
in what manner, and shall prepare ac
curate plans and make careful detailed
estimates of the expense of the work
which, in his opinion, should be done,
ftnd report the same to the county com
missioners of the county and the su
pervisors or commissioners of the
township or townships In which the
said highway may lie. If the said
county commissioners and township
supervisors or commissioners then de
cide that it ia advisable to go on with
the work aa hereinafter provided, and
make the required Agreements as hero
Irttor ajawlflad, the State Highway
Department may, if the funds at lta
disposal permit of ao doing, contract
Jointly with the county and township
or townships In which said highway
Ilea, to carry out the recommondatlona
of the Stat) Highway Commissioner;
the cost of the same, Including all the
necessary svjrveya, grading, material,
construction, relocation, changes of
grade, and expensea In connection with
the Improvement of said highway, to
be borne in sixty-six and two-thlrda
'per centum by the State, sixteen and
two-thlrda per centum by the county,
and sixteen and two-thirds per centum
by the township or townships In which
the portions of said highway, improved
as herein provided, may lie: Provided,
That the State aid shall be apportion
ed among the several counties of the
Commonwealth according to the mile
age of township or county roads In
each county, but the said amount shall
remain in the State Treasury until ap
plied for under the provisions of this
act; And provided, That any county
constructing county roada under the
provisions of the act of June twenty
sixth, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five (Pamphlet law, three hun
dred and thirty-six), and supplements
and amendments thereto, shall be en
titled to receive the same amount of
State aid as if said roada were con
structed under the provisions of thla
act: And provided further, That if the
appropriation, ao apportioned by the
State, ahall not be ao applied for a
period of two yeara after it has become
available, the amount ao apportioned
and aet aRlde for that county ahall
be returned to the State Treasury, and
added to the appropriation for the cur
rent year, and distributed anew under
the provisions of this act: And pro
vided further. That nothing herein con
tained ahall prevent any county and
townships from agreeing to appropri
ate a larger amount for such road im
provement than the amounta specified
in this act: And provided, That coun
ties and townships may agree among
themselves to contribute their com
bined proportion of the thlrty-toree
and one-third per centum of the total
expense of construction, herein pro
vided to bo 'borne by them, in different
proportions from that hereinabove spe
cified; but in no case ahall any town
ship or county pay less than five per
centum of the entire expense of such
improvements: Provided, That the
county commissioners snail furnish,
under oath, to the State Highway Com
missioner the total number of miles
of township or county public roads, by
townships, to the State Highway Com
missioner. Section 4. All highways improved un
der the provisions of this act ahall
conform to the atandard of construc
tion established by the State High
way Department, aa best adapted to
the locality in which they may be lo
cated,, with due regard to the topo
graphy and natural conditions and the
availability of road-building materials,
and shall be constructed according to
the best engineering practice. No sec
tion of highway Improved under thla
act ahall be less than one-fourth mile
in length, nor shall the Improved por
tion thereof be less than twelve feet
In width. So far as ia consistent with
the Just and equitable administration
of this act, the State Highway Depart
ment shall encourage a general system
of highway Improvement.
Section 6. Alt, work done under the
provisions of this act shall be by con
tract, according to plans and specifica
tions to be prepared by the State High
way Commissioner and approved by
the county commissioners of the coun
ty and the supervisors or commission
ers of the township or townships, aa
hereinbefore provided; and in award
ing said contracts the work ahall be
given to the lowest and best bidder,
with the option upon the part of the
State Highway Commissioner, the
county commissioners, or the township
supervisors or commissioners, to reject
any or all bids if they consider the
same unreasonable, or if the prlcea
named are materially higher than the
estimated cost of the work as pro
vided for. Every person, firm or cor
poration, before being awarded any
contract for the construction or Im
provement of any highway under the
provisions of thla act, ahall furnish a
bond, acceptable to the State High
way Commissioner, in a aum equal to
the contract price of the work, condi
tioned upon the satisfactory comple
tion of the same and to save harmless
the State, county and the township or
townships, in which the work may lie,
from any expense Incurred through the
failure of aaid contractor to complete
the work as apeclfled, or for any dam
agea growing out of the carelessness
of said contractor or his or lta ser
vants. Section 6. Any township may, through
its aupervisora or commissioners, be
authorized to bid for the construction
of such portion of any highway im
provement, undertaken under the pro
visions of this act, aa may lie within
its limits; and any township submit
ting such bid shall have the same con
sideration aa other bidders, and, if
awarded the contract, shall fulfill the
Bame and be aubject to the same regu
lations aa are laid down for other bid
ders. Section 7. Upon the completion of
any highway, rebuilt or improved un
der the provisions of thla act, the
Btate Highway Commissioner ahall im
mediately ascertain the total expense
f the aarae. and apportion the aaid
Ptal expenae between the Btate, the
lounty and the township, or townshlni.
in the proportion hereinbefore provid
ed; and In caae the said improved high
way ahall extend into or through two
or more townships, he ahall apportion
the proportion of the expense; afore
said, to be borne by each township
among the several townships, in the
same proportionate parte aa the coat
of the improvement within each town
ship shall bear to the whale expenue
of the Improvement which has been
made according to the provisions of
thla act; and the said State Highway
Com ml -sioner ahall certify the total
expense of said Improvement to the
jonnty commifsloncrs and to the super
visors or commissioners of the town
ship, or townships, in which the Im
proved highway has been constructed,
respectively, specifying the amounts to
be borne by the State, the county and
the township, or each township, aa
provided by thie act.
Section 8. The Rtate'a share of the
expense of highway Improvement or
maintenance, under the provisions of
this act, ahall be paid by the State
Treasurer upon the warrant of the
3tate Highway Commissioner, attested
by the chief clerk of the State High
way Department, out of any specific
appropriations made by the legislature
to carry out the provisions of this act;
and the share of the county in which
said highway Improvement, as herein
provided, has been made, shall be a
charge upon the funds of said county,
and shall be paid by the county treas
urer upon the order of the county com
missioners. The share of the township
or townships In which the said high
way Improvement, as herein provided,
has been made, shall be paid by the
township supervisors or commission
ers, aa other defta of aaid township or
townshlpa are paid. The State High
way Department, the county commis
sioners of the county, and the super
visors or commissioners of the town
ship, or townships, in which any high
way Is being improved under the pro
visions of this act, may, with the ap
proval of the State Highway Commis
sioner, make partial payments to the
contractor or contractors performing
the work, aa the aame progresses; but
not more than two-thirds of their pro
portionate shares of the contract price
for the work shall be paid. In advance
of the full completion of the same, by
either the 8tate Highway Department,
the county, and the township or town
ships, so that at least one-third of the
full contract price shall be withheld
until the work la aatlsfactorlly com
pleted and accepted, and the exact pro
portions of the cost thereof apportion
ed to the State, county and townBhip,
or townships: Provided, That a cash
road tax be levied by each township,
where such road Improvement Is being
made, to meet the cost of such perma
nent road Improvement aa ia provided
in thla act.
Section 9. Every contract authorized
to be made by the State Highway De
partment, under the provisions of this
act, ahall be made in the name of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
hall be algned by the State Commis
sioner of Highways and attested by the
Chief Clerk of the Department, and
shall be approved, aa to form and le
gality, by the Attorney General or Dep
uty Attorney General of the Common
wealth. No contract for any highway
improvement ahall be let by the State
Highway Department, nor ahall any
work be authorized under the provl
slona of this act. until the written
agreement of the county commission
ers of the county and the aupervisora
or commissioners of the township, or
townships, in which said proposed Im
provement la to be made, agreeing to
assume their respective shares of the
cost thereof, as hereinbefore provided,
shall be on file in the office of the State
Highway Department, and shall have
been approved, as to form and legality,
by the Attorney General or the Deputy
Attorney General of the Common
wealth. Section 10. The county commission
era of any county may, upon the pres
entation to them of a petition from the
aupervisora or commissioners of any
township, or of two or more adjoining
townships, representing that any prin
cipal highway or section thereof, lying
within aaid township or townshlpa, la
In need of reconstruction, and setting
forth that said township or townships
desire to take advantage of the provi
sions of thia act to improve aaid high
way, pass a resolution petitioning the
SUte Highway Department to under
take the improvement of the highway
or section thereof apeclfled in the peti
tion from the township or townships
aforesaid, and authorizing the assump
tion by the county of Its share of the
expense of aaid improvement; accom
panying the aaid petition to the Bute
Highway Department with a map or
plan ahowlng the layout, linea, profile
and gradfc of auch highway, aa herein
before provided: Provided, That where
the county commissioners petition the
State Highway Commissioner for the
improvement of a public road or parts
thereof, they shall state the kind of
material to be used or available for
auch road.
Section 11. The aupervisora or com-
iiiiBsiouerB oi any township in any 1
county or tne Commonwealth may pe
tition the county commissioners of
aaid county to make application to the
Btate Highway Department for the co
operation of the State in the recon
struction or permanent Improvement
of any principal highway within the
aaid townehlp, or any section thereof
which is much used aa a thoroughfare
by tba people of said township and
the neighboring townships, cities and
borougha, agreeing by resolution to as
sume, for aaid townBhip, the propor
tionate share of the expense of Bald im
provement, as hereinbefore provided. It
shall be lawful for any township to
incur indebtedness or to issue bonds,
in the manner authorized by law, for
the payment of the said township's
share of the coat of any highway im
provement undertaken under the pro
visions of thia act. If within thirty
days after the receipt of any petition
for highway Improvement in any tbwn
ahlp, under the provisions of thie act,
a petition, algned by the owners of a
majority of the assessed valuation of
real estate in aaid township, is receiv
ed by the county commissioners of the
county la which aaid township is lo- !
cated, protesting against said proiiosed I
expenditure upon, the part of the town.-
rblp, then the dounty commissioners
tax BO ar. ta on said net 1 1 In
for Improvement,' but ahall return the'
aame to the supervisors or commis
sioners from hom It was received.
Upon the receipt of a petition, signed
by the owners of a majority of the as
sessed valuation of real estate In any
township, requesting the application by
said township for the Improvement of
any highway In said township accord
ing to the provisions of this act, It
shall be the duty of the supervisors or
commissioners of said township to pe
tition tho county commissioners In the
manner hereinbefore described.
Section 12. In case the county com
missioners of any county shall neglect
or refuse to act rpon the petition of
any township or townships for highway
Improvement, as herein provided, or
shall refuse to petition the State t.gh
way Department for State aid In such
proposed improvement, after sold town
ship or townshlpB shall have compiled
with the conditions of this act In peti
tioning Bald county commissioners, the
supervisors or commissioners of said
township or townships may, through
their proper officers, petition the court
of quarter sessions of said county for
the appointment of a Jury of view to
examine Into the necessity of said pro
posed highway improvement; and upon
the said Jury of view making a report
favorable to said improvement, and
with the approval of the court. It shall
be the duty of, and the court may by
order require, the said county commis
sioners to petition the said State High
way Department for the co-operation
of the State in the said proposed high
way improvement, in the manner here
in provided. Said Jury of view to be
appointed and compensated in tho
same manner, and to have the same
powers, as Juries of view for laying
out or changing public roads have by
existing law.
Section 13. The supervisors or com
missioners of any adjacent townships,
In the same county. In which any por
tion of a principal highway running
Into or through said townships may
He, may by resolution Jointly petition
the county commissioners of their
county to make application to the btate
Highway Department for the co-operation
of the State In repairing or re
building said highway, aa herein pro
vided. Section 1. Advertisements toY propo
sals for the reconstruction or improve
ment of highways under the provlstona
of this act shall be given by the county
commissioners, at least thirty days be
fore the contracts may be awarded, by
public notice in at least two newspa
pers of general circulation In the coun
ty in which the highway to be Im
proved Is located; such advertisement
to designate where the plans and spe
cifications may be had, and the time
and place of the reception of bids and
the letting of the contract.
Section 15. Ten per centum of the
amount available for highway purposes,
under 'the provisions of this act. shall
be Bet aside for the purpose of mainte
nance of highways, as hereinafter pro
vided, and shall be apportioned by the
State Highway Commissioner among
the townships or counties applying for
the same, in proportion to the mileage
of improved highways made under the
provisions of this act, or which have
already been made or may hereafter
be made, at the expense of such town
ships or counties, and which are ot me
standard prescribed by the State High
way Department for improved high
ways; Section 16. Whenever the supervisors
or commissioners or any townsnip or
county shall desire State aid for the
purpose of maintenance of improved
highways, whether State highways im
proved under the provisions of this act
or otherwise. It shall be the duty of
said supervisors or commissioners to
file with the State Highway Depart
ment, on or before the first day of
April in each year, a sworn petition
requesting auch State aid. and setting
forth the number of miles of highways
improved according to tue standards of
the State Highway Department in said
township, and the cost of the aame ia
aaid township, together with the condi
tion of said improved highways and
the average annual cost of maintaining
the same. The State Commissioned of
Highways, if in his Judgment the con
ditions warrant the co-operation of the
Btate in maintaining said highways,
shall apportion to said township Its
proportion of the total amount availa
ble for the maintenance of improved
highways, aa hereinbefore provided,
and the said amount shall be paid to
the supervisors or commissioners of
said township by warrant of the State
Highway Department; but in no case
shall the amount thus given by the
State for maintenance, be more man
one-half the amount which, in the
Judgment and experience of the. State
Highway Commissioner, the annual
cost of maintaining Improved high
ways of the standard of construction
prevailing in such township should be,
nor more than one-half the sworn, aver
age annual cost of maintenance, as sot
forth in the petition of tho supervisors
or commissioners of the said town
ships. Section 17. All highways, or portions
of highways, constructed or improved
under the provisions of thla act, shall
thereafter be known as "State High
ways," but, ao far as the same may be
within the limits of any township, shall
be kept in repair, bo that they may be
maintained at the standard of condi
tion prescribed for highways of their
lass by the State Highway Depart
pent, at the expense of said township;
tut the i supervisors or commissioners
of any township possessing improved
hlghwaya may ask for and receive
Btate aid for the maintenance of the
aame, aa hereinbefore provided. It
ahall be the duty of the aupervisora or
commissioners of. every township In
which eald State Highways may He, 10
maintain the rauie generally at a reas
onable standard, prescribed for auch
roads by the State Highway Depart
ment. Root Inn 1ft Tho ward "Wtrbwuv." u
used In this act, ahall be construed to
Include any existing causeway or
bridge, or any new causeway or bridge,
or any drain or water-course which
may form part of a road, and which
might properly be built, according to
existing laws, by the township or town
ahlps; but ahall not Include causeways
or bridges which ohould properly be
built by a county, or adjoining coun
ties, or by the State.
Section 19. Where a portion of an im
portant main highway, traversing one
or more townships, and for the Im
provement of which according to the
provisions of this act, application has
been made by said townBhip or town
ships, ahall He within the limits of any
borough or borougha, and where the
failure of said borough or borougha to
Improve the aaid highway would leave
a break or unimproved section in a
continuous improved highway, it shall
t be lawful for the rounty commissioners
of the county In which said highway la
located, to enter into an agreement
with aaid borough or borougha to bear
a portion of the expense ot anld Im
provement of the highway within the
borough limits, In the aame manner aa
la herein provided for co-operation be
tween the counties and townships; and
the Btate Highway Department may,
if the State Highway Commissioner ao
recommends, bear a portion of the ex
pense of said Improvement of said high
way within aaid borough llmlta, but In
no caBe shall the portion of said ex
pense to be borne by the State exceed
one-third of the total expense nf said
Improvement, and borougha ahall only
receive aid from the State, aa afore
said. In cases where failure to receive
auch nld would prevent a continuous
Improvement of an Important main
highway, provision forthe rebuildlngof
which has been made In the township
or townships adjoining said borough or
boroughs. All Improvements made In
borough hlghwaya, as herein provided,
ahall be of a character almllnr to that
specified for the township or townships
through which the highway to be Im
proved passes in reaching aaid borough
and borougha. and the plana and speci
fications for the work shall be approv
ed by the State Highway Department;
and the completed work shall be ap
proved by said department before any
warrant shall be Issued tor the State's
share In such Improvement, as herein
provided. It shall be the duty ot the
proper officers of said borough or bor
oughs, charged with the maintenance
of the streets and hlghwaya of aaid bor
ough or boroughs, to keep and main
tain said Improved highway, within the
borough limits, in a condition to con
form to the standard established by
the State Highway Department for the
maintenance ot similar highways.
Section 20. The Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania shall not be liable to any
person or corporation for damages aris
ing from the rebuilding or Improve
ment of any highway under thla act,
nor shall the State engage to keep Buch
highway In repair after the same shall
have been rebuilt or Improved, except
to extend the aid In maintenance here
in provided. In case any person or
persons, or corporations, shall sustain
dnmage by any change in grade, or by
the taking of land to alter the loca
tion of any highway which may be Im
proved under this act, and the county
commissioner and the parties so In
jured cannot agree on the amount ot
damages sustained, such persona or
corporations may present their peti
tion to the court of quarter sessions
for the appointment of viewers to as
certain and assess such damage; the
proceedings upon which said petition
and by the viewers shall be governed
by the laws relating to the assessment
of damages for opening public high
ways, and such damages, when ascer
tained, shall be paid by the respective
counties, and afterwards apportioned
by the Commissioner ot Highways, ac
cording to the provisions of section
seven.
Section 21. In addition to his other
duties, the State Highway Commis
sioner shall cause to be made and kept
for the State Highway Department a
general highway plan ot the State, anu
compile statistics and collect Informa
tion relative to the mileage, character
and condition of the highways in the
townBhlpa and counties of the State.
He shall investigate and determine
upon the various methods of road con
struction best adapted to the various
sections of the State; and establish
standards for the construction and
maintenance of highways In the vari
ous sections, taking Into consideration
the topography of the country, the nat
ural conditions and the character and
availability of road-building material,
and the ability of the townships and
counties to build and maintain roads
under the provisions of this act. He
may, at all reasonable times, be con
sulted by county, city, borough or
township officers having authority over
highways and bridges, and shall, when
requested, advise and give information
to such ofllcers relative to the con
struction, repajrlng, alteration and
maintenance of the said highways and
bridges. He ahall at all times lend
hla aid in promoting Improvement
throughout the State, and shall pre
pare and disseminate useful informa
tion relative to road building and im
provement. Section 22. County commissioners or
county engineers of the several coun
ties of this State, and the ofllcers of
all cities, borougha and townshlpa in
the State, who now have, or may here
after have by law, authority over the
public hlghwaya and brldgea, ahall,
upon the written request of the State
Highway Department, furnish aaid De
partment with any information re Is.
tlve to the mileage, cost of building,
and maintenance, condition and char
acter of the hlghwaya under their Ju
risdiction, and with any other needful
Information relating to the said high
ways. Section 23. All highways Improved
Under the provision of this act ahall
require the construction of a macud-
I amized road, or a telford or other atone
J road, or a road constructed of' gravel.
cinder, oyster-Bhells, or other good ma
terials. In such manner that the same,
of whatever material constructed, will,
With reasonable repairs thereto, at all
aeasona of the year be Arm, amooia
and convenient for travel. The county
commissioners snail have the atKitor
Ity to aelect the kind of materials to
be used in Improving any road under
the provisions of thla act. Any differ
ence of opinion that may arise between
the county commissioners and the
township road authorities, aa to the
kind of a road to be built, ahall be
decided by the State Highway Commla
sloner. The State Highway Commis
sioner shall furnish to the county com
missioners and township road author
ities information aa to the probable
coat of improved highways, aa defined
in thla section.
Bertlon 24. The aum of alx millions
five hundred thousand dollars la hereby
appropriated to carry out the provl
aiona of this act during the next alx
yeara. Of thla aum, an amount not to
exceed five hundred thousand dollars
shall be available In the first year after
the passage of this act, not more tnan
five hundred thousand dollars shall be
available In the second year, one mil
lion two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars In each of the two next follow,
ing years, and one million Ave hundred
thousand dollars in each of the two
years next following.
8ection 25. All acts or parte of acta
Inconsistent herewith are hereby re
pealed: Provided, That the provisions
of tills act shall not be construed to
repeal any of the provisions of the road
acts approved June twenty-sixth, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
five (Pamphlet laws, three hundred and
thirty-six), and June twenty-three, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
seven (Pamphlet laws, one hunured
and ninety-four), and July ten, one
thousand nine hundred and one (Pam
phlet laws, six hundred and thirty-six).
Approved The 16th day of April, A.
D. 1303.
SAMU W. PENNTPACKER.
Frank M. Fuller, Secretay of the Com
monwealth. MAORI TATTOOING.
Tortnrca Which the L'ae
aro Darlaar the Process,
English explorers and scientists have
brought back a aerlea of remarkable
apeclmena of Maori tattooing from tba
Interior of New Zealand. The moat as
tonishing designs were found on the
faces of the women.
The faces and bodies of the women
are ao covered with these blue marks
that they look as If they bad on a tight
fitting chintz dress.
The Instrument employed in tattooing
to obtain the deep furrows la usually
mado of bone, having a sharp edge like
a chisel and shaped in the fashion of a
garden hoe. Another style is made of a
shark's tooth.
The tattooing of the women ia com
menced when about the age of fifteen
or eighteen and continues until they
reach middle age. Most of the masters
of the art are profesilouals, who go
from village to village and are highly
pnld for their services. The pattern
about to be engraved is first outlined
on the face with a small stick dipped in
powdered charcoal, after which the
akin is gashed, and the coloring or pig
ment is Introduced Into the cut flesh
with a atlck dipped into the liquid.
The coloring material used la gener
ally the resin of a certain tree, which
la burned, powdered and converted into
a fluid.
The First Bfeaaara Tla.
It waa the moon and not the aun
which first suggested to mankind the
circle of the year as a measure of
time. The sun exhibits no changea of
appearance, and hla light obllteratea
all the landmarks of the aky. A lu
minary which la the aame yesterday,
today and tomorrow might give rise to
conceptions of perfection and eternity,
but beyond the alterations of ddy and
night It could suggest to men's minds
no abstract measure of time. But with
our bumble satellite it is far otherwise.
The regularly recurring phenomena of
new moon and full moon are too
marked to escape the attention of tho
most obtuse and unreflecting of aav
ages. The motion of the aun may be com
pared to that of the minute hand of a
clock, sweeping on hour after hour with
out leaving much record of lta compar
atively vast Journey. The progress of
the moon, on the contrary, may be lik
ened to that of the hour hand, which
registers the movements of its com
panion and resolves them into twelve
well defined periods.
Two Views of tho Some Qoeatioa.
A noted bishop in order to point a
lesson in humility sometimes tells a
story of a young clergyman whose first
appointment was to be an out of the
way and poor parish.
On bis first Sunday in this new eta
tlou the young man aa he looked over
hla wretchedly clad and Ignorant con
gregation could not help saying to him
self, with a groan:
"Dear me, what a dreadful thing it
would be If I ahould have to stay hero
any great length of tlinel'f
At the end of the sermon a deacon
made a prayer. To the young tnau'a
horror one part of the prayer waa a
benevolent hope that "thia ignorant, ln
experleuced, barren pastor that had
lately come to the pariah might Im
prove and grow learned and fruitful In
good works, ao that he would come to
merit being kept ou there for awhile."
VatUat.
"Well, Jonea la certainly patient
mail, with a toniper hard to ruffle." .
"Patient la iw nuiue for him. Why,
that mail baa been known to go out
with hla wife to select wall paper and
go through the ordeal without losing
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BUFFALO ALLEGHANY VALLEY
DIVISION.
Low Grade Division,
Is Elfkt Miy 25, 1902. lEntern Studard Tist.
BASTWARO.
Nolo No. 113 NfciOllNol n757
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A. a. a. a. p. a. p a I a.
STATIONS.
Pittsburg
Ked Hiink
I.uwsonhntn .. ..
New Hethleiinm
Oak Kldue
MhjthvIiIh
Buniinervllle ...
HriKkvllle
low
Kuller
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1'HriCOHHt
FhIIb (Jreek
Dii Hols
Bnhula
Wlnterburn ....
t'ennUeld
Tylor
Heiinesette
Orsnt
Driftwood
Train 101 (Hunrtsyi lenvea PHf sburir UX. a. m.,
IUd Hunk 11.10 HrooK vllp.l .41, Neyniildnvllle
1.14, Kalli Creek 1 .211. DuHnli l.dft p. in.
WESTWARD
NolOfl
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No. 114
una
BTATIOMB
Driftwood
Grant
Bf nneiette
Tyler
IVnnflold
Wlnterburn ....
Hsbulu
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KnllsUreek
ft'UllCOUMt
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Fuller
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11 16 412 85 ( 6 80
ia. a. ip. m.ip. m.ip. a. I p.im.
Truln 042 (Sundiiyl leave IluHola 4.10 p. m.
FlilU Oruek 4.17, Huynoldvllle4.:io, llrookvUle
6.00, Ked Hunk 8.80, I'tttHburx 8.80 p. m. i
Trains murked run duilyj I dully, exeunt
Hundnyi t Dug station, where uluniils uiuat be
known.
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division
In elTuct March 24th, 1902. Trains louvo
Driftwood aa follows: :
EASTWARD
8:04 a ni Train 12, woekduya, for Hunbury,
Wllkeubarre, I Unlet on, 1'ounvllle.Hcruulou,
liurrluburK and the inturniediute sta
tions, arriving at I'blludelpbiu 8:28 p.m..
New York. 0: JO p. m.; Ulllinore,:00 p. m.l
WuHlilngtnn, 7:15 p. iu Pullmun Parlor cur
from Wllllunixport lo Phlludelpnlu and pus
senger concbea from Kune lo I'lilludeiplila
and WlllluuiKUorl to Baltimore and YVau
Intou. JOHSONBURQ RAILROAD.
a. m. WBBKDAY8.
a. 111.
iu 45 ar Clurnioiit Iv
il 00
11 04
II 07
11 10
11 III
II 20
11 2S
11 40
12 01
10 88
10 85
Woodvale
QUtllWOfM)
ttniitli'ii Run
limtuuier
MrulKlit
Gln Hiizel
10 81
10 23
10 20
10 11
a 66
JulintMinburic
40 Iv Kl.ltfwuy ,ir
Ridoway & Clearfield Railroad
and Connect mux.
p.m. p.m. b id.
1 ou 2 10 v .
uriviuuiTftv iv I Ul u IU
20 2 01 V 25
Mill Unveil
4 i
4 84
4 80
4 84
4 .17
4 41
4 Oi
4 64
ib 12 .2
7 0W
7 06
1 64 V ..I
1 61 VII
I 47 07
I 4.1 Mi
Ilii.t'L't ,1.1
21 U ..U
Slmrift Mills!
f 01
167
1 47
I 48
Hluv Kock V I 12 .W
CuiTiur . 1 u 1. ll
llrijckitiiyv'l .7 48 12 60
Lunt.t 4iiU c 7 47 12 64
Mi Miiii. ninl i 7 51
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1 88 8 38
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iv 1 iti liulr 11 r H 16 1 2.1
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8- 12 24
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4 0.1 11 10
I 80 W Oil
i in. H.m
arFullM."k iv 0 10 1 20 5 18
liiyin,i.lvillu 8 28 1 82 -ft 2
lirookt ill . 8 50 1 50 8 00
New lliillil m 80 2 8N 8 45
ueu Bunk 10 10 8 20 7 20
Iv I'ltUbuivar 12 86 6 80 II 40
.. . '.... ... in. ij.iii. ii.ui. p.m.
Knr LIHI lilillun ttllll fulfill ijinul lnf.iituil..n
H.m. n.m. o.m. n.m
UUIIkUlt UcLel HKUIlU.
W. W. ATTERIIIJUV, J. It. WOOD,
Oon kmnui'i Hen. I'uk.WI!
12:50 . 111. I'm 1 11 , dully for Huiiliuiy, Hur-
. rlnuill'K inn: pi liiopal inturiMiMlluU) .mlkum,
llrrlvlnx n, I'hiliidelpliiu 7:82 p. m., New
York 10:2.1 p. m., UiilMiiiora 7:80 p. in., Wuah
Inglon H: in p. m. VuHillmlud purlur curs
and puwviuur cmuiiu., Uuirulo lo I'lilludul
tililaaud asliliigion.
4:00 p. lu.-Tiuin a. dully, for llur-
. rlnliurn and Inuiruiudliitu millions, ar
riving at I'lilltuli'lplilit 4:23 A. H.s Now i ark,
7.18 u. iu. I Biiluiiiiire, n. in.! Wit.sliiiiKiuu
4.0A A. a I'ullimui SI,.,)(jiiiii i-ura from
' Ihu rlkbuiii to lliliiidulpliin mid New York.
I'lilludulpliui pHn-enxtirii cun remain Iu
, nU-epur unci WHO Iwd until 7:80 a. a.
W irt p.m.- 1 rum 4,dui! lot nuiibury, llurrtu
burs uml InltM'liit'dlHli itulloiiH, urrivlnu ut
I'hiludolpbiu, A. a.; Now York, 11:88
a. a. on wok day unu lu. iM a a. ou Huu
dnyi hu!lil'i"n ,:I6a.m. WualiiiiKluii, :JU
A. a. 1'uliintin ali'ttpur from Erie,
and WlillumHri lo I'liiludulplilu, una
WllllumaiMii t lo Wufliington. T until n iter
l'oih'Iium ii'oni Erio in I'liliudtjlpbtu, uml
WUIiHin-ipwil lo liulii.inuie.
12:27 p. in.-Train 14, uuily lortiunbury, II urr In
bum mid uriut-'liiul liUt'inu'diauntiulini .!
i iviiin ut VliilmliOpbm f: u. in., Muiv York
:.). ui. WFukduyn, UU 8 a. ui., NunUuyl
Hull linin ti 7:1.1 a. m., WukIiIukIoii, N:au a ui.
VtMtkbuleU buffut hliMMitiuf cum and pa
iiiiKr uoHubo, Uullulo to I'blludsliibia and
Waulilnau.,. WKHTWAItr. '
:: a. in Truln 7, ilutiy (or Bultulu vl
Emporium.
i!8n u. in. Train II. dolly for Erin. Itlilg
wuy, uud week days for DultoU, Cloiiuunt
una prlnrtiril IntMrmcdiuUiuiutloiiu.
i:60u. m.Tnitii 4. unify for kvle uud Intor
iiiudiuix puinlu.
4:46 p. m. Tralu U, dally for liufulo via
Emporium.
Vku . m Truln 1, weakduya for Kan and
luwrniwiiatastauouu.
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