TENEfi PUSHiiiG " k iHIGHWAYS BILL , Measure Scheduled to Pass Legislature CARRIES MILLIONS FOR ROADS LeiXrs Agnee on Adjournment Date, May 12 Efforts Will Now Be Di rected to Clearing Decks of All ' legislation, 80 That Last Ten Days of Session Can Be Devoted Entirely to Appropriation Measures. BY ROBERT HAIGHT. , Harrisburg, Pa. Althi.ttf.-.ii 110 tiell lte steps looking to au adjournment bave been taken by the lenders of th.j dominant wing of the legislature, it (tan be po-i, lively slated that auagre nent has been reached whereby tlie cession will be brought to a clone on Friday, May 12. This dale was finally Agreed upon at a conference of the I party leaders. It was resolved to got 11 measures under way at as early a 4ate as pogBlhlo so that the commit tees Of both bouses can begin the work or threshing out the good anil bad points of the various bills. Effor'.a Are to be mad- to clear tho decks or ell legislation of any character at least a week or :?n days prior to fin il I (.' ' 'ft 365 Day. Ahead of Them AD . ' l I "Regal 20" -$900 f Adjournment, wV-n the appropriation committees will be ready to handuJt their recommendat ions. It has been a well recognized fai t since the beginning of the session that Governor Tener has some very posi tive views regarding the reorganisa tion of the highway, Insurance mid mining departments mid the beads of each of these bram-lies have bc.-u busily engaged since thojlrst of i.he year mapping out siggestlons looking jto the enacting of general laws io cover each of these departments. The first of these bills has made its ap pearance in the presentation by Sen 1 tor Sproul of Delaware of a measure providing for a comprehensive plan ol' Improving the elate highways and re organizing the working force of ilie department to put these suggestion, Into effect. Ia addition to the bills the same gentleman offered a resolu tion tor an amendment to the consti tution to authorize a bond issue of 150,000,000 to carry out the propose'! construction of the system of staie highways. Both of these measures are eald to have the unqualified support of the administration and consequent ly they are scheduled to go through. One of the b.llx provides for a com Slote system of main highways lo be built and maintained at the sole ex pense of the state, connecting the (County seats and connecting the Hler line counties with the adjoining monwe.i';hi; They embrace 2iVI es and aggregate more than 5,00-) biles of road and bave been so do ssfgned as to allow future legislatures 4q add to these routes with ease and (there are main roads practically bi secting every county seat and so ar ranged to touch all the important ttowns and market, centers. Provision Is Ei2o for the state to take over (these roads immediately and main tain them at the state's expense and fthe work of reconstruction Is to uo hCarrled on simultaneously and uni formly on all of the routes, f Fifty Road Districts. ' Further provision is made to dividj the bUto Into tUty road districts with p department engineer .11 charge wiln fpowor to direct- all work of construc tion and maintenance on all classes jof r.ads to which the stale gives aid, as veil as to state highways. State kid ia couotructlon of local roads is flso provided for with the roquirc- faa-.-.i IhhL the local authorities first cuter Into an agreement authorizing itlio otate to subsequently maintain and U cbu'te one-halt of the maintenance icoct to the county or township, which ever is the Joint owner. It la believed Jthut this feature will prevent the de struction of the roads through neglect And It also insures to the locality one bolt of the upkeep. The highway de portment is authorized to purchase machinery and to actually engage in tlio construction of repair and con struction work when it is deemed necessary. This Is following after the fyaiem in vogue -in New York state, .d to produce satisfactory result. Another bill provides thut the state shall contribute to counties And townships toward the cost of re pairs on local roads which are main tained to state standards. I The bills create a state highway 'commissioner at a salary of $8,000 a Tear, first deputy at fG,000, second at 15,000, chief engineer at $1,000, as sistant at $3,000, fifty civil engineers to be known as superintendents of highways at $1,500 each a year, six to as assistants to the chief engineer fe $2,400 each a year, chief drafts Wan at $2,400 and eight assistants at Hl.800 each, chief clerk at $2,400, two Clerks and two stenographers at fflOO each, two bookkeepers at $1,200 Ifbch. The bills also provide for th? clnfpiu i uieut of other persons as may fie required at not more than $1,000 ii year. ' v t'The bills would thus Increase from ftVfttOO to $142,400 the office expenses t,"."," --'! hlehway commissioner. TV $8,000 salary provided for the tectajnijEioner represents a raise from 06,&OO, while the first deputy is lifted tc- .o $6,000 and the second pern $3,000 to $5,000. The fifty en- ii f In 24 Hours Everyone in the United States Will be Talking About This Advertisement Because This is The First 1912 Car to be Announced. It is setting a new pace for automobile manufacturers and dealers The Regal leads this year. Because This is the first of a series of advertisements that will be published, simultaneously in over 450 cities in the United States and will be read byt millions of people, and will contain valuable information about the automobile never before disclosed to the public almost unbelievable but true. : Everyone knows .at the automobile business has had a : mushroom growth and that the average automobile factory : has presented a scene not unlike that in a newspaper office ; just before the paper goes to press. It lias had all of the i wild excitement all of the feverish haste and all of that disregard for expense that always accompanies any rapid I development. High-priced automobiles were the result, i The owners paid the bill. : We have for a long time been studying this problem. We j wanted to eliminate the most important faults in the auto ; mobile manufacturing institution of today. We found sev ; eral sources of waste. First an immature design, and sec j ond an immature and hasty method J manufacture; third ! and most important, an extravagant overhead expense. All ; of these we knew to be abnormal and consequently we set : about to correct them. We believed that our success in i the motor vehicle industry as in others in which we have i engaged, laid in giving our customers the best value and i service we could for their money. For five years we have been studying the automobile conditions in the United States through all of our repre sentatives, we have received daily reports. We know for a fact what the real conditions are today. Consequently the cars which we have designed and are manufacturing and selling, we know from actual canvass of the owners and prospective owners are what the people want. Everyone wants the most up-to-date design the best workmanship the most value for his money and a guar antee of good service after the car is in hii hands, We are satlfd that In this series of advertisements we shall be able lo prove to you conclusively tlie truth of these statements. We are the first to make an announce ment of a 1912 car a car which we have been thinking aoout acsigning ana testing :or over two years a car which we know represents the most modern engineering ud manufacturing practices a ear which in value has never been equaled either at home or abroad. It is in all respects the result of a knowledge which we have gained from actual experience. We have always been the pioneers in setting the price and our "20" which is illustrated above meet:, in va'ue anything which we have offered before, and competition has failed to produce its equal. Because This advertisement tells about a car which is new a car which' is distinctive a car which is the pioneer underslung car at a popular price. Because The Regal "20" at $900 is without competition. No other car equal to this has been produced at the price. Because This advertisement contains news about an organization 'which up-to-date has been conservative in exploiting its products until it was sure it was right and had the capacity and organization to satisfactorily and per sistently care for the demands of its customers. i We have over 450 dealers In the United States. We ate", represented in almost every city of reasonable sizenone: of these dealers are sub-agents or commission men. Alii of them are recognized dealers doing business with us 'directly. They have a regular garage and repair shop and: are fully capable of taking care of your demands. We have: sent our own special men to their cities have looked overj their territory picked out the best men in each locality.! We want you to go direct to our dealers. We want to: give you the quickest and most satisfactory service we can,! We knov) that's the best way experience has proven it, j We have never employed large-salaried men to write om advertisements. Price, $900 Pries includes Dual Ignition system with mag-neto. Com plete km and oil lamp equipment with generator, jack and tools. Wheel base 100'. Tires 823 H". Brakes 4 In num ber. Internal expanding and external directly on huh drums. Enelna cast Bore S: Stroke 4 H. Three speed contracting, actln? Engine cast en bloo. Cylinders 4. tlTe sliding gear transmission. and reverse selec- Road Clearance 10". We believe facts and good cars speak for themselves, j We have never entered into any mergers. j We have never had any Wall St brokers on our payroll. j We have never attempted to exploit our company as aj stock proposition. WHY THIS CAR IS DISTINCTIVE. Thei Regal "20" is the first underslung car which has ever bees sold for less than $4,000. The underslung construc tion is an expensive type to build that is the reason. ' Most manufacturers, like most individuals, don't like to adopt new things unless they are forced to. We have taken the lead because we know that ultimately, cars of this type will embody this construction. This type of construction ia built on sound mechanical principles there is no question but that it maket the most stable car the center of gravity is lower-retaking a straight line drive possible, which, of course, means less loss of power between motor and wheels. The car has less tendency to skid it holds the road better there is less side lash on the springs and tires it makes a very safe car to drive, one which can't turn turtle, and yet with all these advai.tai'ts ihc road clearance is still as great as that of the verl'inr' type, Ucsicle-i the underslung con struction lends il-scli nnvt happily to th; t long, low body which l as become so popular. The Krf-1 "23" is a car w'th $ 1,000 advantages and looks, which 3c!ls far $300, and this is the rca or. why it will pay yoii to not only read these atlvertiM :i'i i, but to go to our r.carist i..i!tr and look the car over. Don't take our woij for nliat .c have said about it. Have the dealer demonstrate ;. '.o you. All we have done is to make the best cars that could be! made and sell them at a price as low as we possibly couldj consistent with a fair, legitimate profit Our overhead xpen$e$ do not exceed S percent. And yet we have an organization through which we can give you the purchaser a thoroughly satisfactory ser vice. Consequently the money that you invest in a Regal car represents actual value in materials and workmanship- you get real value for your money. Read what a well-known trade paper says about under slung suspension Motor World, Jan. 26 "Probably the greatest arguments which can be advanced in favor of the underhung suspension, aside from the attractive appear ance it presents, are the low center of gravity and large wheels which are made possible. Underhanging also elim inates to a great extent tie tendency to sidesway by reason of the fact that the Tulk of the weight of the car comes almost in tl janic plane as the springs which can have no appreciable lateral movement. The adoption of the underhung system by four prominent manufacturers -.joes to show that it must be reckoned with." REG AL FIOTOR CAR COMPANY, Detroit, Michigan i Merpel Bros.. Agents, Reynoldsville, Pa. D SUMMERVILLE 'PHONE. THE REGAL "20" IS NOW ON EXHIBITION AT OUR MACHINE SHOP. i.uuibcr u ..j gincers prov u present rep.etii... department at t-, posed e.Qr.t ur..& at present. Several weeks ago Senator Powell of Aiieciiieuy offerea an amendment to the constitution providing lor a boul issuing power for roads at noi wjii than 2;,1'(jO,000, but as the oproul proposition a:is the backing ana sup port of Governor Tener it is not be lieved tat t.ie Pom ell amendmu:i: will be seriously considered. Bills will be ou'ered at an ear: date by Senator Buckman of Bucks lo carry out the provisions incorporate! in the report o;' the Delaware rlvei bridge comra ssion. This report recom mends "that Pennsylvania, iew Jersey and New York acquire ay purchase ail the toll bridges across the Delaware connecting tee t'aree tUiies and tiii; they be made free to ull modes ol travel. There are twenty-seven ol these bridges. The cost would be 500,000, of which Pennsylvania wou'.l pay one-half. . By the' tcrais of a bill offered by Representative Edward Watts of l.a seme county the owners of every coj'. or other m:ucr.l mine In the stale are required to instu.ii ..-d laintci.i on and after .Inn. 1. l?'2. E?.'ety 1 vices upon machinery dsed for hoist ing, hauling or proi : Jng i convey ances, whereby the ma ...utjry snail be automatically .and sale v controlled r tne landing, root, no3Q ana ternni of every shaft, slope or plane. T-ie penalty for failure to comply is a flno of from 125 to $200 for each mine au I each day's failure of compliance is to be considered a separate offense. Senator Shields of Wyoming county has presented two bills providing for the right of eminent domain. Ouh would confer this power on electr'c light, heat and powerompanles, while the other declares that the right or eminent domain, as respects the nn proprlatlon of streams, rivers . or waters of the land covered thereby, should nol bo exercised by water com panies except with the consent of the water supply commission. A third bill presented by him gives new electric light companies the right to connect their lines with companies already !n existence. New Tax Measures. The recommendations contained In the report of the McNichol tax com mission are rapidly being whipped into shape In the form of bills. The sub jects on which these measures arc founded have already been enumer ated, but, this did not deter the pre sentation of two measures independent of those to be backed by t' tax com mission. One of these fcaaAed in by Representative CaldwuJI f North umberland county relates to a tax on motor vehicles, collectible by coun'y commissioners as follows:: Automo biles In use less than three years 1 per cent or cost; in use more man three yn.in or loss than five ycirf, three-fourths of 1 per cent, and moro than five years, one-half of 1 per cent. Owners are required to make sworn . statements as to length of service and failure to do so is punishable bv fine of $25 or ten days' Imprlsonmnnr. . Representative' Allman presented the bill calling for a tax on express companies at the rate of 20 mills on the dollar of actual value of capital stock with a penalty of 10 per cent Tor failure to make report to the auditor general for taxation. It Is variously estimated that such a law would pn duce a revenue of upward of $500,0-)0 , end a similar measure presented by Farmer Creasy last session passed the house but was hurled In the senate. The frequency with which it has been found necessary within the past few years to pass amendments to the constitution of the state has bad the effect of stirring up considerable sentiment In favor of a convention to revise and re-enact a new constitu tion. It Is argued that, inasmuch as the present document was prepared away back In ' 1874 and has neces- sarlly been amended times wlthon number since then, new condition: and new modes make It necessary tr adopt a new form of princples on which the state government can Ix founded. ' Furthermore the most caro- ful lawyer finds It almnt in Impnunl blllty to quote the const it u t on wiih-j out oeiviug tnrougQ a mass ot amenn ments, adopted from time to time, in. an endeavor to find one that Is gar main to the subject he Is looking for It Is for this reason that the leaders of the Keystone party have decided to take the initiative and formulate steps looking to the calling of a constitu tional convention to put the present venerable document In some sort ol order. To this end It Is the purpose of Senator Nulty of Philadelphia to Introduce at an early date a resolu tion calling for such a convention The resolution has carefully been pre pared by eminent attorneys, It is said, and strenuous efforts will be made to pass it during this session. It Is said that the proposition will be fought by the corporate Interests of the sta'o. as they appear to be generally satis fied with the present const'tutlon and the precedents and constructions al ready put upon It, but there is hardly a lawyer In the state who would not welcome the' change. By the terms of a bill which Is fathered by Representative Schoflold of Warren county the cermet pri tlces act wnlch was passed during il:c special session of 1906 would be wlp-'d out and has another act to be substi tuted Uno this a CRnrn.to would meet the requirements of the law by sliupiy making uiiidav t tual for bis nomination or election he had not si r'nJed oair."than $750 any on county. Meal 'Si - BEEF, MUTTON, LAMB arid PORK Hams, Bacon, Corned Beef, Tongues, Etc. Poultry and Game in Season Prompt Delivery. MillireiVs Meat Mar!::i Reynoldsvtlle, - - Pa. I IS Use th" B 1
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