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Revenue and Expense Statement-Water Department
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Income Statement-Water Department
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Operating Revenue and Expense Statement-Electric Light Depart- ment
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Income Statement-Electric Light Department
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities of the Borough of Chambersburg Governmental Taxes Paid by Citizens of Chambersburg-Stated in Mills
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Murray E. Kauffman Metal Finishing 2110 Lincoln Way East
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BURGESS AND TOWN COUNCIL of THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA
For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
This Pamphlet is published for the benefit of the citizens of Chambersburg, that they may become better acquainted with those vital things in our community that go to make Chambersburg a better place in which to live.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BURGESS AND TOWN COUNCIL of THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA
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For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
FOR THE YEAR from ·
JANUARY 1, 1943, TO DECEMBER 31, 1943
Being
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH SINCE INCORPORATED AS A BOROUGH
TO THE CITIZENS OF CHAMBERSBURG
If you will examine the contents of this report, I believe you will be amazed to learn of the services you are constantly receiving for your Tax Dollar.
The total cost of the Governmental services provided in Chambersburg for the year 1943 was $250,003.93, distributed as follows:
Borough Department
$ 92,955.89
Police Department
50,324.80
Fire Department
33,919.78
Street Department
56,770.35
Disposal Plant Department
14,051.56
Health Department
1,981.55
Total
$250,003.93
The receipts in all of the above departments were:
Borough Taxes
$ 7,589.65
Parking Meter Collections
15,308.37
Garbage Collections
9,986.59
Miscellaneous - Street Department
2,568.77
From Pennsylvania Liquor License Fund .
4,225.00
From Other Sources
16,882.86
Total
$ 56,561.24
This leaves a balance of $193,442.69 to be provided from other sources.
You will observe from the report that the money raised by the one mill Borough Tax was not quite enough to pay for the operation and improvements of the "Playgrounds." Your total Borough taxes, amounting to $7,589.65, paid only 3% of your Governmental expenses. Receipts from miscellaneous sources, amounting to $48,971.59, paid 19.4% of your Governmental expenses. This leaves 77.6% of your governmental expenses, amounting to $193,442.69, to be paid from the profits result- ing from the Borough's operation of its utilities.
You should constantly keep in mind that while the labor and materials entering into the operation of your utilities have increased tremendously during the last four years, the costs of the various services to you have been kept at pre-war levels. This certainly is an outstanding achievement.
H. RTorbes
Chief Burgess.
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PERSONNEL OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT 1943
H. R. FORBES
Chief Burgess
STEPHEN MCC. NELSON
President of Town Council
J. HASE MOWREY Manager of Utilities
E. W. DAVIS Secretary
*J. R. WILLIAMS Secretary
JAMES G. BIETSCH
Treasurer
EDMUND C. WINGERD
Solicitor
EDGAR W. DIEHL
Tax Collector
HARRY R. GEARHART
Auditor
ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER
Auditor
HERBERT C. KEEFER
Auditor
MARGARET E. WINGERT
Chief Bookkeeper
H. S. BYERS
Chief of Police
ROBERT MONN
Superintendent of Water and Sewer
F. D. RHODES, JR.
Borough Engineer
CHARLES F. PFOUTZ
Assistant Borough Engineer
WILLIAM L. GROVE
Plumbing Inspector
ROBERT RINICK
Market Master
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
FINANCE COMMITTEE
STEPHEN McC. NELSON, Chairman
JOHN C. SIERER
STEPHEN MCC. NELSON, Chairman
C. H. PENSINGER
R. F. ANGLE
EARLE MCL. MILLER
B. F. SMALL
WATER AND LIGHT COMMITTEE
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman
R. F. ANGLE
B. F. SMALL
STREET COMMITTEE
R. F. ANGLE, Chairman
B. F. SMALL
A. R. ZIMMERMAN
ĮA. S. STOVER
FIRE COMMITTEE
SEWER COMMITTEE
B. F. SMALL, Chairman EARLE MCL. MILLER JOHN C. SIERER
* J. R. Williams succeeded E. W. Davis, resigned, as Secretary on July 15, 1943.
+-A. R. Zimmerman succeeded J. R. Williams as Fire Marshal.
1-A. S. Stover succeeded J. R. Williams as Councilman from Third Ward on July 8, 1943, when J. R. Williams was elected Borough Sec- retary.
A. S. STOVER
BOROUGH PROPERTY COMMITTEE
A. S. STOVER
EARLE MCL. MILLER
C. H. PENSINGER
PUBLIC COMFORT STATION COMMITTEE
T. C. MCCULLOUGH, Chairman G. S. KLENZING EARLE MCL. MILLER
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
G. S. KLENZING, Chairman
T. C. MCCULLOUGH
+A. R. ZIMMERMAN, Fire Marshal EARLE MCL. MILLER
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PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS COMMITTEE
A. R. ZIMMERMAN, Chairman
A. S. STOVER G. S. KLENZING C. H. PENSINGER JOHN C. SIERER
COYLE FREE E LIBRARY TRUSTEES
JOHN C. SIERER EARLE MCL. MILLER
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
H .. R. FORBES, Chairman H. S. BYERS
EARLE MCL. MILLER
A. R. ZIMMERMAN R. F. ANGLE
MARKET COMMITTEE
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman T. C. MCCULLOUGH
B. F. SMALL A. R. ZIMMERMAN
PLUMBERS' EXAMING BOARD
CLYDE H. PENSINGER, Chairman Water and Light Committee B. F. SMALL, Chairman Sewer Committee
H. A. KOTTCAMP, Master Plumber W. L. GROVE, Plumbing Inspector
J. HASE MOWREY, Manager of Utilities
BOARD OF HEALTH
DR. B. M. BEATTIE, President F. LESTER MARSHALL JOHN B. MINEHART
DR. L. H. SEATON
PAUL WALKER FRANK J. CROFT, Health Officer
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PERSONNEL OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT 1944
H. R. FORBES
Chief Burgess
STEPHEN MCC. NELSON
President of Town Council
J. HASE MOWREY Manager of Utilities
F. D. RHODES, JR.
Borough Engineer
CHARLES F. PFOUTZ Assistant Borough Engineer
J. R. WILLIAMS Secretary
JAMES G. BIETSCH Treasurer
EDMUND C. WINGERD
Solicitor
EDGAR W. DIEHL
Tax Collector
HARRY R. GEARHART
Auditor
ALBERT S. HENNEBERGER
Auditor
HERBERT C. KEEFER
Auditor
MARGARET E. WINGERT
Chief Bookkeeper
H. S. BYERS
Chief of Police
ROBERT MONN
Superintendent of Water and Sewer
WILLIAM L. GROVE
Plumbing Inspector
ROBERT RINICK
Market Master
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
FINANCE COMMITTEE
STEPHEN McC. NELSON, Chairman
S. G. PALMER
C. H. PENSINGER
JOHN C. SIERER
A. S. STOVER
WATER AND LIGHT COMMITTEE
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman EARLE MCL. MILLER
B. F. SMALL
STREET COMMITTEE
R. F. ANGLE, Chairman JOHN C. SIERER A. R. ZIMMERMAN
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS COMMITTEE
A. S. STOVER, Chairman
R. F. ANGLE
T. L. FARNER
S. G. PALMER
C. H. PENSINGER
BOROUGH PROPERTY COMMITTEE
STEPHEN McC. NELSON, Chairman
R. F. ANGLE
C. H. PENSINGER
B. F. SMALL
A. R. ZIMMERMAN
FIRE COMMITTEE
A. R. ZIMMERMAN, Chairman EARLE MCL. MILLER A. S. STOVER
PUBLIC COMFORT STATION COMMITTEE
A. S. STOVER, Chairman T. L. FARNER
S. G. PALMER
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
EARLE MCL. MILLER, Chairman JOHN C. SIERER T. L. FARNER
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SEWER COMMITTEE
B. F. SMALL, Chairman S. G. PALMER JOHN C. SIERER
COYLE FREE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
S. G. PALMER JOHN C. SIERER
GARBAGE AND REFUSE COMMITTEE
JOHN C. SIERER, Chairman R. F. ANGLE B. F. SMALL
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
H. R. FORBES, Chairman.
H. S. BYERS
R. F. ANGLE
EARLE MCL. MILLER
A. R. ZIMMERMAN
MARKET COMMITTEE
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman EARLE MCL. MILLER
S. G. PALMER
B. F. SMALL
A. S. STOVER
HOSPITAL
STEPHEN MCC. NELSON
PLUMBERS' EXAMINING BOARD
C. H. PENSINGER, Chairman Water and Light Committee
B. F. SMALL, Chairman Sewer Committee
H. A. KOTTCAMP, Master Plumber W. L. GROVE, Plumbing Inspector
J. HASE MOWREY, Manager of Utilities
BOARD OF HEALTH
DR. B. M. BEATTIE, President
JOHN B. MINEHART F. LESTER MARSHALL DR. L. H. SEATON PAUL WALKER
FRANK J. CROFT, Health Officer
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF
THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG
STEPHEN McC. NELSON President of Council Councilman, 1st Ward
EARLE MCL. MILLER Councilman, 1st Ward
H. R. FORBES Chief Burgess
R. F. ANGLE Councilman, 2nd Ward
A. R. ZIMMERMAN Councilman, 2nd Ward
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF
THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG
C. H. PENSINGER Councilman, 3rd Ward
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T. C. MCCULLOUGH Councilman, 4th Ward
JOHN C. SIERER Councilman, 4th Ward
A. S. STOVER Councilman, 3rd Ward
B. F. SMALL Councilman, 5th Ward
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF
THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG
G. STEWART KLENZING Councilman, 5th Ward
E. C. WINGERD Borough Solicitor
J. HASE MOWREY Manager of Utilities
F. D. RHODES, JR. Borough Engineer
H. S. BYERS Chief of Police
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BOROUGH OFFICIALS OF
THE BOROUGH OF CHAMBERSBURG
MARGARET E. WINGERT Chief Bookkeeper
ROBERT MONN Supt. of Water and Sewer
W. L. GROVE Plumbing Inspector
J. R. WILLIAMS Borough Clerk
ROBERT RINICK Market Master
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MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING
HISTORICAL
Chambersburg was founded by Benjamin Chambers at "Fawling Spring on Cannogogige," in 1734, and in 1764 Benjamin Chambers writes, "there is a town laid out on Conegogig Creek." The Town was incorpora- ted by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, March 21, 1803, and the first Burgess and Town Council consisted of the following: Chief Burgess-Major John Holliday; Councilmen-Edward Crawford, Esq., Andrew Dunlap, Christian Oister, John Shyrock, and Patrick Campbell. It has grown slowly, but its growth has been steady, and its accomplishments enduring. Today it bears the rather enviable reputation of being one of the outstanding boroughs in the State of Pennsylvania, and its citizens enjoy more vital services at a much lower cost than any other borough in the State.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The first police force for the Borough of Chambersburg was estab- lished January 16, 1818, by the following action of Town Council, "Be it ordained, etc., That four men shall be employed to watch and patrol the streets of the Borough during the night, from nine o'clock until day- break, for the term of three months from this date, to guard the property of the inhabitants, as far as in their power, from incendiaries, thieves, and plunderers, and to arrest and detain all vagrants and night walkers until the morning, unless he, she, or they can give a satisfactory account of their purpose, and the occasion of their being found on the street- and also call the hour."
The Council entered into an article of agreement dated January 17, 1818, with Robert Allison, as Captain; William McElhany, Jacob Hecker- man, and Dan McAllister, Privates; to patrol the town from nine o'clock until daybreak, call the hour, and light any lamps that are, or may be, erected, for which the Captain was to receive $18.00 per month, and each Private $15.00 per month, and the Council was to furnish each one with a sufficiently warm watch coat.
From the following proclamation, it is evident that 127 years ago the sources of amusement for the good people of Chambersburg were much better protected than they are today:
"To Robert Allison, High Constable
Sir: You are hereby authorized to attend the Theatre in the Borough of Chambersburg and Protect the Manager thereof whilst act- ing from any disorderly Person or Persons-and if any Person or Per- sons attempt to disturb said actors during their "performans"-you are hereby Commanded to bring him or them before me or any Justice of the Peace in said Borough to be dealt with according to Law. Fail not.
Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of July, 1816.
(Signed) PATRICK CAMPBELL, Burgess."
From this very modest beginning, the Police Department has de- veloped into a highly efficient and very completely equipped organization. The personnel now consists of a Chief, two Sergeants, thirteen patrolmen, and a clerk. Included in their equipment is a Hardinge Police Register System, dictograph, fingerprinting and photographing outfits, 38 calibre Colt revolvers, tear gas guns and hand grenades, two motorcycles and two radio-equipped police cars. These two cars have 15-watt power transmitters and operate two-way with a very modern 50-watt power central station located at the Department's headquarters. This radio station, known as WMCB, operates on a frequency of 39,500 kilocycles.
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During the year 1943, the Police Department answered 2,360 calls. This is exclusive of all calls answered by the Chief of Police. Of 24 actual cases of burglary, breaking or entering reported or known to police, 6 were cleared by arrest. Forty-seven cases of larcenv-theft were cleared by arrests from a total of 94 reported. There was a total num- ber of 2,586 arrests made for various offenses, 1,651 of which were park- ing meter violations, 296 drunkenness and disorderly, 296 other park- ing violations, and 25 arrests for drunken driving. The night patrol reported 461 store doors left open by owners on leaving stores. The total amount of fines collected by the Borough was $2,070.00, $1,623.00 of which was parking meter fines.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
In 1790, one hundred and fifty-three years ago, when the village of Chambersburg consisted entirely of either log or frame houses, and the fire hazard was great because of wood fires upon the open hearth, the necessity of providing protection from fire was first discussed, and the Friendship Fire Company, an organization of citizens equipped with buckets, was formed.
Since that time, with the expansion of the village from a few houses to a borough of the first magnitude, the formation of additional com- panies became necessary, and their equipment, from bucket, to hand pump, to hose reel, to steam fire engine, and, during the past seventeen years, to modernized motor drawn and motor driven apparatus, has kept pace with the times.
Today, the Fire Department consists of five companies, advantage- ously located, and equipped with three American LaFrance Pumpers, one Ward LaFrance Flood Light Truck and Pumper, an aerial truck with 85 foot ladder, a City Service Truck with booster pump, two Peter Pirsch Combination Booster and Squad Wagons, a squad and chemical car, and an ambulance.
The companies are entirely volunteer, only the drivers of the appara- tus receiving pay from the Borough. The fire houses and equipment are owned by the Borough, and under the care of the Property Committee and the Fire Committee of the Borough Council.
In addition to the above mentioned equipment, the town is complete- ly covered by the Gamewell Fire Alarm System, consisting of 60 fire alarm boxes, 5 station house indicators and gongs, and one general alarm, all storage battery operated. Two hundred and forty latest type fire plugs are installed at the most advantageous points.
The Department answered 33 General Alarms sounded by the Game- well System during the year. In addition to these system alarms, the companies responded to silent alarms and individual calls as follows:
Friendship Company 20
Junior Company 23
Good Will Company 26
Franklin Company 21 20 Cumberland Valley Company
The Franklin Fire Company Community Pumper answered 59 calls for rural fires.
The fire loss in the Borough of Chambersburg for 1943 was $164.312.00.
The Good Will Ambulance responded to 1,091 calls during the year ..
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FIRE EQUIPMENT OF FRIENDSHIP ENGINE AND HOSE CO. NO. 1
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FIRE EQUIPMENT OF JUNIOR HOSE AND TRUCK CO. NO. 2
FIRE EQUIPMENT OF JUNIOR HOSE AND TRUCK CO. NO. 2
FIRE EQUIPMENT AND AMBULANCE OF GOOD WILL STEAM FIRE ENGINE AND HOSE CO. NO. 3
FIRE EQUIPMENT OF FRANKLIN FIRE COMPANY NO. 4
FIRE EQUIPMENT OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY HOSE COMPANY NO. 5
STREET DEPARTMENT
On March 30, 1734, Benjamin Chambers was given a grant to take, settle, and improve 400 acres of land at the mouth of the Falling Spring and the Conococheague Creek, but this tract was not sub-divided until 1764 when it was laid out as a town and called Chambers Town, which name was changed to Chambersburg when Franklin County was erected in 1784.
The limits of the town at that time were on the North by the Falling Spring; on the East by Second Street; and on the South by approximately Liberty Street; and on the West by the Conococheague Creek.
In the beginning of the 19th Century no streets had been graded or paved, although each property owner was required to maintain a walk in front of his own property. The original plan of the inhabitants was to make Second Street the principal business street, but this was changed to Main Street after considerable influence was exerted by those property owners.
Prior to 1813, the Lincoln Highway and Main Street were repaired by the Turnpike Company, by turnpiking, which consisted of placing one foot of broken stone covered with gravel and clay. The first record of a contract awarded by the Borough was in 1813 to repair the Lincoln Highway and Main Street near the "Diamond."
The first covered storm sewer was built in Burkhart Avenue from Main Street to the Creek in 1823. This sewer had an inside height of 41/2 feet and a width of 31/2 feet.
The extension of this form of street repairs, grading, and sewers continued with some modification until 1912 when the present brick paving was laid, and plans adopted to continue this paving four blocks each year. This plan was not followed, due to the increased cost of materials.
In 1918 a general plan of macadam construction and surface oiling was adopted, and the Lincoln Highway and Main Street were paved first with water-bound macadam, and treated with road oil. This is the first year that a large quantity of road oil was used as a maintenance and construction material. Prior to this time, oil was used as a dust pre- ventive and partially paid for by the property owners abutting on the streets treated.
This plan was continued until 1927 and 1928, when the Lincoln Highway and Main Street were again repaved with reinforced cement concrete.
Work in the Street Department during 1943 consisted principally of the maintenance and repair of highways, bridges and storm sewers. Some construction work was done, but only that which had been started or was considered necessary, due to war time restrictions. In addition to this work a considerable amount of labor was furnished to various other departments of the Borough. The following construction work was completed during 1943:
Street Construction: The following streets were paved with water-
bound macadam, oil treated:
Highland Avenue -East of South Fourth Street .. 1,065 Sq. Yds.
Wilson Avenue
-Ohio to Hudson Avenue
1,964 Sq. Yds.
Loudon Street -Uglow Property to Forbes Alley 1,360 Sq. Yds. Pennsylvania Avenue-Wilson Avenue to Edgar Avenue 1,748 Sq. Yds. Total 6,137 Sq. Yds.
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Alley Construction: Sections of four alleys were paved with maca- dam having a total area of 1,446 Sq. Yards. Sections of four alleys were paved with cement concrete having a total area of 1,304 Sq. Yards.
Storm Sewer Construction:
South Second Street
18" Concrete Pipe 259 Lin. Ft.
Center Street
18" Concrete Pipe 164 Lin. Ft.
Across Zuckerman Lot
18" Concrete Pipe
303 Lin. Ft.
Total
726 Lin. Ft.
The following schedules are designed to show the progress of con- struction in the Street Department during the past twenty-five years:
STREET SURFACES
1918
1943
Square Yards
Type
Square Yards
3,850. . Oil Treated Water-Bound Macadam 442,476
0.
. Oil Treated Bituminous Macadam 46,515
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Reinforced Cement Concrete 72,663
14,712
Brick on Cement Concrete Base
14,712 0. Bituminous Concrete
12,935
587,565.
Unpaved
18,816
Total-608,117 Square Yards, or 31.39 Miles of Highways, 1943.
ALLEY SURFACES
1918
1943
Miles
Type
Miles
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Reinforced Cement Concrete
1.93
0 Bituminous Concrete
3.67
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Oil Treated Macadam
7.20
4.10.
Stone and Macadam
8.27
17.50.
. Clay, Slate, or Not Opened
1.36
Total-22.0 Miles.
UNDERGROUND SURFACE WATER DRAINS
1918
1943
Linear Feet
Type
Linear Feet
2,610.
12" Terra Cotta Pipe
2,610
200
18" Terra Cotta Pipe
4,380
0.
15" Terra Cotta Pipe
260
2,650
24" Terra Cotta Pipe
4,993
0.
.36" Terra Cotta Pipe
452
0.
12" Concrete Pipe
831
0.
15" Concrete Pipe
350
0.
18" Concrete Pipe
2,979
775
24" Concrete Pipe
2,514
0
.36" Concrete Pipe
800
0.
18" Iron Pipe
1,050
0
3' x 2.5' Cement Concrete Box
1,662
0.
4' x 3' Cement Concrete Box
1,467
0. 3' x 3' Cement Concrete Box
8,385
22
0. . 4' x 4' Cement Concrete Box 6,726
0. . 2' x 2' Cement Concrete Box . 150
0. 1.5' x 3.5' Cement Concrete Box 720
113 0. 1.75' x 3.5' Cement Concrete Box
0. 1.5' x 4.5' Cement Concrete Box 252
6,235
Totals 40,694
31.
Inlets 315
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
The office of the Engineer in the Borough of Chambersburg was crea- ted by Ordinance adopted by the Council on June 14, 1909.
The Council appoints the Borough Engineer, and determines who shall be his. assistants.
The duties of the Engineer are to furnish engineering services to the various departments of the Borough; to have charge of all property not under the supervision of the Manager of Utilities; to have supervision over the Street Department, Parks and Playgrounds Department, and the Garbage and Refuse Collection Department, and to report monthly to the council on all works completed under his supervision.
The general duties of the office of the Engineer are to make, supply and preserve copies of plans, specifications, estimates, maps, charts, pro- files, etc .; to keep records of the location of water, sewer and gas mains; and to perform clerical work incidental to the departments under the Engineer's supervision.
MUNICIPAL MARKET
The first Market House and Town Hall was erected in Chambersburg in 1830 on land purchased from Andrew Hemphill and Ruth, his wife, on May 3, 1830, for $630.00. This lot had a frontage on Queen Street of 64 feet and a depth on Second Street of 110 feet. Apparently there was some doubt of the construction as one of the provisions of the sale of the ground provided that if a Market House or Town Hall was not erected until April 1, 1833, Hemphill could repurchase the ground at the same price that he received.
The Market House and Town Hall was enlarged later in 1874. Dur- ing 1930 other alterations were made when additional office space was required and after interest in the market had decreased to such an extent that ample room still remained to conduct this market. However, when the market session was changed to Friday afternoons and evenings a considerable increase in attendance resulted and the demand for larger quarters and parking facilities was apparent.
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