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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1949

Page

47

Ride 3,091 Miles A Day In 65 Buses

Adams county schools spend about $144,198 yearly on bus transportation covering 3081 miles daily for 4118 riders across 65 buses. The Upper Adams joint system serves 886 students, Cumberland and others run multiple routes with varying costs, miles, and daily counts, while long Fairfield routes total about 72 miles daily.

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Acoustical Upgrades Planned for Adams County Court Room

Adams county commissioners approved bidding to install wall acoustical material to cut reverberation from 7 8 seconds to about 1 to improve witness and attorney speech. Ceiling decorations will stay if possible with no acoustical boards. Work to start after materials are on file January 4 bids opened January 25 and completed within 45 days. Other actions included painting the county asylum interior and property transfers in Abbottstown and York Springs.

Court House Alfred Hamme

Over-Subscribed Stock Issue In Two Hours

The United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania sold 10,133 shares of 4 percent preferred stock at par value to finance major plant expansion. The quick sale, completed within two hours, is noted by district manager B M Free Jocal as among the fastest recent stock issues. Since 1946 the company added over 4 million to its plant accounts, with more than 1.5 million this year and similar spending planned next year.

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