Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-11

half of the yearly
rate. On July l about 1000 cars were
nsted and 1.1O0 on the following day.
On some subsequent days 500 and 500
cars were listed.
The department has issued automo-
mile license tag No. 112,400 far and
away the highest number ever known
In this. State, and the total, revenue
from automobile licenses is climbing
toward the $1,225,OOO mark
To Make Standards Federal and
state ofticials manufacturers and rep
resentatives of labor organizations will
meet in this city on July IA to discuss
uniform forms for reports of acct
dents and other data required by gov
ernments from employers. The State
Department of Labor and Industry,
the Public Service Commission and the
State Bureau of Railways will be rep
resented at the conference. Prelimin-
airy correspondence has found general
support for the suggestion of unifor-
NIFTY, which will give the same in
formation and avoid duplication. Over
thirty committees representing vari-
Gus lines of industry with experts in
accident prevention are engaged in
preparing rules for safety standards
for the State, which will he submitted
to the State Industrial Board for ap-
proval in the Fall.
Must Repair Roads.-Chief Engi-
neer Samuel d.. Foster, of the States
HIGHWAY Department, has been given
an opinion by the ATTORNEY Generals
Department that the State is liable for
the upkeep of such sections of State
highway as are composed of condemn
ed turnpikeS and lie within boroughs
1t is declared that the boroughs can
not be required to repair such roads,
the opinion saying that it was the
evident intention of the Legislature
that the duty of tending to the roads
must be definitely placed upon some
department"
state have been working to break a
number of imports of adulterated lin
seed oil, which have been reported from
western and southwestern counties and
from points on the eastern tier The
oil sampled appears to have been adul-
terated with mineral oils to an un-
usual extent Seven arrests have been
made and more are in prospect The
enforcement of the fertilizer act has
turned up number of instances where
firms were selling in the State without
license.
Not Many Fires Judging from re-
ports made to the. officers Of the For
estry Department the State has got
ten ten of well In the matter. of forest
reported was equal in extent to some
which occurred in 1911 and 1912.
Fix Up SchOOIhOuscs = In a circu-
lar issued to the various school dis
tricts of the State the State Board of
Education has called attention to the
prime necessity of school directors con-
sidering at their meeting for ofganiza-
tion in July questions of maintenance
OF schools. 1t Is urged that repairs
and alterations should be made in July
SO that. the, school will be in good
shape Tor the opening sessions In too
many districts repairs and alterations
are allowed TO go until August. 1t
school districts in the State will be
without medical inspection when school
bells ring for the Fall term. The or
ganization has been completed in 2,106
of the fourth class districts.
Watching MIX Supplies = State food
agents are cooperating with munich
pal health authorities in watching the
manner In which milk is being furnish
ed during July. In a number of dis
tricts complaints have been made. milk
not being up to State standards. Dur
ing June over $50 samples were taken.
state Insurance-A series of calcu-
Iations is being made by the State
Economy and Efficiency Commission of
the cost OF insurance of State build
ings and property, including the State
Capitol with a view to recommending
be SO expensive, as at present. 1t is
the idea to work out a plan for in
surance at minimum cost. The ap-
bnPdinrs and for Sor Of state
years commencing. June 30, 1918,
amounted to 100000. During the last
session of the Legislature a bill to
create a State insurance fund, a big
appropriation being made at the state
and the money to be invested and the
income added to the fund, was pre-
sented. 1t did not get very far owing
to other demands on the Treasury
Various other plans were suggested.
To Visit Camps - Governor Tener
and his STAFF will visit all encampments
of the National Guard this summer
The Governor will viist the camps OF
the second and third brigades In the
week of July 20. going to Selinsgrove
about July Fl and to Indiana the fol-
lowing day. He will also spend part
OF the time at the encampment of the
hrst and fourth brigades under can
vas at Mt. Gretna. The latter encamp-
ment is to be in August.
Public Service The Public Service
Commission approved the contract be-
tween the Patterson Water Company
and the Borough of Mifflin; the pro-
posed extensions of the New Castle
Electric Street Railway in. the city of
New S.. Castle; the petition of the Parker
CITY Gas Company for, approval of sale
ings in the city of Philadelphia, the
fourth crossing, which provides for a
foot bridge at Reed street, over the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, will be an
proved when the plans show a mini
mum clearance of twenty-five feet. "
II. Kissell, burgess of the Borough of
East Conemaugh. complains that the
Conemaugh e. Franklin Water Com
pany furnishes Inadequate service. and