Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14

&3 neer and various
EEsSSz=.=ss.- -s..:s:;:EK.j other chiefs OF ou-
reaus before the end of this week. The
hearing on Monday is to hear sugges-
tions for rules to govern the use OF
gas, electricity, water and steam me-
/ ters, the standards of service to DC
| furnished and rules for testing. MI
merous complaints about meters have
| been received and a general State
wide set of rules will be drawn up.
Since the act creating the commits
sion was signed by the Governor last
| July there have been 164 complaints
! filed with the commission in which the
| persons making them have slgniheo
| intention of raising formal issues ano
many others of an informal character
| have been presented. Fifty-nve con-
tracts between municipalities and pub
lie utility corporations have been ap-
! proved, several of them involving
hearings on the question whether
company can enter the territory OF
another. The decisions on these con-
tests are to be delivered soon.
Arniory Board,--The State Armory
Board will probably arrange for the
work for this year at its meeting here
next week Bids will be opened for
the Fourteenth Regiment Armory i'll
Pittsburgh and for armories in Green's
burg and Waynesburg and reports
made on the proposed armories in
Philadelphia, Allentown, Lebanon and
other cities which have been under
discussion. In the last two weeks
committees of officers have been max
ing Investigations regarding sites.
To Consider Changes. - Considera-
ton of suggested changes In the en-
ployment laws of the State will be re-
sumed by the State Industrial Board
at a meeting to be held on April q
The suggestions made at the meetings
held in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
are now being studied.
An Acre of Water.-The Pennsyl-
vania Department of Fisheries has
received for distribution Bulletin No.
10, What an Acre of Water Will
Do,' a bulletin intended for the en-
couragement of fish raising by the
farmer. Commissioner Butler says:
There are few farmers who appre-
ciate the possibilities of small areas
of water for creating a food supply
An acre of waste land which can be
| flooded with water ought to raise from
| five to six thousand pounds of fish 9
| year, and at 10 cents a pound, this
makes larger return than many
acres in Pennsylvania are doing. The
bulletin is intended to call the atten-
ton of farmers to what can be done
i in the way of raising fish, and per-
sons interested can obtain the bulle.
tin by writing to the department.
State Wins.-The State won all four
pure vinegar" cases in Blair county
courts yesterday, being the biggest VIC
tory along that line in months. The
cases followed the line of the vinegar
case recently decided by Judge Nc
Carrell in the Dauphin County Court
Short Calendar. - The calendar OF
the State Board of Pardons for We'd
nesday's meeting is very short. There
are thirteen new cases and the only
ones fro mthiS section are those of
Lambert and McCarty, arson, Frank
lin. Two murder cases from Fayette
are listed. Malena Massa, Schuylkill,
is asking a rehearing on a commuta-
tion case. The Pizzimenti case is held
over.
Ex-Members Die. - Among deaths
of former Legislators in Philadelphia
were those of ex-senator Jacob Grouse
and eX-Representative r. A. Linton.
No Information Yet. Adjutant
General Thomas J. Stewart to-day
stated that he had no definite informa-
toin on the part Pennsylvania troops
would take in the maneuvers near Bal
! timore this summer. The organizations
have not been selected.
Eifty-seven Next.-The largest list
of structures in the Capitol Park ex-
tension district to be offered for sale
will be sold by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings on April 4
! Fifty-seven, including seven on Fourth
street, will go under the hammer
Up to 69,O00.-The automobile di-
vision of the State Highway Depart
ment is UP to the $4,000 mark.
Mr.. Allen Here.-William II, Allen
of Warren, former counsel of the
Public Service Commission, was here
this week seeing friends.
Philadelphia Glass Here. - The
members of the class of 1914 of the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
were Capitol visitors to-day. They
were here on visit to the city.
Lancaster Returns Ifye.-Lancaster
county to-day returned the commits
sions of five justices of the peace who
| had refused to serve.
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