Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-19


department undertook an inquiry into
the state of employment in the State
supplemental to it's study of the immi-
grafton problem, which had been in
progress for several months. The re-
suits showed a large number of men
ceived indicates that conditions will
not improve very materially.
The recent tour of Europe by DR..
jackson afforded him good opportuni-
ties for observing the industrial con-
ditions and he found that in Germany
and England prior to the war public
works were being used as an outlet for
unemployed labor. The department
then ascertained that a number of
places contemplated municipal i'm
provements, such as paving. sewers
and grading. and also took steps to
find out where building operations
were under way on large scale. This
was followed up with the suggestion
that other cities contemplating i'm
proVements should advance the start
as soon as possible, ii being pointed
out that II Is probably as economical
to promote the project now when
labor is cheap as to defer it. 1t is
recognized that the unemployed are a
believe that prompt action on i'm
provements would do much toward
alleviating suffering
In addition to suggesting that the
improvements be undertaken soon to
relieve conditions the commissioner is
also urging in a circular that munich
palities establish employment agencies
to bring employers and unemployed
together.
More BridgeS.-The Pennsylvania
Water Supply Commission has granted
permission to the PENNSYLVANIA Rail-
road to build five bridges in Center,
Beaver and Venango counties; the
East Broad Top Railroad to build
three In Huntingdon county; Cambria
Steel Company one in MifIlin; Cambria
and Northampton counties and Arch
bald borough to build small bridges.
Increases Efled.-The following no.
tices of increase of stock and debt
have been filed at the Capitol: Penn
Public Service Company, Philadelphia,
debt, $4,OOO,000 Tindel-Morris Com
pany, debt, 100000; Mrs. A r. King,
Inc. Philadelphia, stock, $4,000 to
S466,2O0; Consolidated Coke Company,
Uniontown, stock, $4,000 to 100000,
debt S600,000: Northern Central Gas
Company, Williamsport, debt, $4,000
600; Sisters of Mercy of Crawford and
Erie counties, Titusville, debt. $25,
State charters have been issued: Cres-
set Publishing Company, PHILADELPHIA.
capital $4,000; Laddsburg Creamery
and Cheese Company, New Albany,
capital $4,000; Kraus & Co., liquors.
Pittsburgh, capital $4,000; New
Model Garment Company, PhiladeI.
phia, capital $4,000; Farrar Smoke
Ellmlnator Company, Erie, capital
| $4,000; Lloyd Warner Company, prod
uce, Pittsburgh, capital $4,000.
Governor to Attend. Governor
Tener will attend the dinner to the
| council of the Pennsylvania Society
to be given by Edwin S. Stuart in
Philadelphia on Friday night.
Public Service to Meet.-The Public
Service Commission will meet to-mor-
row with big calendar and prospects
are that it will be in session until Fri
day night
Road Money All out.-The last of
the 1900 checks to townships for
road bonus was issued to-day. The
whole job has been cleared up in six
days.
Writing Checks by Machincry.-The
treasury to-day received a check writ
ing machine, by which a bale of
checks can be signed at once
Nomination Changes. = Notices of
withdrawal were filed at the Capitol
to-day by these candidates: William
DeNlnney, Pronlbltion, Thirty-first con-
gressional Hyatt NJ. Cribs, Pro
hibition, Forty-fourth senatorial. and
David c. Humphreys, Prohibition.
Twenty-second Philadelphia. Substi-
tutions were filed as follows: ]. B.
Martin. Prohibition. Second Dauphin:
Carl d. Smith, Forty-fourth sena-
torial; w. A. Prosser. Prohibition.
Thirty-first congressional.
Named Trustee. - Daniel J. Dris-
coll. of Reading, has been appointed
a trustee of the -Wernersville State
Hospital.