Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
TELEPHONE CASES
WILL Be RESUMED
Telephone Schedule VIII Be Taken
Up by the Public Service Com
mission Next Week
Hearings on the

close the case within the next sixty
| days. The hearings began almost a
year ago and an immense amount of
testimony has been taken IN the Bell
| Company's objections which went eX-
Ihaustively into details and valuation.
| Independent telephone companies
have also presented objections and
some of them remain to be heard.
The commission will also resume
hearings in Industrial railroad cases
on Thursday and viii close them in
the week of November l 8. The meet
! ings for the coming week will begin on
Wednesday when numerous contracts
between municipalities and public
utilities, while Gettysburg is asking
approval of plans for a municipal cleo
trio light plant
! Arrangements have been made to
take up the complaint of York and
Lancaster Manufacturers Associations,
filed some months ago. against the
rates for hauling soft coal from the
Cleartield region.
Normal Schools.-The situation in
regard to State normal schools will be
discussed by principals of the thir-
teen State schools at a meeting to be
held here on Friday, problems of the
State ownership, commercial courses,
administration and provisional certifl-
Gates in rural schools being among the
topics assigned. The State has acquir-
/
priation will be asked of the next
Legislature to enable it to buy others
in which the Commonwealth has a
large equity.
The Early Closing Afovement.-Peo-
pie having business with the fiscal de-
partments of the State government
yesterday afternoon found that the
early closing movement which has
been noticed on Monday preceding an
lelection had taken root in the Audi
tor Generals and State Treasurer's
Departments. One department chief
stated that yesterday afternoon he
had found the departments closed.
No Hearings ScheduIed.--The State
Department of Labor and Industry ha:
mot scheduled any hearings for mex
week. Several of the committees viii
meet the following week to prepare
standards.
Many Want Iicenses.-The automo
bile division of the State Highway De
partment is working over time to ge
out the licenses for 1915 which have
been asked. There has been a tre
mendous amount of business done II
the last few weeks.
Speaks at Chambersburg. - Deput,
Attorney General J. e. b. Cunningham
will speak tonight at the Republican
meeting in Chambersburg.
Halifax Water Case.-The case o
the borough of Halifax against tn
Halifax Water Company, one of tn
, water cases brought lately will b
/ heard before the Public Service Com
mission next week.
Dougherty Here. - General c. [
Dougherty, commander of the divis
ion of the National Guard, and who
said to cherish a desire to be adju
,. tant general in event of Democra
:, being elected Governor, was at tn
i Capitol.
:, PerseII Elected.-Captain H.
I Persell, of Pittsburgh, well know
, here, was last night elected a majo
of the Eighteenth Infantry.
Foot and Mouth Diseases. - Tw
more counties in Michigan have bee
o put under quarantine for the foot an
v mouth disease. No cases have bee
. reported from this State. however.
Goes Tomorrow.-Govern Tene
!. and Secretary Gather will go to thei
: homes in the western part of the Stat
I to vote. They will leave tomorrow.