Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-13

pOi 20 iudue 10 tne state Department
of Fisheries, and the use of eel baskets
or eel racks. as they are sometimes
called, appears to have been pretty
well broken up. Dozens of boxes,
racks and baskets have been destroyed
and their owners have been forced to
pay fines to magistrates
A recent legislative act put eel bas-
kets out of business and made many
elaborately constructed fish dams use
less as we'll as Illegal. However, in
many places between Middletown and
Columbia the dams were not destroyed
and the dams have been surreptitious-
ly used for the catching not only of
cells but for other fish, including some
of the gamy Susquehanna salmon and
various kinds of bass. The raid is
said to have been the most extensive
ever conducted.
Early Decision.-It is probable that
there will be decisions given early in
December on the industrial railroad
cases which are now pending before
the Public Service Commission and
in which various Short line" railroads
are asking the commission to secure
for them renewal of the practice of
giving allowances for switching and
other service. The Pennsylvania and
other trunk lines cut off such allow
ances last summer in the effort to in
crease their income. The Short line"
roads are all owned by steel COM
panies or other large industrial plants
and play an important part in the
business. The argument is to be
heard on November 8.
Attending Convention.-F. Herbert
Snow, chief engineer and ]. p. Do
honey, investigator, of the Public Ser
vice Commission, went to Atlantic
n of hn Inkf Il
Street Railway convention and to hold
conferences on car steps and utility
crossings
Much on Hand. - w. NJ Hargest,
Deputy Attorney General, went to
Washington to-day to attend the meet
ing of the American Bar Association.
to represent the Attorney General at
the meeting of Attorneys General of
the country and to attend the meet
ing of the committee on uniformity of
Legislation, of which he is a member
for this State.
Reading Pays. - The Philadelphia
and Reading to-day paid to the State
Treasury $4,000 as gross receipt tax.
Bedford Men Pleased. - Bedford
countians on the Hill" were highly
delighted to-day at the manner in
which the old county greeted DIR.
Brumbaugh.
Conference Monday conference
will be held at Pittsburgh next week
by representatives of iron and steel
plants and the Department of Labor
and Industry on standards of safety.
State College Increase.-The Hill
side Ice Company, of State College,
has filed notice of an increase in stock
from $4,000 to $4,000 and of issue of
$4,000 of bonds.
Huntingdon Treasurer. - Governor
Tener has appointed Fl. W. Harrison,
of Mount Union. as county treasurer
of Huntingdon to fill a vacancy.
Appeals Next Month.-The appeals
of the coal companies from the settle
ment of the Auditor General and State
Treasurer on the anthracite coal tax
will probably bG heard in the Dauphin
County Court late in November The
bulk of the companies have'refused to
pay the tax and thrown it into court.
White Grubs ArOund.-State Zoolo-
gist ii. A. Surface says that he has
been hearing good bit about dam
ages to lawns and gardens by the
larvae of the June bug. 1t is the ordi-
nary white grub and is one of the
worst pests known, but easily con-
trolled.
Commissioner E. NJ Bigelow, Chief
Engineer S. d. Foster and Maintenance
Engineer G. II. Biles, of the State
Highway Department. are In Boston
attending the national highway meet
ing.
More Withdrawals. - Withdra walls
as legislative candidates were filed to-
day by Daniel McAvoy, Washington,
Twenty Philadelphia; b. r.
Buzard and j. n. Cooley, Prohibition,
Second Westmorelan1. substitution
nomination was filed by the Repub-
licans of Butler county nominating
John NJ. Leighner for the legislature.
Suit Goes Over.-The trial of the
suit between the Auditor General and
Register of Wills j. B. Sheehan, of
Philadelphia. over fees and clerk hire
has been indefinitely postponed by the
Dauphin County Court