Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-05
RAILROAD NEWS
PASS QUESTION TO
ARISE TOMORROW
Ga
Public Service Commission Will
- Consider the Pennsylvania
4z4 Railroad Letter

!. All propositions involving free trans
portation to families OF railroad en-
ployes. issuance of reduced rates az re,ao TO
tives Of injured railroad employees to
scenes of accident or hospitals; Tree
transportation of policemen; ins hremed ned
and ambulance surgeons on trains ano
trolley cars; reduced rates to charltles
for hauling coal and supplies; tree ser
yss Of ~aer to ali Of the
scores of questions as to l,o whether s,iso Gus
toms conflict with the public service SCI tSe
SmiRany pmbiRia serVcs laT VIZ ns %heh
meets Tomorrow This will be the first
meeting since the commission assumed
It's fuil powers tia on oahnarS, invo,ve ahH legal al
proposition 1t is likely that the counsel
of the commission will be asked 10
make haste in advising the commissl9,IIi,' ,.,I,
be announced this week, although THIS
is not certain. The commissioners Will
be here all week and most or next XII, ,r-
clude the dozen or more submltted py
the legal department of the Pennsyl-
= Incidentaily the complaints about in
creases of rates for communication tick
cts alleged to have been made without
notice on some railroads VIII De taken
up.
10 Must File Tariffs
The commission has sent letters to
the various Utility Companies under lts
Jurisdiction to the effect that the COM
Insson does not for the present nd require
. lles. 1t directs, however, that these
tariffs be posted in the offices ana sta
tions OF the companies as speGlieu ny
the Public Service Commission law.
o. G.. Anderson, of SUMMERTIME, al
Vises that he has a Pennsylvania mile
age book containing 113 miles ana ne
lie has been Informed that the action
d of the company is in accordance WIFI
the terms of the contract set fortn
among the conditions attached to the
book
Asks New Rate
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company requests the PERMISSION OF tne
commission to issue one day excursion
& rates from Chambersburg to Waynes-
boro during the week of January b; me
new act provides that thirty days no
tice must be given before tne chdhSo
Z 4 lengthy petition has been received
by the commission from j; }. Eisen-
menger, WilliamSport, chairman OF tne
/ railroad committee of the order of the
United Commercial Travellers OF Amerl-
ca, requesting better service on the New
York Central d HUDSON RiyeT ru na.itoae. S,,e
gest that the railroad company start the
train for each division at Wllliamsport
in the morning and return to this point
The city of Wilkes-B Barre desires to
take up with the Public Service Com
mission the qSHftion street of fo Peari
street across the tracks of the Lehigh
Valley, Delaware & Hudson and the
Central Railroad of New Jersey. The
contemplated structure Will be about
half way between Scott and Conynghan
!, avenue which are practically the only
two streets, connecting the second
Ward of the city of Wilkes Barre with
the rest of the city. BY reason of the
location of the number of Industrial
establishments 1t is necessary for tho
employees to cross the tracks under con-
ditions of considerable danger.