Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-12

Indications are that the element favor
ing these concessions will be largely
judging from the numer-
ous letters and petitions now on file In
the office of the commission from all
parts of the State. Whether or not
the railroad and street railway conf
panies will argue for the restoration
of the passes will likely develop with
in the next few days.
Before adjourning on Saturday the
started the work of for
mulating regulations for the protection
Of grade crossing and the installation
Of Jacks on streets cars; and to-day
the steam railroad companies will be
notified of the attitude of the
commission in regard to the supply
ing of drinking. water in passenger
coaches and stations.
At it's last meeting the commission
dropped score or more OF cases from
the calendar for lack OF prosecution
and dismissed the complaint of j. w.
Pettis, of Arendtsville, who claimed
that shipments of produce on the
and Reading were unnec-
delayed. The commission
found that the transportation seemed
to be reasonably prompt.
Object to Passes.-A second objec-
ton to passes has come from the Mt.
Union Tanning and Extract Company.
1t states objection to the issuing of
passes except to employees,
contending that granting of free passes
has been unproductive for the rail-
roads, and has been comforting u favor
q, 10 number Of mamie who hAVH
no claims. The company says that it
buys considerable freight and passen-
ger transportation, for which 1t re-
ceives full value. 1t expects no favors
and this principle should obtain with
all other persons.
Wflhelm's PIan.--William Wilhelm,
the Pottsville Washington party man.
wants to start all over again with the
roads of the State. He would repeal
the Sproul and other road acts and
have the Legislature appropriate ST.
100000 year for good roads. He
does not indicate how he would like
to have it spent.
Refuse ParoIe.-Nineteen convicts
in the Eastern Penitentiary and 1--WE
in the Western have been refused ap-
plications for parole by inspectors.
Forty Eight in the Western and sew
enteen in the Eastern have been ap-
proved and the papers will go before
the State Board of Pardons. There
are no Dauphin or Cumberland cases
listed.
Must Go West.-Governo Tener be-
fore leaving to-day approved the re-
quisition of Governor Hiram Johnson,
of California, for the return to San
Rafael, Cal, of John II. b. Andrews,
wanted on q charge of passing bad
checks. He is under arrest in Phila-
delphia.
Institute Over River-Farmers in
stitute began to-day in New Cumber-
land with a number of representatives
of the State Department of Agriculture
in attendance. Director Martin will
be one of the speakers.
Sunbury kicks.--The borough coun-
Gil of Sunbury protests to tho Public
Service Commission against the excess
sive price for electric current fur
nished by the Northumberland County
Gas and Electric Company.
Charters Issued. The following
State charters have been issued: Allen
Publishing Company, Allentown. cap
ital $4,000; Penn Silk Mills, Philadel-
phia, capital $4,000; Consolidated
Furniture Manufacturing Company,
Incorporated, Philadelphia, capital
$1,000; Allentown Wall Paper Com
pany, Allentown, capital $10,000;
Standard Syndicate, newspapers, etc,
philadelphia, capital $4,000; North
Italian Building and Loan Association,
Philadelphia, capital $1.0O0,000; John
~ o. ~ nnuolttne Dhi1o 6al-
phia, capital 100000; Jewish Journal
Publishing Company, Philadelphia,
capital $4,000; Mitchell Specialties
Company, automobile supplies, Phila-
delphia, capital $4,000; Baird-Jones
Company, coal and coke. Philadelphia,
capital $4,000; Maccar Truck Com
pany, Easton, capital $125,O0O.
Fire MarshaPs Work. The State
Fire Marshal's office has just COM
pleted tabulation of inspections of
Philadelphia and Allegheny cOlnties in
the period between September 81,
1912, and December 81, 1918, and 1t
shows $3.50. Practically all of these
cases were handled by seven men.
They were made in forty-four coun-
ties of the State.
Governor LcayeS.-Governor Tener
left to-day for Pittsburgh and Char
leroi to attend to private business, and
on Wednesday will attend meeting
of the Meade Monument Commission
at Philadelphia. Thursday he will
speak at Bristol.
Township Road Bureau.-As indicat-
ed in the Telegraph few nights ago,
the organization of the new Township
Road Bureau of the State Highway
Department is progressing and most
of the townships under State super
vision of roads have filed their reports.
j. w. Hunter. chief Of the bureau, is
getting ready to send out the rules for
the townships
Expects Big Crowd. = Secretary of
Agriculture Critchfield says that from
reports he has received the meeting of
the State Board here the last week in
the month will be attended by the
largest number of people in years. The
Secretary says that the program con-
tains more of interest than known in
a very long time.
Some Cash.-All records for ham
ding of checks and money orders as
we'll as for total cash for automobile
licenses were broken at the State
Treasury on Saturday when Earl C.
DeWald, who has charge of the de-
posits, handled 2,372 checks, 961
money orders and $17.016.90 in cash.
The aggregate was over $50.
Since December 10. when the auto
mobile licenses began to be issued,
16,077 checks and 4,SS3 money orders
have been handled.
DIR. Gimpcr Detailed.--Dr. w. 8.
Gimper, of the Stat eLivestock Sani-
tary Board. has been detailed to go
Baltimore to represent the State at
the prosecution of Adams county peo-
IlIn Mha haue. haen driving f,attIa