Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-03
READING GRADE CROSSINGS
Hearing Will Be Held by the Pub
lie Service Commission Dur
ing the Present Month

S lotus Il + e De1nR
sary equipment working this week.
while progress on the repair of the
most travelled routes has been made
by the Highway Department, close to
1900 men being strung along the
roads, the condition of drains, cul-
berts and bridges has caused unex-
pected delays.
Within the next few weeks it is ex-
pected that things will be in pretty
tair shape in some of the districts,
road drags having been worked hard
on roads which did not require filing
up. Practically no resurfacing will be
undertaken until the bulk of the high
ways are in passable shape.
The contractors recently awarded
contracts for State aid roads have beer
instructed to get started as soon as
possible and plans for other contracts
or the State aid plan are being work.
ed out.
Mont Alto Exercises.-Ten students
of the State Fortsery Academy at Mt.
Alto VIII be graduated this week, hav-
ing completed the prescribed course.
Most of them will enter State employ
on the reserves. Forestry Commits
sioner r. S. Conklin will present the
diplomas.
More Charters Asked.-Men inter-
ested in electric propositions are get
II. 49, -
ting over their scare over the public
utility law and more applications for
charters for such corporations have
been made in the last six weeks then
in the first five months of the veal
Several of them have been of new
companies for territory covered by
companies which did not exercise
franchises.
DR.. Rauer Here.-Dr. Phillip Rauer.
eminent German medical man. who
is in this country studying methods of
combating tuberculosis, spent Satur-
day night here going over the work in
this state with DR.. B.. F. Roger, chief
medical inspector. He inspected the
exhibit and the plans.
Powell at Pottsville.-Auditor Gen.
eral Powell was at Pottsville on Sat
urday looking after the legal end of
some escheat proceedings.
Berks Grade Crossings.-A hearing
VIII be held before the Public Service
commission on August 10, in the mat
ter of elimination of some of the
crossings of highways and railroad
tracks at grade, located in Berks coun-
ty. They are known as Highs Lane,
Lower Alsace township, over the
pennsylvania Railroad; Ridgewood
Crossing, Cumru township; Gibralter
Crossing, Robson township, and
Robson Crossing, over both the Penn
sylvania Railroad anG Phila dleIphia
and Reading. The Reading Chamber
OF Commerce. and the Berks County,
Farm Bureau are back of the petit
ton, which is signed by 1853 citizens.
General Superintendent s. E.. Smith,
of the United Traction Company. has
advised the commission that he has
arranged to place a bell signal at the
grade crossing at Seyfert Station on
the B~irdsboro division, and a similar
signal at the grade crossing on the
Obey Valley Railway at J~acksonwald. |
f.. B. Sensenig, Martic township, Ian
caster county, has filed a complaint
against the roadbed, general equip
ment n service of the Lancaster and
York Furnace Street Railway Com
pany, which operates between Millers-
vile and Pequa.
Hearing Is Of.-The hearing of the
Association of Ice Cream Manufacture
ers of Remove against the Adams Ex-
press COMPREHENSIVE rate for re-
turn of empty freezers-which was to
have been held tomorrow, has been
postponed for two months, at the re-
quest of the complainants.
Dimmick to Notwithstanding to
dispatches from Scranton and informa-
ton received at the Capitol from
Scranton, j. Benjamin Dimmick will
retire from the keystone ticket as can
't'bbO A0A OIllCu DldIGS SENATOR. III |
is expected that lie will formally file
Il withdrawal at the Capitol. The Key
stoners will then name a candidate.
Academy Dissolves. - PAPERS were
filed at the Capitol to-day announcing
the dissolution of the corporation
known as the Airyview Academy, of
Port Royal.
The Abbey Painting.-A letter re-
ccived by Governor Tener from Ernest
Board. of Bristol, England, states that
the painting of the Reading of the
Declaration of independence by Abbey
was sketched In oils by Mr.. Abbey be-
fore his death and that Mr.. Board fin
lshed 1t under occasional supervision
by j. s.. Sargent. Mr.. Board was a
former assistant of Abbey.
Cabled to Mfr. Jackson.+Lew +.
Palmer, acting Commissioner of Labor
II Industry, to-day cabled John Price
jackson. the commissioner, who is
supposed to have landed at Rotterdam
on Saturday. Mr.. Jackson was asked
to send word of his whereabouts and
informed hat one of the large Ameri-
can firms had placed its London office
at his disposal.
Appointed Officers. - William III.
Mease and Irwin d. Wagner, of Leb-
anon, were to-day appointed special
oft1cers for the American Iron and
steel Manufacturing Company.
Frank PittfeId Dead.-Frank Pitt
field. clerk in the Auditor Generals
department under Gregg and Mylin,
dled at his home In Pittsburgh yes
terday, aged sc. He a many friends
on Capitol Hill, being a frequent Wis
itor, as he was a tax adjuster.
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