Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-28

olds fair to clean up some of the worst
poisoned streams before many months,
according to Commissioner n. r. Bull
Ter. The department inaugurated a
campaign last winter against several
hundred establishments and while
some or the cases were bitterly con-
tested the State won and filtration
plants have been installed.
Lately the campaign against pollu-
ton has been waged in the upper
Allegheny and Susquehanna Valleys
and along the Lehigh. In some of the
streams II was found that all fish life
had disappeared and that even vege-
tation was gone. This year will have
the largest record of suits for poll
luton.
Gamers Warned Warnings are he
ing given by the State Department of
Labor and Industry in its bulletins to
people in the canning industry to see
that state requirements are complied
with In the rush season. This year,
owing to the abundance of frun and
the prospective foreign demand, many
or the canneries are rushed as they
have never been before and some ar
rests for violations of the employment
laws have been made. The rush of
summer work in the canneries of
Pennsylvania has begun" says the
bulletin, and it is very important for
all concerned in this industry to bear
all dangerous machinery should be in
place and that sanitary conditions be
maintained. Besides. the methods used
for the disposal of waste in the differ
ent operations of canning should be
given careful consideration"
Granted Permission. - The Water
supply Commission last night granted
permission to the county to recon
struct the bridge over the Swatara be-
tween Middletown and Royalton and
TO Conewago township supervisors to
build bridge over Aberdeen run.
Permission for two bridges was re-
FUSED the Roaring Brook Turnpike
Company In Lackawanna county.
Not Many Abandoned Farms.-The
list of abandoned farms which can be
bought at low prices has been pub
lished by the State and shows Just los.
which is less than thought. There are
two in Dauphin county and one in
Perry. York, Cumberland. and Leb-
anon have none
To Resume Work.-The State De-
pendents Commission will resume it's
sittings in Philadelphia tomorrow,
when reports from Eastern Pennsyl-
Vanta institutions will be read.
Thomas j. Lynch, the secretary, left
to-day to make some inspections for
the commission.
Attending Conference.-A. L. Mar
'iA, uii SIlpI VI institutes, Is
in Washington attending the meeting
OF the national institute committee.
Foundrymen to Meet. - The COM
mittee of foundrymen for discussion
of State safety standards will be held
here next week. II will report to the
State Industrial Board next month.
Rapid Settlements.-Settle of
State taxes are being made at the
rate of 500 a day. The record for
the year will probably exceed any
thing known at the Auditor Generals
Department.
Public Service. NJ. e. Sollenber-
ger, L. w Warehine and E. Morris
Wertz. representing the Waynesboro
Water Company, had a conference at
the office of the Public Service Com
mission to-day relative to a plan for
the management of the waterworks
that will conform to the laws and to
the regulations of the commission
Warren w Weist, of Harrisburg, COM
plains that the Northern Central
Railway trains have blocked the
crossing at Dauphin. Pa, for a longer
time than is permitted by law.