Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-25

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the st forage oi
camp equipment while the State ar.
senal is being built along the new con-
tracts lines. The electric plant is a
brick structure of good size and very
strong. Preparations to put it into
use are being made and as soon as
ready the tents and camp equipage
stored in the arsenal will be moved
to the plant, provided they are not
sent to a mobilization camp for the
state Guard preparatory to going in
to federal service.
ALI OF the tentage of the Guard is
at the old arsenal. The old building
will be razed as soon as vacated and
Contractor G. w. Strayer will begin
work on the new building this sum-
mer.
Working on Plans.-The new Econ.
omy and Efficiency Commission ey.
poets to have all of the Capitol Hill
information required in it's hands by
next week and will then concentrate
its efforts on getting information from
the State institutions which come un-
der its scope. The plans for the sur
vey arc now being made.
New Book Required.-Owing to the
additional certificates placed on appIi-
cations for charters for public uti1t-
ties when they are approved by the
Public Service Commission, new
recording docket has been provided at
the Capitol. This is separate from
the general run Of charters for scor-
porations.
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new State sanatorium at Cresson and
Hamburg are to form part of the ex-
hibit of the State Department of
Health. The exhibit now shows Mt.
Alto, but the plan is to include the
whole three buildings. The exhibit is
to be shown throughout the State this
year.
Coal TaX.-Steps are to be taken
early in the coming month by the Au-
ditor Generals Department to pre-
pare the way for collection of the
State tax on anthracite coal in case
the constitutionality of the statute of
1913 should be upheld. Practically
all of the hard coal producers in the
State have filed reports of their out
put for 1918 and these will be used
as basis for calculation of the tax,
the coal consumed in operation of
mines being excepted. The depart
ment is estimating the taxes on cor
porations which failed to file their re-
ports for 1913. The list of those which
had not filed in 1912 has been closed
up.
New Charters.-State charters have
been issued as follows: To Philadel-
phia corporations: Bird Coal Com
pany, capital $4,000; Club Life Pub
fishing Company, capital $4,000;
the Hainlen Company, motor vehicles,
capital $1,000; Howell, Stein & Co.,
ard a. Foley Advertising Agency. Inc,
capital $4,000; Par-Kop Company,
machinery, capital $4,000; Park Ave-
nue. Realty Company, capital $4,000;
John McCaffrey Company, carriage
builders supplies capital $4,000; Ital-
ian Exchange Trust Company, capital
S125,000. Other charters issued were
to Wilkes-Barre Baseball Association,
Wilkes Barre, capital $4,000; Sani-
tary Cleaning & Dyeing Co., Wilkes
Barre, capital $4,000; Peoples Mer-
chandise Company, Bellwood, capital,
$4,000; L. w. Washburn's Mighty Mid
way Shows, Inc, Chester, capital $5,-
600; Davis, Sherk and Mason Cigar
,
the Cady Drug Company, Eddystone,
capital $4,000.
Appointed Notary.-Joseph Bell, of
Shenandoah, has been appointed a no.
tary public.
$4,000 Day.-The automobile divi-
sion of the State Highway Department
is turning into the State Treasury
about $4,000 a day. The rush for IL
censes keeps up and over $500, 600
is now in hand.
More ChicISen.-By April 1 reports
of cold storage warehouses will show
a big jump in the amount of poultry
stored. This is due to the storing of
Spring chickens. Butter and eggs will
show q decline.
Fair Gets Charter.-The Keystone
State Fair and Industrial Exposition
Company, of this city, was granted it's
charter yesterday with a capital of
$1,000. c. d. Stewart, of Pittsburgh,
owns practically all of the stock and
people here will not talk about the
enterprise.
Good Catches.-In spite of weather
conditions the reports to Commits
oioiiCi oQiiCi 6OOQ NdlSlleS vi
trout all over the southern part of
the State. The planting of the depart
ment has been successful as many
streams have been found to be well
stocked whereas a year ago there
We're no trout.
More Roads Soon.-Plans are being
prepared by the State Highway De-
partment for the construction of about
10000 feet of State aid highway The
bids will be asked next month.
Movie Rules Ready. The State
Board of Censors for moving picture
shows has prepared it's rules and regu-
lations with the standards and it was
announced to-day that they would be
effective on June / The standards