Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-19
| EVENING CHAT

| Approval by the Public Service Com
mission OF several applications by
trolley companies for permission to
proceed with construction during this
week have paved the way for the lower
| ends of Dauphin and Lebanon coun-
ties and the upper end of Lancaster to
| get some extensive rural tranSporta-
tion lines and may also bring about the
building of line to connect Middle
town with Elizabethtown. If the lat
| ter project is consummated it will
mean that there will be chain of troll
ley tracks between Philadelphia and
Harrisburg. At present there are short
gaps in the trolley connection between
| the State Capital and Reading and
Philadelphia. One of these is just east
of Lebanon and the other is between
Middletown and the upper Lancaster
borough. The new Berks and Lam
caster line will connect Womelsdorf
and Lititz and within a few days a
charter will be issued to the Ephrata
and Lebanon Traction Company,
which will connect those two places,
traversing rich agricultural region.
The Elizabethtown and Deodate Com
pany has secured an amendment to it's
charter to make changes in route be-
tween Elizabethtown and Mt. Joy and
1t will extend into lower Dauphin and
meet the Hershey lines. This change
in route will avoid some grades Mean
while steps are being taken by the
Hershey and Deodate company to Sc
cure the right to make some grade
crossings. 1t is believed that ulti-
mately one of these lines will build
into Middletown and thus meet the
lines of the Harrisburg Railway Com
pany, which connect with those of the
Hershey system at Hummelstown, thus
forming a network of trolleys.
The late Judge John M. Kennedy,
who died in Pittsburgh yesterday, was
well known here and was a close per-
sonal friend of Governor Tener. Judge
Kennedy was one of the friends of the
Governors youth and although there
was a difference in their ages the
Judge always had warm place for
the Governor. When Governor Tener
gave his first official dinner at the
Executive Mansion Judge Kennedy was
one of the guests and met a number
of Harrisburgers.
The filing of expense accounts at the
Capitol this weke has been followed
with keen interest all over the State
and there have been numerous in
quiries made by people over the tele-
phone about the law on the subject.
1t states in the act that treasurers of
committees must file accounts within
thirty days, but as there is no penalty
clause except a right to invoke the
law to stop administration of oath to
a successful candidate, it would appear
that there existed some necessity for
Tightening up the statute.
J. L. swayze, who appeared before
the Public Service Commission, is the
chief counsel of the Bell Telephone
Company and one of the prominent at
torneys Of New York. He has been at
every hearing held by the Public Ser
vice Commission on the proposed tele-
phone rate schedule, showing that the
Bell regards it as of the utmost i'm
portance. F. III. Bethel, L. H. Kin
neard and other men prominent in the
Bell have also been here.
The great interest taken in the flag
transfer exercises on Monday Is illus
trated by the manner in which visitors
to the Capitol are thropging about the
battle flags in the rotunda. More peo-
pie have looked at the flags the last
four days, say Capitol officials, than
visited them at the Museum in a
month. Yesterday there was a steady
run of visitors in front of the cases
all day.
Dauphin and Cumberland county
bankers will be we'll represented at the
meeting of the State Bankers Asso-
ciation at Bedford next week, and it is
probable that the largest delegation
that has gone from this city to any
similar gathering will leave Wednes.
day and Thursday Many will go on
the Bankers Special" which is to
start from Philadelphia.
The meeting of the Middle division
veterans here has particular interest
for Harrisburgers, because it was
formed here. Many of the prominent
men are old Harrisburgers, including
Creighton, Abercrombie, Smith and
others. The veterans always enjoy
tbeir visits here