Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-10

"'AN nave ueSn furnishing service IT
communities where there is no ac.
tual need for additional service and
there comparatively little complaint
should be considered. The application
of the Schuylkill Light. Heat and Po-
wer Company for approval of an or.
dinance of the borough of Ashland
granting it the right to furnish SER
vice to that municipality and the ap-
lplication of the Harmony Electric
Company for similar action on an or
dinance OF the borough of Ellwood
City have heen dismissed.
1t is held In the Ashland case that
the Eastern Pennsylvania Light, Heat
and Power Company has occupied the
territory for twenty-nine years, it's
plant is adequate and that there has
been little complaint. The entrance
of second company, it is held might
be of doubtful utility, the commission
saying: Long experience has shown
that while the temporary effect of
competition between public utilities
occupying the same territory is to
| secure lower rates the final result is
| likely to be the absorption OF one
| by the other and then an increase of
rates to pay the expense of the war;
| rare. 1T is also pointed out that
| cases may arise where competition
would be beneficial and that such will
be considered on their merits.
In the Ellwood City case the Penn
sylvania Power Company, which has
been furnishing power has an invest
ment of SS50.000 in plant and the
commission says in part: Vested
rights and interests must be duly con-
served and protected The commits
sion has no warrant to invite or per-
init limited competition anywhere un-
less the area and population served,
the need of the community or the
prospects Of the municipality, as
based on its growth and devolep-
ment, reasononably show that the
PIT lie welfare demands it. This prin-
ciple of protection must be extended
to the public utility to the end that
the individual citizens, who have in
vested in its plant equipment in good
faith, may be duly protected in their
interests
Petitions Filed Senator Samuel
W. Salus, of Philadelphia, to-day filed
his petition to be a candidate for re-
holiilAoli liOli oll the fkepuDllCdn tlCket
in the second senatorial district.
Nominating petitions were also filed
as follows: House, Patrick Collins,
Sharpsburg. Democrat, Twelfth Allie
gheny; Fred V. Hartzell, Scranton,
Republican, Second Lackawanna; H.
R. Myers. Washington, Republican,
Washington; John Lauler Pittsburgh,
Republican, Third Allegheny; James
R. Conser, Punxsutawney. Democrat.
Jefferson; William Preston Lupold,
Shamokin, Washington, Northumber-
land; P. B. Law, Wilmerding, Social
ist, Tenth Allegheny, State committees
H. l.. Altland, York; John o. Ul-
rich, Tamaqua, Schuylkill, and Amos
B. Murphy, Wilmore, Cambria, Social
ist State committee; A. V. Dively, AL
toona, Democrat, Blair, Democratic
State committee.
To Give Hearing.-Governor Tener
will give hearing tomorrow on the
application for return to California of
Budman Skean. under arrest in Read
ing on a charge of forgery 1t is
charged that he issued bad checks
He has been in prison for two months
and is wanted in a California mining
district. An officer from the Golden
Gate State was here to-day for him.
Holiday on "Hill.'-Capitol Hill en-
joyed a partial holiday to-day, most
of the departments being closed after
II a. m.