Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-02
LOCAL COMPANIES
ENTER INCREASES
Big Changes in Capitalization An
nounced in Papers Filed
at the Capitol
GOVERNOR IS VERY BUSY
Arranging to Clear Desk; Forestry
Commission Regrets Roth
rock Retirement
GOVERNOR IS VERY BUSY

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H. WN Capitol to-day. 1t
vNi094A6 was the biggest
1|fU day for such pa
Sl lIklklU pers in many
months and in
creases aggregat-
nO ing millions were
entered on the records.
| The Morton Truck and Tractor
| Company, of this city, filed notice of
| increase of stock from $25O.0OO to
| 100000; Big Run Water Company
Harrisburg, stock, $4,000 to $4,000.
and debt, $250,000; Four Consolidated
Electric Company, Tower City, debt,
$4,000: Suburban Gas and Fuel Com
| pany, of York county, Dallastown,
debt, $4,000 to s125,00O; Lancaster
Sanitary Milk Company. Lancaster
| stock, $4,000 to 100000; Watson
town Throwing Company, Watson
town. debt, $4,000.
The Harrisburg Railways Company
filed notice of increase of bonded debt
from SS.000,000 to sS,169,900.
Homer Shoemaker, G. r. Barnett
and E. e. Barnitz figure in the con-
solidation of the Ludlow Natural Gas
| and the Ludlow Electric Company,
forming the Ludlow Gas and Electric
Company capital $4,000
Big Charter FeeS,-Business of the
| corporation bureau of the State De-
| partment to-day netted the State
$4,000. 1t was one of the banner
days and Corporation, Clerk b. B. Mil
Ter was working his endorsing hand
overtime.
Governor at Work.-Governor Tener
was busy to-day clearing up work on
commission appointments. They were
left by the Legislature and he has
been studying people qualified for the
work.
Rush for Iags.-The rush for auto
mobile tags kept up at the Highway
Department and the force will work
nights indefinitely. Tags to the num-
Der of $4,000 will make the weeks
record. The department turned in
1000 to the Treasury to-day.
Retirement NOted.-The retirement
of Forestry Commissioner J. T. Roth
rock, the father of Pennsylvania for
estry, was appropriately noted by the
Forestry Commission to-day. 1t adopt
ed resolutions regretting his resigna-
tion and expressing the appreciation
of his work by the commission and
the people. DR.. Rothrock was an
original member of the commission
and great factor. The commission
acted on twenty-five applications for
camp sites on State reserves to-day.
State CharterS.-The following State |
charters have been issued: PEOPLES |
Bank, Boswell, capital $4,000; Edin- |
boro Light and Power Company Edin- !
boro, capital $4,000; Slovak Building
and Loan Association, Tarentum, capi- |
tai s5O0.oO0 Cooperative Coal Com
Commercial Electric Company, Oily |
phant, capital $4,000; Republican |
Electric Company, Blakely, capital |
$4,000; Glen Mawr Oil Company, Os-
born. capital $4,000; j. C. Donges !
Co, lumber, Pittsburgh. capital SIS. 900: |
Overton Oil and Gas Company Over |
ton, capital $4,000; L. +. James Sales |
Company, Hazleton. capital 10000:
Short Line Land Company, Pittsburgh, |
capital $4,000; Marathon Tire Sales |
Company, Pittsburgh, capital $4,000:
Connery & Co. iron and STEEL Phila- |
delphia, capital $4,000; Nisbet & |
Very Audit Company, Pittsburgh, |
capital $4,000.
Ready for Tax.-On recent of the |
tonnage declarations by anthracite |
coal operators the Auditor General |
Will send the bills for the new tax. |
Although no steps have been taken to |
test the constitutionality of the new |
tax law, it is expected that this will be |
done. If the tax is declared uncon- |
stltutional the Philadelphia and Read |
ing Coal and Iron Company will make |
refund of the extra charge il is |
placing on it's COAL The Reading and
all other operators added 10 cents TO |
the cost per ton on account of the tax. |
Here and there in the retail trade the
10 cents additional has been passed |
along to the consumer, but the mer- |
chants have not stood together, and so
most of them are paying the tax with
out any expectation of having It re-
funded than that offered by probable
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