Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-08

&. \. CARL
New President of Telephone Asso-
citation.
"and the State has been just as hard
hit as have the industries. The case is
one of common interest and all should
endeavor to solve the problem. ] as
sure you l have spent many hours in
consultation with department heads
trying to find ways and means of IN
creasing the States revenue without
resorting to further taxation.
Retrcnchnfent Necessary
THE Commonwealth should be run
like g. well-regulated household. Every
home endeavors to live within its re-
sources and the State must do like
wise. The pockets of the treasury
are not bulging and therefore our
roads. schools and charitable organ
izations will have to suffer. the stress
of economical conditions necessitating
retrenchments all along the line. We
all look for a better day when con-
ditions will resume their normal as
pect."
Governor Brumbaugh was intro
duced in telephone vernacular by
Henry NJ. Tracy. of Philadelphia,
president of the Eastern PENNSYLVANIA
Independent Telephone Association, as
the real live wire who does not allow
anybody to butt in while he is on the
line"
Girl Operators Guests of Men
The girls who are attending the
operators school being conducted in
conjunction with the convention at the
Young Women'S Christian Association
were guests of the telephone men at
the morning session. Governor Brum-
baugh said he was in hearty sympathy
with their child labor stand and advo-
Gated legislation which would guard
their welfare.
Afterward e. B. Fisher of Grand
Rapids, Mich, president of the Inde-
pendent Telephone Association of
America, traced the growth of the
system in a speech on Retrospect and
Prospect" He told of the placing Of
the first telephone lines across the
Alleghenies and said the present con-
ditions were an augury of a splendid
future. He advised the delegates to
fight strongly against a monopoly of
telephone service.
His address was followed by w. II.
Hay. of Pittsburgh, service engineer,
Western Pennsylvania Independent
Telephone Association, with a talk on
Long Distance Transmission" Mr.
Hay told of the growth of the inde-
pendent system in the western part of
the State and points in West Virginia
and Ohio. His paper was largely of a
technical nature.
Elimination of Night Toll Rates in
Pennsylvania" was the subject of an
address by Richard Hawkey, of Pitts
burgh. general manager of the P. and
A. Telephone Company.
The standing of bills before the
Legislature was discussed by E. d.
Schade, general manager of the Johns
town Telephone Company, in a paper
on Amendment to Female Labor Act
and Proposed Child Labor Act" late
this afternoon.
w. S. Vivian is conducting the op-
orators school in the Y. w. C. A. More
than seventy-five girls from many
parts of the State are present.
The convention adjourned late this
afternoon. The organization was
formed here two years ago in the same
room where to-days meeting was held.
1t has had a marvellous growth.
Officers Elected
The following officers were elected:
President, c. A. Carl, general SUPER
intendent United Telephone and Tele.
graph Company, Harrisburg: first vice.
president, George b. Rudy, general
manager York Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, York; second vice.
president, S. II. Mounce. manager of
the Carbon Telegraph Company, IIans-
ford; secretary treasurer, o. K. Kines,
auditor of the Cumberland Valley Tele-
phone Company, Harrisburg. On the
executive committee are L. M. Prist,
Hazleton: Cameron l.. Baer Harris
burg. and James f. Stockwell, Phila-
delphia.