Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16

unusual ever known at the Capitol.
| The East Berlin is owned by w. G..
Leas and last year suspended OPP
! erat1ons. Proceedings were brought
! by Daniel F.. Brandt and others resid-
| ing along the road before the Public
| service Commission with the object of
requiring it to give service and the
commission issued an order directing
resumption of trains. The owner OBJ
! tects because of the improbable ma
ture of the business in the past and
[ has asked for quo warranto to deter
| mine by court action whether the com.
pany may not be dissolved. Under
| ordinary circumstances the company
| could have voted to dissolve, but with
the order of the Public Service Com
mission hanging over it court action
is necessary.
Mr.. Brown has also given an opinion
to the Public Service Commission to
the effect that the York Railways
! Company may acquire, hold and own
the stock and bonds of a light, heat
and power company.
A writ OF quo warranto has been
asked by T.. \. Gowdy, of Montgomery
county. against the Perkiomen Valley
Traction Company. This is a company
which seeks a franchise to construct
and operate a trackless trolley line.
The First Amendment.-The reso-
! luton to submit the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment to the peo-
pie of the State for action which was
passed by the Senate last night will
be certified to Secretary of the Com
monwealth Cyrus E. Woods within a
day or two. 1t is the first of the pro-
posed constitutional amendments to
pass and will be diligently compared
with the. form in which it passed last
session and arrangements made for
advertising late in the summer.
Local Option Discussion.-The House
law and order committee will not
meet this week, but arrangements
have been made for a meeting next
Tuesday, at which time it will be de-
cided whether the bill will be reported
out this month or a hearing held.
Some requests for hearings are being
made, but the whole matter will de-
pend upon what the Governor desires.
The committee will give a hearing on
the Evans early closing bill next week.
This bill fixes II o'clock as the clos
ing time for all saloons. The Glib
honey bill for local option with COM
pensation will be laid before the COM
mittee next Tuesday, having been re-
ferred to-day.
Asking Chartcr.-Advertisem has
been made for charter for teh Ear
| risburg Automobile Company, of this
city. The Messrs. Blough and George
G. Mcfarland are the applicants.
Ex-senator NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. John
IC. Grady of Philadelphia, was a Capt.
tol Hill visitor.
Public Service Hearing.-The Pub
Tic SerYice Commission to-day heard
complaint of the Philadelphia Team
owners that the Philadelphia and
Reading railway haG not complied
with the orders of the commission
requiring additional accommodations
Oleo Hearing on.-The hearing on
the oleo bill which would reduce the
license fees for retail sales is being
held by the House Health and Santa
ton committee this afternoon.
Attended FuneraI.-Senators Crow,
SNYDER and Others attended the fun
eral of Charles A. Grady at Marietta
to-day.
Legislative INSTRUMENTATION to the
Capitol included Ex-senator Enos
Jones, Altoona; Representatives
Joe Call, Philadelphia, and r. Scott
zimmerman, Danville.
Hess as Speakcr.-Repres A.
b. Hess, Lancaster, presided in the
House to-day in the absence of
Speaker Amber. He was compli-
mented upon the way he handled the
business.
Would Buy Ncgatives.-An appro-
priation of 400 has been asked in a
bill presentd to the House for pur-
chase of negatives of photographs
showing development of the oil indus
try owned by j. A. Mather, of Titus
Vile. They are for the state museum.
Dean Lewis Here.-William Draper
Lewis, was at the Capitol attending a
hearing to-daV