Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-13
TUNNELS ARE To
BE SUPERVISED
Public Service Commission Is
Having Data Gathered About
Those in the State
STATE POLICE ARE BUSY
Local Cases to Be Heard by the
Public Service Commission
During Next Week
STATE POLICE ARE BUSY

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sEATSNSJM being gathered by
~sssa=E ject of a specia
- .--=.EEEa report to the com
M liiissloh. The gathering of this data
was begun last Fall and the accident
IN the tunnel at Phoenixville empha-
sized the necessity for Information
mat would enable the commission &c
take up reports on such occurrences
Inc commission will meet on Feb
Tuary l6 with hearings scheduled for
aour uays, including numerous rate
questions, in which the Mansfield State
Normal school and the school district
Oh Plttston are among compIainants
against public utilities. One of the
hearings is of the case of Frank II
HaWkins, who objects to the transfer
privileges of the Philadelphia Rapid
transit Company and another is A. Il.
Steigerwalt against the rates of the
Pittsburgh Railways Company between
Plttsbursh and Homestead
Local Cases.-W. II. Davis and Mar
TN w. coulter are asking for better
station facilities at New Market and
Bella Vista; l. b. Bixler and others of
EeIlloyhe' OBJECT to the United Electric
1oInpanys extension policy and w, III.
Enck is objecting to the Readings sta
tloh arrangements at Lititz. The CON
tract or the Harrisburg Light and
POWER Company with the borough of
PaNtang is scheduled to be taken Wed
nesday.
State Police Busy-state policemen
nave secured another conviction of a
man for first degree murder as the
result OF prompt work undertaken in
estlnoreland county last November
according to reports received here
from Troop A at Greensburg. The
police started out on the hunt for slav-
efs OF Isaiah Wedge, a farmer near
l4atrobe, and arrested four men who
had been suspected of robbing barns
ana who 1t turned out had held mn
wedge. Ernest Keeping, the man who
shot the farmer, has Just been con-
Nlcted before Judge A. ID. Mcconnell
and the gang has been completely
broken up. Another report from Troop
n is that PriVates Strum and Burke
had rounded up boys who had smash
ed desks and windows and DESTROYED
property in Alverton schooIhouse in
ANerton township, Westmoreland
hounty.
Honey on the HilI.-The State Cant
toi will have an exhibition of Penn
sylvania honey on February 23 and
"a when the. State Bee Keepers will
nold their annual convention. 1t is
heclared that the State produces over
million dollars worth of honey a
year and that with favorable Iegisla-
ton this can be largely increased.
The subjects to be discussed are tho
relation of bees to fruit growing, bee
pasturage, inspection of hives and
other details. Governor Brumbaugh
will be invited to address the honey
growers"
TO Meet Tuesday.-Governor Brum-
baugh and the members of the platform
~, nlil committee will get together on
Telephone Case Next. - The case of
me me Keystone Telephone Company, of
telephone rate schednie is'1st is set for for
Thursday when it will be heard by the
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg Charter. The Nuren-
burg. Coal Company, of this city was
chartered to-day with $4,000 capital by
a. G. Leader NJ. c. Miller and d. r
Kelsey, of this city.
Game Hearings. - The House game
committee is arranging for a series of
hearings on the proposed changes in
May Act Next Week. - Governor
Bru.' gaugh will likely act early next
week on the deficiency bill. lie is said
TO be looking at items for extra help
I with microscope and any provisions
Tor inspections are likely to be hit
In Schuyikiil. - Commissioner john
son and Secretary Millar. of the Pub
lie Service Commission. are at Potts
vile to-day making Inspections
Charter For Fulton. = The Public
Service Commission will have a hear
ing in a few days on the application
for charter for an electric line be-
tween McConnellsburg and Fort Lou
den. Fulton county has neither rail-
road nor trolley line now.
Many Birthdays. Deputy Superin-
tendent of Public Grounds and Build
lngs James c. Patterson is almost sure
that birthday anniversaries are a good
deal of a nuisance. and bases his opin-
ion on the fact that no less than three
occurred in his family during the pres
cnt week. ON Sunday, February /. his
daughter, Miss Helen, a student at VIII
son College, celebrated her 18th birth
day; on Wednesday. February 10, Mr.
Patterson celebrated his natal day, and
to-day. February 13. his son. James. Jr.,
is celebrating his 11th birthday. MIR.
Patterson is consoing himself with
the fact that the birthdays of the other
four members of his family are scat
tered over the balance of the calendar,
Tax Question settled. Cold stor-
age companies manufacturing ice for
their own uses can not claim eXemp-
tiCn from the State tax on capital stock
on the ground that they are manufao-
turing companies. according to a de-
Cision given in the Dauphin COUNTY,
Court to-day. The case involved taxes
against the Industrial Cold Storage
and Warehouse Company and estab-
fishes a precedent. The company is al
rected to pay the taxes unless it files
an appeal.