Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03

Thursday when the arrangements for
inaugurating the new system will be
made. Numerous offers of assistance
from local communities have been
made.
A delegation of Bradford countians
was to-day informed that the State
could not reconstruct any county
bridges on main highways under the
recent opinion given by the attorney
generals department. In the delega-
ton were Senator Charles E. Mills,
County Commissioner J. L. Ellsworth
and w. S. Lafferty and Terbert Lam
don, of Camptown.
Commissioner Cunningham dis
charged E. E. McAdoo, of Ligonier,
accused of recklessly operating an
automobile, extenuating circumstances
having been found, but he was given
q warming
The Commissioner is at Muncy MAX
ing inspections of streets to be i'm
proved and looking over roads in Ly-
coming and Northum berland counties
NJ citing Deferred. IT h first
August meeting of the Public Service
Commission was to-day postponed
until tomorrow when municipal con-
tracts will be taken up. No hearings
are scheduled.
Hog Cholera. - Outbreaks of hog
cholera in the vicinity of Harrisburg
and in towns to the west of the State
CoEibol are DelHs ODS6ENeu Dy state
Livestock Sanitary officials and it is
probable that some new regulations
regarding hog shipments will be an
nounced In a short time, The out
breaks are the first to be reported in
some time and 1t is stated that the
general situation in the State is better
than for months and that shipments
of cattle are commencing to be re-
sumed from the West.
Don't Hurt Birds.-In a bulletin is
sued to-day DR.. H. A. Surface, the
State zoologist, declares that spraying
of fruit trees does not kill birds and
that ii has been we'll established by
scientific observations in orchards not
only in this State but in Massachusetts
and elsewhere that the birds are not
harmed by sprays employed to keep
down pests.
Troy Plans Go. - The State has
approved the plans and issued a per-
nit for improvement of the water
works system of Troy. The State en-
Gi1eers made an inspection of the
proposition.
Board to Meet. Members of the
State Industrial Board will meet in
Pittsburgh to- morrow to hear applica-
tons for notifications of the employ
ment laws relating to women working
in charitable and educational institu-
tons. The question of women en-
ployed in hotels will also be submitted.
The hoard will take up the telephone
situation when it meets in Philadelphia
on August IS.
Shipping Trout. - The first ship
ments of young trout for stocking
streams of the State will be made
from the State hatchery at Bellefonte
this week, streams in the neighbor-
hood being taken care of. Later in
the month the territory will be en-
larged and in September and October
considerable quantities of year-old
fish will be put out Other hatcheries
will begin to ship next month. The
contract for the new fireproof modern
hatchery at the Bellefonte establish
ment was let by the State Fisheries
Commission to Cherett & Lambert,
who will complete it in 100 working
days. The new building will cost
$500. The old hatchery will be torn
down this week. 1t is one of the
early ones.
Electric Companies. - The first ap-
plications for approval of charters
for electric companies to be laid be-
fore the Public Service Commission in
weeks are scheduled to be presented
tomorrow. They are for electric
companies in Cambria, Somerset and
Lancaster counties Fewer electric
companies have been chartered in the
last six months than for long time.
Few Applying AS Yet. - Compare
lively few small loan operators or
loan sharks" as they are some times
called have filed their applications for
licenses under the new act. The
blanks were prepared some time ago
and the people interested are taking
their own time in replying. No word
has yet been received of intention to
contest the act.
Offering Land.-Numerous offers of
lor g.. g
been made to the State Commission
in the last few weeks, but the
commission is having each carefully
inspected and the condition of the
ground examined. The commission
will act on some of the applications
at its meeting on Friday.
Cavalrymen Paid.-Members of the
twelve troops of the First Pennsylva-
MIA Cavalry, which held it's first regi-
last week, received S6,S62.21 from the
State as pay. The federal government,
which paid the officers and part of
the pay of the men. paid about the
same amount. The pay from the
State by organizations was: Head
quarters, $393.10; First Troop, $547.41;
Second Troop, s555.3O; Troop A,
S426.60; Troop G, $57S.80; Sheridan
Troop, $567.10; Governors Troop,
S552.S0; Troop F, $469.70; Troop II,
$55S.S0; Troop j, $576.S0;; Troop K,
S553.60; Troop L, $559.6O. and Troop
NJ. $52757.
Woods Candidate. James 1.
Woods to-day filed a petition to be a
candidate for associate judge in Forest
county.
To Pay Schools. = Arrangements
were made to-day to begin sending
warrants for payment of school dis
tricts to the Auditor General for ap-
proval next week. Two hundred and
fifty warrants will be sent on the first
day and payments made according to
the funds in hand.
Big Payment Made.-James b. Shee-
han, register of wills of PHILADELPHIA,
to-day paid $136,195.14 to the State
Treasury as collateral inheritance
taxes from Philadelphia county for
{ July.
Bids Next Week.-The bids for the
completion of the State arsenal will be
opened next Tuesday by the State
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings.
Increase Filed. - The Moorhead
Knitting Company, of this city, to-day
filed notice of increase of stock from
100000 to $4,000.