Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-05
Reorganization of Department
Will Be Discussed at State
College Today
GOVERNOR SPEAKIN G
Takes Part in Exercises; Gun
ningham on Inspection;
Trustees Want Coal Tax

HNs0LTE4SuGN S6JJleQ To-Day dI d
+ h~IEL&AR0NN conference to be
lKlQQQQ6k2 held at State Col
II 0z|RRIH1FiEN lege between Gov
HE7lHTHIAgWN ernor Brumbaugh,
Secretary of Agri-
EszzF culture Patton and
sAas~ the members of the
State Commission of Agriculture. The
commissioners have been summoned
to meet at the college o-day and it
VIII be their second meeting since they
/ We're named last June. 1t will be the
! hrst meeting with Secretary Patton.
1t is expected that the appointments
| OF bureau chiefs will be the first mat
ter to be disposed of and announce
ments will probably be made next
week. AT the request of the secretary,
all of the attaches of the department
have remained at work as usual and
no lntimations of any changes have
| been given.
To File Papers.-Members of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's
legislative committee have informed
the Public Service Commission that
they Will file formal complaints in re-
gard to alleged violations of the full
crew law. Half a dozen informal COM
plants were discussed yesterday and
the papers will be made out and testi-
mony taken as soon as possible
Local Charter. - charter was
granted last night to Williams & Wal
lower, Inc, to do a printing and pub
fishing business with special reference
to cataloguing. The capital is $4,000
ana the incorporators are Ernest and
Margaret Williams, Orange, n. J.. and
roland G. Wallower and Nora G. Wal
lower, Waynesboro.
To Meet Tuesday.-The Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings will
meet Tuesday to take up matters per-
tanning to the Capitol.
department has already completed the
commission of Judge Uriah P. Ros-
sitter, the new judge in Erie county.
He will get another in January.
Board Meeting.-The State Indus
| trial Board is meeting in Philadelphia
to-day to discuss the hotel associations
| request for ruling on the division of
the day of rest.
Filed Ccrtificate.-TheC Citizens Light
| and Power Company of PENNSYLVANIA
| (whose principal Office is in the city of
Johnstown) has filed with the Public
| Service Commission a certificate of
notification in the matter of the issue
of s150,000 of five-year S per cent gold
notes. The notes are part of an au-
| thorized issue OF 100000, none of
| which has as yet been issued. The
notes bear date of February 1, 1915,
and mature February /, 1920. Inter-
est at the rate of s per cent. per
4
gust of each year. The notes are
redeemable at 102 and accrued in.
terest at any time after February 1,
1917. on any interest date upon thirty
days notice.
Two for Lancaster. - Two electric
! companies were chartered for Lancas-
ter county. One was the Farmers
Electric Company, of Northern Lam
caster county, with office at Lancaster.
capital $4,000; incorporators, John
II. Ware. Clara M. Ware and w. E.
Edwards. Lancaster. The other was
the Elizabeth Township Electric Com
pany, to operate in Elizabeth town
ship, Lancaster county, with office in
Pittsburgh and capital of $4,000 It's
itncorporators are S. A. Gilmore. E. T.
Boble and Henry o. Evans, Pittsburgh.
To Act Promptly.-Immedi ediately fol-
lowing the official counting of the
votes on the amendment to the Con-
sitution approved by the people at
Tuesdays election. which provides for
an increase in Philadelphia's borrow
ing capacity from Z to 10 per cent,
steps will be taken to prepare for a
special election to secure the consent
of the citizens for the floating of a
loan for large sum for the construc-
tion of the high-speed transit lines
authorized by the Public Service Com
mission. This special election will be
held some time in January as soon as
the necessary councilmanic legislation
has been enacted. Contracts will be
speedily awarded to the lowest bidder,
who will do the work in the shortest
time.
Trustees Want Tax. - Trustees of
the State hospital at Fountain Springs
have started a movement to create a
sentiment to induce the big coal cor
porations to appropriate some of the
accumulated excess charged on the
price of coal subsequent to the inn
position of a State tax upon the coal
sold which tax has been declared un-
constitutional. to the hospital 1t is a
| State institution. The trustees claim
that the present buildings are made
quate in capacity and they plan to
erect another addition, for which the
State has not provided. 1t is hoped by
the trustees that the coal companies
may see the way clear to appropriate
al least part of the tax money on hand
for this purpose.
Contract Let. The State Highway
Il Department to-day awarded O contract
to ]. A. Paddock, of Brookville, for a
bridge in Warren county, Conewago
township, on State Highway Route ga.
at Station SO. The contract price is
$S,533.29. This contract has been held
!up since October 13 when the bids
were opened pending agreement with
the railroad company at that spot as
to what proportion of the cost they
should pay. This difficulty has been
adjusted and in consequence the con-
tract was let to-day.
/ Water Cases Up. - The Public Ser
vice Commission to-day heard COM
plants from residents of Coaldale and
vicinity against the water service of
the Panther Valley Water company.
The complaints against the Hummels-
ltown Water company were continued
until the week of December z, and
those of the Lehigh Fire Brick Works
against railroad rates have been po3+-
lponed for two weeks. The commission
will meet in Pittsburgh next week.
Inspecting Roads. - Highway Com
missioner Cunningham and Chief En-
gineer Uhler spent to-day inspecting