Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-30
TRUNK LINES WILL
ASK A REHEAR|NG
One Way Ticket Order Suspension
VIII Be Followed by Further
Procedure at Once
PREPARING FOR NEW FUND
Attorney General Working Out the
Compensation Plan; News
of the Capitol
PREPARING FOR NEW FUND


zIz.lzll.ll4 scheduled to go in
to effect on September /. but sus-
pended until October /. The sus-
pension was at the request of c. L.
Hunter, vice-president of the West
ern Trunk Line Association, which
asked that the order be the subject
OF further proceedings.
The commission will resume its
formal meetings here on September Z
at which time a number OF decisions,
upon which members have been
working in the recess, will be an
nounced and the further procedure in
the Philadelphia electric case will
be outlined.
The survey of the grade crossings
on the Lincoln highway for the COM
mission has been completed from
Pittsburgh to Harrisburg and was
resumed to-day between the State
Capital and Philadelphia by way of
Gettysburg, York and Lancaster.
New Schools.-Several schools for
agricultural training in addition to
other courses will be opened in the
State this week and next according to
information received here by the edu-
cauonal authorities. The preliminar-
les were arranged this month and the
opening of the school in Columbia
county is expected to be made the
occasion of a formal celebration to-
day.
Compensation Fund.--Steps for the
organization of the workmen's COM
pensation insurance fund, to which
the State will make substantial con-
tribution at the start, will be taken
in September by Attorney General
Brown and other State officials. The
attorney general is now making the
preliminary plans and on the re-
S@F 10 I,A tee,
board will likely be called to meet.
Watching Storage. - Agents of the
dairy and food division are keeping
an eye on cold storage deposits just
now in order to be sure as to the
amount of spring produce held. 1t is
believed that there is larger amount
of food in storage now than ever
known in the State at this period.
Returned From Dayton. = ]. Her
man Knisely, of the bureau of munich
pal statistics and information, is
made an investigation into the mu-
nicipal government He also repre-
sented Commissioner Jackson at
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Returned From Danville. - DIR. B.
F. Royer, chief medical inspector, has
returned from Danville, where he in
vestigated the outbreak of typhoid
fever.
Commission to Rule Soon. - Mem
bers of the State Water Supply Com
mission are here to-day in conference
on pending matters, including the
Coatesville water works project. A
ruling may be made tomorrow. The
work is going on at Coatesville, but
nothing can be done on the State
Highway because the contractors ne
elected to get permit to tear up the
road.
To Inspect Pike. - Highway Com
missioner Cunningham will make an
inspection of the section of the turn
pike between Chambersburg and
which the owning COM
pany has offered to sell to the State.
Treasury Is Low.-Indications are
that the State Treasury will show the
smallest balance in its general fund
in almost two decades when the books
are closed for August tomorrow. This
will be due to the creation Of a couple
of special funds under new laws and
to the small receipts. Payments of
levied on manufacturing corporations,
have been small.
Increases Filed. - Notices of in
creases of stock filed at the Capitol to-
day include Allegheny Amusement
Co., Philadelphia, stock, $4,000 to
5 80 900 and Arthur H. Thomas Co.,
Philadelphia, stock, $4,000 to
100000.
Lebanon Lines Up. - Lebanon
county is getting ready to provide a
mothers pension system. The preli-
steps have been taken and in
formation secured here as to the
amount of money to the credit of the
county.
Pennsy's Payment.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to-day made
the largest payment of the month to
the State Treasury. 1t amounted to
s194.512.49 and represented state tax
on gross receipts.
New Laws heady.-The new State
game and fish laws will be issued in
form this fall. They will
be printed as soon as the acts of 1915
are issued.