Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-23

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600. which is considerably more than
a good many people thought possi-
BILE. When the Capitol Park Exten-
sion bill was before the legislature
ex-senator John Z. Fox, its sponsor.
said that he thought the material
would bring anywhere from $4,000
to $4,000, possibly more. There are
still good many buildings to be re-
moved.
Superintendent Samuel B. Rambo
| expects to have another sale in July
and expects good prices because of the
ties at which building materials are
selling. The agreement is that the
buildings must be removed within 60
days, but in most cases the structures
disappear before that.
High Schools Paid-State Treasurer
Young has sent checks for high school
appropriations amounting to $25S to
the following borough high schools in
this section: Highspire. EliZabethville
Penbrook. Camp Hill. New Cumber-
land, Newville, AIifflin. Port Royal
Duncannon, Millersville and Newport
Executive Session Thursday-The
Public Service commission will have
an executive session Thursday at
which cases heard yesterday will be
disposed Of
Cholera DeclineS-Hog cholera is
reported to have almost disappeared
from the Cumberland valley town
ships. None has been reported late
~ from this county. The difficulty
was that hogs which had not been
passed upon by veterinarian were
sold at public sale and scattered
abroad
Expense Accounts. - Expense ac-
counts were filed to-day by H. s. Ack-
erman. candidate for Democratic dele
gate-at-1arge. showing that he had
spent 500 and by W. E. Rice. candi-
date for Republican delegate-at-large.
certifying to S77.
Candidates filing accounts for less
than $50 were Justice E. A. WaIing,
). &. Philson, candidate for Democra-
tic nomination for State treasurer, and
l. A H. HAY. Alba B. johnson and
John W. Fordi
Official Returns. - Official returns
were filed at the Capitol to-day by five
more counties. chiefly on delegate and
state committee elections. The coun-
Ties ming were Union, Juniata. Clin-
ton. Sullivan and Greene.
Charter For Trolley. - Governor
moaugh to-day approved the char /
ter OF the Chester and Eddystone |
street Railway Company. the first rail- |
way company. the first railway to he /
chartered in weeks. The company
viii operate line two and a third |
miles Ion in Delaware county. Its
n. VI
Haverford. is president. with these di- |
rectors Henry P. Carr and Harold h. |
Anderson, Philadelphia; John ]. Hem /
derson. Melrose Park, and T. W. Will /
son, Wilmington.
Public Service - The Public Ser
vice Commission To-day completed |
hearings on contested jitney cases
from central counties and adjourned
to meet here Thursday for executive /
session. The commission will sit in 1
Pittsburgh next week
Conners Gets Place. - James G.. /
Conners. resident of the Fourteenth
ward. Philadelphia and protege of /
Congressman John R. K. Scott has
been appointed to a clerkship in the |
Auditor Generals department. He |
was clerk in the last Legislature.
Three Rolls In. - Pay rolls have
been filed for three troops of cavalry |
in the strike service. The pay will go |
out within a few days
To Go Underground. - When the /
IN scranton the members will go un-
der the Scranton Armory to investigate |
the extent of the cave-in
To Return Tonight. - Governor |
Brumbaugh. who spoke at Downing |
town school to-day, will return to- |
night. He will work on road near this /
city on Good Roads Day
Appointed Notary. - Mary c. Mil |
Ter. of Harrisburg, was appointed a no /
tary to-day.
Capitol Visitors. - Senator Joseph
II. Thompson, Beaver Falls: A. J. Lo- |
gan. Pittsburgh; X-Representative
George w. Schultz, Shamokin. were
Capitol visitors.
Electric Companies Chartered.-Gov- /
ernor Brumbaugh to-day approved 1
charters for three electric companies /
TO operate in Lancaster county. Read /
ing men incorporated them and Off /
GERS will be at New Holland.
Went to Reading, - Secretary of
Agriculture Patton and members of /
his department force went to Reading
to-day for the meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture. They will re-
turn Thursday to take part in Good |
Roads Day.
Hearing Set. - Referee Savior has
hXed this afternoon for a hearing in /
the compensation case of E. J. Miles. |
of this city, for injuries to his foot
received at Milton while working for
the Grace Contracting company.
Three Associations. - Among char |
ters granted last night were to three
building and loan associations for
Philadelphia with an aggregate capital
of S5.000.000.
Fires Are Ended. - The rains have
an end tothe forest fires which ragged
in seevral sections of the State last
week. The area burned over ran very
high.