Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-07


tache who begged pardon for bringing
him an armload of correspondence
before he had time to get accustomed
TO his new chair. i've never been
AFRAID OF work and I'm not going to
begin now"
Commissioner Black is an early
riser. but he doesn't obey the old adage
of ''early to bed" He is brimful of
energy and initiative and has piled up
good-sized fortune solely through his
own efforts in developing coal lands in
MS nome district. II like to learn
things for myself" he told employees of
the department when he proposed a
trip by auto over the road systems of
the state. Once when l was pros
pecting for coal an engineer had en-
ployed used the excuse of having too
Iar TO walk to work to bolster up
lame report. So l thought 1 would
walk over myself before breakfast and
see what was DONG. l found a fine
vein of coal and beside getting my in
formation first hand worked up
grand appetite. And it was only ten
miles"
Gas Company Ruling.-The Peoples
Natural Gas Company, of Altoona, is
ordered in a decision handed down by
the Public Service Commission to-day
In the case of j. B. Swoveland VS.. the
company to file, post and publish, in
accordance with law, an amendment
or supplement TO its tariffs and rules
SO as to eliminate guarantee deposits
ooJected to by certain patrons, unless
1t requires them of all. The company's
contention was that deposits had been
required only of strangers or those
known as SLOW pay"
Complain of Crossings.-The Chest
nut Hin Business Mems Association.
OF Philadelphia, to-day asked the Pub
lie Service Commission to require the
philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company to eliminate grade crossings
at Mount Airy, Mermaid avenue and
Willow Grove avenue.
Jitney Cases Up.-The Public Serv-
ice Commission to-day heard oral ar
guments of attorneys representing $50
operators of jitneys in Wilkes-Barr
which the Wilkes-Barre Railways
Company has charged are being op-
Grated Illegally. The contention of the
Jitney men is that they do not come
under the public service act, but are
subject to regulation by the munich
palities in which they operate.
Payment of Bonds.-Oscar L. Swartz.
steward for the State Hospital at Nor
ristown, was to-day notified by the
Attorney General that premiums on
bonds for officials of that institution
cannot be paid out OF the special ap-
preparation to the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings, but must be
met out of the appropriation for the
hospital itself. The department also
gave 1t as its opinion in reply to a
question raised by the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction that a
school district can, by the consent of
three-ftfths of the electors voting at
the election, increase its Indebtedness
for purposes specified by the school
code to an amount in excess of per
cent, but not exceeding 10 per cent
of the assessed valuation of property
in the district.
Pittsburgh Hearings.-The hearing
of the Pittsburgh Coal Operators VS..
the Pennsylvania Company was con-
cluded yesterday. Briefs will be filed
and the case held over till next Sep
tember, in all probability.
State College Thanks Rambo.-Su-
perintendent of Public Grounds and
Buildings S. B. Rambo has received a
letter from Arthur w. Crowell, pro-
fessor of landscape art at State Col
lege. in which he thanks the depart
ment and Mr.. Itambo personally for
the splendid treatment which the State
College students received in connec-
tion with their work of surveying the
Capitol Park extension under the aus
pices of the State. The students fin
ished their work in ten days time and
will now take UP the next step, that of
getting out plans suggestive of the
treatment of the whole property.
Among the workers was one girl, Miss
Pattee, who, with her chaperon, was
one of the leading figures among the
college students. Miss Pattee is a
daughter of A. l.. Pattee, professor of
literature at State College and a writer
or 1Ifh n Of
cipal works being a History of Ameri-
can Literature Since 1870"