Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-09

street, and 500 and 511 North alley
belonging to Philip 3. Brouge; Nos.
4S2 and 434 State street, belonging
to Henry G. Walters; No. SIS State
street and 513 North alley, belonging
to Norris A. Rosenberg; No. COS State
street, belonging to Luther r. Sham
mo, and 514 South street, belonging to
Margaret A. Dean.
G. II. Blackburn Hl.-George p.
Blackburn, clerk in the Auditor Gen
erals Department, is lying i'll of con-
gestion of the lungs at his home in
Berryhill street.
John =. Welsh Dead.-John S.
Welsh, SO years old, a former mem
Der of the Legislature, and for many
years prominent in mining circles.
died at his home at Shamokin, of
apopleXy.
Hotel Condemnation. - The Capt.
tol Park Extension Board held a hear
II : this morning in the offices of Con-
troller Samuel c. Todd in the matter
of the condemnation of the property
<of Mrs. Shellenberger, who owns the
hotel and market at Fourth and State
streets.
Habgood i'll Town. Among the
callers on State Highway Commission
er Cunningham to-day was Robert
Habgood, OF Bradford, Mexican coun-
ty.
Attending Dinner. First Deputy
State Highway Commissioner Joseph
w. Hunter is attending the annual
meeting of the Chester County Super
Visors' Association, which is the sec
ond Oldest in the State. that of Erie
county having the priority in the mat
ter OF age. During the week of Feb
ruary 2l, Mr.. Hunter will attend su-
pervisors' convention in Bucks, Della
ware and Montgomery counties on
February "a, State Highway Commits
sioner Cunningham will attend the
meeting of the Dauphin county super
visors, held in this county.
Guard nspections.-Adjuta Gem
eral Stewarts department is arrang-
ing the schedule for State inspectors
which will in all probability be pre-
pared by the 18th of this month.
Tenth Street Crossing Approved
Yesterday morning the Public Service
Commission approved the crossing
over the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway at Tenth street, which leads
into the plant of Montgomery & Co.
At the first heading the crossing was
disapproved, but a rehearing brought
out new testimony which resulted in
final approval.
Coal Hearing. - Final hearing took
place yesterday before the Public Ser
vice Commission on the matter of the
complaint filed last June by William
p. Boland, of Scranton, who claimed
that tntra-state rates on coal were
greater in comparison to the distance
Travelled than Interstate rates; in
other words, that the cost per ton per
mile was greater to State points than
to Interstate points. The complaint
was made against the Delaware, Lack
aware. Lackawanna and Western
Railway and ten per cent reduction
in rates requested. Numerous delays
necessitated postponement of final ac-
ton until yesterday, when a statement
from Boland was Iiled with the Com
mission saying that matters had been
satisfactorily adjusted. The eXecu-
tive sessions of the Public Service
Commission will be resumed on Mon
day of next week.
Mr.Hopwood HI.-John G.Hopwood,
of the Public Service Commission, is
laid up with sore throat and grip.
May Examine Nurdcrers. - Attor-
ney General Brown this morning sent
permission to Hiram Hathaway, at
torney for G. IL. Marsh, who is under
sentence of execution for murder that
an alienist or alienists might have per-
mission to enter the State prison at
Bellefonts for the purpose of eXamin-
ing into the sanity of the doomed
man. Application for rehearing
had been granted Marsh yesterday,
and his case, together with that of
Pennington, will come before the
Board of Pardons on Wednesday of
next week. The attorney general
granted this permission in the absence
of Governor Brumbaugh.
Holiday Monday. The Auditor
Generals and Treasury Departments
are planning to observe Washington's
birthday on Monday instead of Tues
day, the day on which it falls, so that
the employees or the two departments
may have Saturday afternoon, Sunday
and Monday continuous vacation.